Tuesday 9 November 2010

Movie: Ghostbusters

Let's start with a song of sweet and exciting remembrances:



For better and more trailers, please visit: http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi984219929/

Yeah! Before Tropic Thunder, who you gonna call? Ghostbuster, of course! I watched until the VHS tape was all scratched when I was a little boy in London!
Image from gordtep.com


And my favourite ghost, sorry, not Slimer, but the Mr. Stay Puft Mashmallow Man!!!

Slimer
Image from Nerdage


What was Stay Puft really?

Quoting from Wikipedia, " According to Sam Delaney of The Guardian, "Stay Puft's familiar mascot combined elements of real life brand ambassadors the Pillsbury Dough Boy and Bibendum (aka the Michelin tyre man)"

Pillsbury Doughboy
Image from Wikipedia

Michelin tyre man
Image from Wikipedia

Is that all? Not just yet! It is also "the world's first caffeinated marshmallows"!!


I can't remember Ghostbusters II that well, but I will be looking forward to Ghostbuster III (2012), which is reported to be in the process of scriptwriting, so Ghostbusters fans, we may just be lucky enough to see it in 3D one day! Or even 4D!!!
Image from fusedfilm.com

By the way, have you played the Ghostbusters game on PS3 or Xbox yet?


Vocabulary:
remembrance -- (n) formal [C usually plural] a memory of something that happened in the past
mascot -- (n)[C]  a person, animal or object which is believed to bring good luck, or which represents an organization
caffeinated -- (adj) with caffeine added

Resources:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCHFVTQKqdQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyRqR56aCKc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-sALU_hveA&feature=related

Ghostbusters @ IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087332/
Ghostbusters III @ IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1289401/

Slimer @ Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMF1Id2ePQA

Stay Puft Marshmallow Man @ Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stay_Puft_Marshmallow_Man

Stay Puft Marshmallows
http://www.staypuftmarshmallows.com/

Ghostbusters 3 Update with Casting, Director and Story News
http://www.fusedfilm.com/2009/05/ghostbusters-3-update-with-casting-director-and-story-news/

Ghostbusters @ PS3 and Xbox article
http://www.infoaddict.com/tag/ghostbusters

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/remembrance
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/mascot