JL5-2020
In honour of the 25-year anniversary of the release of Ghostbusters and in anticipation of the very-soon-to-be-released “Ghostbusters: The Video Game”, I’ve decided to release a tribute trailer as a means of commemorating the very film responsible for some of my most obsessive behavior – especially throughout my early teens. Heck, what am I saying? Here I am, a supposedly “full-grown” man with a wife, kids and a profession and yet I still manage to spare the time to make fake trailers for my own pleasure… the obsession is obviously still very much alive.
This trailer is a bit of an antithesis to the actual film in itself, as I played-up the dramatic/thriller/action side of the story and completely omitted any of the comedic or silly parts. What this essentially means is: don’t expect any shots of giant marshmallow-men, big-haired 80′s bad-guys or nerdy accountants. – Big-haired 80′s damsels however, are more than welcome.
I don’t know what it is about Ghostbusters that has had such a huge impact on my life – god knows it sure scared the hell out of me when I first saw it in the theatre. The years following saw it turn into an obsession that can easily be compared to that of the most extreme trekker; as I meticulously created a new proton pack every year for Halloween – sacrificing many of my sister’s toys in the process, saw more letters published in the Ghostbusters comic book than any other fan and inhaled every piece of news I could find about the boys in grey and their future adventures.
In the early 90′s, as the news petered off and the cartoon went off the air, it became apparent that Ghostbusters was on its way out – no matter how hard I tried to hold on. Personally, the timing couldn’t have been more appropriate as the steady fade of news allowed me to push my fandom to the back seat for a while and focus more on the ever-important social growth a teen tends to go through… but it was always there.
Throughout the 90′s I would randomly check the few GB-related websites for news and would occasionally be treated to a tease regarding a new film, but these tidbits were obviously unfulfilled as the new millenium approached. It wasn’t until about 2 years ago that things really started to pick up again, and the possibility of something new brought the hibernating fandom back into the foreground of my thoughts. A videogame? A movie? For real.
I think that the friends I made post-high school sort of had an inkling that I liked Ghostbusters, but I don’t think it was until very recently that they started to realize the true degree in which I enjoy it. Oddly enough, regardless of my age, I’m currently embracing the re-insertion of Ghostbusters into my life rather than concealing it (which would be the less embarrassing route to take). For those who know me as a real Batman fan, my fervor for Ghostbusters is even stronger, and I figure, why conceal something that has had such a personal impact?
With that being said, expect to see me in line for the game on June 16th and online yapping about any future news in the months/years to come.
Tags: 25th Anniversary, Ghostbusters
