'Gozer the Gozerian ... good evening'

Ghostbusters is returning ... but as a video game? And the original cast -- Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson -- returns to voice-over their characters in the game.

Players will hunt and fight supernatural villains in an effort to free New York City from another "paranormal plague." Aykroyd and Ramis, who wrote the 1984 film, will script the videogame as well, according to developers Sierra Entertainment and Sony Pictures.

This isn't the first Ghostbusters videogame. Activision produced a the first home version for the Atari, Sega, NES and Commodore systems back in '84. But for some reason, there's a lot of Internet buzz about this new version. There's an entire blog -- Ghostbusters III -- that offers daily updates on the game's developments.

They should be in business for a while. The game isn't expected to launch until Fall 2008.

For what it's worth, I always thought Ghostbusters the movie was a little over-hyped and under-acted. I wouldn't put it with the top work of either Murray or Aykroyd. But I suppose it's possibly one of the more quotable flicks.

TOP 5 LINES THAT BETTER BE IN THE VIDEOGAME:

5. "Take me now, subcreature."

4. "Gozer the Gozerian... good evening. As a duly designated representative of the City, County and State of New York, I order you to cease any and all supernatural activity and return forthwith to your place of origin or to the nearest convenient parallel dimension."

3. "We came, we saw, we kicked its ass."

2. "Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together - mass hysteria."

1. "If someone asks if you are a god, you say, 'YES!' "

Comments

[Spiky Sandy]

She's not my girlfriend. I find her interesting because she's a client and because she sleeps above her covers... *four feet* above her covers. She barks, she drools, she claws!

I've been slimed.

Gee, I think all I got is acetylsalicylic acid, generic. See, I can get six hundred tablets of that for the same price as three hundred of a name brand. That makes good financial sense, good advice...

I tried to think of the most harmless thing. Something I loved from my childhood. Something that could never ever possibly destroy us. Mr. Stay Puft!

[Jeff in Cuba]

"Mother Pussbucket!"

[Brad]

"Nobody steps on a church in my town!"

"...but you, Lenny, will have saved the lives of millions of registered voters."

[Bassnote]

"Yes, it's true. This man has no d***."

[Spiky Sandy]

Bassnote, that one just cracks me up! I had forgotten it, but the guy certainly did deserve that comment!

[Pete Bogs]

"This chick is TOAST!"

fun movie... saw it several times...

[Johnny B. Goode]

We had the tools, we had the talent...It's Miller time!

[Brad]

How could I have left out:

"I had no idea it would be so much. I won't pay."

I say this pretty much every time I'm presented with a bill. (My long-suffering wife has given up rolling her eyes.)

[Ernie Hudson]

"Tell him about the twinkie."

[David P]

Dana Barrett: You know, you don't act like a scientist.

Dr. Peter Venkman: They're usually pretty stiff.

Dana Barrett: You're more like a ... game show host.

[Bassnote]

"There's something you don't see everyday."

"He slimed me."

"You didn't say the magic word."

[Brad]

"No human being would stack books like that."

PV: "Remember that time you tried to drill a hole in your head?"
ES: "It would have worked if you hadn't stopped me."

"But the kids love us!"

"Everybody has three mortgages these days."

"It just seems a bit pricey for a unique fixer-upper opportunity."

"You can't park that thing here!"

"And the flowers are still standing!"

"Print is dead."

"A person with your qualifications would have no trouble whatsoever getting a top-flight job in either the food service or housekeeping industries."

DB/Gozer: "Are you the keymaster?"
PV: "No."

DB/Gozer: "Are you the keymaster?"
PV: "Yes! Well, actually, he asked me to meet him here."

"Okay, so - she's a dog."

"We'd like to get a sample of your brain tissue."

[malibu]

(deadpan)"It's the Sta-Puft Marshmallow Man."

[Tom]

"Gozer the Traveler. He will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification of the Vuldrini, the traveler came as a large and moving Torg! Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the McKetrick supplicants, they chose a new form for him: that of a giant Slor! Many Shuvs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Slor that day, I can tell you!"
From an under appreciated Rick Moranis, beauty!

[Bryan]

seeing as i sent Steve the link, here's another with some actual gameplay footage ;)

http://www.ghostbustersgame.com/us/index.html

[depeche]

"Janine, sorry about the bug-eyes thing. I'll be in my office."

[depeche]

Ray Stantz: Are you okay?
Louis: Who are you guys?
Stantz: We're the Ghostbusters.
Louis: Who does your taxes?
Stantz: You know, Mr. Tully, you are a most fortunate individual.
Louis: I know!
Stantz: You have been a participant in the biggest interdimensional cross rip since the Tunguska blast of 1909!
Louis: Felt great.
Egon Spengler: We'd like to get a sample of your brain tissue.
Louis: Okay.

[Bassnote]

"Egon, your mucus."