MMZ - Ghostbusters Movie Formats

[@ASMRScotsman]

I consider myself a huge Ghostbusters fan, and I have never once before wondered why the logo in the European releases sometimes faced the wrong way. Thanks for that!

[@ItsTheFizz]

It's kind of amazing how you can track so much history by just following one film through the years of formatting...

[@vinson311]

Ghostbusters was one of the first mass marketed movies, so it makes for a very good example.

[@EoR_2B4GOT10]

look i wanna forget it as much as the next person but ghostbusters 2 did happen

[@CactusJackIV]

I have a nephew that is 4 and he is a huge Ghostbusters fan(just like his uncle) He watches on his tablet mostly. His little head out explode if he knew there were so many ways to watch his favorite movie. Keep up the great work!

[@Larry]

Sony released Ghostbusters on a Ghostbusters logo shaped USB stick here too, the movie on a stick, but they wanted £40 for it!!!

[@hananezumi]

Movie on a stick... now that's something I haven't heard of before

[@oneghost1257]

I wonder if it would be possible to replace the file on the USB with something else, or if the movie is locked in.

[@markreson]

lol this brings Fist of Fun to mind

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

Don't you "but" me you fact hunt. A unique Ghostbusters-logo-USB is worth that price by itself, I tells ya! (Though, seriously, why didn't they include the sequel, too, and maybe the animation's pilot?)

[@otakunthevegan4206]

Larry I come from the future! He talks about the Ghostbusters USB in the future! Anything else you want me to tell you like lottery ticket numbers?

[@Obiwan1994Kenobi-iv4jf]

Damn, that's a lot of versions. You really are a true fan.

[@RoseKoneko]

I had to show my roommate, the respect and awe at your collection was real. (He found one of the original toys of the car at a Goodwill and carried it home like it was his new infant. xD)

[@fanime1]

As a film nerd, I loved this episode. Practically geeked out throughout the whole video. I also get different versions of my favorite films and shows. My parents don't get it. As usual, you did your research which is one of the things I really enjoy about your content. Even with my film degree, there were formats even I haven't heard of. Great work!

[@DanKojak]

A complete original 35mm film print of the movie (as used in theatrical film projectors in 1984) recently sold on eBay for $2,550. Collecting one of those would bring the score up to 11/10.

[@rassilontdavros3004]

21:04
Oh, but Phelous, don't you remember?
_Winston's the driver!_

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

RassilonTDavros We don't talk about the Q5 era of The Real Ghostbusters!

[@ilikethecokev2]

Aw, man, Phelous, you should see my living room, we have a large portion of it completely decked out in Ghostbusters memorabilia. Segments of film reels, posters, toys, costumes, and even a fan made proton pack!

[@chrisnutt2135]

I own Ghostbusters on USB stick. Yes, a company sold a variety of 80s movies on usb stick a few years ago. Its a green coloured usb stick and the movie is copy protected with auto play.

[@fanime1]

Chris Nutt Ooh! I'd love to see a picture or video of it!

[@schtive81]

Ernie Hudson was not included on the original theatrical poster, because he was a nobody actor at the time. Nobody knew who he was, and his character showed up in the second half of the movie.
But with Ghostbusters II, Winston is actually the very first Ghostbuster you see on screen (suited up as well) after the Dana Barret scene. Weird that he was not included on the DVD box for that movie.

[@BloodrealmX]

Still, you'd think they'd at least SHOW him even if he didn't get top billing...

[@schtive81]

The top billings would have been Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigorney Weaver , Harold Ramis and Rick Moranis. After that Ernie Hudson would have probably gotten sixth or seventh billing (possibly behind Annie Potts?). That's probably why the studio didn't want him on the poster. But I agree, that he should have been there.

[@MforMovesets]

In this episode of Phelousball Z: Phelous being a huge nerd.

[@phelous]

ANOTHER EPISODE WHERE THIS IS THE PLOT!? *sigh*

[@Ninjagowolf]

maybe next time he will do turtles agian never know

[@aguy17]

Is that okay?

[@gracekim25]

Oh my god, Phelous is an anime character 🤩🥳

[@MisterNinten]

"The Supernatural Spectacular"?
I'm so mad they didn't go with "The Supernatural Spooktacular"!

[@rodrolliv]

/waves/ Hi, reflected-on-laser-disc-Phelous!

[@harryking3215]

Holy SHit Videodisc :O I don't think I have ever seen someone (besides my family) that actually owned those things. That was how we watched movies growing up.
I actually have a bunch of the cooler ones around the top of my TV room as the artwork was usually quite awesome on them.

