Comments on: The Ghostbusters’ Risky Business Plan

By: James Felix

James Felix — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:15:56 +0000

“What about the deadbeats? Do the Ghostbusters have a collection agency they use?”

Well, they did threaten to release Slimer back into the hotel. I’m sure that method would work for most deadbeats.

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By: lee

lee — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:13:14 +0000

I’m surprised no one has made a “toxic asset” joke yet. So consider this your toxic asset joke.

By: Tacoma

Tacoma — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:02:30 +0000

At first I thought this was just a cool little article over-examining parts of a movie that were never important. But after reading the comments, and looking back at your source material, it looks like this was a big part of the movies all along and represents excellent continuity work on their part.

Gotta love ghostbusters :P
I guess this is one movie property that was done well in game form back in the day. Hopefully the new game lives up to it!

By: supertroopa

supertroopa — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:39:42 +0000

interesting enough if you plan the newest game that was released (which i HIGHLY recommend) they explain how they currently get paid and the liability issue

also each ghost does seem to have a set price based on the nature of the ghost

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By: mykie

mykie — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:20:41 +0000

An interesting side note that I just recently noticed during the scene at the Hotel Sedgewick where the Ghostbusters were quoting their prices to the manager.

If you watch Peter and Egon, you’ll see Peter write something on a notepad, showing it to Egon. While Peter is talking to the manager, he looks over at Egon, who very slyly holds up 4 fingers for the capture, and 1 finger for storing.

This leads me to believe right on the spot, they never thought about their pricing structure before this moment and had to come up with something on the spot. Also, Peter mentioned that storage of the ghost was a special price.

I think they went back and revised their pricing structure after this moment. You’ll also see later during the magazine montage where a shop owner was paying them food.

What about the deadbeats? Do the Ghostbusters have a collection agency they use? Do they make payment arrangements? Who insures them from liability?

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By: Kamachi

Kamachi — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:49:21 +0000

Another point to reference is that just before the Hotel Sedgewick job Peter makes reference to needing to get some money from petty cash in order to take Dana out for dinner, Ray responds that the chinese takeout meal they we’re eating represented the last of the petty cash.

They were on the verge of bankrupcy almost immediatly from the get go.

I also think Winstons salary was noted at $11,500 per year, This could be offset due to the increased business demand (The worksheet for the evening on the day Winston being hired is at the least 3 jobs plus the one they returned from, Based on an average of $5000 per job is $20,000 per day)