Ghostbusters | Cavalcade of Awesome

Archive for Ghostbusters

AWESOME-tober-fest 2019: Fangoria Scream Greats: Ghostbusters

Posted in AWESOME-tober-fest, Blog Series, Fangoria, Ghostbusters, Halloween, holiday, magazine, movies with tags AWESOME-tober-fest, AWESOME-tober-fest 2019, Fangoria, Ghostbusters, Halloween, pop culture on October 14, 2019 by Paxton

Okay, here we go with the third week of AWESOME-tober-fest. Now I’m going to switch over from Elvira to a more general Fangoria focus and we’ll look at posters, pin-ups, interviews, articles and ads from all eras of Fangoria.

One of the best things about Fangoria are the Scream Greats posters. I showed you one of Elvira’s last week. This week, here’s a pretty great Ghostbusters poster featuring Slimer that appeared in issue #40 from 1984.

And just a few issues earlier, in Fangoria #36, they did a whole article on the ghosts in Ghostbusters.

Also, check out the blog Countdown to Halloween for more Halloween-y, bloggy AWESOMEness.

AWESOME-tober-fest 2017: The Real Ghostbusters S4E2 – Flip Side

Posted in cartoons, pop culture, TV shows with tags AWESOME-tober-fest, Awesome-tober-fest 2017, cartoons, Ghostbusters, ghosts, Halloween, holiday, monsters, TV shows on October 12, 2017 by Paxton

Okay, so the last two episodes of The Real Ghostbusters I talked about (Take Two, Citizen Ghost) were super meta and attempted to deal with some issues of canon pertaining to the cartoons and the movie. They were fun and interesting episodes.

Now, let’s take a look at a later episode that isn’t all “canon-y” and is just a cool episode that I had heard about but never seen.

Season 4 Episode 2 – Flip Side. I forget where I first heard of this episode. I thought it was over on Shawn’s website when he was doing animation cels for Halloween several years ago. I could have sworn he had a Peoplebusters animation cel. The Peoplebusters are the ghost world version of the Ghostbusters. It was such an awesome concept that I’ve been wanting to watch the episode in which they were introduced for years. But I couldn’t find the animation cel on Shawn’s site, so maybe it was in the comments of an unrelated episode of the show. I’m not sure.

This particular episode is during one of the later seasons where they changed the show name to Slimer and the Real Ghostbusters.

In this episode the guys are taken via a dimensional storm to an alternate New York called Boo York, aka The Big Pumpkin. It’s a flip universe populated by ghosts.

The guys go to their headquarters to figure out what’s going on and see things are very different. I love that the Peoplebusters sign has Egon in the cross bar.

The guys walk into the building and they run into this universe’s version of themselves…The Peoplebusters! Yes! Ghosts who hunt people! I’ve always loved the idea of antagonists that are the reverse of the protagonists. Sherlock Holmes/Moriarty. Flash/Reverse Flash. Ghostbusters/Peoplebusters. I love it.

Since the Ghostbusters are humans in the ghost world, they seem to have all the abilities that ghosts do in our world. The very first of which is, they can fly. The guys spend the episode learning about being people in a ghost world all while being chased by the Peoplebusters.

Here’s the containment unit the Peoplebusters use. It’s a giant awesome metal skull that “eats” the humans.

This is the Peoplebuster’s Ecto-1. And I think it’s kind of badass. The Ghostbusters really need to take notes on this one. It’s like a Mad Max vehicle raped a Batmobile.

Not only is this a very good episode, the visual design of the alternate Boo York is superb. I highly recommend watching this episode if you haven’t.

Also, check out the blog Countdown to Halloween for more Halloween-y, bloggy AWESOMEness.

AWESOME-tober-fest 2017: The Real Ghostbusters S1E11 – Citizen Ghost

Posted in cartoons, Ghostbusters, ghosts, monsters, nostalgia, pop culture, TV shows with tags AWESOME-tober-fest, Awesome-tober-fest 2017, cartoon, Ghostbusters, Halloween, holiday, nostalgia, TV shows on October 11, 2017 by Paxton

So last time I reviewed J Michael Straczynski’s season 1 episode “Take Two”. It was a super meta episode about Hollywood making a movie about the cartoon Ghostbusters that included actual footage from the Ghostbusters movie. Next up is another super meta episode by Straczynski involving the cartoon Ghostbusters and the aftermath of the actual events in the first movie.

Season 1 – Episode 11. Citizen Ghost. I wanted to watch this episode because, as I alluded to, it’s supposed to be a direct sequel to the original 1984 movie.

Peter is interviewed by a reporter for a news story. Peter tells the story about how Slimer came to be the mascot of the Ghostbusters. This involves flashing back to immediately after the first movie fight against Gozer.

So we flash back. Gozer has been defeated, but the GBHQ is still destroyed from when Walter Peck had shut down the containment grid and the ghosts escaped. You see the holes created by the escaping ghosts.

We see the Ghostbusters are still in their all gray movie suits. Egon mentions that they need to destroy these suits due to all the ectoplasmic radiation they absorbed in their fight with Gozer.

