So i was talking to my friend the other day and he said,
"Eamonn, did you hear there will be a Ghostbusters 3?
..."Yes i did hear about that..."
"How will they manage that? Make a film about charectors we haven't heard from in 30 years?
...Oh you mean, like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEpCUB8IjzM
Yes that's real.
In 1997 Sony television created a 40 episode season of a new ghostbusters team. Named EXTREME! Ghostbusters to remind us what decade it's from. Extreme is noted for it's darker take on the franchise, as well as being a fond favourite of older fans of GB.
So lets dig for this rare tv gem this is the first 2 episodes of Extreme Ghostbusters.
So this first episode, Darkness at Noon, Part 1, starts with a cutaway scene of subway workers breaking through a wall, when a green gas manifests itself into a demonic queen. We then get another hit of that AWESOME-SAUCE Intro Song. It was Sang by Voice-actor Jim Cummings, the voice of Robotnik. This is not the first time he sang in a cartoon, he was actually Jeremy Irons Singing voice in Loin King and Christopher Lloyd's Singing voice in Anastasia
So lets start.
We Start we it really all began for the 'Busters, the New york Metropolitian College. Egon Spengler(Maurice Lamarche) Has returned to teaching and his surprised that his class of 97 has doubled.
Doubled to 4!
They are slacker Eduardo(Rino Romaro), Wheelchair bound athlete Gareth(James Marsden) African-American preppie Roland (Alfonso Ribeiro) and Goth Kylie(Tara Strong)
While Kylie and Roland have enrolled into Egon's class of Paranormal Studies of their interests of Ghosts and Mechanics respectively, Gareth was spurred by hero worship, and Eduardo is in it for the"Easy As"
Egon is given a teaching assistant it turns out to be Janine who implies that Egon and her were an item.
Wait did they put Lewis on the bus?
She tell us that Egon still lives at the firehouse with Slimer.
Speaking of which, Slimer (Billy West) is minding his own business when the PKE Readings goes off the scale. The demonic Queen reveals her name has Archira, Daughter of the Gozerian, Destroyer of Civilisations. When Slimer bolts to the college, Roland offers to drive everyone to the firehouse. While there, they watch a news report of the opening scene in the subway. As Egon investigates, The New Mayor calls him a con-artist. At the Firehouse Kylie steals a Ghost-Beacon to use in a seance. That night, Kylie uses the device with intent of contacting her Grandma. Instead she gets possessed by Achira as her vessel to spread her disease. Her first victim? Egon. Crippled by debilitating boils, Egon has no choice but to train his students to be a New Generation of Ghostbusters, thus ending Episode 1
After a run-down at the beginning of episode 2, The rag-tag team go out on patrol trailing, unbeknownst to them, a possessed Kylie infecting the disease to passengers on a subway. The screams distresses a blind man Until Kylie/Archira lies to him not to worry while infecting him. Very effective Nightmare Fuel.
After the team splits from him, Eduardo is confronted by Kylie who chats him up, before she can kiss her (And Eddy points that she's "LEGAL!") The others return. After debating if the protons will kill Kylie, Eddy jumps the gun by shooting Archira out of Kylie. Trapping the spirit is unsuccessful as Eduardo forgot to bring a trap.
Returning to the firehouse, Egon is disappointed that his equipment is not strong enough to deal with this more advance creature. Thankfully, Roland is a mechanical prodigy that tunes up the ECTO 1 (even adding a wheelchair ramp) And resigning the rectangular traps in circular ones, designating Kylie as the Trapper.
Archira reveals her plan, her victim's boils are in fact EGGS that hatch miniture versions on Archira. the plan is implied that the boils devour the weakened victims.
So lets wrap this up
The XGB's Trap Archira(If you watched this on Disney, the entire strobe lightning sequence was edited by the Nazi Rat!) And as Roland thinks it's all over the subway crew releases an entire cloud of Ghoulies.
THIS SHOW WAS AWESOME!
With rumours of Ghostbusters 3 making the rounds, Jeff Kline and Harold Ramis are constantly asked if this series will the plot to the sequel. And why not? For a cartoon, the characters are relateable and likable. The ghosts are no longer played for comic effect, thanks in part to the darker art-style and depiction of actual Legends, they also dealt with real issues that were written extremely well, such as respecting elders(Riddle of the Sphinx),Infatuation(Sonic Youth),Fear(Fear itself) Abusive relationships(The Crawler) and Racism(The True Face of the Monster)
As for why it never got a second series, put it down to Executive Meddling. The higher up at Columbia thought the show was too politically correct. No, that will be November's Entry.
But the real meddling came out to why so many cartoons where in the 90's were cancelled: Money!
Despite winning an award from the Los Angeles Disability Committee for the Character of Gareth, and the fact he became the De facto new leader, the toyline did not think anyone would buy a wheelchair bound action figure.
Well, Despite all the Meddling XGB Was pretty the successor the series needed.
(Eamonn goes to his fridge to the floating head of 80's Lad. The food is floating around the head on a static background)
-Let me Guess, there is no 80's Lad, only Zuul?
-Save me, Enlightened Dude, some Totally Bad Shit is about to go dow...
(the static covers 80's lad's face as his screams become digitised. the face less head now discourteously Speaks in a digitised woman's voice
Saving 80'S LAD
80's lad is now...SAVED!
BEGINING UNIVERSAL HARD RESET!
DELETE ALL ORGANIC FILES!
I don't know who you are, bucko! But you are not Human! You are an Android, But me?
I AM A MAY'UN!
(Punch!)
(CLANG!)
(Gripping fist) OWWW! WHY DO WE INTERNET REVIEWERS ALWAYS PUNCH ROBOTS? IT NEVER WORKS!
Okay HAL, This will reconfigure you Fucking Settings!
(Eamonn Arm glows with Silverly Flames)
HADOU-KARA PUNC-
DETCTING CORRUPT FILES! CONTINUE?=Y/N
N=RETRIEVING DATA LOGGING OUT...
(the static defragments back into the fridge interior)
Joe-jack! I saw 80'S LAD! His head was floating in the fridge then it turned into a silver head with a sat nav lady voice that tried to delete me!
(Joe-Jack shoots Eamonn with a Tranquilizer Dart!)
CREDITS
Extreme Ghostbusters review as Written, compiled and Edited by Eamonn Bermingham
With Music
Exteme Ghostbusters Theme
Extreme ghostbusters is property of Disney.
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