robbritton
Some of the magazines have said that you're solely accompanied by Venkman on this first training bust, which kind of fits the mythos. Of all of them, he'd be the most likely to give it a second try!

I can just imagine Peter stealing away the FNU and coaxing him into busting Slimer as some sort of revenge / initiation prank. If he successfully busts him then he gets his revenge, if not then he gets to laugh at him covered in slime.

Peter: I will give you a raise and a bonus if you can catch the spud

Here is an interesting thought that just came to mind. With you being able to scan ghosts into a relative “digital Tobin's Spirit Guide” maybe we will finally get an answer to one of the most argued questions in GB Lore…

What exactly is Slimer…

JamesCGamora
Here is an interesting thought that just came to mind. With you being able to scan ghosts into a relative “digital Tobin's Spirit Guide” maybe we will finally get an answer to one of the most argued questions in GB Lore…

What exactly is Slimer…

http://www.ectozone.com/gbfl/slimer.php

let me rephrase that statement:

“Maybe in the Ghostbusters Movieverse we will finally get an answer to to the background into slimer.”

Better clarified for you?

From the link Adam posted:

Is referred to as a Focused Non-Terminal Repeating Phantasm, or a Class V Full Roaming Vapor. A real nasty one, too. He isn't the ghost of a once living Human Being, but he is a by-product of the rituals that a cult held in the Sedgewick Hotel's basement. (Ghostbusters)

The novel for Ghostbusters is what gives this information, I believe. And surely if you're counting the video game as part of the movie universe, then the novel of the first movie counts towards the movie universe. (Not saying I don't think the game should count, cuz it does… just saying, the answer for Slimer has already been given).

Is referred to as a Focused Non-Terminal Repeating Phantasm, or a Class V Full Roaming Vapor. A real nasty one, too. He isn't the ghost of a once living Human Being, but he is a by-product of the rituals that a cult held in the Sedgewick Hotel's basement. (Ghostbusters)

I can say that I have never read the novelization of the first movie (due to not being able to find it anywhere) but some could argue that if it didn't happen on screen in the release…it didn't happen. I am not one of those people mind you…but there are people who would argue that point.

I tend to go by the “by product of a ritual” background rather than the Remlis background in the comics.

JamesCGamora

Is referred to as a Focused Non-Terminal Repeating Phantasm, or a Class V Full Roaming Vapor. A real nasty one, too. He isn't the ghost of a once living Human Being, but he is a by-product of the rituals that a cult held in the Sedgewick Hotel's basement. (Ghostbusters)

I can say that I have never read the novelization of the first movie (due to not being able to find it anywhere) but some could argue that if it didn't happen on screen in the release…it didn't happen. I am not one of those people mind you…but there are people who would argue that point

Well then to those people any origin given in the video game shouldn't be considered part of the movie universe anyway considering its a different format.

Very true. Very true indeedly do. But considering this is being billed as an official continuation of the franchise…then it could be argued that whenever happens in the game does technically “happen on screen”

JamesCGamora
Very true. Very true indeedly do. But considering this is being billed as an official continuation of the franchise…then it could be argued that whenever happens in the game does technically “happen on screen”

Well then one would think those people would consider RGB part of the continuity as well.

Its really a pointless argument. The origin for Slimer in the movie universe has been given, and I'm sure Aykroyd and co. remember what they wrote in terms of his origin, so if they're going to talk about his origin, it will be the one that was mentioned in the movie adaptation.

Doctor Venkman
Well then one would think those people would consider RGB part of the continuity as well.

Its really a pointless argument. The origin for Slimer in the movie universe has been given, and I'm sure Aykroyd and co. remember what they wrote in terms of his origin, so if they're going to talk about his origin, it will be the one that was mentioned in the movie adaptation.

Oh, I know and do agree. I am not trying to start an argument. I am just throwing things out there so to speak. As I said before I had heard the “by product of a ritual” background but didn't realize it was from the novelization of the movie (also as I said I am not as of yet fortunate enough to have been able to track down a copy). I personally subscribe to that background myself rather than to the King Remils-whats-it that was in the comic.
I was just pointing out that there are people who could nit-pick that point. One of friends within my “inner circle” is like that, not for Ghostbusters though but for other franchises…for him “if it didn’t happen on screen then it didn’t happen”.