Janine announces that luckily right before their fight with Gozer they got delivery of their brand new uniforms. We see the guys pull out their new, more colorful, cartoon versions of the Ghostbusters suits. I love that already this cartoon is explaining why the cartoon’s suits are different than the movie.

Peter is in charge of destroying the irradiated uniforms. He kicks the box aside and completely forgets about it. The box slides right up next to the new containment unit and starts absorbing some ectoplasmic radiation that happens to be leaking from it.

The irradiated suits absorb so much ectoplasmic energy that they start glowing and get up and walk out of the box!

The suits generate ghostly versions of the Ghostbusters that shoot ectoplasm out of their proton packs. The fellas must fight their ectoplasmic doppelgangers with the help of Slimer who, instead of escaping with the other ghosts during the movie sequence, decided to stick around the headquarters with the guys. Slimer ultimately helps defeat the spectral Ghostbusters.

This is a fun episode that attempts to explain the several differences between the movie and the cartoon. And they are pretty good explanations. I liked this episode quite a bit. I’m surprised this wasn’t used as the very first episode right out of the gate.

Also, evil spectral Ghostbusters. You know I’m all over that.

Also, check out the blog Countdown to Halloween for more Halloween-y, bloggy AWESOMEness.

Lots of Podcast goodness for you to consume

Posted in breakfast cereal, Cap'n Crunch, Ghostbusters, movies, podcast, pop culture with tags breakfast cereal, Cult Film Club, Ghostbusters, movies, Nerd Lunch Podcast, podcast, pop culture on April 8, 2014 by Paxton

Several episodes of my podcasts have been posted lately.

Teen Wolf Bites

Episode 125 of the Nerd Lunch Podcast was posted last week to much acclaim. It features the final week in our Atomic Weeks celebration in which we are celebrating the Atomic Geeks’ 250th episode by having each member of the show as guests. This final week has Digio as our guest and we are talking about breakfast cereals. We talk about our favorite cereals, mascots and commercials. We even take a moment to create our own cereal based on a pop culture property. It’s a fun episode, check it out on iTunes, Stitcher or listen to it online here.

This week, episode 126 features a crossover between Cult Film Club and the Nerd Lunch Podcast. You may remember that all of us met up in Atlanta last month. While we spent our time eating and drinking our way through the city, we did actually sit down and record a podcast. And it has now gone live. It’s our annual Summer Preview episode where we all talk about movies that we are excited to see in the coming months. It’s a lot of fun. Check it out on iTunes, Stitcher or listen to it online here.

And, in a bit of synergy, Shawn, Jaime and I have finally started recording Season 2 of the Cult Film Club podcast. The first episode is up in which we pay tribute to the great Harold Ramis by looking at three of his most famous and cult-y flicks; Stripes, Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day. So click the RIP image above and listen to the awesome Episode 13 of The Cult Film Club Podcast.

Oh yes, and this is my 800th post on the Cavalcade. You’re welcome, Internet.

2 Comments »

Looking at some movie branded food stuffs

Posted in advertising, Ghostbusters, movies, pop culture, Twilight with tags advertising, Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones, movies, pop culture, Transformers, Twilight on May 12, 2011 by Paxton

If you read this blog you know I love both movies and promotional food stuffs like new soda flavors and candies. I love it even more when they are combined.

Here are some candies, pastries, etc that were re-branded to promote a movie. I’m going to exclude the Star Wars saga from this article because, honestly, I could do a series of articles on Star Wars and food branding. Images are from my own Flickr stream unless otherwise noted. See all images BIGGER by clicking on them.

King Kong Hostess pastries – Back in 2005, Hostess did a big promotion for Peter Jackson’s King Kong remake. They added banana to several of their products. In the pics you can see Banana Twinkies as well as Banana Walnut mini muffins. Interestingly enough, Twinkies’ original flavor was, in fact, banana.

(Via Jason Liebig)
Hulk Sour Lime Life-Savers – A Hulk branded Sour Lime flavor promoting the 2003 Ang Lee Hulk movie. I don’t actually remember these at all, I just saw the wrapper pop up on my buddy Jason Liebig’s Flickr stream. Jason states that it may have been a Canadian only product. I like this much better than I liked Ang Lee’s movie, and I haven’t even tried these.

Hostess Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Pies – From 1991. This was sort of a dual promotion. The packaging used artwork from the cartoon, but it was released around the time of the second live-action movie. You can even see a movie promotion on the packaging. Matt from X-Entertainment did a great write up of this product. The pies were green and filled with vanilla pudding. There were four package designs each featuring a different Ninja Turtle.

(Via Jason Liebig)
Hostess Hulk Cakes – From 2008 to promote the Incredible Hulk reboot with Edward Norton. These were a Scary Cakes promotion for Halloween that featured green frosting and sprinkles on top. Hostess also added the Hulk to their regular cup cakes, donuts and Twinkies products, but left the actual cakes unchanged. There was also an Incredible Hulk branded Air Heads candy.