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Author: Hogan, David J
PhysDes: Article
Subject: GHOSTBUSTERS (US, Ivan Reitman, 1984)
Summary: Review of Ghostbusters

Call No: 753.81 FIL
Author: Herbert, Daniel; Verevis, Constantine
Edition: 2020
Place: Edinburgh
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
PubDate: 2020
PhysDes: 244 pages : illustrated ; 25 cm
Series: Screen Serialities
Subject: REMAKES; FRANCHISES; BATMAN IN FILMS; GHOSTBUSTERS (US, Ivan Reitman, 1984); GHOSTBUSTERS (US, Paul Feig, 2016); STAR TREK; STAR WARS [...] (US, 1977-2015)
Notes: Bringing together the latest developments in the study of serial formatting practices – remakes, sequels, series – Film Reboots is the first edited collection to specifically focus on the new millennial phenomenon of rebooting. Through a set of vibrant case studies, this collection investigates rebooting as a practice that seeks to remake an entire film series or franchise, with ambitions that are at once respectful and revisionary. Examining such notable examples as Batman, Ghostbusters, and Star Trek, among others, this collection contends with some of the most important features of contemporary film and media culture today. -- publisher's web site
ISBN: 9781474451369
Contents: Introduction: Film Reboots / Daniel Herbert and Constantine Verevis. PART I: INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE -- 1. Rethinking the ‘Supersystem’: Film Reboots and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Daniel Herbert -- 2. Live Long and Prosper: Rebooting Star Trek and Reimagining Fandom / Erin Hanna -- 3. The Many Reboots of the Batman / Eileen R. Meehan. PART II: STRUCTURE AND NARRATIVE -- 4. The Edge of Reality: Replicating Blade Runner / Constantine Verevis -- 5. Gender, Genre and the Reboot: From Ocean’s 11/Eleven to Ocean’s 8/Eight / Jennifer Forrest -- 6. Understanding Twin Peaks: The Return as a ‘Film Reboot’ via Anti-Franchise Discourses Within Media Franchising / Matt Hills -- 7. All This Has Happened Before: Mythic Repetition in the Film-to-Television Reboot / Nicholas Benson & Jonathan Gray PART III: POLITICS AND IDENTITY -- 8. Resistance and Empire: Star Wars and the Social Justice Reboot / Derek Johnson -- 9. Rebooting the Politics of the Sports Melodrama: Creed vs. Rocky / Chuck Tryon -- 10. Ghost Girls: Ghostbusters, Popular Feminism and the Gender-Swap Reboot / Claire Perkins PART IV: FANS AND AUDIENCES -- 11. Reboot, Requel, Legacyquel: Jurassic World and the Nostalgia Franchise / Kathleen Loock -- 12. Worldbuilding, Retconning, and Legacy Rebooting: Alien and Contemporary Media Franchise Strategies / James Fleury -- 13. Anticipating the Reboot: Teasing Top Gun 2 / Paul Grainge -- 14. A Dark Knight on Elm Street: Discursive Regimes of (Sub) Cultural Value, Paratextual Bonding, and the Perils of Remaking and Rebooting Canonical Horror Cinema / William Proctor Contributors -- Notes

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: GHOSTBUSTERS (US, Ivan Reitman, 1984)

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: GHOSTBUSTERS (US, Paul Feig, 2016)

Call No: 79GHO WAL
Author: Wallace, Daniel
Source: UK
Place: London
Publisher: Titan Books
PubDate: 2015
PhysDes: 222 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 29 cm
Subject: HISTORY OF CINEMA; GHOSTBUSTERS (US, Ivan Reitman, 1984); GHOSTBUSTERS (US, Paul Feig, 2016); GHOSTBUSTERS II (US, Ivan Reitman, 1989)
Summary: "Who you gonna call? Created in conjunction with Sony Pictures, this deluxe book will look back at three decades of ghostbusting fun, exploring all aspects of the ever-popular phenomenon. Covering the production of the first two Ghostbusters movies in great detail, and including rare behind-the-scenes pictures and in-depth commentary from cast and crew—including director Ivan Reitman and stars Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, and Sigourney Weaver—the book will also take in the expanded Ghostbusters universe, from the cartoon The Real Ghostbusters to the comics, toys, and video games. Filled with rare and never-before-seen imagery from the Sony Pictures archives, including candid on-set photographs and illuminating concept art, Ghostbusters: The Ultimate Visual History mixes an in-depth narrative with stunning visuals to deliver a comprehensive and revelatory overview of the franchise. Also featuring incredible removable items that will thrill Ghostbusters fans, such as Peter Venkman’s business card, annotated script pages, and booklets of rare on-set photographs, Ghostbusters: The Ultimate Visual History is the last word on one of the most popular franchises of all time."--Publisher's website
ISBN: 9781783299669
Contents: Part. 1 THE ORIGINAL MOVIE -- 1.Who You Gonna Call? -- 2.Beautiful. You're Hired -- What Are You Supposed to Be? Some Kind of a Cosmonaut? -- 3.Nice Shootin', Tex -- Ghost Fever Grips New York -- I Found the Car -- 4.Don't Cross the Streams -- We Have the Tools, We Have the Talent -- 5.Who Brought the Dog? -- 6.Aim for the Flat Top -- 7.Maybe If We Start Dancing, Other People Will Join In? -- 8.Library Ghost -- 9.Slimer (aka On onhead) -- 10.Dream Ghost -- 11.The Escapees -- 12.Terror Dogs -- 13.Mr. Stay Puft -- 14.Total Protonic Reversal -- 15.How About a Little Music? -- 16.Supernatural Success Story -- Part. 2 THE SEQUEL -- 17.Will There Be Any More of Them? -- 18.What a Town -- Ectomobile-Mark II -- 19.We're Going to Make Some Headlines with This One -- Suck in the Guts, Guys, We're the Ghostbusters -- Two in the Box. Ready to Go. We Be Fast and They Be Slow -- 20.Now Is the Season of Evil -- 21.The Scoleri Brothers -- 22.Slimer -- Contents note continued: 23.Spooks, Specters, and Ghosts Galore -- 24.The Statue of Liberty -- 25.Museum of Slime -- 26.On Our Own -- 27.Yeah, but What a Ride -- Part. 3 THE EXPANDED GHOSTBUSTERS UNIVERSE -- 28.The Real Ghostbusters -- 29.Extreme Ghostbusters -- 30.Ghostbusters Video Games -- 31.Ghostbusters in Comics -- 32.Ghostbusters Toys and Merchandise -- 33.See You on the Other Side

