THE GHOSTBUSTERS ARE BACK IN SPACE

Spacebusters

Original Air date September 22, 1990

Writers: Len Janson and Chuck Menville

Director: Raymond Jafelice

Main Cast:

• Dave Coulier as Peter Venkman
• Frank Welker as Raymond Stantz
• Maurice LaMarche as Egon Spengler
• Buster Jones as Winston Zeddemore
• Kath Soucie as Janine Melnitz
• Frank Welker as Slimer
• Rodger Bumpass as Louis Tully

(Rating 4 of 5)

Summary: Peter and Winston are on the job but Winston keeps messing it up to check his beeper, until Peter gets so frustrated he destroys it.  The next day Winston is accepted to NASA as a civilian adviser.  The Ghostbusters are thrilled for their long time member who gets to return to space.

Happy to see Winston not dead!

                The three Ghostbusters, Slimer, and Janine all watch the space mission from TV only to see one of the astronauts get absorbed by a ghost.  The screen goes blank so the remaining Ghostbusters head to NASA to help Winston.  When their shuttle gets them to the space station they find a bunch of empty space suits but Winston is okay.  The alien has been absorbing the crew and Winston was only saved by the PKE meter.

The ghost from space!

                The Ghostbusters hunt for the ghost and Slimer gets a pet mouse. The Ghostbusters are limited to where they can blast because of the hull.  This limitation allows the ghost to absorb Ray and Egon.  Peter and Winston are informed by Slimer that the creature wants to lower the station down so it will be destroyed in the atmosphere allowing the ghost will escape.  Peter and Winston finally get the ghost in a place where they can blast it.  They force it to release all the people, while Slimer short circuits the system stopping the decline.  The Ghostbusters then to trap the ghost.

Slimer hanging out!

My Take: Well the Ghostbusters second space adventure wasn’t really as good as the first.  The space crew didn’t show us anything, what happened the Star Trek parody people?

Now for my stray observations:

·         I thought it was odd their previous space adventure wasn’t even mentioned.  Winston and Ray were awfully excited for people who had done this before.

·         I honestly thought Slimer was going to eat the mouse before it became his pet.

·         The Ghostbusters can’t be destructive, this time it costs them too.

·         It was actually the moose that saved the day.

·         Yeah it was good Jack Nicholson impersonation.

In space no one can hear you call.