I taped and saw the Starz! airing. I always tape the films when they're shown on TV in case of anything "special". Nothing "special" so I erased the tape (Pan & Scan doesn't compare to my Letterbox laserdisc). However, it was a special treat since it was a new version I haven't seen before -- a third Pan & Scan version!I've made a list of the differences (which you might want to add to
GBHQ -- I'm gonna also post it on my Firehouse Forum -- which one would have to
join to see):-- It came from an original color print like Pan & Scan #1 (P&S#1), not
a blue tinted print like P&S#2.
-- Little unnecessary camera pans (UCP) here & there. They are more jerky than in previous versions.
-- The outside of Weaver Hall is shown in an UCP that goes from the
people walking into the building to the sign on the building. In P&S#1 only the sign is shown. In P&S#2 only the people are shown.
-- Like P&S#1, Harold Ramis in not seen when he says his one line as the 3 GBs & the hotel manager walk down the lobby of the Sedgewick Hotel. In P&S#2 they inserted a seperate shot of Harold.
-- The hotel elevator shot is done as a few UCPs. In P&S#1 it was done as one steady shot through a bit of letterboxing. In P&S#2 it was done as seperate shots.
-- In this version and in P&S#2 you can see Egon gesture to Peter on how much to charge the Sedgewick Hotel. Egon was cut out of P&S#1.
-- In the "Ghost Fever Grips New York" montage, through the use of UCPs, the camera stops briefly on both the newspaper/magazine covers & on the live footage. In P&S#1 the camera was kept steady showing a little of both. In P&S#2, the covers flew by as the camera focused on the live footage.
-- In between the Tavern On The Green & Peter getting out of the cab,
there is one black frame. I presume this is where one film reel ended and the
other began -- except this time they couldn't do a perfect edit when it
was transferred to video.
-- Why P&S is bad -- Instead of seeing Dana & Louis on their pedestals
(before the lightning strikes them opening the door atop the Shandor
Building), we see the bench-like structure that sits inbetween them.
That loses ALL of the important info in the original shot. It would have
been more resourceful for the Pan & Scanner to have done one quick UCP from
one end of the shot (Dana on the left) to the other (Louis on the right).
-- The end credits are letterboxed, like in P&S#2. In P&S#1 they were
in Pan & Scan.
-- The end credits text, on the black background, is smaller. In P&S#1, and possibly in P&S#2, the text is much larger.-Paul Rudoff
Past News Archives Monday, November 30, 1998 - Tuesday, December 8, 1998
A production date is set for Ghostbusters 3 on location shooting, "destroying" the rumors about David Spade and other terrbile sewing table talk, Starz! airs Ghostbusters all through the month of DecemberTuesday, November 10th, 1998 - Monday, November 23, 1998
The latest GB3 news (including casting rumors), DVD News, DanAykroyd Chat on Yahoo, Hi-C is back, and Star Wars?!?Wednesday, October 7th, 1998 - Novenber 5, 1998
GB3 news, takes on Paul Rudoff's "duplication," contest extensionMonday, September 14th, 1998
Sigourney Weaver pays tribute to dad, the new Ghostbusters HQ ContestWednesday, August 19th, 1998
DVD News, the truth about the GB3 trailer, Letters to Fox Family, more...Friday, August 7th, 1998
GB3 news, Troy employee of Sony, Trailer InfoTuesday, August 4th, 1998
Ghostbusters 3 news, fan fic added, contest winner announcedFriday, July 17th, 1998
FOX Family Channel News, DVD Info, page updatesSaturday, August 1st, 1998
The Latest DVD Info, GB3 news, and EGB wins an award!