The Mayhem Critic
Aloha, my fellow readers. It is I, the great James Stryker and I am here to bring you another great chapter of The Mayhem Critic. Well, Halloween Havoc V is over, now it's time to review another movie. Today, Sean returns to the world of Ghostbusters when he takes a look at the best Ghostbusters movie ever and it's a great return of an amazing franchise. And of course, it's Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Did this movie live up the hype? Did it heal the wounds of the 2016 reboot? Is it a worthy successor to the original film? We'll find out today. So here it is, the brand-new chapter of The Mayhem Critic. Enjoy.
P.S.: I do not own anything involved in this story. All rights and references belong to their respective sources. Ghostbusters: Afterlife is owned by Columbia Pictures.
Episode 159
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
(The Mayhem Critic intro begins while the song "Everybody Wants to Rule The World" by Tears For Fears plays)
After the intro ends, we open with our favorite residential movie critic Sean J. Archer, a.k.a. the Mayhem Critic, sitting on his couch as he gets ready to talk about the topic for today's episode.
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'm Sean the Mayhem Critic, the critic that rips movies a new one and being a Ghostbusters fan has been a tough gig over the years." Sean said.
(Clips from Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters II and Ghostbusters 2016 is shown)
Sean: (Narrating) When I was a kid, I loved the original film and it has become one of my favorite movies of all time. It is regarded to be one of the greatest movies of the 80s. It has some great comedy, some supernatural horror and amazing visual effects. It united some of the greatest comedians of their generation to create something special. Five years later, Ghostbusters II came out and it never managed to reach the same hype as the original and it is regarded as a rehash of the first film and people didn't care for it. I highly disagree, even though it's the same as the first film, it's still a good movie. After the release of the second film,there were talks of a third film and Dan Aykroyd was up to do another Ghostbusters movie, but it failed to materialize because Bill Murray refused to return to the series and to top it all off the tragic death of Harold Ramis, this was a huge blow to every Ghostbusters fan. But then in 2016, Sony saw this as a chance to launch their own rebooted franchise with an all-female team of Ghostbusters and you all know how that turned out. But, I'm not gonna talk about that one, I'll save it for another time so you can hear my thoughts about it. Trust me, I've got some things to say about it. Three years later, there was news of another Ghostbusters movie coming out and it's a sequel to the original films and it completely ignores the reboot, which is big news to a Ghostbusters fan like me because I was hyped to hear about it.
"And what did we get that's much better than the female Ghostbusters reboot? We've got Ghostbusters: Afterlife." Sean said.
(The title screen for "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" is shown followed by clips from the movie while the song "Haunted House" by Mckenna Grace plays in the background)
Sean: (Narrating) Now, this is a movie that the fans have asked for. Released in theaters on November 19th, 2021, after being delayed four times from it's original July 2020 date due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film was directed by Jason Reitman and produced by his father Ivan Reitman. The fans were delighted because they got what they've wanted finally for after thirty years. When I saw this movie with my mom, we both loved it. When I saw the movie again with my girlfriend, we loved it. You have people like me talking about it and asking the only question that matters here, is it really good? Was the wait finally worth it? We've got a lot of movie to talk about, so let's not waste any time.
"This is Ghostbusters: Afterlife. They should've called this movie "The Real Ghostbusters: Afterlife", that's what they should've called it." Sean said.
(The movie opens with the Columbia Pictures logo, the BRON logo and the Ghost Corps logo while Elmer Bernstein's music score plays in the background)
Sean: (Narrating) First off, I would just like to say I was excited to hear Elmer Bernstein's music score from the first film in this movie, it reminds me of Ghostbusters: The Video Game when they used the Columbia Pictures logo and we hear his music score. It's a nice touch. The movie starts on a dark, stormy night and we see a familiar proton stream firing up at the sky and we see Egon Spengler driving out of the Shandor Mine and is chased by another creature after he captures an entity and lures it to his farm.
"Also, I would just like to point out that Bob Gunton and Ivan Reitman played Egon Spengler in this one." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Egon gets ready to set the trap for the creature, but no luck because of the power failing. So he heads back inside his house to conceal the trap and he sits down on his chair until this happens.
(A fog comes out from the fireplace and the mysterious entity appears from behind Egon. His PKE meter is getting a stronger reading before the entity disappears)
Sean: (V/O as Egon) Well, I guess it was nothing.
(A bunch of creature hands appear from out of the chair and grabs Egon)
Sean: (V/O as Egon) You're not gonna grope me, are you?
(Cut to a shot of Egon's house after we hear a beastly howl)
Sean: (Narrating) Egon dies from a fatal heart attack and we see that his spirit lives on, leading to the opening titles.
(The opening titles are shown)
"Wow, what an opening." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Yes, it was shocking to see a favorite Ghostbuster getting killed off in the beginning of the movie. Also, the movie had some pretty decent jump scares that get me and this is one of them. After the opening titles, we cut to a Chicago apartment, where we're introduced to Egon's estranged daughter Callie, played by Carrie Coon, her teenage son Trevor played by Finn Wolfhard and her daughter Phoebe played by Mckenna Grace.
Callie Spengler (Played by Carrie Coon): Uh… what are you doing?
Phoebe Spengler (Played by Mckenna Grace): Neighbor's electricity is running out of phase. I tied in, bumped us up to 220. Now I can run my lathe.
Callie Spengler: And you didn't think to ask me?
"Let me just say this about Mckenna Grace as Phoebe, she does a pretty awesome job at playing Egon's granddaughter." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) You can tell that she's just like Egon. The hair, the glasses, how she talks, the mannerisms. She is Egon 2.0.
(A montage of clips from Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters II and Ghostbusters: Afterlife are shown)
Dr. Egon Spengler (Played by Harold Ramis): I collect spores, molds and fungus.
Phoebe Spengler: Science is reckless.
Dr. Egon Spengler: My parents didn't believe in toys.
Phoebe Spengler: No, I just don't exhibit emotions like everyone else, on the inside, I'm vomiting.
Sean: (Narrating) We see that Callie is having some money problems because the asshole landlord wants money so they can stay in their apartment. But she doesn't have it, so he gives her an eviction notice. Yeah, why would you want to live in a shitty apartment with a landlord like that?
"Jeez, and I thought the landlord from Spider-Man 2 was an asshole. This guy is a much bigger asshole. He doesn't even show any compassion." Sean said.