[@LokiDuck]

I actually grew up in a Laserdisc household because my dad hated Video tapes despite being video editor (For reference I was born in 1990). We even had a laser disc player that flipped the disc like you mentioned.
The main problem with laser discs is that they would rot over time and could be scratched pretty easily but we used them up until dvd became more common.

[@LokiDuck]

True, I mostly just remembered my dad having to get rid of a lot of his old special edition laserdiscs because of rot, so that part stuck out in my mind.

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

I’m a huge fan of the movies and the video game with the voice actors. It is one of the best realistic comedy-horror movies ever made. At least once a year or so, I reference them and almost always whenever I go into NYC, I jokingly think of the “Gozer” building and visiting the Hook and Ladder 8 firehouse makes me smile. The fact that they have a painted symbol outside the building and one of the original second movie signs hung up on their wall just brings a smile to the face. They seem to have a great sense of humor and humility and the fact that they are true heroes fighting fires and trying to save lives is the best.

[@U014B]

WELL, ACKCHUALLY, in 1985 the exchange rate for Yen to US Dollars was 238:1, so that VHD really only cost about $32.77. Still, that's in 1985 dollars, so, adjusted for inflation, it was worth $75.17.
Boy howdy, this comment was pointless.

[@byronchandler5000]

Hi, Phelous. Your Ghostbusters collection is really impressive. I am more accustomed to Lorenzo Music as Peter.

[@FireRising86]

Agreed. He was the best Peter Venkman.

[@DamienCooley]

I always preferred Dave Coulier. He brought something new and fresh to Venkman.

[@SamanthaPortUkulele]

Damien Cooley REEEEEEE HOW DARE YOU

[@SHINOBI-03]

VCD used to be huge here at flea markets and China Towns. DVD was still new at the time and used to be a luxury item back at the day and VCD was cheaper and easier to afford. The quality of the movies ranged from clear DVD quality to camcorder with crowd noise quality. Some of them were even Chinese dubbed instead of English so you can guess the frustration when we get these versions.

[@BloodrealmX]

VCD is STILL a popular pirate format. Hell, _Ashens and the Quest for the GameChild_ has a VCD pirate version!

[@tomatolicious]

What's the deal with those really high pitch noises? Part of the background music or subliminal messages?

[@brokenmatthardy1126]

tomatolicious *G H O S T S*

[@LiaManila]

tomatolicious Let's take a look at, more clues.

[@Agent57000DM]

If you play the video backwards, it's saying "Paul is dead!"

[@ATippingBarn]

“The Nostalgia Critic is dead.”

[@U014B]

Pretty spooky, huh folks?

[@therealthirst8099]

Nice collection Phelous, all we need is Ghostbusters on 8mm film.

[@MatthewCobalt]

The Video CD was very Popular in South-East Asia, especially in the Philippines. I still remember when my local mall had a Blockbuster Video.
I even still have a VCD of the Original Highschool Musical. (Yeah, I had THAT kind of childhood.)

[@VolkswagenNut1969]

Wow! I was in high school in the 1980s, so I was around for all of these formats, yet I was only aware of less than half of those!
Interesting episode, thanks! :)

[@genyfear]

That’s a lot of ghostbusters..

[@runtripfall69]

He just left, with ghostbusters!

[@Maniac536]

I did a feature on umd on my channel. I was actually rooting for this format back in the day but let’s be honest, it was only a solution to a temporary problem. Within two years of the umd video launch Sony was releasing high capacity memory sticks capable of holding digital downloads.
There was also a Blu-Ray re-release you missed, a combo pack of GB1 and GB2 which included some new special features for GB1 and actual special features on the GB2 disc.

[@TheMediaRaptor]

THIS is what CZcams needs more of! These obscure home media releases!

[@jorgezarco9269]

You earned your salt as a Ghostbusters fan. I had no idea the 1984 Summer blockbuster was released on Super8 mm video tapes. 8mm video tapes were once a medium for home movies.

[@Ellthom]

That's quite a collection, I might have to recommend this video to a friend he will love this sort of thing :D

[@PunksterOS]

Interesting. Our videos in the UK always came in plastic boxes, much better quality, I have the massive box of Ghostbusters (video store version), a later released version of the same movie in a slightly smaller (Home video) box and then I have double bill plastic box, which is still the same size as home video box, that has both Ghostbusters 1 & 2 on VHS that skips the credits at the end of GB1 and you get a caption stating "5 Years Later," as the scene opens with Sigorney Weaver walking down the street pushing her pram. Both credits appear in sequence after GB2 ends.
This video was so handy back in the day, as we could just pop the tape in and not concern about fast forwarding etc... Good times _(no, not Goodtimes)_

[@MrZerothejedi]

Oh wow, I forgot about the PSP movies... Good job on your amazing collection, Phelan!

