History YMMV / Ghostbusters1984

** The Police Commissioner is Norman Matlock, who played the black cabbie Charlie T. ("Bye, killer!") in ''Film/TaxiDriver''.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Between the Ghostbusters' first job at the Sedgewick Hotel and the final act where they confront Gozer's plan, there's very little ghostbusting. Plenty of scenes where they're about to 'bust or just finished 'busting, but no actual 'busting. Presumably this was to limit the number of (costly) special effects shots, but it still feels like there are a few setpieces missing from the middle of the film.

** The DeanBitterman who fires Ray, Peter, and Egon early in the movie is supposed to be seen as a smug and narrow-minded jackass. However, his issues with the trio are not unfounded: The fields of paranormal studies and parapsychology are not traditional sciences, lack the foundational pillars of other scientific disciplines, and have generated no valid or useful research breakthroughs to justify their continued funding. It doesn't help the trio's case that Peter's first scene has him rigging an ESP experiment so he can flirt with a female student.

** Peter's pick-up artist antics being PlayedForLaughs as the acts of a LovableSexManiac have come to be seen as increasingly skeevy and uncomfortable, especially in a post-[=#MeToo=] world and given the fact he was a longtime university employee who has used his position to hit on his students. Some have made unflattering comparisons to [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Glenn Quagmire]], a character very controversial for similar reasons.

* DesignatedHero: Fairly intentional, as the Ghostbusters never express any nobility to their actions up until the very end, when they ''have'' to save the day or all is lost. Up until that point, they're just small business owners trying to use their skill set to make a living. This is perhaps most emphasized after their first job, when they charge an exorbitant fee for their services and then threaten to release the ghost back into the hotel unless the manager pays up. (And after causing tens of thousands of dollars of property damage trying to collect said ghost that the hotel's insurance will have to pay for, to boot.)

* FanNickname: Mention Walter Peck to a more casual fan of the franchise and you might get some confusion who you're talking about. Mention "Dickless" and they'll know at once.

* As he's being chased by Vinz Clortho in Central Park, Louis screams for help but nobody responds. In 2020, Creator/RickMoranis was physically assaulted by an unknown passer-by in New York City's Upper West Side.

** The hotel sequence where the Ghostbusters take on and capture Slimer is quite iconic at showing off how the gang interacts and do its thing. It helps that Slimer has gone on to become the SeriesMascot.