September 2003
The Queen saves Ghostbusters
Busted Tuesday, September 30, 2003, 7:54 PM by Netsolo
The UK's BBC has posted it's list of the top toys of all-time and, not surprisingly, nostagic items are high on the list. The Ghostbusters Proton Pack joins the Thundercats and the Fisher Price record player (EVERY kid had one of those didn't they?) on the list. Check it out!
Thanks to Wave for yet another cool tip!
Triumphant return of SC!
Busted Tuesday, September 30, 2003, 7:51 PM by Netsolo
One of the original boys is back in town. Spook Central is back and ready for another helping of multimedia goodness. One of my favorite sites since day one, SC has tons of cool content that you can't find elsewhere, definitely worth a look. Though us poor Mac users aren't able to view the main menu as of yet, I believe it's being worked on.
IGN does focus piece on Aykroyd
Busted Monday, September 29, 2003, 9:22 PM by Netsolo
http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/452/452080p1.html?fromint=1
Check out this in depth look at the career of Dan Aykroyd including a few little-known facts about the man behind the Ecto-visor.
Thanks to Wave for the tip...
Ghostbustin' Sunday night on ABC
Busted Monday, September 29, 2003, 12:07 PM by Netsolo
Ernie Hudson's excellent 10-8 debuted last night on ABC, the show is a dramedy in the vein of the classic buddy cop genre. Definitely going to be interesting to see where this one goes. But the most surprising part of the evening was finding out that Kurt (Jack Hardemeyer) Fuller now is a recurring character on Alias, one of those shows that just keeps getting better as time goes on. Now if only Dan or Harold did a guest spot on "The Practice" we would own all of ABC's Sunday night drama line-up.
Web comic? Sounds like a Spider-Man thing...
Busted Friday, September 19, 2003, 2:33 PM by Netsolo
The Nightsquad folk have posted a web comic drawn by Jen Spengler, an interesting addition to the franchises and a cool idea. Just to forwarn, parents: you might want to tuck the kids in before you take a look at this one, and kids, you might want to ask mom and dad's permission before you click.Check it out- look at the size of Holbrook, dude is seriously like Andre the Ghostbuster.
A reminder from Diet Coke...
Busted Thursday, September 18, 2003, 6:23 PM by Netsolo
Not only is 9/21 the Netmeister's birthday, but Ghostbusters will be showing on the Diet Coke "Moviefest" on TNT at 11:00am EST (that's this Sunday morning, so don't sleep through it).
Lost in the Reviews...
Busted Wednesday, September 17, 2003, 7:23 PM by Netsolo
Praise all over from critics for Bill Murray and Lost in Translation. Check out all the links over on Rotten Tomatoes. For all the good stuff, I HIGHLY suggest checking out the flick. It's amazing, slowly becoming my favorite film of all-time.
Ghostbusters series novels on the way?
Busted Monday, September 15, 2003, 12:29 PM by Netsolo
Castewar over at ol' Proton Charging has been digging up the dirt on the new Ghostbusters novels that have been rumored. Along the lines of the Star Wars books that resurrected the franchise, these will take place after the second film and continue the adventures of all our favorite characters.
The first book in the series will be written by Sholly Fisch (who has written childrens books for Batman Beyond and a few runs on Gen13).
This was something I pitched back to Del Rey a while back with "Ghostbusters: New Beginnings" and they didn't seem to bite. But Amazon.com is already taking pre-orders for the release from IBooks...
Ghostbusters penciller chosen!
Busted Monday, September 15, 2003, 12:22 PM by Netsolo
GBHQ has received word that 88MPH has decided on a replacement artist for the upcoming Ghostbusters comic. The announcement should be made shortly, stay tuned here and 88's website for the latest.
ERTL Die Cast Ecto finally gets official nod...
Busted Friday, September 12, 2003, 12:01 PM by Netsolo
No official pictures yet but a press release from the company includes this:
"JoyRide Studios Entertainment Vehicle Replicas -- Eight additions to this line of movie/TV-car replicas establish JoyRide as a top producer of quality die-cast vehicles from popular and vintage entertainment properties and expand its licensing properties to include movie-car replicas from Animal House, Ghostbusters, National Lampoon's Family Vacation, the Munsters, Greased Lightning, and Austin Powers."
You can read the full press release on Yahoo Business
Thanks to Proton Charging for the tip.
VSDA honors Ghostbusters DVD
Busted Friday, September 12, 2003, 11:52 AM by Netsolo
Superhero Hype! has the story on the award certification that Sony has received for some of it's soon-to-be classic films on DVD. The article states "it is the largest group of titles certified for a single studio at one time since the program's inception in 2000."