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: GHOSTBUSTERS II (US, Ivan Reitman, 1989)

Call No: 71"198"(73) HOB
Author: Hoberman, J.
Place: New York
Publisher: New Press
PhysDes: xii, 398 pages; illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject: COMMUNISM AND THE CINEMA. USA; APOCALYPSE NOW (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1979); BACK TO THE FUTURE [...] (US, Robert Zemeckis, 1985-90); CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (US, Steven Spielberg, 1977); COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD; CRUISE, TOM; EASTWOOD, CLINT; E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (US, Steven Spielberg, 1982); FONDA, JANE; GHOSTBUSTERS (US, Ivan Reitman, 1984); HEARTBREAK RIDGE (US, Clint Eastwood, 1986); KAEL, PAULINE; LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST, THE (US/CN, Martin Scorsese, 1988); MADONNA; MILIUS, JOHN; MUSIC TELEVISION; REAGAN RONALD; RIGHT STUFF, THE (US, Philip Kaufman, 1983); ROCKY (US, John G. Avildsen, 1976); RED DAWN (US, John Milius, 1984); STONE, OLIVER
ISBN: 9781595580061

Call No: 753-08 BAK
Author: Baker, Lucy Irene
Edition: 2023
Place: New York
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
PhysDes: 200 pages ; 24 cm
Subject: GENDER AND THE CINEMA; GENDER AND TV; SHERLOCK HOLMES IN FILMS; FAN MAGAZINES; FANS; [DOCTOR] DR WHO [TV] (UK, 1963-1989, 2005-); ELEMENTARY [TV] (US, 2012-); GHOSTBUSTERS (US, Ivan Reitman, 1984); GHOSTBUSTERS (US, Paul Feig, 2016)
Summary: Media and Gender Adaptation examines how fans and professionals change the gender of characters when they adapt existing work. Using research into fans, and case studies on Sherlock Holmes, Ghostbusters and Doctor Who, it illustrates the foundation of the process and ways the works engage with and critique media and gender at a political level. The default maleness of narratives in media are reworked to be inclusive of other points of view. Regendering as an adaptational technique relies on audience familiarity with existing works, however it also reveals an increasing trend in aggressive backlash against interpretations of media that include marginalised and minority communities. Combining analysis of fanfiction, television and big budget Hollywood productions, Media and Gender Adaptation also analyses fan responses to regendering in popular media. Through demographic surveys and interviews with fans, creators and broader audiences, a combination of playful and serious attitudes to gender are revealed to be part of how transformative fans (professional or not) adapt work. Specific fanfiction examples are analysed alongside professional works to reveal the depth and breadth of fannish play in regendered work and the constraints that professional adaptations are held to. It also reveals a schism in audiences, and those researching media, where the intersection of gender and race are sites of tension – nostalgia combining with expected representation of gender and race to create an aggressive defence of an original work that reiterates the mainstream hierarchies of gender and race. -- publisher's web site
ISBN: 9781501370113
Contents: Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Section 1: Data and theories -- 1. Regendering Research -- 2. Fans and Regendering -- 3. Theories -- 4. What does 'Playing with Gender' Mean? -- Section 2: Case Studies -- 5. A Case Study of Fannish Regendering -- 6. Gender is a Battlefield -- 7. Elementary and Regendering the Classics -- 8. Ghostbusters: Sex and Science -- 9. Doctor-ess Who? -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Appendix 1: Survey Questions -- Appendix 2: Interview Questions -- Index.

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; GHOSTBUSTERS (US, Paul Feig, 2016)
Author: Wilson, Jake
PhysDes: Clippings File Article
Subject: GHOSTBUSTERS (US, Paul Feig, 2016)
Summary: Review of the film GHOSTBUSTERS
Notes: similar article in Canberra Times, same date p. 6
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars