I think mine would have to deal with Dana Barrett's dis-possession and the real fact that Zuul might only be asleep inside her and waiting to awake.

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I remember writing up a treatment in 1986, just to pass the time… GB2 was a big “no-go” at that time, so we all had fan-generated GB2 plots floating around. Anyway, my story tapped into the extreme popularity & longevity of many horror/paranormal film series, like “Friday the 13th” and “Nightmare on Elm Street.” In “my” GB2, the public would be near-obsessed with such a string of films, thanks to the intensely charismatic star. At a Halloween premiere-night publicity stunt, the GBs are asked to pose with this star (who never seems to be seen without his makeup on). Venkman, of course, loves the spotlight and looks into becoming closely associated with the horror actor, a la Howard Cosell to Muhammad Ali (“You know, we could do really great things for each other.”).Ray has a bad feeling about this, and he & Egon surreptitiously scan the actor with the PKE meter, and their fears are confirmed. The actor is so successful playing a supernatural psycho because he IS a supernatural psycho! Trouble ensues, etc. etc., Venkman at odds with his fellow busters, etc.

This was fleshed out to a pretty large extent, but then dropped when I moved back from L.A.. I believe parts of this concept found its way into a few RGB episodes, and it's very close to the recent film “Shadow of the Vampire,” where an actor hired to play a vampire was actually a vampire. Sigh, it's not what you know, it's who….

- K -

wow. that's a great plot. i wouldn't use it for gb2, (well only hearing this little bit anyway) , but it'd make a great rgb episode!?! i can almost see how it would go. then again that's probably because like you said some parts were in episodes.

-thespud

I would leave it alone, except giving Winston more parts.

I agree. It was a great movie that is underated. It did great at the box office. Any movie that does over 120 million and 60 in rentals on 1989 did above average. If you include inflation it did better than most good movies do now. I almost like it better than the first movie because we get to see how the characters developed.

I wouldn't change GB2, just give Winston a bigger and more involved part and include more Ghostbusting scenes as well as an insight into Vigo's History.

I would've liked Ghostbusters 2 to have been slightly more complicated in plot. Even the most diehard GB2 fan would have to admit the plot was a little straight-forward.

If you look at GB1, they had the added dimension of Walter Peck, the “other” bad guy. I mean, not only did they have to investigate Dana's little problem with a demon in her refrigerator, bust other ghosts all over the city, and take down a major spook by the name of Gozer, but they also had the EPA on their backs all the way. And in addition to Peck, GB1 had the love story, the nosey neighbor, the camaraderie between the cops and the Ghostbusters (in the middle of the film), and all the little bit-parts like the guy outside the elevator at the Sedgewick. All these little things combined to make a great film.

Ghostbusters 2 attempted a few sub plots in the form of Louis & Janine and Jack Hardemeyer, but it just wasn't as skillful as the way they did it in GB1. And there were hardly any “minor” characters for the main guys to bounce their witty lines off. They were mostly bouncing jokes off each other instead.

I still love GB2, but I'm afraid in my opinion it could never surpass the original. It's still a great film, though, for everything it did right. Janoz was a funny character, and the weirdness between Peter and Dana was done really well. It's like Peter was trying hard to subtly impress her, but she'd seen it all before and wasn't buying it at first. That was funny for me

Rick

I'd probably have them stay in business during the period between GB1 and GB2. Business just wouldn't be booming. Other than that, I can't think of any alternate GB2 plot.