Check it out! Thanks to Canuck Jay for the tip.
Police call in the real life Ghostbusters...
Busted Tuesday, September 9, 2003, 2:05 PM by Netsolo
"Sisko" sends in this link from MSNBC, it seems that KY police are hearing something strange in their headquarters and they've called in paranormal investigators to run tests!
Here's the full story over on MSNBC!
For Twins and Kindergarten Cop he'd better support Arnold...
Busted Monday, September 8, 2003, 4:53 PM by Netsolo
Ron (Jeremy... er Jesusfreak) Daniels chimes in with this other bit of news:
Ivan Reitman supporting Arnold in Cali Election:
Another friend, director Ivan Reitman, is organizing a fundraiser. The director, who cast Schwarzenegger in "Twins," "Kindergarten Cop," and "Junior," says he admires Schwarzenegger's integrity. Mr. Reitman says the actor showed courage when his movie, "The Last Action Hero," bombed. Generally in such circumstances, stars blame others or drop out of sight. "He said, 'You know this is my movie, and if it doesn't work, it's my fault,' " he says.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0908/p02s01-uspo.html
Ernie "Lazarus" Hudson and his new show...
Busted Sunday, September 7, 2003, 8:29 PM by Netsolo
"Dear Lord! He has the fountain of youth!" Exclaims the HQ's long-time contributor Jesusfreak after viewing photos of Ernie Hudson in his new ABC show "10-8" at ABC's official site. "The thing is... the mustache is back."
Ernie's back, the mustache is back, ABC is... well, working on it.
You want RGB on DVD? You HAVE to do this RIGHT NOW!
Busted Sunday, September 7, 2003, 4:10 AM by Netsolo
http://www.rhino.com/fun/contests/videoanimation2003survey.lasso Rhino is taking the votes, it HAS to be done, go vote, then have your brother vote, then everyone in your family, school, neighborhood, city, county, state. This needs to win!
Murray shows off for French...
Busted Monday, September 1, 2003, 3:31 AM by Netsolo
VENICE, Italy (AP) - Bill Murray brought his deadpan wit and slightly wild eyes to the Venice Film Festival on Sunday to promote Sofia Coppola's new film ``Lost in Translation,'' a brilliantly moving picture set in Tokyo that shows what a fine actor the comedian has become.
``Lost in Translation'' is a delicate and sensitively crafted film that makes clear Coppola - who also wrote the movie - has not won success on the coattails of her father, director Francis Ford Coppola.
Offscreen, Murray's natural funniness is so irrepressible that he can't prevent a glance or simple comment from prompting laughs. Do people giggle at him wherever he goes?
``Let's be honest, we all have that problem sometimes,'' he said, deadpan of course. ``I get probably more laughs from more people because people think I'm trying to be funny, but I'm just being myself. That's my cross, that's my burden.''
Murray plays a dried-up actor who agrees to go to Tokyo to do commercials for Suntory whisky. He finds himself in a bafflingly different world, with an incomprehensible language, puzzling manners and the constant flash of Tokyo advertisements and video games.
``It's very foreign,'' Murray said. ``Have you been there? You can't understand them - they speak a completely different language.''
``In Japan, you have no idea what they're saying, and they can't help you either,'' he said. ``They're very polite but you feel like they're playing a joke on you. You just have to hope that they're not going to take you out and cover you in feathers.''
Murray's character hides out in his luxury hotel while suffering from insomnia and having occasional unsatisfactory phone conversations with his wife. Then he meets a young woman, played by Scarlett Johansson, who is also killing time in the hotel while her photographer husband works.
The story beautifully depicts the passionate connections that strangers can make when abroad and alone, as circumstances strip away inhibitions and heighten the need for human contact.
Coppola said she wrote the script with Murray in mind, and joked that she'd persuaded him to sign up for the film by applying ``caviar and champagne.'' The director also noted that the film was shot in the sequence of the plot - an unusual move - meaning that the two main actors grew closer as their characters did.
``I wanted to have a romantic jet lag feeling,'' she said. ``When you're in Tokyo with jet lag it has a dream atmosphere.''
Johansson, a marvelous young actress, described the atmosphere on this low-budget shoot in an expensive city.
``We had a really crazy working environment, a sort of guerrilla warfare filmmaking,'' she said. ``We just sort of jumped into it together.''
Despite the depth of this film, Murray said he'd never gotten bigger laughs. Asked if his recent more nuanced roles meant he would not make any more ``stupid'' comedies, Murray responded: ``I'll never do anything stupid again,'' allowing a comic pause while he sipped a glass of red wine.
``I don't know what your question was, but I hope you're having a good time here.''