almostmetal
Filmation's Ghostbusters was created in the early eighties- several years before the hit live-action film.The show was basically your run of the mill eighties slapstick children's show; where two guys and a monkey catch ghosts. They are continually pitted against their nemesis- Prime Evil.The rights to the name "ghostbusters" were bought by columbia pictures when the film 'Ghostbusters' was released. When they turned the hit movie into an animated show it was then legally required to be called The REAL Ghostbusters. Because filmation held the rights to the animated medium.It's a kooky show and interesting to watch. I remember renting it when I was a little kid and being really really confused. Expecting slimer and the gang; I instead got two inept dudes and an ape.Fun stuff. Check it out!
Jtalledo
Considering that this show WAS based off the old series staying Larry Storch and both this and the "Real Ghostbusters" cartoon (which WAS based on the hit movie) were released as roughly the same time it wasn't really a copy of either the original Ghostbusters movie nor the other cartoon. However, it was a pretty cheap way to capitalize on the success of the movie and its name recognition. I mean, do you think we'd see a remake of the original Filmation series if it wasn't for the big success of the completely unrelated movie of the same name? Thankfully, the producers of the other, much better series cleared things up with the "Real" prefix to the title.That having been said, I don't remember this series being really any good. I do remember being a bit confused as a kid as to why the ghostbusters were a bunch of stupid kids with a darn talking bat. Soon though, kids realized the series wasn't the real deal and watched the real one.
jhallison
From 9/6/75 - 9/4/76 there was a live action show known as Ghost Busters. After the Ghostbusters film was a hit, Filmation put out an animated updated version of the show, the Original Ghostbusters in 1986. In the live show The Ghost Busters were a trio (Jake Kong, Eddie Spencer, and Tracy, the gorilla) that dealt with ghosts and other supernatural creatures. At the beginning of each episode, the trio get a taped message outlining their new mission. Once the message plays, the recording self destructs (ala Mission: Impossible). But unlike Mission Impossible, they never manage to get rid of the recording before it explodes.The Ghost Busters then head out to find, capture, or get rid of the supernatural being. In almost every case, the various creatures end up in the old castle. The various creatures they encountered included vikings, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, vampires, gypsies, werewolves, and of course, various ghosts.
AJ-92
When I bought a video of one of the episodes, I was expecting it to be good, I had never heard of it before. I buy everything with the name "GHOSTBUSTERS" on it, it's my favorite movie. I just wasn't thinking. I wasted some money right there. Although this show can be interesting at sometimes, it still isn't as good as "The Real Ghostbusters". My recommendation is not to see this, as it will disappoint any "Ghostbusters" fan looking for a good show.