How Ghostbusters: Afterlife Brought Back THAT Legacy Character [SPOILER WARNING!]
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife director and co-writer Jason Reitman details to Adam Savage the careful and technical process by which the filmmakers brought a legacy character from the Ghostbusters universe into the movie in a surprise role.
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I'm glad Ghost Egon was silent at the end, I think the scene would have been destroyed has he said anything.
Has he got Ecto-1 parked outside his house? 😀
Ironically enough I just got done watching this nice job Jason Reitman you did a fantastic job bringing back Harold for the movie
@Jason Reitman - If you´re reading this: I just watched the movie and loved it. You managed to recreate the magical feelling of the first movie but with your own twist on it. My hat is off to you sir. Well done!
Ecto-1 in the back parked
The ending to Afterlife worked. I saw Jason's vision 100% and it wrecked me. I sobbed, like a kid. I'm going through a lot of personal issues in life with loss/getting older/pressure from the world. These guys were my hero's. When I saw ALL them back together, I was all of a sudden a 5 year old kid again. When I needed them the most, they came back. It was a healing process I needed, a good cry. Thank you for this vision, Jason.
I'm with you. Just finished watching it now, balling my eyes out. Beautiful ❤️
For the love of God. Bring them back in FH.
I didn't cry but damn I felt it then the glorious scene of ecto going back into NY was for ME what I'd been waiting since 1989 to see. just to know that our boys didn't just stop existing after GB2 was magical
you got your wish. 2 weeks to go! @@SahareStudios
Hey man I’m right there with you. Middle age does something to you, it’s weird. You begin losing older family members, even friends, and all of a sudden your own mortality is more sharply in focus than ever. I went through it too, still am to some degree. Gotta stay busy and active and try not to get so in your head about it. Easier said than done though sometimes, I know
To the cast, crew and especially Jason Reitman and the Ramis family:
Thank you for giving us fans the sequel we never thought would happen. Thank you for bringing the original band back together for one last bust. And thank you for giving us fans the opportunity to say goodbye not just to Harold Ramis, but to Dr. Egon Spengler as well. May Egon's legacy live on through Trevor and Phoebe.
Thank you Harold Ramis for the laughs. Until then, see you on the other side.
I AGREE 10000 % Its was a Huge Success,,,Loyal MOOD -
to the Originals,,,,Thank You...
It’s not the last😉
Cannot express how thankful I am for Tested and Adam’s series of Afterlife videos. What a cool, insightful, and in-depth set of conversations and a great resource these have all been. The perfect companion to the film. Truly, thank you all!
These need to be Special Features on the home video release, no joke.
Absolutely right. More insightful than some of the behind-the-scenes stuff that you’d normally find in a home video release.
I 100% knew what was coming and I _still_ teared up when that character showed up on screen. It was beautiful.
I'm so happy that Jason inherited his dad's film making skills.
Harold being in Afterlife and giving us some closure, was beautiful and poignant.
I won't lie. I knew it was coming and still cried like a baby.
I watched Afterlife today and the end actually made me cry. I'm by NO means a soft touch! I can't think of another sequel that's done with such love and reverence to the original source material. And you can tell that Harold Ramis is truly missed by his friends and family. I hope they make another as that was a joy to watch. Phoebe was an absolute standout character too!
Exactly how I felt.
Me too 😭
Watching the film, I felt that it came from a place of love, respect, and family, and watching these videos just cements that. Critics who claim the film is overburdened with fan service missed something, and may be missing something on a deeper level within themselves.
I loosely agree with the critics, on some level. We got the Video game that was designed to be GB3, which is also soaked in fan service and call backs; now we got Afterlife a real 3rd movie... and again its got a lot of fan service and call backs. And this kinda thing is common, almost every new legacy type movie, focuses on trying to recapture the original movie. I want to see more original plots for the series, and not just keep going back to the Gozer well.
The part of this movie that is about family, and that stuff is amazing, I just feel like they could have told the same story with some new threat, and not retread so much of the original movie. There doesn't seem like there is any reason this HAD to be Gozer.
Perhaps the critic's manual missed the whole chapter about what life goes by.
This is why this movie is so awesome. It's not about showing off technology. It's not about blockbusters. It's about a family, and love for that person. Whether it's the Ghostbusters family love for Egon or the productions love for Harold, who's to say, it's still love. And it's so goddamn heartfelt I'm tearing up again, who keeps cutting those onions???
This actually has me tearing up more than a bit. The care and love that Jason brought to this in every moment of the description as he talks through his decision making process is astounding, and so much of it brought me right back to the emotions of watching it the first time. This movie was a TRIUMPH.
