Quotes Ghostbusters

[olivia_sutton]

Quotes are presented for amusement and thought.  All quoted dialogue is copyright original writers, etc and no infringement is meant.

Today's quotes come from *Ghostbusters* one of my favorite movies.  Interesting note about the film - at the time it was made, 1984, it was unheard of for a special effects heavy film to actually be funny.  The use of comedy, combined with action/adventure/drama was actually considered revolutionary.  Also, the film used physical/mechanical effects and a few hand-drawn effects (such as the proton packs streams) - remember in the '80s - CGI was unheard of or in it's infancy.  (One of the first TV programs to use cgi was *Sea Quest, DSV* and they actual used the VideoToaster to produce effects! I believe videotoaster was made by Apple).

Anyway on with happy quotes!

Ghostbusters, Best lines from the Film

 

"Back off, man, I'm a scientist." --Dr Peter Venkman

 

"Listen! Do you smell something?" --Dr. Ray Stanz

 

"I think this building should be condemned, there's serious metal fatigue in all the load-bearing members, the wiring is sub-standard, it's completely inadequate for our power needs, and the neighborhood is like a de-militarized zone." --Egon
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"Wow, this place is great!" --Ray, after his first glimpse of the fire station

 

"Generally, you don't see that kind of behavior in a major appliance." --Peter

 

"Yes, of course, they're serious." --Janine

 

"Why worry? Each of us is wearing an unlicensed nuclear accelerator on his back." --Peter

 

"I think we better split up." --Ray
"Good idea." --Egon
"We can do more damage that way." --Peter

 

"There's something very important I forgot to tell you." --Egon
"What?" --Peter
"Don't cross the streams." --Egon
"Why?" --Peter
"It would be bad." --Egon
"I'm fuzzy on the whole good-bad-thing, What do you mean bad?" --Peter
"Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping, instantly and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light." --Egon
"Total protonic reversal." --Ray
"Right, that's bad.  Thanks, Egon." Peter

 

"We came, we saw, we kicked it's ass!" --Peter

 

"If there's a steady paycheck in it -- I'll believe anything you say." --Winston

 

"Are we actually going to go before a federal judge and say that some moldy Babylonian god, is going to drop in on Central Park West and start tearing-up the city?" --Winston
"Sumerian, not Babylonian." --Egon
"No 'fence, but I gotta get my own lawyer!" --Winston

 

"Hey, where do these stairs go?" --Ray
"They go up." --Peter

 

"As a duly designated representative of the city, county, and state of New York, I order you to cease any and all supernatural activity and return to your place of origin or to the nearest convenient parallel dimension." --Ray
"That ought to do it, thanks very much, Ray." --Peter

"Ray, When someone asks you --' If you're a god?' -- you say, 'Yes!'. " --Winston

"Sorry, Venkman, I'm terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought." --Egon

"Sometimes I think the universe just waits for me to get cocky." --Egon, "When Halloween Was Forever", by J Michael Straczynski The Real Ghostbusters

"'Go West, young man, go West'--I thought West meant Pennsylvania." --Boris Mealy, Publicity photographer, "Gunfight at the OK Corral", The Real Ghostbusters

RGB (Real Ghostbusters) was an animated series that ran in the US, tho' the actual animation was done in Japan.  The script editor was J. Michael Straczynski (*Babylon 5*, *Jeremiah*), and the episodes were written by a stable of writers for the show AND many well-known science fiction writers such as David Gerold (sp?).  The premise was that the animated Ghostbusters were the "real" ones and the movie had been based on their exploits.  There was even an episode, "Take Two", in which the "real" Ghostbusters went to Hollywood to be technical advisors on the film. (How's that for warped reality?)  Most episodes tended to focus on all sorts of traditional mythic beings - sirens, the Boogyman, Pookas, etc.  Fun show.  I've got two fanfics for it over on my page at fanfic net.

--Olivia