Callie Spengler: Look, I… I know I have not been a reliable or consistent tenant. But if you give me a week to settle some loose ends, I'll be back with everything I owe.
(The power is cut off)
Phoebe Spengler: I can fix that!
Landlord (Played by Dusan Rokvic): Listen, I wait for you to leave, then I change locks.
(The landlord places an eviction notice on the door)
"What an asshole." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) They get evicted from their apartment and they move to Summerville, Oklahoma after inheriting her father's farm or a piece of the set from Nothing But Trouble and they see what kind of a nut Egon was.
Trevor Spengler (Played by Finn Wolfhard): (Reads the signs) "Behold, there was a great earthquake. The sun became as black as cloth, the seas boiled, the moon became as blood, the skies fell. Revelation 6:12." That was normal. Hey, maybe it's a good thing you never met your dad.
"Look who's talking, dude? This is what your dad does." Sean said, showing a clip from Stranger Things where we see Mike Wheeler's dad Ted Wheeler sleeping on the La-z-Boy sofa.
Sean: (Narrating) They move into the house and they look around for a bit and I do love the little easter egg of the symmetrical book stacking from the first film and plus this place is built on a fault line.
Trevor Spengler: It's okay, we're only here for a week.
Callie Spengler: Um… give or take.
(Phoebe and Trevor look at their mother)
Trevor Spengler: What does that mean?
"It means that your sorry asses are staying in this podunk little town. That's what it means." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Phoebe spots her grandfather's PKE meter that was sitting underneath his couch and picks it up, then the Ghosbusters' old secretary Janine Melnitz played by Annie Potts, shows up and meets the family.
Callie Spengler: This was my father's place.
Janine Melnitz (Played by Annie Potts): (Waves to Phoebe and Trevor) Hi.
Phoebe and Trevor: (Both) Hi.
Janine Melnitz: I'm Janine Melnitz. We spoke on the phone. I was your father's… you now, we were friends. Very sorry for your loss.
Callie Spengler: It's okay. You knew him better than me. I should be sorry for your loss.
Janine Melnitz: I just tried to keep the bills paid on time, that kind of thing.
Callie Spengler: Like a money manager?
Janine Melnitz: Oh, there was no money to manage. He could barely keep the power on.
Callie Spengler: So he left us nothing.
Janine Melnitz: Well, I wouldn't say that.
"Although, he did leave you with some of his collection of spores, molds and fungus." Sean said, imitating Janine.
Sean: (Narrating) Later that evening, Callie and her kids drive down to Spinners Roller Hop to get them something to eat. Trevor is bummed out because they have to spend summer in this podunk little town, but all that changes when he gets infatuated with a carhop named Lucky Domingo, played by Celeste O'Connor, so he goes inside to apply for a job just so he can meet her. Well, let's see if he can work his charm.
Trevor Spengler: (To Lucky) Cool place.
Lucky Domingo (Played by Celeste O'Connor): I don't own it.
Trevor Spengler: I know you don't own it. You look pretty young to own a business.
"And you look pretty young to be flirting with someone who's four years older than you." Sean said.
(Celeste O'Connor's IMBD page is shown and we see the year that she was born: December 2, 1998. And we also see Finn Wolfhard's IMDB page and the year that he was born: December 23, 2002)
Lucky Domingo: Under experience, you put "friendly" with a smiley face?
Trevor Spengler: I didn't really know what to put.
Lucky Domingo: I don't think "friendly" qualifies as an experience.
Trevor Spengler: It's a quality, I guess.
Lucky Domingo: How old are you?
Trevor Spengler: Seventeen.
"Seventeen? Right. I'll believe that if Nancy Wheeler's breasts are still in high school." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Also, can we all show some love for Egon here?
Callie Spengler: You know that farmhouse off the highway with the barn? Dirt? It was my father's.
Roller Grannie (Played by Danielle Kennedy): Dirt Farmer had a family?
Callie Spengler: You knew my father?
Roller Grannie: (Scoffs) No one knew your father.
Callie Spengler: Well, I'm sure he'll be missed.
Roller Grannie: Nope.
"Well… damn. This town doesn't love Egon. At least show some respect for the guy." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Phoebe is busy reading the script for The Bad Seed Returns when suddenly the PKE meter is activated and the chess board and the pieces fall onto the floor.
(Phoebe gets up from out of bed and notices the chess board and pieces)
Sean: (V/O as Phoebe) Hmm, that's weird. I didn't put those pieces on the floor. I hope nobody is haunting me. Let me just sit this next to my bed and make sure nothing weird happens.
Sean: (Narrating) Meanwhile, Trevor is walking outside to get a signal on his phone and he enters the barn where he comes across a familiar vehicle.
(Trevor lifts up the part of the cover, revealing the No Ghost logo of Ecto-1. The flashlight on his phone goes out and it becomes pitch black)
Trevor Spengler: Damn it.
"Curse my bad luck for coming across something cool." Sean said, imitating Trevor.
Sean: (Narrating) The next morning, Phoebe wakes up to see that one of the chess pieces has moved. So before she leaves for school, she moves the black knight forward. Well, enough of all of that, let's see how Phoebe works on her social skills and we get some of her witty humor.
Trevor Spengler: Hey, how are the jokes coming along?
Phoebe Spengler: Why should you never trust atoms? Because they make up everything.
(Trevor silently turns back to Callie)
Callie Spengler: That's funny.
Trevor Spengler: No, it's not. Okay, you can drop me off here.
Callie Spengler: What? Are you embarrassed?
Trevor Spengler: Yeah. Bye.
"Oh, come on. Let her embarrass you some more. Let her show Lucky pictures of you as a baby." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Callie walks Phoebe to her school, which she's not happy about going to and once she goes in, Callie meets a teacher named Gary Grooberson, played by Paul Rudd.
Gary Grooberson (Played by Paul Rudd): You okay?
Callie Spengler: Uh, yeah. First day. Can you imagine who they've got teaching summer school?
Gary Grooberson: I can. I teach here.
Callie Spengler: Oh, I'm sorry.
Gary Grooberson: No, it's okay. It's… Look, most of the kids that go here, they're not very bright. (As a student enters the school) Hey, Colin. (To Callie) He's… I can do whatever I want.
"And in my spare time, I'm also in the Marvel Cinematic Universe." Sean said, imitating Gary.
