i thought about this too and i came up with this conclusion.

What if the slime was needed as transportation system for the spiritual energy ray and egon was talking about with the mandala.

That being said the slime could easily be affect by the emotion of the people of the city because each person gives off some paranormal energy (note egon was scanning people in both the movie and the game.) So if every one gives off negative energy the slime would absorb that negative energy very easily.

This gave the slime the fuel and energy to power vigo. Also let me suggest this Gozer is a god which means she….he… it. Has been around much longer than vigo what if vigo was a Gozer worshiper himself it would explain why the slime gave him so much power.

Haven't played the game yet (damn you, video card) but let me put in my tuppence worth.

My interpretation of the pink slime is that it picks up on and magnifies SUPPRESSED negative emotions that can't be expressed because of codes of conduct and whatnot. Obviously, seeing people yelling at the slime in GB2 undermines my idea somewhat, but I still like it, because I've always felt that anger and other negative emotions are much more powerful when they're left to stew in the back of the mind (or wherever they stew) than when they're (often explosively) brought out and dealt with. You know what? Think of something like The Tingler, that old Vincent Price movie about a thing that grows on the base of the spine with tension and fear and can only be “killed” with a good scream.

How I look at it:

It's clear that the laboratory on Shandor Island was taking green slime and through some process turning it into black slime to generate portals, create black slime monsters and black slime ghosts. I figured that somewhere mid-process, some of this slime leaked into the sewers, or was possibly discarded into the sewers intentionally. Due to the green slime's altered properties, but not yet full conversion, it was able to draw on negative human emotions and grow. Once the slime grew enough, and the painting of Vigo was placed over the river of slime, Vigo was able to make good on his word and came back to this realm, but remained trapped within the painting. However, once the river of slime channeled a sufficient amount of negative energy, the slime poured over into the streets and Vigo was finally able to step out of the painting.

JonXCTrack;158600
Once the slime grew enough, and the painting of Vigo was placed over the river of slime, Vigo was able to make good on his word and came back to this realm, but remained trapped within the painting. However, once the river of slime channeled a sufficient amount of negative energy, the slime poured over into the streets and Vigo was finally able to step out of the painting.

This could also explain how the painting reverted back to Vigo in the game, what with all the black slime cropping up, however with the painting being in the Firehouse and monitered,he was never allowed to get powerful enough to do anymore than taunt you…

I once attributed the ‘reverting’ thing to the shockwave, however I think considering the slime is what allowed him to return via the painting the first time then this similar occourance was most likely how he ‘returned’ in the game…

mdp872105;158550
Also let me suggest this Gozer is a god which means she….he… it. Has been around much longer than vigo

That's basically the backstory from the first movie.

Gozer existed long before the birth of Vigo as indicated by the civilisations Venkman dug up in his research, Hittite, Mesopatamian and Sumerian, and that Gozer was worshipped in these periods.

what if vigo was a Gozer worshiper himself it would explain why the slime gave him so much power.

This seems rather counter to Vigo's character. He wasn't someone who worshipped a god, like Shandor, he probably thought he was a god.

I'm also not a fan of any idea to give him a tie to Gozer. He doesn't need one.

Even then, being a Gozer worshiper doesn't explain why he got so powerful from all the rivers of slime.

The 1st time I played the Game and heard Winston say that the mood slime must have been pumped directly into the sewers, I had the thought that it was by accident. Then all the mood slime just happened to make Vigo “active” (for lack of a better word). I didn't consider that they did it on purpose.

Also, you know when you enter the Mandala tunnels under the museum (I think it's the mandala anyway) is that the same tunnel network that the pink slime from GB 2 was flowing through? Cuz Ray comments about it being familiar. I'm probbly way off but the BIG tunnel part really did make me think it was. The ceiling looked like it too. I know it's not where ray was lowered in but maybe a different part?

Doctor Venkman;158533
I do get your point here, and I agree with it in most scenarios. The thing that I liked about this was that it isn't really connecting Vigo to Gozer. Its connecting Vigo to Ivo Shandor. There's no actual relationship with Vigo and Gozer. I mean you could consider them to almost be different chess pieces in Shandor's game. They're not related in a family sense, which is what I like about it.

i was reading this thread to post 6! i put 1 and 1 together and come to my own conclusion that vigo stand in no relationship to gozer and or shandor! the villan vigo happened by accident coused of the slime under the museum, but this part just couldnt have been forseen by shandor!

Ectofiend;158605
This could also explain how the painting reverted back to Vigo in the game, what with all the black slime cropping up, however with the painting being in the Firehouse and monitered,he was never allowed to get powerful enough to do anymore than taunt you…

Are you sure it's the actual painting? I mean, for all we know, they might've bought a Hotshot and it came to life on them when the black slime started acting up.

(Hmmm, that almost sounds like something from Ghostbusters.nuts.)

Seriously: I maintain that the change from Vigo to Four Men and a Baby was permanent. I think I read somewhere that that was common practice back in the day, painting over another painting. But that is another can of worms entirely.

Nix;158632
(Hmmm, that almost sounds like something from Ghostbusters.nuts.)

Ha!


I subscribe to that notion as well, and that Vigo's return (either by slime, or by the shockwave - which is my preferred explanation) would probably be temporary.

I suspect there was a deliberate move to style the Mandala (you were spot on, Bucky) tunnels after Van Horne Station, even if the station itself wasn't used.

It could even have been the reuse of elements for a Van Horne environment, we know a multiplayer level of Van Horne Station was made.

But whether it's meant to be the Pneumatic tunnels? Not sure, especially with Ray's remark that they weren't designed for transporting many things, including trains.

Doctor Venkman;158533
There's no actual relationship with Vigo and Gozer.

Doctor Venkman looks forward to a flood of angry emails from all the Gozer/Vigo shippers out there.