- June 22nd, 2014, 10:25 am#4798421
After reading Mr. Bardwell’s post, I’ve considered how one time-line could take in the various works in the Ghostbusters franchise, and the conflicts between these works that led to Fritz’ splitting his time-line in two. And I think I may have a few ideas for solutions to the problem.
Perhaps the best way to fix the problems is to assume that, as in the primary world, the Ghostbusters time-line branches in to ‘should-haves,’ ‘would-haves,’ and ‘could-haves’. What does every one think of that? (And, in particular, what does Mr. Bardwell think of that?)
The two time-lines would, perhaps, first diverge after The Gozer Incident: so that, as New York City has a stronger or a weaker law-suit against them, Ghostbusters Inc. is either shut down by 1986 or remains open through the years 1986-1988.
And, somehow, I don’t think the strength of the law-suit matters to its meandering in the courts for three years; any thing that involves every city, county, and state agency in New York is going to take a lot of organizing.
And both of the time-line's branches could well take in some episodes of The Real Ghostbusters. Would any of you have a problem with the idea that, when the crossed streams swung the Szandor building’s door shut on Gozer, the psychokinetic energy would not have gone away at once? (That, in Dr. Spengler’s analogy, the Twinkie needs time to shrink from 35 feet and 42 stone to normal proportions of a snack cake.)
Or, if no-one likes the idea of a branching time-line, perhaps another way to fix the time-line is to assume that not every episode of The Real Ghostbusters is based on one of The Ghostbusters’ cases. Perhaps, in the Ghostbusters’ world, the writers of The Real Ghostbusters wrote an episode to please one Ghostbuster or another? And, again, what does every one (Mr. Bardwell, in particular) think of the idea that not every episode of The Real Ghostbusters is based on one of The Ghostbusters’ cases?
I’m thinking, in particular, of The Real Ghostbusters: Adventures in Slime and Space; if that episode weren’t written to please one Dr. Peter Venkmann, then I can’t see any good way to explain the mayhem that comes from Slimer in that episode.
And, in their world, to have the episodes written up for The Ghostbusters may be a good explanation of the third and fourth seasons of The Real Ghostbusters’ falling away from the standard of the first and second seasons. In The Ghostbusters’ world, these two seasons of The Real Ghostbusters went down because the writers were on their own after Ghostbusters Inc. was broken up in 1986.
And how does every one like this, as a way to use both the events of Ghostbusters: The Video Game and Extreme Ghostbusters? The Ghostbusters’ break-up, at the start of Extreme Ghostbusters, was added to the cartoons because some one at Sony Pictures Television talked a certain Dr. Peter Venkmann in to making the change. (That is, if there must be only one time-line and yet Ghostbusters: The Video Game and Extreme Ghostbusters must both be part of that time-line.)
So, do these ideas solve the problems that trying to fit the various parts of the Ghostbusters franchise on to one time-line poses? Or do they cause more problems than they solve?
Perhaps the best way to fix the problems is to assume that, as in the primary world, the Ghostbusters time-line branches in to ‘should-haves,’ ‘would-haves,’ and ‘could-haves’. What does every one think of that? (And, in particular, what does Mr. Bardwell think of that?)
The two time-lines would, perhaps, first diverge after The Gozer Incident: so that, as New York City has a stronger or a weaker law-suit against them, Ghostbusters Inc. is either shut down by 1986 or remains open through the years 1986-1988.
And, somehow, I don’t think the strength of the law-suit matters to its meandering in the courts for three years; any thing that involves every city, county, and state agency in New York is going to take a lot of organizing.
And both of the time-line's branches could well take in some episodes of The Real Ghostbusters. Would any of you have a problem with the idea that, when the crossed streams swung the Szandor building’s door shut on Gozer, the psychokinetic energy would not have gone away at once? (That, in Dr. Spengler’s analogy, the Twinkie needs time to shrink from 35 feet and 42 stone to normal proportions of a snack cake.)
Or, if no-one likes the idea of a branching time-line, perhaps another way to fix the time-line is to assume that not every episode of The Real Ghostbusters is based on one of The Ghostbusters’ cases. Perhaps, in the Ghostbusters’ world, the writers of The Real Ghostbusters wrote an episode to please one Ghostbuster or another? And, again, what does every one (Mr. Bardwell, in particular) think of the idea that not every episode of The Real Ghostbusters is based on one of The Ghostbusters’ cases?
I’m thinking, in particular, of The Real Ghostbusters: Adventures in Slime and Space; if that episode weren’t written to please one Dr. Peter Venkmann, then I can’t see any good way to explain the mayhem that comes from Slimer in that episode.
And, in their world, to have the episodes written up for The Ghostbusters may be a good explanation of the third and fourth seasons of The Real Ghostbusters’ falling away from the standard of the first and second seasons. In The Ghostbusters’ world, these two seasons of The Real Ghostbusters went down because the writers were on their own after Ghostbusters Inc. was broken up in 1986.
And how does every one like this, as a way to use both the events of Ghostbusters: The Video Game and Extreme Ghostbusters? The Ghostbusters’ break-up, at the start of Extreme Ghostbusters, was added to the cartoons because some one at Sony Pictures Television talked a certain Dr. Peter Venkmann in to making the change. (That is, if there must be only one time-line and yet Ghostbusters: The Video Game and Extreme Ghostbusters must both be part of that time-line.)
So, do these ideas solve the problems that trying to fit the various parts of the Ghostbusters franchise on to one time-line poses? Or do they cause more problems than they solve?
Try to imagine all life (as we know it) stopping instantaneously, and every molecule in your body exploding outwards at the speed of light
Total protonic reversal!
Total protonic reversal!