[@MrZerothejedi]

The only thing I owned on PSP was Disidia x3

[@boeingnz]

3:57 Now I know that Phelous did his commentary live.

[@PaceBreaker]

That's quite an impressive collection. You never cease to amaze with with all the various items you've collected, variants and the background info you have on them. I always look forward to these kinds of videos from you.

[@jamesoblivion]

I remember the red border RCA Columbia tapes also from having Willow on VHS as a kid.

[@BeatlesOasisFan]

Laser-disc is also like a vinyl for movies. It's capacity per side is similar and the size is also similar. Just no cartridge. Also, the VCD format was quite popular in Poland in OFFICIAL releases for movies added to magazines.

[@U014B]

It's like a Techmoan video and a Phelous video had a baby together. I love it!

[@lucid0419]

I wish I had that many versions of Ghostbusters. Seriously, your collection is quite big of only movies. It's pretty swell.

[@Tardisntimbits]

Ooooh, I do hope you spotlight the Best Buy exclusive steel books. I couldn't help but pick them up, even though I also have way too many copies, because that artwork is absolutely beautiful, and I was stoked we got them up here in the Great White North.

[@KraigFang]

I kinda get having to flip or change a record to watch the movie on it… but woah! To think of discs that’s can’t fit a whole movie on them? Technology has grown so fast, gives me a happy tear 🥲😂

[@dixonium]

Wonderful as always, Phelous. And educational, too! You taught me a thing or two, particularly about Capacitance Electronic Discs. Talk about an obscure format!

[@devonrussell2467]

Awesome collection man I love Ghostbusters I'm super hyped up for Ghostbusters 3 next year it's my most anticipated movie of 2020

[@TheOtakuNinja69]

I wish I had those formats for my favorite movie, "Back To The Future".

[@jaemvees]

I had a lot of fun learning about the march of formats by way of Ghostbusters. I hadn't even heard of half of those.

[@Konani_the_unicorn_queen]

It's like a video home-format history lesson through ghostbusters _xD

[@kyleweaver2076]

Poor Ernie Hudson

[@LiaManila]

Kyle Weaver Wait a minute, one week ago. But this video didn't come out till right now.

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

Racist?

[@konstance13]

lia Manila, Patreon

[@kyleweaver2076]

Tommy Deonauth's Archives probably

[@LiaManila]

Konstance Miles Of course.

[@MrXemnas1992]

Oh no!
B E T A...

[@ravager48]

Snake is one of my favorite SImpsons supporting characters.

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

ravager48 I didn't know that was a Simpsons joke. I was completely confuzzled when Phelous made that joke in his Janlous the Little Piglet review.

[@brianoconnell6459]

Interestingly (or not), Sony and Sanyo both released 8 mm VCRs, which were either hilariously oversized or undersized depending on the manufacturer. They also had a 8 mm "Walkman" of sorts that was a standalone player/recorder with a built in monitor and TV tuner.

[@markmyers6756]

Phelous the ultimate format warrior. P.S I have the best buy steelbook bluray of the fist movie.

[@jasonshouseoffunandvideoga7169]

Love to see ghostbusters on all of the different formats. I hope to find in laserdisc at some point. Great vid 🙌✨️

[@Boltscrap]

Man, the blue blueray cases bring back memories. They really hyped up that format back then, not really different from how they hyped up DVDs as well. The upsides of being born in late 90s I guess.

[@brianoconnell6459]

Heh, remember the trailer for the reboot? It said 4 scientists, although Winston wasn't technically a scientist at all. Maybe before they make the packaging and trailers, it'd help if they actually watched the movie?

[@HiperPivociarz]

Brian O'Connell Three scientist and some other guy doesn't sound as good now, does it?

[@CrisisComics]

I know, right? If they wanted to put in a REAL scientist, they should've called Eduardo.

[@JackOfen]

Three scientists and their driver

[@brianoconnell6459]

Three scientists and the watered down Janine?

[@gracekim25]

Ah the video that confirms you film this in real time 😊
*waves at reflection despite not being visible*

[@handsomebrick]

As I understand it, laserdisc is a digital encoding of an analog signal, which is probably why it's so big and CD-like. And that early DVDs often had better features because they were ported over from laserdisc versions, and it was quite a while after laserdisc went under before DVDs picked up the slack.

