What about... JANINE!?


by Divia

21 years, 5 months ago


I'm sure she'll be in the comic, but, will she have a relationship with Egon? That's what I want to know.

by EGraves

21 years, 5 months ago


That's the twenty million dollar question, isn't it? Personally, I'm not expecting much more then the unresolved tension between Egon and Janine that was the status quo for both RGB and EGB. I can live with that.

But you never can tell. The comic is leaning more towards the first movie, where Egon actually had a clue.

If they even try to set her up with Louis Tully, heads will roll.

by Divia

21 years, 5 months ago


uhh, the idea of Tully makes me ill. It was bad enough to watch in the later episodes of GB. Frankly, I'm all about seeing a E&J relationship. But that's just me.

by ScubaSteve

21 years, 5 months ago


Hoojay for Bo!

by Veedramon

21 years, 5 months ago


Ray, Venkman and Winston: Smoking or Nonsmoking?

Either is fine with me…

“Four Guys In Tan Who Kinda Look Like Murray, Aykroyd, Ramis, and Hudson”? instead of four quirky, anime-esque characters?

I'm working with that idea MUCH better than I thought I would…

Slimer or no Slimer?

Your call Red…

Screw up Egon and Janine (ie GB2)?

There will be Hell to pay, brother…

by EGraves

21 years, 5 months ago


Despite my inclination against unfounded optimism, I'm going to give 88 MPH studio the benifit of the doubt and say they should know that Egon and Janine is one thing not to mess with.

Why? Because J. Michael Straczynski says so.

Also, if they pay attention to the fans at all, they know several things:

1). There is a decent portion of Egon/Janine shippers among the Ghostbuster fan population.

2). Said shippers are deadly when provoked.

3). The number of Louis Tully/Janine shippers in existance can probably be counted on one hand. (If there are any at all; I doubt they'd speak up in the middle of this thread…)

So I'm not going to concern myself too much over it. To tell the truth, I almost perfer the undefined relationship that the pair had in RGB; stories about them developing a relationship will probably be a lot more interesting then one after they're in one. Not that I never want them to go anywhere, but they have plenty of time to develop it instead of just dropping into it.

-Graves

by missjanine

21 years, 5 months ago


Very well put. I'm obviously one of said E/J shippers, and watching their relationship develop would be a great sidestory to the book.

by Veedramon

21 years, 5 months ago


Develop their relationship slowly, of course. Egon's not going to move very fast in something so patently illogical. But develop it!!!

RGB got stuck in a rut because it was a cartoon that became more and more aimed at kids after JMS quit as Story Editor. Some of the prevailing “wisdoms” in American cartoon writing thought are: “Romance is boring when you want to tell action toys to eight year old boys”(which is true, unfortunately, for the most part) and especially “The Status Quo Must Be Maintained” (More a judgement about the percieved short attention spans of kids and the crassly commercial urge to sell it into syndication–if the Status Quo never changes, it doesn't matter what order the episodes run in)

Then GB2 threw the whole Louis Tully monkey wrench into things. To their credit, the RGB writers vetoed that–two episodes that ran after GB2 testify to that: “The Ghostbusters Live From Al Capone's Tomb” (Janine kisses Egon at the end, in full sight of Louis) and especially “Janine You've Changed”, the latter of which actually held the promise that Egon and Janine were finally going to be allowed to happen.

Then XGB came out and restored the old same “unresolved” Status Quo from RGB as though “Janine You've Changed” never happened. Dammit, Egon and Janine weren't the stars of XGB anyway, so how much different would it have been if instead of popping up after not seeing him in years (“Darkness At Noon”) she'd popped up to, say, bring him some paperwork he forgot and she rescued in time “before the Twins drew Venn diagrams all over them in crayon”? almost no difference at all. “The Crawler”, “Temporary Insanity”, and “Rage” would've needed rewrites, but that would've been all.

My main hope is Red's oft-repeated mantra that the new comic “Is based off the first movie”. Don't move too fast, that wouldn't be right. But move it. We've been waiting a long time for someone to do it right and do it justice.

by EGraves

21 years, 5 months ago


With any luck, you might actually get your wish, Veedramon (er… Mr. Baugh?) since this is a comic. A continuous story line that requires people to actually read/watch on a regualar basis probably works better for a comic (where catching up on the plot is as easy as picking up the previous volume, you can proceed at your own pace, etc.) then for a TV show (where viewers who come in at the middle have no idea what's going on.)

Of course, none of this would apply if the cartoon industry didn't think children were morons, but I won't get into that…

Here's hoping I'm right.

-Graves

by Divia

21 years, 5 months ago


I'm one of those people would would like to see the relationship develop over time. I dont think they should be an item in the first issue. That being said, I do NOT want to see the horrific on again off again story line that plagues the X men with Rogue and Gambit. And I do believe there is some hope for an E&J relationship only because its a comic, and its gonna be more adult.