Commentary
With the recent developments in the world of Ghostbusters, many people (especially those over on the message boards) have been debating just what this all means for the future of Ghostheads. First of all, many stars have toyed with the idea of retirement. Anthony Hopkins said he would never make another film again, then proceeded to sign contracts for The Mask of Zorro, Instinct, and Hannibal. Alec Baldwin said he'd leave the country if George W. Bush was elected president but somehow found the time to make the disgusting Pearl Harbor.

Honestly, it seems very natural for Akyroyd to be feeling doubt in his career at this point. Blues Brothers 2000 wasn't met with the praise that he originally intended (his original shooting script was INCREDIBLE, how it turned into the film that is in the can is beyond me). Evolution had a fairly lackluster run at the Box Office but Dreamworks didn't market it as well as they should, opting to pump more attention into Shrek and AI. Evolution did great overseas, Germans loved it (and David Hasselhoff). I think Evolution will really find an audience on home video much like Kevin Smith's Mallrats did. People didn't see it in the theaters but shell out the dough to rent the DVD as of late. I'm hoping that Aykroyd's interview is more talk than it is action. The words of a discouraged comedian who never seems to get the credit that he rightly deserves. Nowadays it seems to be more American Pie, less Blues Brothers. Satire seems to have been lost to the teen "coming of age sexual comedy" which is a shame.

Also, in reguards to the relationship between the original cast and crew of Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II, I reiterate what I posted on the message board this evening:

The original cast ALWAYS talks about just how much fun it was to make the GB films. There is a definite relationship between Akyroyd, Ramis, Murray, and Reitman (and producer Joe Medjuck who rarely gets the credit he deserves for keeping Ghostbusters alive past the first film). So just what exactly happened to this creative genius relationship that has made it to a point where they have not collaborated together since? Sure Ramis and Murray have teamed up, Reitman and Aykroyd have teamed up, but everyone together? Boggles the mind why these cats would say that everything is good and nice but there's about as much tension between them as an elementary school kickball game. It just doesn't add up... what part of this story have we NOT HEARD? How did we come so close to seeing GB3 on the screen in 2001 and then everything just fell to pieces? What happened to the enthusiasm that brought Murray in by helicopter from the set of the Razor's Edge to start filming Ghosbusters.

There's just a lot going on here that we don't know about guys. And actually, maybe it's a good thing, so that it doens't jade the image of the friends that made a classic spook chaser movie in the footsteps of some of the best comic greats to ever live.

- Troy

Spook Central celebrates 5!
Long time webmaster Paul Rudoff and his website Spook Central are celebrating their 5th anniversary. While the anniversary is bittersweet (SC has been down and not updated due to hosting problems), Paul has added five original Real Ghostbusters production scripts to his website. Each to commemorate the five years his site has been running. Wow, five years... in a few more Proton Charging, Spook Central, GB Central, and yours truely will be in the double digits, has it really been that long? - Troy

YESTERDAY'S NEWS (Monday, August 13, 2001)
Headlines: Dan Aykroyd tosses around the subject of retirement, new address for Aykroyd in the letters section

STILL HAUNTING THE SITE (Friday, August 10, 2001)
Headlines: Lorenzo Music fan art tribute (link here), PC has Extreme Ghostbusters game pictures

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