Sean: (Narrating) So, it turns out that Gary Grooberson teaches Phoebe's class and he shows them the movie Cujo on VHS. Let's be glad that it wasn't Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers. Then, the whole class is screwed. Along the way, Phoebe makes a new friend and this character is my favorite in the movie. This is Podcast, played by Logan Kim…
"Who me and my girlfriend met at the Comic Expo back in September and we got our picture taken with him." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Also, did I mention that Podcast is the best character of this movie?
Podcast (Played by Logan Kim): She sits alone. An outcast, rejected by her peers. But what is her secret? Perhaps she's on the run. On the run… from herself. And go.
(Podcast moves the boom mike to Phoebe)
Phoebe Spengler: Actually, my grandfather died. My mom says we're here to pick through the rubble of his life.
Podcast: So you're here to uncover the mystery of his death?
Phoebe Spengler: No. It was natural causes.
Podcast: Are you sure it wasn't unnatural causes?
"Man, I just love this character. Imagine him being the host for Unsolved Mysteries." Sean said.
(The Unsolved Mysteries theme starts playing in the background)
Sean: (V/O as Podcast) Tonight on Unsolved Mysteries, the JFK assassination. Who was responsible? Was it Lee Harvey Oswald? Was it the Russians? Or was it the CIA? You decide.
Phoebe Spengler: I'm Phoebe.
Podcast: Cool. I'm Podcast.
Phoebe Spengler: Why do people call you Podcast?
Podcast: I call myself Podcast. Because of my podcast.
"So, what's your real name? I'm pretty sure that Podcast isn't your real name." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) The class is busy watching Cujo and looking not scared from seeing a rabid dog attacking a mother and her son when suddenly there's an earthquake and Gary watched his device recording the data of the earthquake and he should learn how to lock his door so people can't walk in.
(Phoebe looks at Grooberson's research)
Phoebe Spengler: What is this?
Gary Grooberson: Hello. Um… You know, there's a highly entertaining movie about a killer dog happening right over there.
Phoebe Spengler: Is this a seismic map?
Gary Grooberson: Yes. How did you know that?
"Because I'm the intelligent kid in this movie. That's how I know that." Sean said, imitating Phoebe.
Sean: (Narrating) Not only that Gary Grooberson is a teacher, he's also a seismologist. And he gives Phoebe a little lesson on volcanic and tectonic earthquakes by drawing them on his board and also drawing the pattern in Summerville, which is like a large P-wave then a small S-wave like an explosion.
Phoebe Spengler: Where is it coming from?
Gary Grooberson: I don't know. I don't know. I-I set up geophones, but I can't triangulate.
Phoebe Spengler; Are you using three?
Gary Grooberson: Yeah. I know how many sides there are in a triangle.
Phoebe Spengler: I just thought you were being obtuse. (Winks at Gary)
Gary Grooberson: Was that a geometry joke?
Phoebe Spengler: Yes, that's why I winked.
Gary Grooberson: Ah. Ah. That's terrible. No, I loved it.
"Okay, I gotta admit, that joke made me laugh." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Back with Trevor, he's busy doing inventory and Lucky checks on him to see how he's doing. Also, I just love to point out that Finn Wolfhard almost turned into his Stranger Things character in that scene. Because that sounds like what Mike Wheeler would say.
Trevor Spengler: How's it going? No, it's not good. It's not good at all. Um. Does everyone do this?
Lucky Domingo: Yeah, it's super important. You okay? Your lips are literally blue.
Trevor Spengler: Yeah, I'm fine.
Lucky Domingo: You should borrow my hoodie.
Trevor Spengler: No, it's fine. Seriously. It's fine.
Lucky Domingo: It's really masculine. It's got a wolf on it. Trust me.
Trevor Spengler: (Sighs) Okay. (He puts on Lucky's jacket)
"Uh, yeah. I don't think that his girlfriend from Hawkins would approve of this. Remember what happened to the last girl who talked to Mike." Sean said as a clip from the second season of Stranger Things plays in the top right corner, where Eleven hits Angela in the face with a skate. Sean looks over to his right and noticed the clip playing. "Uh, that's the wrong clip."
Lucky Domingo: Yeah, it's my boyfriend's, actually.
Trevor Spengler: Oh. (Takes the jacket off of him)
"Oh, nevermind. She's got a boyfriend. Wait, she was joking wasn't she? Either way, Eleven would not approve." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Back with Phoebe, she is getting interviewed by Podcast while they're walking through the town and she tells him one of her jokes, which made Podcast laugh. And Podcast can be a bit of a conspiracy theorist.
Podcast: Wertheimers Hardware, run by the Illuminati. Lizard people.
Phoebe Spengler: Lizard people?
Podcast: Jefferson, Einstein, Beyonce? How do you think we got the pyramids?
Phoebe Spengler: Slaves?
Podcast: Movie theater. Oh, yeah. That one's haunted.
Phoebe Spengler: I don't believe in ghosts.
Podcast: What? How can you…? I mean, all the evidence. You don't believe in spirits?
Phoebe Spengler: No.
"Oh, you will, sweetheart. You will." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Podcast takes Phoebe down to the Shandor Mining Company and he tells her that the whole town was basically a mining operation and they've been doing all sorts of crazy stuff like miners leaping down the mine shaft to their death and they've been forced to close down the place and we see a familiar door. Back at the farm, Trevor is busy working on the Ecto-1 and…
Trevor Spengler: (After revealing Ecto-1) What a shitbox.
"Hey, hey, hey. Watch it now. That's the Ecto-1 you're talking about here." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Phoebe and Podcast are walking home and she asks him what his podcast is about, in which he replies by saying that they're mostly about mysteries and the unknown. Again, he should be the host for Unsolved Mysteries.
Phoebe Spengler: Maybe I could check it out sometime.
Podcast: Really?
Phoebe Spengler: Yeah.
(Podcast pulls out a My Little Pony flash drive and hands it to her)
Podcast: The show really finds it's voice on Episode 46.
"Don't worry, I'm not gonna judge him for having a My Little Pony flash drive. Maybe he likes My Little Pony. I know some guys who like My Little Pony." Sean said.
Podcast: Uh, hey. Look, this is totally cool if this is a "no". Zero presh. Uh, but, um… do you wanna be my lab partner?
Phoebe Spengler: Well, I don't think we're gonna be doing any labs, but yeah. Yeah, sure, I'd love to.
Podcast: Cool, cool. All right.
Phoebe Spengler: Yeah.
"And I know that there are some people who are writing Phoebecast fanfics right about now." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Phoebe returns home and later that night before going to bed, she notices that one of the chess pieces had moved one square, so she moves a pawn to the square between the black pawn and her knight and sees a pawn moving on it's own.
