Chest Rockwell / Brock Landers Award for Best Character Name
Gozer the Gozerian
In the discussion (1)
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- Peter Venkman and Egon Spengler are considered before Gozer the Gozerian is selected.
Categories & segments
In the discussion (2)
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- The firehouse is selected over Dana's apartment and the library.
- Tavern on the Green is praised as an underused film location whose outdoor action contrasts with oblivious diners.
The Rose From Titanic “Sneaky Suck” Award
Egon, though the panel largely defends his serious role
In the discussion (3)
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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.
In the discussion (1)
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- Aykroyd's ability to keep a cigarette dangling from his mouth without an apparent adhesive is the selected smoking feat.
The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film
No consensus: no weak link; Winston’s underwritten integration; Walter Peck’s thin setup
In the discussion (5)
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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.
What’s Aged the Worst?
The sequel history, pan-and-scan broadcasts, dated effects, the theme-song dispute, harassment of William Atherton, and Venkman's conduct
In the discussion (6)
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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.
The Ruffalo / Hanna / Rubinek / Partridge Overacting Award
Slavitza Jovan's Gozer performance
In the discussion (2)
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- The actor playing Gozer is selected; the machine transcript renders her credited name uncertainly as 'Slot via Yovan.'
- Grace Jones is discussed as an intended visual and casting reference for Gozer.
The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award
Four distinct hot takes cover SNL films, ghost imprisonment, Dana's standards, and a Sigourney Weaver–Kathleen Turner swap.
In the discussion (5)
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- Ghostbusters is argued to be the best film emerging from Saturday Night Live's creative orbit, ahead of Wayne's World, Blues Brothers, Anchorman, and other contenders.
- The Ghostbusters are criticized as an unregulated private police and prison service with no clear right to confine ghosts.
- Dana is accused of warming to Venkman only after he becomes a successful and famous small-business owner.
- A final take proposes swapping Sigourney Weaver and Kathleen Turner between Ghostbusters and Romancing the Stone.
- The swap is defended on the theory that Weaver better fits an initially restrained novelist while Turner would heighten possessed Dana's sexuality.
Casting What-Ifs
Michael Keaton as Venkman; Jeff Goldblum as Egon; other reported candidates (credibility questioned)
In the discussion (7)
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- Chevy Chase's claim that he declined Venkman is treated skeptically, though a preliminary conversation is considered possible.
- Michael Keaton is the favored Venkman alternative because he had already played comparable fast-talking comic leads.
- Tom Hanks, Robin Williams, Steve Gutenberg, and Richard Pryor are listed as other reported Venkman possibilities with varying credibility.
- Christopher Walken, John Lithgow, Christopher Lloyd, and Jeff Goldblum are discussed as reported Egon candidates; Goldblum draws the most interest.
- Daryl Hannah, Denise Crosby, Julia Roberts, and Kelly LeBrock are reported as Dana audition possibilities, though the panel doubts some claims.
- John Candy is reported to have declined Louis Tully after proposing a German accent; Sandra Bernhard reportedly declined Janine.
- Paul Rubens is mentioned as an alleged Gozer possibility, but the claim is explicitly doubted.
In the discussion (2)
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- William Atherton is accepted as the main That Guy because he is recognized from both Ghostbusters and Die Hard.
- The actor playing the mayor and Jennifer Runyon are offered as additional familiar faces.
In the discussion (3)
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- Moranis and Potts are the initial finalists.
- The group debates whether Moranis has too much plot presence, then accepts that impact matters more than a strict screen-time ceiling.
- Moranis wins for making Louis and possessed Vince Clortho unusually funny in a small number of minutes.
Recasting Couch
John Candy as Louis Tully
In the discussion (1)
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- John Candy's proposed version of Louis remains the most interesting recasting option even though the group values Moranis's performance.
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