About this episode

The episode reflects on the ten-year anniversary of Ghostbusters: Answer the Call, discussing its significance and impact on the franchise.

Hard to believe that it’s been ten years since the release of Ghostbusters: Answer the Call. And, while this film has run the gamut of discourse for those last ten years, there are still things to be said about the film all this time later. Why was it such an important next step in the franchise, why did it have a thankless task of following in the footsteps in giants as result of it, and with the advantage of time and distance — what is one thing we now wish they would have done (and is the recent success of Katie Dippold’s Widow’s Bay a taste of an alternate universe’s success)? All these things, plus some off-topic documentary chat and a whole lot of Troy complaining about how hot it is in this week’s show!

People in this episode

Host: Troy Benjamin

Topics covered

• Ghostbusters franchise
• film analysis
• cultural impact
• film discourse
• documentary chat
• franchise evolution

Keywords

• Ghostbusters
• Answer the Call
• Katie Dippold
• Widow’s Bay
• film discussion
• franchise history
• cultural significance

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Ghostbusters: Answer the Call, Widow’s Bay

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