I felt the same! And I really felt Harold's comedy when he interacted with Phoebe.
Jason did such an AMAZING job. I hope he knows that.
This wasn’t a movie… this was a love letter to a series :)
I just got done watching this movie and a tribute to Harold Ramis was actually fantastic
He was perfect to bring back the OG Ghostbusters. I view the 2016 movie as an alternate version of the guys.
The only thing that really bothered me is that the OG Ghostbusters just showed up out of nowhere at the end. They needed a scene together before that.
I loved the movie, and I think he did a great job making it feel like it was truly part of the original film's world.
jason made the best memorial to an actor ever everytime i watch it over and over i tear up as it was done perfectly
@Adam Savages Tested this was truly a love letter to Harold Ramis. He was a huge part of this franchise and one of the founding fathers.
I think Jason did a great job treating Harold with great respect and reverence. Well done Sir! Keep bustin’
Not sure if tacking him onto the end of a pretty crappy movie is the best tribute...
@@krime2001 oh you must be thinking of GB 2016 ATC, no he wasn’t in that crappy film thankfully. Have a great day!
@@rareblendcars no, this one. Ghostbusters Afterlife, the kids film that just came out.
@@krime2001 should suit you then as an attention seeking kid
@rareblendcars he was actually, there was a bronze bust of him outside the deans office. A bit more respectful tbh to me than resurrection of the dead to make a movie, even if the overall movie turned out better.
Afterlife was brilliant!!! It really does feel like a hug from my grandfather 😌. Thank you everyone involved.
God, the fact that they actually kept the original ghostbusters proton packs for all this time... I get so happy.
I don't think I've ever had to try that hard not to cry in a movie theater than with that scene. it was amazing.
I have got to say this is the nicest most accessible film production I have seen. Jason and Ben are both kind and helpful answering all the fans questions. You guys should be applauded because many other productions put down fans or just refuse to be open and sharing like you.
This is such a wonderful interview. Thank you, Jason, for making such a wonderful movie, being so respectful Harold/Egon, and taking the time to truly understand the aspects of story, comedy, and filmmaking that made Ghostbusters so beloved. I can't wait to see the future adventures of Phoebe, Podcast, Trevor, and Lucky.
I am blown away that Bob Gunton was Egon Spendler's physical performance, so to speak. It was amazing work and probably the most chill-bump-inducing moment in tv/cinema that I've experienced in some time. You served the fans right, IMO.
Afterlife was one of the first movies that I genuinely enjoyed in years. they did a great job with it.
I had no idea the director was the son of the original. Absolutely loved the movie and the love and care that went into it was so clear!
I watched it as soon as it was available on digital, i loved it. I really felt the lamp and lights felt like egon, and honestly i thought the movie was perfect!
Wonderful, just wonderful. As many others have said, I balled like a baby. Thank you Jason, thank you, thank you. For a few moments, we got to be with Harold and Egon once more. There's really only one thing to say....Who ya gonna call?
I wish other "late sequels" or even reboots were such labor or love Afterlife proved to be. Ok this is a unique coincidence having the son of the original director direct this one but still too many times the newer movies are treated just as cash grabs without any passion/love behind them. And in fact many fail often even ruining the franchise itself
The nostalgia hit hard when that character showed up. I teared up seeing it. Such a good love letter to the franchise.
Same. Especially when Ramis appeared.
Hmmm... My inner cynic threw up a little. An unimaginably cheesy ending to a pretty terrible children's movie. I was more disappointed with this than the last Ghostbusters cash grab. They tried to promote this movie like it was a sequel to the originals. It so wasn't.
@@krime2001 we are anxiously awaiting your perfect script. Just direct us where we need to go to read it. I feel that too much time has passed to make the true sequel. Time is not our friend. At this point in my life (I'm old), I feel like I needed this movie as closure for the loss of Harold/Egon. I needed that "hug".
Now, go make that sequel happen! Peace.
@@krime2001 You must live a very cold, sad and lonely life. I pity you.
@@krime2001 except yeah it was and your particular brand of bullshit cynicism won't change that fact.
Thank you for sitting down with Jason and making these videos. I adore the film. It was a love letter to the original films, but it was also a really fun ride all on it's own, and that's exactly what we needed. It got me into a movie theater for the first time in 2 years.
I need like 5 hours of Adam and Jason talking about this film. This is the most I’ve ever seen a writer/ director talk about the process of making a film and it’s so cathartic to watch. I imagine Adam and Jason talked for hours and hours just walking around on set and around ghost corp hq.
It reminds me of Bruce Campbell’s book, where he talks about working with the Raimi brothers. Just so much interesting stuff happening behind the scenes to make the stories take shape.
Agreed there needs to be a supercut/DVD of their entire interview made available for purchase
The had a control Harold Ramis so they could make a perfect replica? They’re amazing.
I love basically everything I'm hearing here.
I really appreciated how the character never spoke. I don't think anything he could have said wouldn't have worked as good as it had.
And I was wondering how they did the light, because it really did look like somebody was controlling it by hand. Imagine my surprise to discover that's exactly what happened!
Thanks Adam and Jason!
Saw this a couple of days ago and was so happy to see the voodoo whistle we saw Adam make in an earlier one day build live on screen
You mean the Deathwistle(s).
Absolutely love that bit of behind-the-scenes insight.
It’s good to hear how they do all this stuff anyway, but the thought process behind Harold’s appearance was great.
I'm so happy Jason did this movie. And so thankful for his passion and love of the series.
Thank you Jason.
Freaking fascinating. Absolutely love listening in to these conversations.
I just watched the film for the first time last night... I was crying during the climax with "THAT Legacy Character."
I could barely see the screen, and never have been more grateful for deciding to watch something alone rather than with others.
No one wants or needs to see a 32 year old man cry like that from a movie... Thank you for making this movie.
The digital egon was so amazing i literally had to look up when it was filmed to make sure harold ramis hadn't actually been in it before he died
I would absolutely love to see the digital 1984 Egon testing process!
That is a fantastic approach to VFX and should be the standard for all virtual recreations of characters from here on out!
They should stop resurrecting people though for movies. The best shot of that whole sequence was the hand steadying Phoebe, which didn't require a ghoulish digital recreation.
It's really sad and a bit dystopian that movie studios don't see death as an obstacle to you being in their film.
It's great that they got permission, but they shouldn't have sought it and done it how they did at the beginning of the film (in profile, silhouette) and from behind etc so they could have the character without the departed actor.
It might feel cathartic in the moment but it ages badly.
That ending hit hard for all of us 80s kids. im sure the youngins were surprised to see their parents sobbing in the theaters, lol. yeah that was one of the best endings ive ever seen on film, beautifully done
Thanks, really thanks Jason, Ivan and Dan... They gave us a film that shows the love, the passion for our Ghostbusters ... The delicate treatment they had was incredible, the fact that Egon's ghost had no lines was great. Amazing, thanks again... And in my 33 years, it is the first movie that I see 6 times in the cinema ... And 6 times I found something new.
I just had to watch afterlife after watching this. I cried twice at the end. The hug worked, really well.
I loved the beginning when it was more gritty and rugged where egon was on the run.
3:53 Wait, wait, wait... So _that's_ where that one post-credit scene came from? I legitimately thought it was some kind of absurdly well-restored deleted scene. God _damn_ that is some fine work!
I instantly forgave the small niggling annoyances I was having with parts of the movie the moment I saw Harold, that choked me up hardcore and I was in absolute awe of the quality of the graphics. It really was damn near impossible to find the uncanny valley with him.
It's been so long since I'd seen a movie that had this much heart, emotion, and soul, I thought I had stepped into the twilight zone when I entered the theater. I thought these kind of films were gone for good. Thank you Jason for providing that glimmer of light. Hopefully more film studios realize that these kind of stories sell, and are something to be proud of.
I cried when I saw the last seen because it felt like a really nice sent off for him and I watched it with my dad not one seat over for me my mom in between him and me and went to see it as a birthday gift to me because I had been wanting to watch it for a while since it came out to the theater I turned 25 years old on December 20th and I have loved the Ghostbusters franchise for a long time. I was just so happy to see a really nice amazing send off for an amazing person
The movie was amazing! The nostalgia hit me hard. I have to admit, I cried a bit for Harold.
It was such an amazing part in the film. Not ashamed to say it brought a tear to my eyes
Ghostbusters: Afterlife made us forget the 2016 movie.
The what now?
I wanted Egon to speak at the end, but it was more powerful he didn't.
Wow, what a work of pure love and respect!
This is how CGI should be used when bring back people who are dead in movies. He had no speaking parts, just himself and facial expression to tell his feeling. PERFECT
What made this movie work so well I the love and understanding of the original cast, crew, everything that went into it. That love comes through and it work so well.
I love that they mentioned Egon’s flex to Phoebe…
“How on EARTH did you build such a small cyclotron?”
Ghost shines light on a wall full of degrees.
That made me laugh as much as any other scene.
We all know that Ghostbusters Reboot was atrocious.
Afterlife was absolutely perfect.