(The white knight levitates and knocked her knight off the board)
Sean: (V/O as Spirit) Checkmate, fool!
(The PKE meter is activated after registering an entity and Phoebe notices this)
Phoebe Spengler: Hello?
Sean: (V/O as Spirit) Hello. I'm right in the house.
Sean: (Narrating) Phoebe grabs the PKE meter and checks it out as she gets a stronger reading from within the house, only to find her mother asleep at the table with a glass of wine and coming across the trap that Egon had hidden underneath the floor. The next day, the class is watching Child's Play while Podcast and Phoebe try to get the trap open. Mr. Grooberson notices this while he's reading his Ultimate Avengers comic. Again, nice touch, And he becomes amazed at what they've found.
Gary Grooberson: No way. Killer replica.
Podcast: Totally.
Phoebe Spengler: A replica of what?
Gary Grooberson: A trap. A ghost trap.
(Phoebe and Podcast both look at Mr. Grooberson blankly)
"We're kids. How are we supposed to know?" Sean asked, imitating Phoebe.
Gary Grooberson: I was obsessed. New York in the '80s, it was like The Walking Dead.
Phoebe Spengler: Then it just stopped?
Gary Grooberson: Mm-hm. I mean, there hasn't been a ghost sighting in 30 years.
(A small gray mist seeps out)
Sean: (V/O as Entity) Zuul, motherfu…
(The gray mist is sucked back into the trap and Mr. Grooberson drops it on the table)
Sean: (V/O as Entity) Ow! Careful, dickmunch!
Gary Grooberson: Wait a minute. This thing is real?
Podcast: Absolutely.
Phoebe Spengler: Maybe. I found it in my living room.
Podcast: She lives on the Dirt Farm.
"She also found VHS copies of Groundhog Day and Year One lying around in the house." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Phoebe asks Mr. Grooberson about what happened in New York and he shows them a video on YouTube where it shows the Ghostbusters in 1984 and she sees that her grandfather was a Ghostbuster. By the way, that's the original footage from the first film, which is a deleted take of Ivan Reitman's wife, his daughter Catherine and his son Jason making a cameo as extras fleeing the scene.
Gary Grooberson: I wonder if it still works.
Podcast: Should we open it?
"Dude, I don't think it's a good idea to be opening the trap. It's like opening the Ark of the Covenant, it's not a bad idea." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) So they get ready to open the trap…
"Again, I don't think that you would want to do that. Whatever Egon has captured that's in the trap, you do not want to set it loose." Sean said.
Phoebe Spengler: Are you sure this is safe?
Gary Grooberson: Safe? (Chuckles) No. No. History is safe. Geometry, that's safe. Science is all particle accelerators and hydrogen bombs. Science is giving yourself the plague and gambling on the cure.
Phoebe Spengler: Science is reckless.
Gary Grooberson: Totally! Yes! It's punk rock.
"Opening a Muon Trap is not safe, buddy. Think about your life choices." Sean said.
Gary Grooberson: (To Podcast) Fire it up.
"Do not open the trap. Please, for the love of God. Do not unleash something that is unholy. I beg of you." Sean pleaded.
Gary Grooberson: I've always wanted to do this.
"Trust me, guys. Duck." Sean said as he ducks for cover.
(Mr. Grooberson steps on the pedal to open the trap, but nothing happens)
Sean pops up from hiding after seeing that nothing happens. He sits back on the couch and sighs in relief.
"Whew! Thank God, Well, at least he didn't walk towards it and tap at the trap and causing it to release a dangerous entity." Sean said.
(Mr. Grooberson does that, which unleashes a Terror Dog in it's Sentinel form)
"HOLY SHITCOCK!" Sean yelled out after he gets startled by the entity.
(The Sentinel Terror Dog flies towards Shandor Mine. Phoebe turns away and screams as the entity passes by, shattering the windows on both buses. The entity zips into Shandor Mine and passes the same wall that Phoebe and Podcast saw the other day)
(A clip from Alien 3 plays)
Morse (Played by Danny Webb): Fuck!
Sean: (Narrating) Podcast tells Phoebe that her grandfather was a Ghostbuster, which is the coolest thing ever in her life. Anyway, Mr. Grooberson drops Phoebe and Podcast off at her house and he checks out the place and he bumps into Callie again and tries to flirt with her.
Callie Spengler: You brought them home.
Gary Grooberson: It's a service I provide.
Callie Spengler: Are…
Gary Grooberson: Well, I'm also an escort.
Callie Spengler: Mm?
Gary Grooberson: That came out wrong.
Callie Spengler: Yep.
"Real smooth there, buddy." Sean said.
Podcast: I think Grooberson's trying to bone your mom.
Phoebe Spengler: Oh.
Podcast: That doesn't bother you?
Phoebe Spengler: No, of course it bothers me. I just don't exhibit emotions the same way everyone else does. Inside, I'm vomiting.
"Well, that's appropriate conversation for a movie that kids would watch." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Podcast reads a passage about Gozer in the Tobin's Spirit Guide and Phoebe wonders what they let out. Meanwhile, Trevor is busy working hard by doing some cleaning while Lucky and her friends head up to the mountain, Trevor joins them and they drive up there. Well, at least it'll give Trevor the opportunity for him and Lucky to get to know each other.
Lucky Domingo: What are you doing here in Summerville anyway?
Trevor Spengler: Honestly, my mom won't say it, but we're broke. We just got evicted, and the only thing that's left in our name is this creepy, old farmhouse our grandfather left us in the middle of nowhere. No offense.
Lucky Domingo: I'm not offended. This place is a dump.
Trevor Spengler: Why do you live here?
Lucky Domingo: I'm fourth-generation dump, so…
Trevor Spengler: Think you'll ever leave?
Lucky Domingo: I mean, if I don't, what does that say about me?
"Again, his girlfriend won't be happy seeing him talking to another girl." Sean said, mentioning Eleven from Stranger Things.
Sean: (Narrating) The elevator starts to shake as Trevor and Lucky quickly get off as a spectral face forms down the shaft saying "Gozer", or maybe it's just the Mind Flayer coming after him. Meanwhile, Mr. Grooberson finds an ancient looking map and Callie just lets him have it while Phoebe comes across a shed, which leads to Egon's secret underground lab and she looks around. And you know it's great to see Egon's uniform and glasses and seeing all the things that he's collected. Also, how long has Egon had that Crunch bar in his pocket? I'm sure it's still not good. Phoebe finds an unfinished proton pack sitting on the workbench and it's revealed that the spirit turns out to be Egon making contact. She gets to work on the proton pack and later on she watches an old Ghostbusters ad from 1984. Again, gotta love the nostalgic value to this film.
