Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2020)

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Corrected entry: A jaded Ray Stantz tells Phoebe on the phone that the old Ghostbusters' HQ was turned into a Starbucks. However, the post-credits scene shows the old building untouched.

Sammo

Correction: Ray was probably being sarcastic and making a general comment about gentrification.

Correction: We never get to see the building from the outside, so a Starbucks can surely be somewhere around the building.

Sacha

Corrected entry: When Phoebe calls Ray from the police station, Ray says the firehouse is now a Starbucks, but during the end credit scenes Winston is standing in the firehouse and Ecto 1 follows him.

Correction: Ray was being sarcastic. A common joke in NY is that every time a business closes, the location becomes a Starbucks.

Correction: This mistake has already been corrected. Starbucks is often used as a shorthand joke about general gentrification, companies going out of business, company over-exposure, etc. (Which is kinda based on reality. Ex. In my hometown there are literally four Starbucks locations over a 5-mile stretch of road, at least one of which I believe took over an old store that closed down. It's utterly insane.) Ray isn't being literal when he says the firehouse is a Starbucks - he's just making a sarcastic joke about how it's closed down.

TedStixon

Corrected entry: Spoiler: Everything goes well in the end and all the ghosts (and returning demigod Gozer) are sucked into a giant ghost trap. In fact everything goes so well that the trap selectively spares one specific ghost so it can have a lengthy farewell scene, hug and smooch every single character at leisure and leave on its own terms.

Sammo

Correction: The other ghosts were above the traps. The one specific ghost was not. Every time a ghost has been trapped they have been above the trap. In the first movie they even have to move Slimer to position him to be trapped.

This trap cluster was designed to cover an area, If Gozer could get away simply because he/she was standing one foot to the right or left of the nearest trap, the plan was flawed to begin with.

Sammo

Even if Gozer stepped away from the traps, the Ghostbusters could simply wrangle her into the traps with their proton packs.

Correction: That particular ghost was not standing near the traps. Granted, the traps pull in the ghosts floating over the farm, but those spirits were in direct line with the trap laser beams, that ghost you reference was standing safely away.

Corrected entry: After getting Ecto 1 out of the police station they have the lights and siren on. The next shot it's off, then on again right after that.

jaydowg23

Correction: This isn't a continuous shot though. After they come out of the garage area, the next shot is of them driving down a dirt road. Then the next shot is of them crossing a bridge.

Bishop73

Correction: Yes, probably because the vehicle is still in bad shape and everything on it is not working properly.

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Continuity mistake: The mini Puft makes a hole in the marshmallow bag between the letters H and M. In further shots the hole is fixed and it's now between the A and the L.

Sacha

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Trivia: Originally, sequels were planned for the 2016 "Ghostbusters" reboot. However, when the film attracted some controversy and fell short at the box office, plans for the sequels were abandoned. Eventually, an idea was hatched for a direct sequel to the original two films, which became "Ghostbusters: Afterlife."

TedStixon

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Question: When Phoebe is on the phone with Ray, he mentions that the Ghostbusters fire house is now a Starbucks. In the post-credits scene, we see that Winston has purchased the fire house so the Ghostbusters can get back to business, but the fire house looks like it has been abandoned for several years and no other company ever took it over. Did I miss something here?

Phaneron

Answer: Ray was probably being sarcastic, and was simply making a general comment about gentrification in the area.

Answer: Perhaps nobody wanted to take over the place for a few reasons. Historical purpose, high cost... hauntings.?

Answer: It's been 40 years since the Ghostbusters disbanded, Ray mostly likely passed by the old place and saw a Starbucks there. It has since shut down.

But they left the ghost trap active? Not likely.

Brian Katcher

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