Talk:Ghostbusters II

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Contents 1 Re-typed the plot 2 External Links 3 Intro Paragraph 4 Trivia and Cast

[edit] Re-typed the plot

I thought the version of the plot that was here was a little all over the place and there were also grammatical errors, so I've edited it the best I can. If anybody else wants to add more to it, go for it. 195.92.168.176 14:36, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

It should also be noted that the end credits have scenes that were cut from the film, like when Ecto-1 (2?) is being driven haphazardly. I found out it ocurred after Ray made eye contact with the painting of Vigo. He suffered a bit of road rage.

"The logo used in the movie is unique. Unlike the logo that appears in marketing materials, it is the original, lost design: the ghost has two legs stepping through the red symbol. After it was designed for the movie title intro, the design was lost, so it had to be redone. However, when it was redrawn, they forgot to add in the second leg, so it appears the ghost has only one leg, or a funny-looking tail. It is apparently meant to be a leg, as there is an indication of a foot and an ankle." - I'd like to request a source for this information. To me, the logo appears to have the ghost stepping out of it, with his right leg coming out and his left leg still behind him, as if he were pulling himself though a hole. His arm pushing out on the logo lends to this. I couldn't find anything about an art mistake, but I am willing to give it the benefit of the doubt. If no source is found, I think this should be deleted. Animedude360 09:19, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

It is fairly obvious if one watches the original opening credits and then looks at any other promotional images for the movie, the loss of the other leg is quite noticable. Despite the fact that no source is currently available that suggests a "loss" of the original image, it remains quite apparent that the two images differ considerably, and I believe this information should be reassimilated into the Trivia section.

[edit] External Links

Recnetly, an issue came up concerning the external links. Apparantly, the following pages weren't considered reliable sources mostly as they're pretty much fan sites. The links involved were:

• Spook Central: The Ghostbusters Companion
• Ghostbusters Prop Archive
• Ghostbusters.net
• Proton Charging - Ghostbusters news and information
• Ghostbusters Headquarters

Spook Central: The home of a lot of in depth information and behind the scenes photographs of both films. Material which can't be found elsewhere. I'd consider this site worth keeping within the external links as it provides behind the scenes material not available to a site kept in such high regard such as IMDb.

GBProps: I suppose the worth of this one is up for debate... however it (and the not mentioned www.gbpropject.com) provide information for replicating the props from the movie, and for where to find reference material. An item surely to come in handy with people with Halloween approaching.

Ghostbusters.net: Sadly part of it's draw... the online episodes has thus since been removed. But it was never about drawing traffic to the site. Ghostbusters.net is one of the oldest fan forums around, one of the main fan forums around which... under rhe rulw "Links to be used occasionally: 3. On articles about topics with many fansites, including a link to one major fansite may be appropriate, marking the link as such."

This effectively justifies the inclusion of at least one major fansite.

Proton Charging: A manjor GB news outlet which has helped to break down the recent rumours where people believed Ghostbusters 3 was being made. The site also contains interviews with people involved with the films, cartoons and other materials which are not a part of the Wiki article.

Ghostbusters HQ: Similar to Ghostbusters.net in regard, it is a major fan site which contains a number of interviews and media for the cartoons and films.

I can understand the reasoning to keep the external links clean and controlled, and to vet some of the entries which get put in as some are only out there for the visitor numbers.

If you feel the links should once again be removed, please consult this section and add to the discussion before removing them again.Kingpin1055 22:21, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Intro Paragraph

the sci-fi comedy films are about three parapsychologists and their organization

Aren't there four of them? Egon, Ray, Peter and Winston? I don't want to change this without consulting since I don't know if there's a reason it says three, so... any reason it says three? --user.lain 18:31, 9 December 2006 (UTC) Good question... well, I'm not sure if I'd call Winston a Parapsychologist in GBII, there's nothing showing he's got the certificate for it even though by rights he is an equal member in the organisation. Kingpin1055 21:55, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia and Cast

I took the liberty of scooting the Trivia section over to it's own page so it doesn't get bigger then the article.

I also shifted the Plot and Cast sections so that the page format would work with the column formatting someone put on them.Kingpin1055 16:57, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

I don't think someone agrees with your idea, Kingpin, if the merge statement is any indication. --Jb-adder (using the IP 129.180.1.224) 02:42, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I got that impression quickly... you can't win with the shifting policy goalposts here... one person complains that the trivia section is too long, but when I give it it's own article they figure it should be part of the main article... -Kingpin1055 19:35, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Merge The trivia section isn't that long. --JYMoore 01:02, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

The solution was simple. Reorganize, and integrate the trivia section here, making the trivia unnessecerry, and as all the information from that page was already here, merging was unnessecerry, but I carried out the actions anyway. I have deleted very little, I'm hoping you guys will know better what should be deleted and what should not. TheGreenFaerae 21:58, 2 March 2007 (UTC)