my Ghostbusters props
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DocNewborn
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Thank you!
Alas, it led me to go back and pay entirely too much attention to the 'reference material', and now there's something I CANNOT UNSEE!
Alex
Alas, it led me to go back and pay entirely too much attention to the 'reference material', and now there's something I CANNOT UNSEE!
Alex
DocNewborn
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I'm aware of it, yes, though my eyes were not keen enough to spot it until after reading about it online some years ago.
About three years ago, I did spot a guy in the distant background of an Imperial crowd scene in Return of the Jedi putting on his eyeglasses, though.
He raises them up so he can see what's going on better, then lowers them again, probably confident in his distance from camera that no one would ever be able to see him.
I enjoy noticing something new in films I've seen dozens of times. In a way, it transforms the film and makes it both familiar and newly fresh. And that new thing becomes a touchstone. The next time I watch the movie, I'll flick away from whatever we're supposed to be looking at, like Bill Murray or Darth Vader or Jack Sparrow, and smile at that little detail that once jumped out at me, then go back to immersing myself in the story again.
Alex
About three years ago, I did spot a guy in the distant background of an Imperial crowd scene in Return of the Jedi putting on his eyeglasses, though.
He raises them up so he can see what's going on better, then lowers them again, probably confident in his distance from camera that no one would ever be able to see him.
I enjoy noticing something new in films I've seen dozens of times. In a way, it transforms the film and makes it both familiar and newly fresh. And that new thing becomes a touchstone. The next time I watch the movie, I'll flick away from whatever we're supposed to be looking at, like Bill Murray or Darth Vader or Jack Sparrow, and smile at that little detail that once jumped out at me, then go back to immersing myself in the story again.
Alex
I recently watched the old "Golden Voyage of Sinbad" as research for making the 3 part golden amulet. Sinbad has the first amulet piece, a small piece, and he finds a guy with the second piece. There is a partial chart on the wall, and Sinbad combines his amulet piece with the second amulet piece and holds them in front of a light, so the shadow reflects on the wall and the shadow combines with the chart on the wall to show them where to sail to, to get the third piece of the amulet. But, after Sinbad combines the amulet, it cuts away to a long shot to show the shadow on the wall for the chart. In the long shot, the shadow is of the THIRD amulet piece(that he doesn't even have yet), not the SECOND amulet piece that it showed him holding a moment before. It's a pretty big continuity error, but it went unnoticed by me for literally decades.
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dirkpitt289
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It's a shame, I dont see any of the pictures. :-(
What do you see ? Something that uses the word ATTACH ? Do you see the videos ?
I had a problem seeing certain pictures when I was using a VPN, it turned out the VPN was not letting me see third party hosted pictures.
dirkpitt289
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It looks to me like the images no longer exist.
DocNewborn
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If he's reading the thread from the beginning, a lot of the older pic links to my Facebook stopped working. I used to go back and edit them with updated links, but over time they would just disappear again.
I learned to compensate for this glitch by uploading the pics directly here on the RPF, or embedding a video link to YouTube.
Keep reading, there's plenty to see as time goes on.
Alex
I learned to compensate for this glitch by uploading the pics directly here on the RPF, or embedding a video link to YouTube.
Keep reading, there's plenty to see as time goes on.
Alex
DocNewborn
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The latest installment in my ongoing saga of procuring the perfect version of a particular prop from Ghostbusters... one I'd never have known about if not for a 2013 thread here on the RPF!
So once more, let me say thanks to Phish4Dinner for the original ID, as can be seen by following this link:
You volunteered, didn't you? We're paying you, aren't we?
Alex
So once more, let me say thanks to Phish4Dinner for the original ID, as can be seen by following this link:
You volunteered, didn't you? We're paying you, aren't we?
Alex
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DocNewborn
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DocNewborn
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This video shows off my Iona shoe polishers, some Mattel PKE Meters, and delves more deeply into the movie/TV career of the original props than you are expecting.
It also mentions another RPF'er, Shawn Marshall. Aka WShawn.
PKE Meter - Molding/Casting Advice?
Alex
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DocNewborn
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I was looking up people's home movies of the Universal Studios Florida "Ghostbusters Spooktacular" attraction the last couple of days. I generally skew towards the 1990 version of the show, because that's the only one I saw in person in June of 1991. But I wandered into a video from 1994...
One of the first things the uploader shows is a closeup of a clever bit of set dressing to the revised 'containment unit' frontispiece.
I thought the 'Ghost Motel' and 'Zom-B-Gon' parodies of insecticides Roach Motel and Bug-B-Gon were incredibly fun and charming.
Using some very basic photo-editing software, I did a skew and a stretch to see how the box might have looked from straight on.
I began to wonder what the text on the Ghost Motel box said. The first thing that popped to mind was that they would very likely have parodied the Roach Motel slogan, but changed it to "Ghosts check in but they don't check out".
The visible lighter spots did seem to support the correct number of letters (except where hidden by the edge of the shelf). No real way to know what the font was, so these letters are just placeholders at the moment.
And then while staring at the upper right corner blurb, the middle word popped into focus as potentially saying "Slime".
Maybe "New Slime Recipe"? No, the top word looked like it was only two letters. Not "New", but maybe "No"?
From there it was a short leap to "No Slime Residue!"
Now I'm really wanting to re-create the entire box and print/assemble one.
Alex
One of the first things the uploader shows is a closeup of a clever bit of set dressing to the revised 'containment unit' frontispiece.
I thought the 'Ghost Motel' and 'Zom-B-Gon' parodies of insecticides Roach Motel and Bug-B-Gon were incredibly fun and charming.
Using some very basic photo-editing software, I did a skew and a stretch to see how the box might have looked from straight on.
I began to wonder what the text on the Ghost Motel box said. The first thing that popped to mind was that they would very likely have parodied the Roach Motel slogan, but changed it to "Ghosts check in but they don't check out".
The visible lighter spots did seem to support the correct number of letters (except where hidden by the edge of the shelf). No real way to know what the font was, so these letters are just placeholders at the moment.
And then while staring at the upper right corner blurb, the middle word popped into focus as potentially saying "Slime".
Maybe "New Slime Recipe"? No, the top word looked like it was only two letters. Not "New", but maybe "No"?
From there it was a short leap to "No Slime Residue!"
Now I'm really wanting to re-create the entire box and print/assemble one.
Alex
DocNewborn
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DocNewborn
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See if this link helps... it should show you some people's pages, but then the first post below that ought to be the new sale thread.
https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=arron mack omni&epa=SEARCH_BOX
Fingers crossed.
Alex
https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=arron mack omni&epa=SEARCH_BOX
Fingers crossed.
Alex
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DocNewborn
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Two of the four items in this video are prop-related.
One is a new set of rubdown transfers for the Ghost Trap, produced by the same Arron Mack who did the Omni cover.
The second one is... well, it's a 3-dimensional replica of an item that only existed in 2-D, but I still think it counts.
Alex
One is a new set of rubdown transfers for the Ghost Trap, produced by the same Arron Mack who did the Omni cover.
The second one is... well, it's a 3-dimensional replica of an item that only existed in 2-D, but I still think it counts.
Alex
