Dan Aykroyd custom callouts would be awesome. He's the only one to even consider (Bill Murray's sleepy voice wouldn't work for pinball)

It's very hard trying to tell the players rules of a game using static dialog. And many classic lines in movies are mumbled, spoken over sound FX, or have other issues.

I hope spending coin on actors is something Stern gets back into.

ADDED: Ghostbusters 2 is garbage. I've tried many times to enjoy the film - can't. Still... wish the new one was "in continuity" such as the women start a Ghostbusting franchise.

Regardless of how you liked the movie, a 1984 GB pin WILL PRINT MONEY.

I can't wrap my brains around people wanting a pin based off a 65 year old grandma acting sexy, but a new Elvira will also PRINT MONEY.

Yeah that scene is hella stupid.

I'm just glad we got our AMH game done and dusted before having to go up against a Stern GB.

Pretty sure part 2's theme song was "On Our Own" by Bobby Brown. I actually like that part of the movie.

Probably one of the worst things in 2 was Bill Murray clearly wasn't interested and basically made a romantic comedy with Sigourney Weaver while the other 3 guys made a crappy remake of the first movie.

Meatloaf: Pin Out of Hell or GTFO.

The chances of Stern making a Ghostbusters based off the remake are about as likely as Al Gore becoming a spokesperson for VW.

There is 0.000000000% chance Stern would base Ghostbusters off the reboot.

Aside from some head scratches (WWE) they really do know their audience.

Hey! All both pinball machines containing Ernie Hudson have been done by John Trudeau! This clearly proves the moon landing was a hoax.

Stern's gonna have a heck of a year in 2016!

Also a good time to ask, has any actor besides Harrison Ford made it onto 4 pinball machines yet?

Arnold would have with Predator, Ian McKellan is at 3, as is Gary Oldman...

I continue to find amusement in the fact some people still think this will be based off the new movie.

From a company that just made a pinball about a band that's been irrelevant since 1979.

For a demographic that is almost entirely 35-60 year old men.

Even if the new movie is good (will probably just be a remake of same damn story see Star Wars) it will never have the cache and nostalgia of the original.

Really only one remake of classic 80s has even been successful, The Karate Kid, and who even gives a toss about that one?

Was a show, not a movie. But good point!

The Thing and The Fly were remakes, but based off barely remembered source material. Heck, I Am Legend had two movies before the Wil Smith version. Can you name them?

It's great when they remake movies that didn't quite work the first time. That's taking an idea and trying to achieve it's full potential.

But lately they only remake classics that for the most part had nothing wrong with them. And some movies are remakes disguised as sequels (Jurassic World, Creed, Ep7)

I really wish they'd make a new Logan's Run. That's a movie whose concept has become more relevant as time goes by, the original wasn't that great, thus great remake potential!

Both the Robocop and Total Recall remakes were perfectly fine as movies (and had great casts!) They just didn't need to exist.

Yes great example. Not done well the first time, remake gets it right!

John Carter was good but took forever to get moving. Lone Ranger was a good movie trapped in an overly long one.

GB is such a strong license they could put an alphanumeric in it and still sell.

When they do go color, expect it on a game that might need a little extra kick in the pants.

That game was great! (on 8 bit computers) I feel sorry for the Angry Video Game Nerd only every playing the NES version.

The title screen played the song as a chiptune, but you can tap SPACE any time to make it say "GHOSTBUSTERS" in crappy PCM speech.

And after GB...

"I'd never buy a machine until I've played it!"
"The pre-buy format is dead!"
"The days of buying a machine sight unseen are over!"
ELVIRA 3??! .......I'M IN!!

Every 1980's movie reboot has failed, with the exception of Karate Kid. They are NOT a safe bet, if anything, one of the worst bets to make (unless they involve superheroes) NOBODY WANTS THESE FILMS.

Anyone paying attention should have noticed that it's the in-continuity "soft reboots" that are working. (Creed, Jurassic World, Force Awakens, Mad Max) They basically make the original movie over again (a remake) but do it using a younger generation (like Creed's son, or Rey) with as many original actors as possible.