Callie Spengler: Hey, you're awake.
(Phoebe quickly closes her laptop)
Callie Spengler: What are you up to?
"Uh… nothing! I'm totally not watching porn. I'm pretty sure that Trevor is watching that in his room." Sean said, imitating Phoebe.
Phoebe Spengler: What kind of scientist was Grandpa?
Callie Spengler: The kind that repels loved ones.
Phoebe Spengler: Maybe a physicist?
Callie Spengler: Sure. So tomorrow I was thinking of grabbing dinner with Gary.
Phoebe Spengler: Who's Gary?
"The snail from SpongeBob SquarePants? You're going out with a snail?" Sean asked.
Callie Spengler: Mr. Grooberson.
Phoebe Spengler: His name is Gary Grooberson? You have a date with Gary Grooberson.
Callie Spengler: It's just dinner. Goodnight, Phoebe.
Phoebe Spengler: Don't be yourself.
(Callie chuckles)
(A clip from Batman: Hush is shown)
Dick Grayson (Voiced by Sean Maher): Don't do anything I wouldn't do!
Sean: (Narrating) The next day, Podcast and Phoebe test out the proton pack by shooting some glass bottles. Yeah, kid. You might want to step back for this one.
(Phoebe shoots at the glass bottles with the proton stream)
Phoebe Spengler: Did I hit it?
Podcast: You didn't hit it. You destroyed it! It doesn't even exist anymore! My turn.
(A clip from Ghostbusters is shown)
Dr. Peter Venkman (Played by Bill Murray): Nice shootin', Tex!
Sean: (Narrating) Phoebe and Podcast hear a weird sound coming from the foundry and they go to check it out and they have their first ghost sighting in the form of Not Slimer. This chubby little blue protoplasm is named Muncher and yes, he is voiced by Josh Gad. Well, let's see if they have a plan to catch the ghost. And it better be a damn good one too.
Phoebe Spengler: Wait!
(Podcast blows the Aztec death whistle. Muncher looks up, then it cuts to two deer outside looking up followed by a flock of birds flying away. Podcast roars and fires metal projectile at them as Podcast ducks down to take cover)
"That was really stupid!" Sean exclaimed.
(Phoebe fires a proton stream at Muncher while he gets away)
Phoebe Spengler: Get the trap!
Podcast: Okay.
(Podcast quickly gets the trap while Phoebe continues to shoot at Muncher. Muncher hides behind a pipe and pokes his head out as Phoebe captures him with the proton stream)
Phoebe Spengler: I got him! Quick!
(Podcast slides the trap out but it fell and flipped over)
Podcast: Nuggets! (Yells)
"Oh, come on, kid. At least whip out a curse word. This is a PG-13 film, you can say "shit" instead of "nuggets"." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Muncher escapes as Phoebe and Podcast chase after him. Back with Trevor, we see that he's finished fixing up Ecto-1 and decides to test it out.
(Trevor turns the key in the ignition. The engine fails to start)
Trevor Spengler: Come on! (He tries again) Come on, you can do this.
Sean: (V/O as Trevor) I didn't survive four seasons of Stranger Things for this.
Trevor Spengler: Come on, darling.
(A wire moved on it's own, and the motor roared to lige)
Trevor Spengler: Yes!
Sean: (Narrating) Well, this gives Finn Wolfhard the opportunity to drive around in the Ecto-1. And you want to know what's funny? On the second season of Stranger Things, his character was dressed as a Ghostbuster for Halloween. And look at him now, he's joyriding in Ecto-1.
Trevor Spengler: Shit!
(Ecto-1 is launched up into the air and lands on the dirt road, a few feet from Phoebe and Podcast coincidentally)
"Okay, give me your license, Mr. Wheeler. You don't deserve to be behind the wheel." Sean said. "You're cutoff from driving Ecto-1."
Sean: (Narrating) While Trevor drives Phoebe and Podcast into town, we see that Callie is having dinner with Mr. Grooberson at a Chinese restaurant and he's busy regaling her about the tales of Oklahoma, which bores her out of her mind, in which she says this.
Callie Spengler: Uh, I just have an allergy to science.
Gary Grooberson: Ah. Have you tried Benadryl?
Callie Spengler: I've tried whiskey.
"Oh, come on. How can you be allergic to science? Science is fun. Science is amazing. This guy loves science. I bet that he has a collection of old episodes of Cosmos with Carl Sagan in his home." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) But then she mentions her ex-husband, who sounds like a dirtbag. But enough about these two, let's see Phoebe, Trevor and Podcast doing some ghost hunting and getting into some trouble as they fill Trevor in on what's going on and that their grandfather was a Ghostbuster. They head into town and they track down Muncher, who's busy taking a bite out of the metal in the town until they come across that blue blob.
Trevor Spengler: (Sees Muncher) Is that a…
Podcast: Free-floating metal muncher. Definitely Class Five.
Trevor Spengler: Okay, uh, what do we do?
Podcast: Let's get him.
Trevor Spengler: What?
Podcast: Let me get a photo first.
(Podcast moves around to get a good position to take a photo but he steps on a lever, which opens the passenger door and her seat extends outside)
Phoebe Spengler: Guys.
Podcast: It has a gunner seat?
"Okay, now that's new. It has a gunner seat. And yet, I've just found that out when I saw the movie and they never showed the gunner seat in the first two movies." Sean said.
San: (Narrating) Muncher sees our heroes as he gets away while they pursue him and Phoebe starts causing some damage with the proton stream by blowing up some stuff. But she finally manages to wrangle in the beast but he escapes, so they chase him outside the town and they manage to finally catch the ghost and trying not to kill themselves in the process. Then, Trevor realized that he was at the mountain the night before. So after this exciting day, it's no way that they can get into trouble…
(They hear a police siren as Trevor turned and looked then Phoebe and Podcast looked as well)
Trevor Spengler: Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. We're screwed. We're so screwed.
Phoebe Spengler: What do we do?
Podcast: I say we fight.
Trevor Spengler: What? No. Just check the glove box.