[@Digger318]

So glad u were able to get the vcds

[@Gasoline85]

I always assumed you recorded the VO's separately. Mind blown..!

[@mopeybloke]

The pricing on CED is just the normal price for video home releases in Japan. Film Bluerays and DVDs are/were also similarly expensive.

[@SabreMau]

I remember looking up how much it would cost to import VHS tapes back in the 90s, and they were also about that expensive even back then. You'd pay over $50 and you'd get an OVA tape with a single half-hour episode on it. They've basically always priced home video on a different scale than our market.

[@VolkswagenNut1969]

bigevilworldwide1
Lord, I remember that too! Early 1980s, having a home video format of any kind was considered an exclusive premium thing. The price fluctuated a bit depending on the age and popularity of the movie, but typically VHS was 99.99 and Beta a little higher at 109.99.
I can't remember the comparative pricing for Laserdisc.

[@KarIgnishaYumi]

wow i learn some new thing . never knew there was more format of other vhs beside beta etc or the laser disk.

[@loneshewolf74]

VCD, VHD, DVD... so many changes I need H-E-L-P!

[@MrBrassBalls]

Most of these obsolete video formats are soooo stupid, he he he...

[@FlameOfUdun96]

MrBrassBalls Oh Wabuu...

[@LiaManila]

MrBrassBalls That's our Wabuu! *canned laughter* The fuck was that?

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

MrBrassBalls I don't have a CED player to play my CED copy of Ghostbusters 1984! It's completely useless now and it didn't need to be wet!

[@runtripfall69]

@Flame of Udun
You really are showing up on a lot of CZcams videos.

[@5roundsrapid263]

Wow. You know your obscure formats! I had forgotten about Superbit.

[@SuperSkullz]

One more thing to note is that white CEDs are mono discs and blue ones are stereo ones

[@artistwithouttalent]

Neat! Have you ever heard of a show called the Oddity Archive?

[@rickykeim2005]

I love all the little details you put into all of your work Phelous. I dont know much about these older video formats. I was born after VHS had won the war for our living rooms. Ugh I really hate those stupid cardboard slip on things. I remember them showing up around the time people started to care about the Environment and they always seemed a bit counter productive in that regard.

[@Colorband]

Until I saw you in the LaserDisc, I always thought your voiceovers were ADR'd in.

[@neradoc3722]

Oooooh I can't wait to see the next one. "Apprenez l'anglais avec Ghostbusters" !
I had a VHS from that... collection ? But it was for "Encounter of the third kind" and I had won it in a... math competition thing. Yes I'm a nerd. Also I could have won a "multimedia PC", so... Thanks ?

[@PaceBreaker]

This almost reminds me of James Rolfe's video format series.

[@marplatense31]

I did not expect a review of video formats in a toy show... Still, it was interesting.

[@toriocheerio4385]

I love ghostbusters and Phelous your so cool and awesome!

[@joeroberts6465]

i have 2 versions the black box / red border vhs, one is printed on flat glossy black paper, and the other has a more matte 'flat black' paper feeling with a glossy embossed logo

[@DrGonzoOBoogie]

awesome video!! and great collection.

[@BATCHARRO]

I can't believe HD DVD dint win. Michael Bay and Microsoft backed it!

[@5roundsrapid263]

Batzarro I bought an HD DVD player since Sony had never won a format war..

[@trinidadbotello9906]

This video has convinced me that, Ghostbusters has been released on more formats, than Star Wars.

[@TimTE01]

I actually have a VCD!
It's...'A Long Kiss Goodnight.'

[@jayro3087]

Informative! Thanks phelous!

[@scottylewis8124]

Phelous, I did see a Christine VHS. Man that car is freaky. Also there's a VHS for a movie I've never heard of or seen called hit list.

[@maugos]

It's like sitting in on a college lecture. lol

[@ThatTransMuffinOfficial]

I just watched a nearly 30 minute long video about one movie being released on multiple formats. I don't know what I'm doing anymore.

[@BBBHuey]

Do you have "Ghostbusters meet the Laser Ghosts"? It's one of those Listen & Read books from the eighties.

[@phelous]

I do, I'll be doing a video on it at some point.

[@darthnecrosis1705]

I use to have a CED player and movies for it...damn I feel old.

[@idkany293]

The ghostbusters vhs i have actually does have a label!

[@dreamlandnightmare]

The tape in the Ghostbusters VHS looks awfully short, like it was recorded in SLP/EP mode. I wouldn't expect this from an official release.

