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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
I know, right. It's so wacky and lovable.
Heck, it's blatantly obvious that Peter convinces Ray and Egon to start the Ghostbusters because he thinks they can scam the hell out of people by promising to trap ghosts. You could make the point that, by dissing Walter Peck, he indirectly causes Gozer to get released — or at least accelerates the timeline.
Venkman is such an over-the-top asshole that it's amazing we root for him at all.
Edited by Fighteer on Mar 1st 2019 at 3:37:31 PM
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Speak for yourself. didn't root for him back then, and do it even less now that I actually understand what roofies are.
You know, one of the "arguments" against Captain Marvel is that it is a comic which has been rebooted repeatedly. I just say: No wonder considering what BS the (male) writers did to Carol Danvers. So let's hope that a female writing team does a better job. At the very least they won't think that mind rape is something you can just wave away.
Edited by Swanpride on Mar 1st 2019 at 12:44:58 PM
Makes me wonder if John Belushi's take on Venkman (or for that matter, Richard Pryor, both men were considered for the role) would have been any different,,but anyway, this thread is derailing, soooo,,Am I the only one who thinks that a tv series based off Sleepwalker (and set in the MCU of course) could work? If anything, you could even put it on Disney's new streaming service.
Being fair to Star Wars Return of the Jedi/Empire strikes back did eventually include a black characters like Lando,I suspect the reason they didn't have any in the first film was that it was a massive gamble and it may have been hard to convince many black actors to sigh on to the project so Lucus stuck to people he knew which was mostly white actors
have a listen and have a link to my discord serverHave some Lúcio-Ohs. Jonny Cruz (Lúcio) and Rob Paulsen (Carl Wheezer) perform a scene from Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Edited by Tuckerscreator on Mar 1st 2019 at 2:08:20 AM
Not to mention the fact that Venkman blew off an actual, real psychic to try and get his dick wet.
My various fanfics.I watched Indiana Jones’ series for the first time ever recently and among the various things I liked and disliked about the series, I noticed how strongly Lucas particularly latched onto the male power fantasy of pulp comics genre - it and the completely unchanged racial problems are even more visible there than in Star Wars. Lucas’ attachment to it probably a strong reason why those problems are so prevalent in the many, many fandoms his work has touched and influenced ever since: he didn’t invent it, but he did codify it for action movies and sci-if and so on
Edited by KnownUnknown on Mar 1st 2019 at 2:41:31 AM
Marvel is reporting seeking an "openly gay actor" for a lead role in Eternals.
I wonder if they are making a character gay and thus want to avoid controversy by casting an LGBT actor? Also, I nominate Vincent Rodriguez III
.
Edited by alliterator on Mar 1st 2019 at 2:47:59 AM
I just checked what a roofie is, and ummmmmmmmmm, huh.
Well, I guess it's a good thing the only 80's comedy I watched was Back To The Future, which is relatively free of fucked up stuff as far as I can remember.
Yes, it's a bit... odd that Peter arrives for his date with Dana with a powerful sedative. He didn't prepare in advance for his girlfriend to be possessed by a demon, so what exactly is he planning to do with it?
Edited by Fighteer on Mar 1st 2019 at 5:51:58 AM
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

“Creeps on” is a massive understatement. HE CARRIES ROOFIES WITH HIM.