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* For the first time in a ''Ghostbusters'' flick, a ghost actually kills a human on-screen, and a living human commits suicide. Previously, deaths only occurred as backstory (e.g. the Scoleri brothers' execution or Vigo's RasputinianDeath) or via InferredHolocaust. Granted, it's somewhat tongue-in-cheek because it's Creator/BillMurray in his RemakeCameo, but it's still a line the previous films carefully refrained from crossing. If the ''Ghosts from Our Past: Both Literally and Figuratively: The Study of the Paranormal'' tie-in book is to be believed, in fact, Murray's character became a ghost himself, as Erin and Abby casually mention after their foreword which was written by his ghost...

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* For the first time in a ''Ghostbusters'' flick, a ghost actually kills a human on-screen, and a living human commits suicide. Previously, deaths only occurred as backstory (e.g. the Scoleri brothers' execution or Vigo's RasputinianDeath) or via InferredHolocaust. Granted, it's somewhat tongue-in-cheek because it's the DestinationDefenestration victim is Creator/BillMurray in his RemakeCameo, but it's still a line the previous films carefully refrained from crossing. If the ''Ghosts from Our Past: Both Literally and Figuratively: The Study of the Paranormal'' tie-in book is to be believed, in fact, Murray's character became a ghost himself, as Erin and Abby casually mention after their foreword which was written by his ghost...
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* The SequelHook: the Ghostbusters may have saved New York, but they've just drawn ''Gozer's'' attention to their dimension...

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* Rowan uses Kevin as a host and tests his powers on a battalion of soldiers, making them... do a dance. What is this, ''The Mask''? Why would a MisanthropeSupreme like Rowan, who hates humanity, not use his powers to make the soldiers kill each other or go murder everyone in the vicinity? Granted, it would probably be too dark for the film's audience, but it just makes Rowan look like a weird goofball rather than the deranged maniac that he is.
** Not necessarily: Rowan's chief motivation for his misanthropy seems to be that he feels deeply disrespected and snubbed by the rest of humanity. Could be he'd rather ''humiliate'' his enemies than kill them, given that he's unafraid of death and considered being treated like a nobody too horrible to endure.

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* The SequelHook: the Ghostbusters may have saved New York, but they've just drawn ''Gozer's'' attention to their dimension...

!!FridgeLogic:
* Rowan uses Kevin as a host and tests his powers on a battalion of soldiers, making them... do a dance. What is this, ''The Mask''? Why would a MisanthropeSupreme like Rowan, who hates humanity, not use his powers to make the soldiers kill each other or go murder everyone in the vicinity? Granted, it would probably be too dark for the film's audience, but it just makes Rowan look like a weird goofball rather than the deranged maniac that he is.
** Not necessarily: Rowan's chief motivation for his misanthropy seems to be that he feels deeply disrespected and snubbed by the rest of humanity. Could be he'd rather ''humiliate'' his enemies than kill them, given that he's unafraid of death and considered being treated like a nobody too horrible to endure.
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* Rowan uses Kevin as a host and tests his powers on a battalion of soldiers, making them... do a dance. What is this, ''The Mask''? Why would a MisanthropeSupreme like Rowan, who hates humanity, not use his powers to make the soldiers kill each other or go murder everyone in the vicinity? Granted, it would probably be too dark for the film's audience, but it just makes Rowan look like a weird goofball rather than the deranged maniac that he is.

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* Rowan uses Kevin as a host and tests his powers on a battalion of soldiers, making them... do a dance. What is this, ''The Mask''? Why would a MisanthropeSupreme like Rowan, who hates humanity, not use his powers to make the soldiers kill each other or go murder everyone in the vicinity? Granted, it would probably be too dark for the film's audience, but it just makes Rowan look like a weird goofball rather than the deranged maniac that he is.is.
** Not necessarily: Rowan's chief motivation for his misanthropy seems to be that he feels deeply disrespected and snubbed by the rest of humanity. Could be he'd rather ''humiliate'' his enemies than kill them, given that he's unafraid of death and considered being treated like a nobody too horrible to endure.

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