(They open the glove box to find a Twinkie)
"God knows how long that Twinkie has been in there." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) They get arrested for driving without a license and destroying the town while Trevor tells them about what he saw last night and they bump into Lucky and guess what, her father is the Sheriff of the town, Sheriff Domingo played by Bokeem Woodbine, so Phoebe has one request.
Phoebe Spengler: Hey. Don't we get a phone call?
Sheriff Domingo (Played by Bokeem Woodbine): Sure you do. Who you gonna call?
"Ooh, ooh! He said it! He said it! He said those four words. We all know who she's gonna call." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Remembering the number that she saw on the ad, she calls the number and we cut to Ray's Occult, in which Raymond Stanz played by Dan Aykroyd, answers. And yes, admit it, you geeked out a little from seeing another OG character from Ghostbusters because I sure did.
Phoebe Spengler: Are you Ray Stanz, the Ghosbuster?
Raymond Stanz (Played by Dan Aykroyd): And now I'm hanging up.
Phoebe Spengler: Hang on. Please. I'm calling about Egon Spengler.
Raymond Stanz: Egon Spengler can rot in hell.
"And you can tell John Landis that I am not doing another Blues Brothers movie. I'm still pissed off at him for making Blues Brothers 2000." Sean said, imitating Ray
Phoebe Spengler: He died last week.
Sean: (V/O as Ray) Ooh, I shouldn't have said that.
Raymond Stanz: Oh, man. No kidding.
Sean: (Narrating) Stanz explains to Phoebe that him and Egon were friends a long time ago and that busting ghosts was a bunch of fun back then, but things got slow and hauntings got thin and that they could keep up with mortgages. Basically, things went to shit for them. After the Ghostbusters disbanded, Peter was a professor emeritus at SUNY Cortland and was teaching advertising and promotion, Winston went into finance while Ray owns an occult bookstore. As for Egon…
Raymond Stanz: Well, he wasn't helping. We went from ten calls a week to one if we're lucky. Then Egon started to tell people that their little ghost problems didn't matter because the world was coming to an end. He got spooky. Freaked me out. One morning, I go to work and Ecto-1, our old Cadillac, is gone, his neutrona thrower, collider pack, all the traps, 16 ounces of fuel isotope, all gone! He cleaned us out. Now we were the dead ones.
"Hey, that's what happens when you direct the movie Year One." Sean said as the poster for the movie Year One is shown on the top left corner.
Sean: (Narrating) What Stanz is trying to tell Phoebe is that Egon lost his marbles about the end of the world. Then, Phoebe mentions to him that Egon was her grandfather. But Sheriff Domingo ends the call and just in time because her mother and Mr. Grooberson enter the sheriff's office to pick them up and Sheriff Domingo lets them know what kind of trouble that they're in and her mother is not happy.
Callie Spengler: What the hell were you thinking?
Gary Grooberson: You know, you two could have really hurt yourselves.
(Trevor gives Mr. Grooberson a look)
Gary Grooberson: (Sighs) Hey. I'm Gary.
"I'm trying to bone your mom… I mean, your mom and I had dinner." Sean said, imitating Gary.
Phoebe Spengler: Wait, but what about our stuff? The Ecto-1?
Sheriff Domingo: Everything will remain nice and safe in our impound locker.
Phoebe Spengler: no! We need it.
Callie Spengler: Phoebe, let's go.
Phoebe Spengler: We caught a ghost tonight.
Deputy Medjuck (Played by Stella Aykroyd): Dirt Farmer's family.
Phoebe Spengler: It's true. And there will be more.
"That's right. We're talking about a disaster of biblical proportions. We're talking about Old Testament, real wrath of God-type shit. Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies, rivers and seas boiling, 40 years of darkness, earthquakes, volcanoes, the dead rising from the grave!" Sean yelled out.
(A clip from Ghostbusters is shown)
Dr. Peter Venkman: Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!
Mayor (Played by David Margulies): Enough! I get the point!
Sheriff Domingo: Well, kid. You're starting to sound like your lunatic grandfather.
(Phoebe grabs the Particle Thrower, turned it on and aimed it at Sheriff Domingo)
Sean: (V/O as Phoebe) Your mother, dickless!
Callie Spengler: She didn't mean it.
Sheriff Domingo: You wanna spend the night in my jail?
"Dude, you're the one being the total prick here! You're lucky she didn't blast that chromedome of yours off. In fact, she wants payback for what you did to Jason's Lyric. Hell, your biggest crime here is starring in that shitty ass Total Recall remake." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) After Mr. Grooberson drops Callie off and scores another date with her, Callie and Phoebe have an argument about Egon and the reason why he came to Summerville for a reason.
Callie Spengler: I think he was a sad old man who turned his back on his family, his partners. And for what? For a stupid farm in a town nobody cares about. Where, by the way, everybody thought he was nuts. Yeah, great decision, Dad.
Phoebe Spengler: He was special. He loved science, like me. Why didn't you tell me my grandfather was Egon Spengler?
"Well, what did you want me to do? Lie to you and say that your grandfather was Louis Tulley?" Sean asked, imitating Callie.
Callie Spengler: He never cared about me.
Phoebe Spengler: He's not nuts.
Callie Spengler: Well, then he's an asshole. Welcome to the family.
"Isn't that what Bill Murray said about Harold Ramis after they made Groundhog Day?" Sean asked.
Sean: (Narrating) Later, we see that the two Terror Dogs Zuul and Vinz Clortho emerging from their statues and we cut to Mr. Grooberson as he heads down to Wal-Mart to get himself some ice cream and he comes across….
(Mr. Grooberson sees a Mini Stay Puft emerging from out of the bag)
Sean: (Narrating) …the most adorable version of Mr. Stay Puft ever.
(The Mini Stay Puft sees Gary and smiles at him)
"Aww, look at him! He's so adorable. He's like a little strawberry. I just want to pick him up and eat him… or put him in between two graham crackers and a piece of chocolate." Sean said with a smile on his face.
Sean: (Narrating) Yeah, people these are the mini versions of Mr. Stay Puft. They're adorable, but they're vicious and can be mischievous. Hell, they tend to hurt themselves and it's hilarious. I also get a good laugh every time when I see Paul Rudd come across a Terror Dog eating Purina Dog Chow.
(Vinz Clortho lifts its head from out of the Dog Chow bag and stares at Gary)
Gary Grooberson: Hey…
(Vinz growls at Gary. Gary screams and throws his pint of ice cream at Vinz's head)
"Okay, Paul Rudd throwing Baskin-Robbins ice cream at a Terror Dog's head and running away is the most funniest thing ever. How can you not laugh about that?" Sean asked.