I agree TFA was just a Ep4 remake (way too much of one, way too safe) but it still can't be compared to new GB because TFA isn't trying to say the old movies "don't matter".

The trailer has a masterful line where Han Solo says "The stories are true - all of them" What he's actually saying is YOUR CHILDHOOD WAS REAL and that's why the movie went over like gangbusters. Embracing childhood, not pissing on it. Anyone who actually lived back in the 80's knows what a Big Deal the original movie was.

Ghostbusters should be the same way. Maybe the tales of the original GB are legend, nobody believes in ghosts anymore, so some women start up a franchise and meet the old team along the way. Maybe all ghosts HAVE been busted, and they're out of a job, but then some new threat shows up and the fat old geezers come out of mothballs to train a new team.

My biggest issue with reboots is we're creating a generation of content with nothing new. What if all movies in the 80's were remakes of 1950's films? Would we be salivating over an upcoming "African Queen" pinball machine instead of GB? In 20 years we'll be nostalgic for nostalgia = cultural bankruptcy. And yes, I know a couple awesome 80's movies WERE remakes, but they were from obscure sources.

I bring up Karate Kid simply because it succeeded $$$ while every other 80's reboot has failed.

I think BTTF would be a good remake (or sequel) because the difference in life and social interaction between now and 1985 is astronomically greater than 1985 to 1955, thus it has better story and character development potential.

Like Logan's Run, the theme has become more relevant with time.

Back to the Future 2 is leagues better than Ghostbusters 2. Maybe that's why?

Good sequels take concept and characters and expand upon them.

Bad sequels just remake the first movie.

BTTF2, for all its flaws, falls in the former category, while GB2 is the latter.

Also the ending of GB2 is garbage. They spend the entire sequence laying on the floor. Lame.

I have to say, been enjoying the exchange rate being an American in New Zealand.

Everything is 1/3rd off!

First rule of marketing to women: Never use very attractive women (unless it's a shampoo commercial)

This goes for movies as well. It's why Sandra Bullock or Meg Ryan work really well in romantic comedies, but Katherine Heigl and Jessica Alba never catch on.

RE: Fury Road, it had a bunch of hot babes because they were PART OF THE STORY. A warlord collecting the "best specimens" to breed with.

I still am against this reboot. A line in the sand that should not have been crossed. Think of it this way: Because this movie (that nobody besides Sony stockholders asked for) got made, 2 smaller, edgier, riskier films (like Deadpool or The Matrix) are NOT being made.

What are the chances this pinball machine will be at TPF?

Seems like it would be announced once Stern recaps all their games to the present. Makes the most sense?

How many titles left to recap * frequency = GB reveal date.

The discussion on whether or not GB will have an LCD is fairly moot.

It will sell like hotcakes even if the display is a whiteboard with a dry erase marker hanging on a string.

I wouldn't dismiss Aerosmith. They're more mainstream than Metallica and have a lot more classic, recognizable songs than AC/DC (who, let's face it, have 1)

Biggest issue is their most well-known modern album is mostly slow power ballads set to pole-dancing 17 year olds that wouldn't really fit pinball that well.

I see wine bottles on the Slimer cab. That's good. It means he's being presented in the same context as the original movie, and not the cartoon where he was a character "for the kids"

Stern is going to make MAD MONEY with this game. Notice how nobody cares about the DMD now?

If you look closely, the pin inside GB HQ is even the correct one from the movie (Stern Star Gazer)

Awesome attention to detail! Better than Sony and their inability to count scientists and years between 1984 and 2016.

I made this for my SS. It's an anti-airball target. Has a slight indent and curvature to bias the ball down instead of up.

Played Hilton's new pro at Alt Brewing last night and there are indeed some wicked airballs off those Scoleri brothers targets.

When my GB shows up I may try designing such a part for it as well (though you'd lose the sticker image)

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Doesn't work once you've converted text to paths, which I'd assume they do when they start manipulating characters and adding effects.

I ain't afraid of no magnet slings!