Not just as a love letter and continuation of the original film, but it stands on its own as a great film - balancing the comedy, the scares, special effects, drama, emotions, story, character development and nostalgia.
Myself, like many, got teary eyed at the scene with Egon Spengler appearing at the end. Never expected he would even appear. I thought that opening scene was as much as we would ever see from Egon. Then as he hugs his estranged daughter as he disappears into heavens is one of the most bitter sweet moments ever.
I don't know how Jason will manage to top this one when they go into the sequel.
While Harold’s cameo was wonderful, I was probably more moved when Annie Potts said “can I help you?” In that whiney Bronx New York accent early in the movie.
As I soon as that happened I was in for the ride.
6:48
"How do you make a lamp funny??"
Seriously??
Must've never seen #Pixar's lamp...
These video's where Adam sits down and talk with people (like Jason Reitman, and Fon Davis) are way to short.
These videos could have easily been an hour long and I still would watch it.
This was an excerpt from a longer filming that was edited to over an hour long.
the recreation of Egon from MPC is now the most realistic recreation of a face hands down, you literally can NOT tell it's cgi, it has stolen the throne forever!
One of those puppeteer hands on the chair Adam knows, its my old friend Steve Neill who did the face grab.
Truthfully, when I saw that I felt tears coming. That was a epic moment and ending thats beyond classy.
Imagine just sitting there with the Ecto 1 parked right behind the window, Zuul/Vince next to you and some legendary pictures and GB toys around you...
My 12 year old son laughed so hard at the hamster joke that I had to stop the movie, because we were both just DYING, tears of laughter running down our faces! I don't think I've ever seen a joke land so perfectly with my boy, and that alone was worth the purchase price.
There's a moment early in this film where Callie is trying to get Phoebe excited about her new school. She says, 'You love school!' to which Phoebe replies, 'I love learning. This is a State-sponsored work camp for delinquents."
That line was so quintessentially Egon... I knew from that point on that we'd be alright.
It was all so beautifully done that it really made the movie. Kudos to the team for taking such a huge risk and executing it so successfully!
It was a pretty emotional ending.
Ngl seeing the scene of Zuul ripping her arms through the chair, after her vapor form approached from behind, and latching down onto Egon was such a call back that gave me hope this movie was going to be amazing, and I wasn't disappointed.
I cried uncontrollably at the end. This was such an amazingly well done tribute to Harold.
That ending was absolutely beautiful and I cried way too much. Thank you. Praying SONY wants a sequel to Afterlife. Loved the after credits scenes ⭐️🍿🏆
Thanks for all these vids, Adam!
And thanks once again to Jason for spearheading such a fantastic movie. I for one hope it's the first of a new trilogy.
There was no better way Jason could’ve pulled this film off. A great send off for the original cast and a great kickoff for the new. We even got to see freaking Evo Shandor come back for only a brief moment which had to be a reference to the video game when Shandor takes over ghost world as THE ARCHITECT!
the lack of dialogue was good, the 1984 film expressed so much in simple expressions with the odd word. that is what made the 2016 movie sooo bad. scenes that were 30sec and and few phrases in 1984 turned into 5 mins of slaptick dialogue and action for 2016
2016 GB still living rent free in people's heads.
@@Superstarseven who would've thought a video about an actual good ghostbusters movie would mention the bad one??? HOLY COW WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT?
Bar none, the digital recreation of Egon Spengler remains as the best in any movie. This was a love story that wrote a love story, plain and simple.
How they brought eagon was amazing. Being a huge ghostbusters fan I loved every minute of it. Well deserved thanks to you and your team.
so respectful I love it! I was so happy to see Egon again. RIP Harrold thank you for making such a wonderful character
It was such a wonderful thing to see, the most fitting and honest thing that I can possibly say is that it made me cry.
The fact that they didn't make him talk helped a lot
I am glad to hear that Ramis' family was involved. It's that form of respect that makes it for me.
The movie was a great tribute to Herald. Wonderfully done and I'm glad they did it.
watched the movie and omg i teared up at the end with the way they gave tribute to harold , he looked so lifelike ,,, like you could just reach out n touch so much detail likeness
In my opinion newer movies are missing something that just can't be captured with computer animation that is a reason why I loved the way you filmed Ghostbusters Afterlife it is also the reason why I love the original movie.
An actor named Bob Gunton… please give him more credit than that or at least reference his sublime performance as Warden Norton in The Shawshank Redemption. Probably one the most rock solid character actors in US cinema history.