Sean: (Narrating) Mr. Grooberson gets chased by the Terror Dog and ends up getting possessed by him. The next day, Phoebe, Podcast, Trevor and Lucky meet at Spinners while looking at Mr. Grooberson's seismic map to see what they're dealing with here.
Phoebe Spengler: Something's happening inside that old mine.
Trevor Spengler: Yeah. I know that. It's pretty obvious.
Podcast: Right. So I did some digging on the word you heard in the mountain. "Gozer."
Trevor Spengler: You did some digging?
Phoebe Spengler: Gozer was a Sumerian god who once walked amongst the living.
Podcast: A soul-eating, flame-dripping deity of evil. And I think it wants back.
Lucky Domingo: Here?
Podcast: I know. I would've picked Orlando.
"Hell, I would've picked Indiana." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Phoebe mentions the name Ivo Shandor and Lucky tells them that Shandor built the whole town of Summerville. He built the mine, the foundry, the school and the library. And you remember Dana Barrett's apartment from the first film? Yeah, we all know that he created that apartment that is made from selenium girders from the mine.
Trevor Spengler: Phoebe, what exactly is happening here?
Phoebe Spengler: I can only think of one way for us to find out.
Sean: (Narrating) They head down to the mine to check it out, where they find two statues of Terror Dogs and a giant statue of Gozer and a sacrificial death pit.
Phoebe Spengler: What were they sacrificing?
Lucky Domingo: Virgins, probably. (Turns to Trevor) Tough luck for you, dude. Sorry.
Phoebe Spengler; Well, statistically, most 15-year-olds are virgins.
Trevor Spengler: Shh. Uh…
Lucky Domingo: Fifteen? You're 15?
Trevor Spengler: I'll be 16 in February.
Lucky Domingo: It's June.
"Let's not forget that he has a badass girlfriend with powers." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Podcast comes across the dead body of Ivo Shandor while Phoebe sees the years on the wall, which is a countdown to the return of Gozer but then a orange glow is coming from the pit and the smart thing that Phoebe does is look down at the pit, but luckily there are some conveniently placed proton cannons firing at the spectral horde and she realizes where the earthquakes were coming from.
(Shandor gasps as Podcast gasps in shock. Shandor turns his head to Podcast)
Podcast: (Screams) Oh, my gosh!
"Oh, nuggets! That dead body just came to life!" Sean said, imitating Podcast.
Sean: (Narrating) The spectral horde tries to grab Phoebe but luckily Trevor is there to save her. And Egon was right. He was preventing the end of the world. Meanwhile, Callie is looking for Phoebe and she comes across the PKE meter and she finds her father's secret underground lab and she discovers the truth about her life. Turns out that he has every photo of Callie. He does care about her and…
(Zuul lunged and roared at Callie)
"Jesus Christ!" Sean yelled out. "Okay, that legit almost gave me a heart attack. This is the jumpscare that did it for me."
(The scene where Zuul lunges at Callie is shown once more, followed by a scene from the movie Liar, Liar)
Fletcher Reade (Played by Jim Carrey): Holy hell!
Sean: (Narrating) Phoebe returns home, only to find that her mom is acting a little different. Turns out that Zuul has possessed her and she tries to put the moves on Podcast.
Callie Spengler: (Possessed by Zuul) Are you the Keymaster?
Podcast: Um, I don't know.
Phoebe Spengler: Mom!
"Uh… bad touch. Yeah, bad touch! BAD TOUCH!" Sean yelled out.
Sean: (Narrating) Not only that but a possessed Mr. Grooberson destroys the photon cannons bringing forth the return of Gozer. Callie escapes to find the Keymaster while Phoebe realizes something about the farm. Turns out that the farm was one big trap that Egon has created. So now, it's time to suit up and save the word and come up with a plan to trap Gozer. Meanwhile, Gary and Callie unite formally in the form of the Keymaster and the Gatekeeper.
Gary Grooberson: (In demonic voice) I like your eyes.
(Callie starts growling in a demonic language)
Gary Grooberson: Thanks.
(He hands Callie the flower. She eats the flower and the two embrace)
"So, I finally found out what they mean by the Keymaster and the Gatekeeper joining together. They gotta have sex." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Anyway, Phoebe and the rest of the team head down to the sheriff's office to steal back Ecto-1 and their equipment, but their equipment is locked up behind bars in the evidence room. So, Podcast has a clever plan to break their equipment out.
Phoebe Spengler: What are you doing?
Podcast: I have a plan.
(Podcast reaches for the controller to the remote trap vehicle and flips the red cover on the controller)
Phoebe Spengler: Wait!
(Podcast releases Muncher, who ends up eating the metal bars and makes a sizeable hole)
Sean: (V/O as Muncher) See you in the sequel, kiddies!
(Muncher flies up through the ceiling)
Sean: (Narrating) Our heroes head down to the Shandor Mine where they see Callie and Mr. Grooberson turn into Terror Dogs and not only that, we get the return of the big bad villain from the first film, Gozer the Gozerian. This time, she's played by Olivia Wilde. And we see Ivo Shandor, played by J.K. Simmons, comes back to life and welcomes her to the world.
Ivo Shandor (Played by J.K. Simmons): Your Eminence. Goddess of Gods. I have built this temple for you, so that you might return to Earth, and together, we… we can rule the world.
(Gozer places her hands on both sides of Shandor's head and rips him in two)
"Yikes! That was a pretty brutal death for a Ghostbusters movie" Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) So much for having Ivo Shandor in this movie. The movie built the hype on the return of Gozer. Hell, they could've had Shandor as the big bad for the movie instead of Gozer. But he bad-mouthed Gozer in Ghostbusters: The Video Game, so he had that coming.
Ivo Shandor: We can rule the world.
Sean: (V/O as Gozer) Piss off, Jonah! This is my show!
Sean: (Narrating) And now, it's time to confront Gozer as Phoebe has a clever plan to capture her. And that plan consists of telling her bad jokes.
Phoebe Spengler: What do you call a fish with no eyes? A "fsh."
(Gozer just stares at Phoebe)
Phoebe Spengler: Uh… A whale– There's two whales in a bar. One of them goes: (Mimics whale song) And then the other one goes: "Go home. You're drunk." Uh… Okay, uh… So a grasshopper walks into a bar… and the bartender's like, "We have a drink named after you." Then the grasshopper's like: "You have a drink named Steve?"
