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Ghostbusters

Mallory Rubin Award: Did This Movie Need a Better Sex Scene?

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Craig's flex answer asks for a more explicit implied encounter between possessed Dana and Louis Tully.

Flex pick · Craig Horlbeck

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  • The selected answer pairs the possessed gatekeeper with the actual Keymaster rather than Venkman.
  • The film is understood to imply that Dana and Louis had sex, but the flex asks to see more of their physical mismatch without requiring nudity.
  • The panel then reiterates that Venkman cannot ethically sleep with Dana while she is possessed.
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Ghostbusters

The most "year the movie came out" thing

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The fame montage wins Most 1984, with a wide field of period-specific runners-up.

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  • The fame montage is declared the winner for Most 1984.
  • Larry King taking radio calls while smoking and Aykroyd's video camera are runners-up.
  • The Twin Towers, Jean Kasem, and the period's fascination with Elvis sightings are offered as markers of 1984.
  • Tribeca being described as a demilitarized zone is contrasted with its later affluence.
  • The EPA serving as the villain is treated as a period detail whose politics have come back around.
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Ghostbusters

What’s Aged the Best?

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New York City, lasting iconography, economical storytelling, ensemble improvisation, and the movie's cultural afterlife lead an extensive discussion.

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  • New York is treated as a character, and the film is praised for using the city in a way that feels impossible to relocate.
  • The logo, firehouse, Ecto-1, marshmallow man, uniforms, and proton packs remain instantly recognizable cultural symbols.
  • Everyday product placement such as Cheez-It, Coca-Cola, Perrier, and canned Budweiser still feels familiar rather than dated.
  • The lack of childhood backstory is praised because the movie establishes the characters without explanatory trauma.
  • The team's financial peril, including Ray's high-interest mortgages, gives the first half comic stakes.
  • The original SNL ensemble appearing across one another's movies is praised as a durable model later extended by the Apatow circle.
  • Murray's dialogue is described as partly written and partly generated through multiple alternatives during filming.
  • The Real Ghostbusters cartoon helped keep the property culturally active between movies.
  • Slimer is described as the filmmakers' Belushi-like party-animal tribute, and slime itself is credited with a long cultural afterlife.
  • The promotional phone number, the spread of 'busters' as a suffix, and the no-ghost logo's reuse are cited as unusually durable marketing.
  • The movie is credited with popularizing 'toast' as slang through Venkman's line.
  • The final reflection says friends making movies together may be what aged best.
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Ghostbusters

The Rose From Titanic “Sneaky Suck” Award

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Egon is proposed for never smiling, but the panel largely defends his serious role in the ensemble.

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  • Egon is nominated because the performance commits to never smiling.
  • The objection says the team's chief inventor could crack a smile or receive more jokes.
  • The defense says Egon delivers funny lines and correctly functions as a role player who sets up others.
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Ghostbusters

The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film

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No consensus emerges: answers include no weak link, Winston's underwritten integration, and Walter Peck's thin setup.

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  • Two participants reject the premise that the film has a weak link.
  • Winston is nominated because he arrives midway through the story and the movie never fully integrates or develops him.
  • The defense says Winston grounds the increasingly fantastical plot as an everyman who needs a job, believes in God, and questions the team's behavior.
  • The criticism is narrowed to a missing character scene rather than Ernie Hudson's performance.
  • Walter Peck is another answer because his brief setup supplies little that an accidental containment failure could not.
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What’s Aged the Worst?

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The sequel history, pan-and-scan broadcasts, dated effects, the theme-song dispute, harassment of William Atherton, and Venkman's conduct are criticized.

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  • The franchise's sequels and reboots are criticized as uneven or money-driven, though one participant strongly defends Ghostbusters II.
  • Pan-and-scan television versions are blamed for making the wide compositions cramped and hiding visual gags for years.
  • The similarity between the theme song and Huey Lewis's 'I Want a New Drug' remains a blemish despite both songs' popularity.
  • William Atherton's report of being harassed in public after playing Peck is treated as an ugly consequence of the film.
  • Some finale establishing shots and matte paintings now appear visibly rendered.
  • Venkman's use of professional authority to pursue students and clients is identified as the clearest behavior that aged badly.
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