LordVigo82;154103
I mean..Sony didn't even seem too motivated in promoting it. What…Taco Bell got a few exclusives, some figures were made, GARRETT GOT LEFT OUT

Actually, the toys were made before the show was even in production or before anything was finalized. Garrett as was added to the cast later, hence why there was no figure of him.

I like EGB, but I still prefer RGB over it. Both are fun to watch.

Lets change this question.


Who would win in a fight?


RGB.


Even if you give the EGB a handicap….oh wait, they did.

RGB! ALL THE WAY!

And it's not just a nostalgia thing for me, but the fact that it was modeled more closely after the movie (Firehouse, equipment, Ecto-1, etc). Plus! The whole premise of EGB seems to me a lot like the plot for GB 3 (newer, younger GBs in training), and I just can't seem to wrap my mind around the future of GBs (movies/cartoons)…without the original cast.

rockstar232007;154408
RGB! ALL THE WAY!

And it's not just a nostalgia thing for me, but the fact that it was modeled more closely after the movie (Firehouse, equipment, Ecto-1, etc). Plus! The whole premise of EGB seems to me a lot like the plot for GB 3 (newer, younger GBs in training), and I just can't seem to wrap my mind around the future of GBs (movies/cartoons)…without the original cast.

From what I've gathered that was the point of EGB, it was a test to see if the hip, new team would be a good marketing scheme for GB3

Peter Venkmen;154385
Actually, the toys were made before the show was even in production or before anything was finalized. Garrett as was added to the cast later, hence why there was no figure of him.

I like EGB, but I still prefer RGB over it. Both are fun to watch.

Otherwise, there still wasn't much of a marketing push for it. You could pretty much tell no one was really behind this project from the get-go.

Ive been watching EGB lately on dvd here in the UK (screw you america) dont know why we have it and you guys dont, its got the first 11 eps on it. Ive been really enjoying it, i can see why people dont like it, and its most likely the things that i hate about it aswell. But it is in no means a bad show, its a lot darker that RGB which is a nice touch, clearly aimed at teens and not a the younger kids.

I do feel the show was cut short, would have loved to see more, but its still no RGB

LordVigo82;154707
Otherwise, there still wasn't much of a marketing push for it. You could pretty much tell no one was really behind this project from the get-go.

I think it was originally just going to a toyline, but then they decided to make the show. You're right though, there wasn't much of a marketing push. I didn't even know about the show when it first aired, I tuned it probably half way into the series. It wasn't well advertised. Strange though that in Europe they continued to make games for it after the series ended.

Primarily, EGB suffered from two fatal flaws for me. One is typical of a lot of shows that don't find an audience, the other is more of a Ghostbusters franchis flaw.

1. The first flaw - forced characters. Sometimes in an effort to promote diversity, a show can come off as a little too PC. No matter how good the writing, audiences often have a hard time overcoming this flaw.

2. The second flaw - destroying the original premise to get an idea over. This is a lot of what plagued the second movie. Let's take a concept that is essentially a buddy/character movie that people buy into and blow it to kingdom come. RGB was the “natural” sequel to Ghostbusters. The guys continue doing their business, sometimes scrapping by, but sticking to the original premise.

GB2 basically said “yeah everything went to crap and now they have to start over.” Clearly that idea didn't resonate with people. So why would you create a TV series with the same concept?

Why is it that for 13 years, the best “future” anyone could come up with for Ghostbusters was to put them out of business? It's like taking a giant crap on everyone who bought into the original premise.

GB the video game got one concept particularly right in that regard - people die every day. In theory a Ghostbusting company would be expanding, not shrinking.

I do believe there were other factors at work as well.

Kids were changing and EGB was too late for Saturday morning or even weekday afternoon cartoon's prime, and they were too early for adult swim and some of the cable network animation that has come online in the last few years.

Not enough time had passed. The reality is that the death of RGB was only 6 years prior to the launch of EGB. People didn't really have enough time to miss the concept and perhaps more important, the generation that grew up with Ghostbusters and RGB was not old enough to be in a nostalgia phase (which is what you're seeing now with males in the 25-35 age range).

All in all, EGB is a good show. I just don't think it can compare to the first series. It was RGB's version of Batman Beyond.

just finised watching the dvd, and it got me wondering…


Do they actually get paid for doing jobs? i never see them excepting or talking about any money, how are they keeping in business?

Also what really gets me is this… In the BBCs new series of Dr Who, when aliens invade earth in the christmas special everyone sees them, so from then on the whole world believes in aliens. But in EGB (and GB2) no one believes in ghosts, but as we all know hundreds of ghosts wrecked the city at the end of the first film not only that but they were attacked by a giant monster!! AND there was a guy filming it for the news, so the whole world would have seen!!

Popey;155135
Do they actually get paid for doing jobs? i never see them excepting or talking about any money, how are they keeping in business?

Sure they do, it's just that the writers probably felt it didn't needed to be mentioned. I think it's assumed on our side that they do get paid, since they obviously charged for catching Slimer in the first film and in “Mrs. Rogers Neighborhood” Peter was writing up a Bill before they even started investigating.