Yeah, I don't think Reitman meant any disrespect by not specifically calling out Bob Gunton's turn as Warden Samuel Norton in Shawshank, among many others (to include playing SAPD Chief George Earle in Demolition Man,, and as Captain Benjamin Maxwell in ST:TNG's "The Wounded" [notable for being the first ST episode prominently featuring Chief O'Brien]), but given the audience, maybe he assumed that many Tested viewers would already know who Gunton is.
Still though, a shoutout for Gunton just for Shawshank from Reitman would have been nice.
He was also the original Juan Péron in “Evita” on Broadway. Solid character actor who can sing!
I was the fan who came up with bringing back Harold in Ghost form. They certainly did a better job then i thought it was going to be. Egon was someone i looked up to as a kid. It was cool to be smart like him.
They tried to kill and bury the nostalgia in 2016 but the nostalgia came back, even stronger than before and conquered the destined path... Thank You Jason Reitman...
This was complete brilliance. An absolute way to close a childhood legacy for us 80s babies. This movie is one of the best continuations of all time. Awesome flick.
When Egon's hands wrapped around Phoebe's I lost my shit.
I went to the movie with my wife one evening. It wasn’t something I waited excitedly for weeks or see, it was just something to do. I absolutely loved it! I could not believe how much I loved it. Talked about for days, and have been watching loads of RUclips videos about it and waiting for it on dvd! I’m so used to seeing movies that I wind up daydreaming through, falling asleep in, or outright aggravated about (Ghoustbusters 2016) that I wasn’t expecting it to be anything! I absolutely LOVE that Ecto 1 got some power! Seeing it come out sideways with lights flashing was epic!
Now they really need to remaster the Ghostbuster 2011 game, when Harold Ramis was still alive and the original crew did the voices for the game (you play the new guy, hired to carry around the new tech Spengler and Stantz made and are not sure is safe to use yet).
They did remaster it. Do you mean remake? Also that game came out in 2009.
The reason (in my non-expert opinion) the shots work better than the Tarkin stuff from "Rogue One" is because they didn't try to have him speak. That's where Tarkin falls apart, the movement of skin and muscle and lips and even teeth and tongue when he speaks. Not doing that for Spangler is what helped sell it. Again, in my opinion.
I think the floaty/ghosty post fx also would have helped bridge any uncanny valleys.
Not to mention the fact that, if the character had been meant to speak he would have done it thanks to someone dubbing him, trying to imitate Harold Ramis and that would have been utterly grotesque. Keeping him silent just made the character more powerful.
@@biancamazzei1991 Maurice LaMarche would like to have a word with you.
*Spengler
@@Hodaris_Darlin I can't be the judge of that. I know that Maurice Lamarche provided the voice for Cartoon Egon but, since I'm Italian, I've never watched the Real Ghostbusters with English dubbing when I was a child (and Dvds of the animated series are hard to find because it wasn't a very "mainstream" show)
Anyway, I'm sure Lamarche did a terrific job but he voiced the character while Ramis was still alive, not to mention the fact that the Real Ghostbusters and the movies are separate media. In my opinion the decision to keep ghost Egon silent was the best one: it's a touching sendoff and I think that, even if he doesn't speak, he still says so much with just a glance and a smirk.
i watched afterlife in cinemas , loved it , loved the respect for ramis. will gladly rewatch.
This movie is darn master piece. Critics don’t see the torture of making this film… the pressure Jason was under to delicately hold a billion dollar franchise in his hands and tell a story that worked. For all the criticisms that GB2016 got for its on screen short comings, some valid and some not so much, I guarantee Paul never operated with this level and care. Watching these clips of how much went into this film is almost more entertaining than the final product. I felt appreciated after watching this movie… like how I felt when I watched it mattered. That has me excited for the future.
I just watched the movie and i LOVED it! that is exactly how you do it! i so hope we see more in the future!!
I like the part where Egon was playing chess with Phoebe and knocked one of them off the chessboard. 😂
I’ll admit, cried when saw him. The respect that was paid to him was great, in moment of that film.
I watched this movie twice and it was just as good the second time as it was the first time. This movie was very well done and directed I balled like baby at the tribute to Harold Ramis! Out of the 4 Ghostbusters movies this is my number 2 one just behind the Original Ghostbusters movie.
By him mixing old film making and new film making it made the film more real! His love of the original made this so special!
I love that moment and I love this film and this was one of my favorite moments in the theaters and I cried when I saw the original Ghostbusters back in the film
Having watched the movie several times, this video cements answers to a number of questions I had, I was very happy to see that Afterlife brought a level of love and warmth to the big screen that is not seen much, the interview is such a delight and an intersting insight to some of the decisions made, Awesome
2:31 No way. No wonder they picked him. You couldn't tell if it was CG or not. It looked like she walked off the set of Blade Runner and went into 2049.