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Ghostbusters Street Art

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Flickr is full of great Ghostbusters related photos.  Thanks to gusnyc.com, who discovered and snapped shots of this amazing Ghostbusters-inspired street art in the bronx.

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Ghostbusters Ranks #41 in UGO’s Top 50 Tough Guy Movie Lines

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

There is no doubt that Ghostbusters contains several dozen memorable lines and remains a very quotable movie to this day.  When UGO was putting together their top 50 “tough guy” movie lines, they didn’t leave out Ghostbusters, which ranked #41 for the following quip from Bill Murray.

Let’s show this prehistoric b*tch how we do things downtown.

Continue to the article to find out why UGO decided to include the line in their top 50 list.  Thanks to Wheelhouse for the tip!

XKCD Ghostbusters Reference

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

One of my very favorite web comics had the heart to toss in a Ghostbusters reference.  Life is good.  Thanks to profzoom from the Ghostbusters Message Board for the tip!

Lil Formers #108 - Ghostbusters

Monday, August 4th, 2008

This week’s Lil Formers web comic is devoted to Ghostbusters after Matt Moylan after his experience having a booth across from the Ghostbusters booth at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con.

Fan Projects: Ecto-19 Demolition Car

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

Ghosthead ecto_skywalker from GB Fans found a 1987 Lincoln Town Car he wanted to prepare for his County Fair’s destruction derby.  Aiming to win the award for best appearing style, ecto_skywalker decided to do his part and represent Ghostbusters by constructing the Ecto-19.

With the derby scheduled for tonight, we wish him luck!

Dating Dr. Venkman

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Mostly True Comics decided to draw a Ghostbusters-inspired web comic this week.

Michel Gondry Used Ghostbusters to Impress Ex-Girlfriend

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

In an interview with FilmStew, Be Kind Rewind director Michel Gondry admits he included the Ghostbusters remake in the film to impress an ex-girlfriend.

I thought maybe if I do this one, maybe she’s going to like me again.

It might not have worked on the girlfriend, but he managed to please a rabid audience of Ghostbusters fans.  It could have been worse, at least he didn’t use Ghostbusters for evil.  You can read the entire interview here.

Ghostbusters On Cover of Cereal Geek Issue #4

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

The latest issue of the wonderful 80’s animation illustration magazine, Cereal Geek, is now available with The Real Ghostbusters on the cover.  Thanks to ghosthead Ed Hartman for the tip!

Ecto Clean

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

A brilliant Oxiclean / Ghostbusters satire by ghosthead Austin Young of the Central Oklahoma Ghostbusters.  Move over Billy Mays!

Who ya gonna call? Ecto-Flugtag!

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Nearly 100,000 people gathered during the 2nd Annual Red Bull Flugtag London’s Hyde Park to watch contestants glide interesting contraptions over cold water.  One of the flying machines entered into the contest was an Ecto-1.  

Read more about the event here.  Kudos to Proton Charging for finding photos of the Ecto-Flugtag.