Gozer (Played by Olivia Wilde): Have you come to offer yourself in sacrifice?
Phoebe Spengler: What?
Gozer: Are you prepared to die?
Phoebe Spengler: No, I'm 12.
"Are you going to kill me for being on Crash & Bernstein?" Sean asked, imitating Phoebe while a picture of Mckenna Grace as the character Jasmine Bernstein from the Disney XD show Crash & Bernstein is shown. "I was only six years old, for crying out loud!"
Sean: (Narrating) Podcast opens the trap to capture Zuul and frees Phoebe's mother and capturing Gozer as well as they escape to the farm to lure Gozer into the trap. And I just absolutely love this scene because Phoebe is doing what Egon was doing in the beginning of the movie. Lucky pops up and fires her proton stream at the disembodied form of Gozer while Trevor gets ready to do the same but those pesky Mini Stay Pufts are screwing it up.
Phoebe Spengler: Mom, hit the pedal!
Callie Spengler: Pedal?
(Callie sees the pedal and steps on it to activate the trap, but the capacitors went offline)
"Mother pus bucket." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Gozer grabs onto Lucky's stream and yanks her forward. Gozer grabs the traps and frees Zuul who ends up possessing Lucky. So now everybody is screwed. Is there anyone out there to help them?
Peter Venkman (Played by Bill Murray): Hey, Flattop!
(Gozer turns her attention to the Ghostbusters)
Peter Venkman: Have you missed us?
(The Hallelujah Chorus plays in the background as the Ghostbusters appear)
(A clip from Street Fighter: The Animated Series is shown)
M. Bison (Voiced by Richard Newman): Yes! Yes!
Sean: (Narrating) Holy hell! Did all of us cheer for joy when we saw the Ghostbusters back together in the climax. When I saw this movie in theaters last year, everybody cheered for joy. These are legends coming back. Like Tobey and Andrew in Spider-Man: No Way Home, Luke Skywalker in The Mandalorian, Maverick in Top Gun: Maverick, Ian Malcolm, Alan Grant and Ellie Satler in Jurassic World: Dominion. Holy cow! This was the best moment ever. I had a big smile on my face when I saw the Ghostbusters appearing to help out Phoebe. This was the greatest moment ever.
"Aside from all of that, I love this little callback from the original film." Sean said.
Gozer: Are you… a god?
(Ray is speechless)
Winston Zeddemore (Played by Ernie Hudson): Ray?
Peter Venkman: Oh, come on, Ray.
Raymond Stanz: Yes.
Winston Zeddemore: Yeah, we're all gods.
"Yeah, Ray remember the last time he answered that question and that ended up badly." Sean said.
Winston Zeddemore: Okay, playtime's over. Let's toast this muffin.
(They pull out their throwers)
Peter Venkman: Light 'em up.
(They power up their throwers)
Winston Zeddemore: Man, I love that sound.
"Alright! Now we're talking! The Ghostbusters are about to kick some…." Sean said.
(They fire their proton streams at Gozer and crossed their streams. Gozer grabs onto the streams and uncrossed them, whipping them, which caused them to launch into the air)
Phoebe Spengler: No!
(Callie shrieks)
Phoebe Spengler: Are they dead?
"No, they're just getting too old for this shit." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Venkman tries to stall Gozer so Winston could zap her with his proton stream, but that doesn't work. And Phoebe takes on Gozer and their streams of energy collided but then Egon's ghost fully manifested Egon with a little help and I just love this moment where the Ghostbusters see Egon's ghost. Anyway, they defeat Gozer and pulling her and the spirits into the trap, Lucky and Mr. Grooberson are freed from being possessed. Podcast meets Stanz, who subscribed to his podcast and we have a moment where I get a little teary eyed from watching Egon reconciling with his family and friends before he departs for the hereafter. A great moment and a fitting tribute to Harold Ramis. Then, we get a shot of Ecto-1 driving through New York and the Ghostbusters theme plays. But wait, there's more. We get a post-credit scene where Peter goes through his own telepathy experiment and this time, Dana, played by Sigourney Weaver, gives him a taste of his own medicine.
Dana Barrett (Played by Sigourney Weaver): I can't believe you used to shock your students.
Peter Venkman: Between us, I only zapped the guys.
(Dana switches on the electro-shock machine, shocking Venkman)
Peter Venkman: It was flawed science. I know that now. I admit that.
Dana Barrett: Ready? (Pulls out a star card) Try this one.
(Venkman breathes deeply)
Dana Barrett: Take a moment.
Peter Venkman: Uh… It's a five-pointed star. Yes?
Dana Barrett: How are you doing that?
Peter Venkman: Some believe that true love imbues a subject with the ability…
(Dana shocks Peter once more)
Dana Barrett: Did you mark the cards?
Peter Venkman: (Chuckles) No.
Dana Barrett: You did, didn't you?
Peter Venkman: Yeah.
(Dana shocks Venkman again, he yells)
Dana Barrett: It works well.
Sean: (Narrating) And we get another scene after the end credits where we see Winston talking to Janine and becoming a wealthy entrepreneur since leaving the Ghostbusters. He returns the Ecto-1 to the firehouse and we see the light on the ecto-containment unit flash red. Which means, there's gonna be a sequel.
"And that was Ghostbusters: Afterlife and I really love this movie." Sean said.
(Clips from the movie are shown once more)
Sean: (Narrating) This movie is a fitting tribute to Harold Ramis and this is what the fans have been asking for. I consider this one to be Ghostbusters III. This movie is more of a passing of the torch to some of the new characters and it has that nostalgic value of the first film. You have a great cast and seeing some returning faces from the original film. Jason Reitman has done a pretty awesome job with this movie. He delivered what the fans wanted. This is a movie that fans of the original and a new generation of fans to check out Ghostbusters: Afterlife comes in at 5 Mini Stay Pufts out of 5.
"I'm Sean the Mayhem Critic and I'll see you guys next time." Sean said before leaving.
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And that was the newest review for The Mayhem Critic. I hope that you all enjoyed it. Next time on The Mayhem Critic, Sean reviews Disney's biggest hit Aladdin for it's 30th anniversary. After that review, it's Commercials IX: The Rise of Commercials. After Commercials IX, I will be reviewing some Christmas movies for December. Here are the Christmas movies that I'll be reviewing:
A Christmas Story
The Santa Clause
Mickey's Christmas Carol
The Star Wars Holiday Special
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