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| Episode 1 – Season 1
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I must
first mention how much I love the idea of capturing ghosts and containing them
in a storage facility. The possibilities
seem endless with all the legends and memorable happenings throughout time. This episode isn’t a solid enough start for
the show however. The Ghostbusters catch
an annoying trio of family ghosts only to have the ever bumbling Slimer release
them that very night as they sleep. The
ghost family decides to run the Ghostbusters out of business by capturing
ghosts themselves. They end up biting
off far more than they can chew which results in their capture again with the
Ghostbusters left to deal with the mess.
The writing on this show goes up and down which reflects the
writers. I admire some of them while others
couldn’t write the alphabet correctly if you ask me. I’ll make sure to list the writer of each
episode as we go along so you understand what I mean. As far as the writers for this one, I’m not a
fan.
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| Worst ghosts ever |
The
beginning is flashy and upbeat as the Ghostbusters, who look like heroes
according to the roaring crowd, arrive at a chocolate factory to investigate a
disturbance. Slimer probably has the
best scene introduction wise to the viewers.
The lack of introductions for the Ghostbusters is a bit disappointing as
this is the first episode but it’s not a big deal. The three ghosts they encounter give me an
ill feeling. I don’t like their look at
all and their character is not for me.
They seem too goofy or non-ghost like.
There is nothing I like about them.
They get captured as the Ghostbusters receive four huge boxes of
chocolate from the owner of the factory.
That’s sums up a lacking introduction.
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| Being slimed is never fun |
The
guys decide to give Janine the chocolates but must be unable to distinguish a
box full of chocolates compared to an empty box. There all empty as Slimer devoured them all,
a somewhat comical gag but still could’ve been better. Peter wants to blast him for it, I’m all for
Slimer being trapped or blasted but this isn’t something really warranting
it. Peter says one more mess up and blah
blah it’s all for folly. There was a
funny line by Janine referring to “
a piece of cake” as reply to Egon that she’ll
hold their calls. Slimer shows up
looking for cake as Janine says it’s a figure of speech! It’s probably one of the best moments in this
episode.
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| Slimer in trouble |
Everyone
heads to bed except the slime ball who is dreaming of food. Slimer heads to the refrigerator to get food
with Winston on his trail. Slimer
eventually heads to the basement to hide and manages to do so as Winston gives
up. If I were Winston and heard noises
inside a building with ghosts in a giant electric storage unit I would have my
PKE meter with me a lot. I didn’t like
the idea of that I suppose. Slimer
slides down over a switch and releases the three terrible ghosts that were just
caught. An earth shaking alarm goes off
in which nobody hears it somehow, but at least Slimer turns it off.
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| Yeah, great disguises.. |
The
family ghosts disguise themselves to look human but still look like ghosts or
at least not human at all. They pretend to
catch the big fat annoying as <expletive> baby ghost time and time again,
in a garbage can. The whole city falls
in love with them somehow and they always beat the Ghostbusters to the call,
since they already are there causing it.
Trying to put to words this steaming pile of crap is proving
difficult. The guys mention the “ghost
grabbers” or whatever that trio of ghosts call themselves, remind them of the
ghosts they caught the day before. So in
one day Egon claims they will be run out of business? Isn’t he supposed to be smart? How can they not tell they’re all ghosts and
not just the one in the garbage can?
Anyway this episode is enough to make anyone with a brain to suffer from
a migraine by the time it’s over with.
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| When sushi strikes! |
The
ghost family goes to an old toy factory to coax an old ghost friend of theirs
to get the Ghostbusters. Can’t they do
it themselves? That’s right they’ll get
caught because they’re probably one of the worst ghosts this show ever put on
screen. Anyway, a new ghost, a more
powerful ghost than the one they knew is haunting the factory now. They foolishly awaken it and at least the
show picks up a tiny bit. The awakened
ghost pursues the idiot family ghosts over the Brooklyn Bridge I think. The Ghostbusters recapture them easily enough
on ecto-2. The class ten ghost remains
and the Ghostbusters, with Slimer’s aid, force it over the bridge into the
water as an overloaded ecto-2 goes with it.
Ecto-2 explodes taking out the ghost with it. How does that happen? It’s a ghost, so how explosions can hurt it
is beyond me, even as a kid I thought that was stupid. I know it’s a cartoon but I still like it
when a show can stay within the universe it’s created in. Couldn’t they have at least used their
throwers on it for a capture?
Anyway,
if you have seen this episode and are a fan of the RGB I trust you can
understand what I’m talking about here.
It’s not the worst episode I’ve seen and it has a bit of interesting
elements to it to keep it off the bottom of the list for me. I hold the RGB to a high standard.
Rating: 2 of 10
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