[@jonathanwarrdddedcxddeecec4787]

I kinda want a laser disk now for decoration

[@PapaTaurean]

When exactly is Phelan going to start the Canadian chapter of the Ghostbusters??

[@waylandvolundr3913]

Papa Taurean
Depending on the part of Canada, they'd either use proton shotguns or proton strongly-worded letters.

[@PunksterOS]

I suppose when ghosts exist in Canada, he'll be the first one there, I'm sure.

[@ilikethecokev2]

Wait, one doesn't exist yet?

[@Kirkeyressa]

I can confirm that the major cities have their own chapters. I see the Montreal one roughly once a year at cons and such. :D

[@Tardisntimbits]

Ontario has it's own chapter of Ghostbusters, us DWSC folk pal around with them and the 501st at cons frequently.

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

I freakin' love those VHS box pillows you guys have. You should include a link on how to get or make them any time they show up in your features! Hell, you could probably make tons of cash on the side by creating custom ones for your audience. I mean, Lupa could probably make thousands on selling Ginger Snaps pillows alone.

[@joe95883]

BataMax? Are they the Prototypes for the VHS? Like Laserdiscs where the Prototype for the DVD, HD-DVD and Blu-Ray.
Also, As Oliver Harper said on his Laserdisc collection videos, Laserdiscs do get Laserrot over the years of use.

[@VolkswagenNut1969]

joseph barker
VHS and Beta came out less than a year apart, so they existed together in a battle for dominating the market and neither was really a prototype for the other. Technically, the 3/4 inch U-matic cassette was a prototype for both!
I can't remember exactly what Oliver said, but... Laser rot only happens to a small percentage of Laserdiscs, and it's from age, not use. Weather or not they degrade over time depends on when and where they were manufactured, and weather or not they were stored properly.

[@joe95883]

Well your right there, the only Formats I'm use to when it comes to the UK here where VHS (which have become outdated) DVD and Blu-Rays, So Sorry if my Knowledge of the other Formats are... Not the best.

[@lwanco1018]

Your a Ghostbusters fan, I never noticed. JK, very impressive collection.

[@Mayala285]

Christine is an awesome horror and the reason I said this is because 1:12

[@Nalwonk]

Aha! I'd thought for a long time Ghostbusters was rated PG13, it must have been me seeing it on one of those old VHS copies that made me think that. My copy must have been recorded off of TV or something, I don't remember actually ever seeing the box so I'd never seen the rating on there (and it had scenes missing)

[@mathieuleader8601]

do they come with different dubs if so which besides English which is another good foreign dub of Ghostbusters?

[@SeaSwine9]

A friend gave me the CED of Christine; I've been calling it a Laserdisc but now I know.

[@jacobkrehbiel4300]

Didn't you have the Criterion laserdisc of Ghostbusters one time?

[@brodiecrain13]

Holy shit I remember watching episodes of south park on my sister's psp with umd's

[@5roundsrapid263]

Brodie Crain My wife’s brother had a copy of TRON for his.

[@PKMN37]

I remember when I would upload movies and shows to my 3DS Camera. I did this from 2011 to 2016 until I finally bought a touch screen phone. It worked for the time being but I'm glad I didn't stick with the 3DS camera. I had to convert the video, sometimes twice, rename the now-10-minute sections, take the back cover off the 3DS, take out the SD card, stick it in the computer, upload the files on to it, stick it back in the 3DS, and pull up the camera so it could load up what I added. It didn't help that some things I converted would somehow be larger than the original file. The video files were also very bit crushed, like GBA Video but better quality. Cartoons tended to look better than the live action stuff.
The phone is much better. Rip a disc, upload it to the phone, and it's done.

[@NJ_Dsneybuf]

Our VHS has the same cover as the first DVD.

[@jacksonhuffstetler1459]

Dsneybuf I can already confirm that what you have is the 15th anniversary/digitally remastered VHS.
-Not Phelous.

[@loganjorgensen]

Beta is better but VHS was ultimately more cost effective. Guess it's a strong visual reference to compare LDs to CDs but largely better to compare them to LPs instead which are also analog. Wouldn't mind an LD or VHS but the UMD is likely the easiest alternate format one could find easily now. Nice collection. ;)

[@KraigFang]

Thanks it was a great vid to watch!

[@SlapstickGenius23]

I’ve got a Video 2000 tape from the UK. It’s of a famous Canadian film called Meatballs.

[@Clay3613]

Making me jealous Phelous! I don't have the VHD or PSP. Do have the Criterion LD and Letterbox LaserDisc though.