Superman and Ghostbusters

 

Seeing Ghostbusters and Superman II in the theater as a kid are two of my favorite movie memories. I wanted to find a way to combine those two franchises and the using Phantom Zone villains seemed like the way to do it.

Scooby-Doo and Ghostbusters

It will be interesting to see if the new Ghostbusters movie in production will get audiences interested in the brand again, after the poor reception to the reboot of a couple of years back.  Casting Paul Rudd is a positive step, he's always enjoyable to watch.  Then again, I liked all of the leads in the Paul Feig-directed outing, and that was a big disappointment to me.  Hopefully, lessons were learned and a funnier and less derivative script will service Rudd and the young actors in this new film.

Thank you to Ivan Ronald Schablotski, a patron of this blog, for suggesting this team-up.  I'm kind of surprised it hasn't happened for real yet!

Expansion Team

When you include the Brave and the Bold and Marvel Two-In-One Lost Issues, this marks my 2000th Cover!  Thanks for all the support, especially from Patrons of the blog, for helping it to continue!

I remember seeing the original Ghostbusters in the movie theater and loving the final act with the Sta-Puft Marshmallow Man.  Not only was it a hilarious yet imposing visual, I had no idea any such scene was going to take place.   If the movie had been released these days, there's no way the massive moment would have been kept a secret from audiences.  Either online spoilers or a toy tie in that gives too much away, or even the movie's own trailer would somehow ruin the surprise.  I can only imagine how much more cool that big moment in the Captain America: Civil War airport fight would have been if I wasn't already completely expecting it by the time the movie opened.

The Expansion Team first got together back in STF #934...

Ghostbusters Vs. Godzilla

I am not sure what to make of the Ghostbusters reboot that is currently in production.  On one hand, I think that the main part of what worked about the original film was the cast, and without them, it's hard to get excited about the project. Then again, I think they have assembled a talented cast - Kristin Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones and  Kate McKinnon are all pretty funny, in my opinion.  Paul Feig has proven himself a talented director as well.  Will they be enough to step out of the shadow of the first film?  That remains to be seen.

The Spectre and Ghostbusters

With the untimely passing of Harold Ramis, I figured that the rumors of a third Ghostbusters film would finally cease, but that does not seem to be the case.  There is still chatter about a new installment, with the remaining members handing off the reigns to a younger team.  Some say the group will be filled with contemporary comedic stars, and some say an all-female group may be in the plans.  I love the first movie, and the second - while not perfect - has grown on me... but something tells me that just too much time has passed and it is time to let the sequel dream go.  I'd love to be proven wrong, but I think it will be very hard to recapture the magic.

The Thing and Ghostbusters

Now this was a great movie! I just watched it again recently and was amazed at how well it held up after all these years. Some of the effects are a little dodgy but the jokes are as funny as ever. I have been reading about the starts and stops regarding a Ghostbusters 3 for the past few years. If this finally happens, I really hope that they do it right. Even if it was a "passing of the mantle" type film, I would still want to see the entire original cast reunited.

This is another team-up that just makes sense to me as the Ghostbusters also operate out of NYC. I can see Ben taking them on a trip to the Negative Zone or Agatha Harkness' place.