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Post by Fritz on Aug 31, 2004 18:29:35 GMT -4
Another from the archive, Ghostheads, and it's a biggie... Ghostbusters: Future Shocks1986--Timeline Year Four The Ghostbusters of the 21st Century are contacted by a mysterious being, telling them that a time traveller with a malevalent agenda has recruited a familiar and much-despised face to his crusade. Can they stop these two twisted men from destroying the original Ghostbusters--and thus wrecking all of history? I don't think it's an understatement to say that a big part of my personal vision of the Ghostbusters Universe went into the making of this story. I guess if there's any story that is "essential" to understanding that vision, it's this one. So what makes this story so important? <--Spoiler Warnings--> The introduction of the Ghostbusters of 2025. Dr. Johnathan Christopher Spengler and his twin sister, Dr. Eden Marie Spengler (thus canonizing the Egon/Janine marriage before I had done it in any "present day" stories yet). Budding Hermetic mage Eric Stantz, thus opening a mystery about Ray's destiny that has yet to be revealed . New character TJ Anderson. Briefly, Marie Lupin--another of her relatives has since been introduced--and mention of Charlene Zeddemore. A very brief glimpse of even further in the future. "Ghostbusters Intergalactic" and John Spengler's doppleganger Romulus. Delphia. The first time that name entered my chronicles--but far from the last. The rehabilitation of "Professor Dweeb" begins. Instead of a quack scientist who stalked Slimer, he's a wanna-be Ghostbuster who (along with RPG character Herbert Loone) is ready to kill the Ghostbusters to attain his desired level of fame and glory. The 88MPH comic would even give him a more realistic name: Dr. Norman Draverhaven. (Dr. Riddle said Micheal Draverhaven "looked like Professor Dweeb"...and I ran with that) If anybody's interested, I may let you in on a little secret about this story, too...
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Post by Jeremy Hicks on Sept 1, 2004 18:32:09 GMT -4
What secret? I've read it already and what else could you have to tell us?
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Post by raysgal on Sept 1, 2004 21:27:14 GMT -4
There's a secret!?! Oh, my gosh. You so have to tell me...I mean us. Yeah, us. Tell, tell.... Please....
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Post by Fritz on Sept 2, 2004 10:24:46 GMT -4
Well, it's nothing earth shattering...
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Post by raysgal on Sept 2, 2004 13:57:30 GMT -4
So? I'd still like to know.
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Post by Fritz on Sept 3, 2004 18:22:36 GMT -4
Well...okay, but after this I expect some comments about the story itself The big "secret" about this story is that Professor Dweeb and Doctor Loone were not the villains in the story as I first wrote it. I retrofitted them in later because there was a problem with using the villains I originally chose... "Future Shocks" actually started as a crossover with the Filmation Ghostbusters, and it was a rather...unflattering one to the FGBs. Jake Kong was a borderline psycho obsessed with showing up Venkman (and he talked to his furniture to boot) and publicizing his "war against Prime Evil" Eddie Spencer and Tracy the Gorilla were his codependant henchmen. The story kicked into gear when their friend from the future, Futura (yeah, real gem of a name there) showed up and told Jake that a great danger was coming, one that would mean "the end of the Ghostbusters". the danger, as it turns out, is that the Real Ghostbusters are fated to catch Prime Evil and thus make the FGBs into laughing stocks. The plan? Kill one of the RGBs, and thus disrupt that future... John, Eden, TJ, and Eric had other ideas of course. In some ways the original ending was better--instead of Elizabeth biting Dweeb in the ass, Eddie and Tracy turn on Jack because they're not murderers at heart. They're all taken off for the help they need, and Futura is taken back to her home time, where she's placed in the custody of Romulus and Ghostbusters Intergalactic for her crimes against the time stream. Well, I'd think Jeremy especially can understand why I didn't release that version--I'm on a team with Peter Kong, and it just wouldn't have been fair to him to have released it. So instead I rewrote it to feature Dweeb and Loone; it didn't lose any of the important contributions to the mythos I made in the original, and even added more via the redefining of Dweeb. So now you know. And knowing is... ..Ahh, you know the rest ;D
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Post by raysgal on Sept 3, 2004 18:28:40 GMT -4
Yeah, you're right. It wasn't really earth shattering. But it was still interesting. You rewrote it to make it work. I think the story's good though. I've read it a few times. It's kinda hard not to.
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Post by Fritz on Apr 25, 2005 10:36:22 GMT -4
Well, heck, just to tide everyone over--and maybe satisfy some curiosities--here's the original version of Future Shocks, a GB Apocrypha: Ghostbusters Apocrypha: Future ShocksApocrypha Era One--After GhostbustersThe Ghostbusters of the 21st Century are contacted by a mysterious being, telling them that a time traveller with a malevalent agenda has recruited a familiar and much-despised face to her crusade. Can they stop these two twisted men--who are NOT Professor Dweeb and Doctor Loone!!!--from destroying the original Ghostbusters--and thus wrecking all of history?
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Post by Fritz on Sept 8, 2005 10:00:31 GMT -4
Okay, so it's time to bump this old story...but there's something a little extra to it. Instead of just a bump, this is also an announcement of some revisions that have been made to the story. The purpose? To clarify the exact relationship between Norman "Professor Dweeb" Draverhaven and Micheal Draverhaven, seen in GB:Legion, which is now more or less GBOT continuity. I've recieved positive feedback on it thus far, so I hope it works for everyone. www.ectozone.com/ff/gbfs.html
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Post by CJ on Sept 8, 2005 11:52:17 GMT -4
It's a solid explanation for the two of them (admittedly I was thinking that Norman was his uncle, but brother is so much more dramatic).
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Post by ghostdiva on Sept 8, 2005 16:27:03 GMT -4
This was a good revision. I'm sure that as more people join the omnibus and more licensed cannon comes to light through the years that many stories will need revision. So it's good to know that you're on top of it. It fits in well with the story too, not obtrusive at all. ghostdiva
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Post by Fritz on Sept 8, 2005 17:45:56 GMT -4
I had to really think about it...I was originally leaning more toward uncle or cousin, too, but somehow the extra dramatic heft of an older brother (remember that part--I might have even gone with "considerably older half brother" if we hadn't already done that with Egon) just kind of made me go "aw, hell, why not."
If there's a big outcry, it's subject to further revision, but Kingpin and Jeremy gave me positive feedback before I'd even officially posted it.
I try. It's not always easy--we still haven't "formally" canonized Ghostbusters: The Return other than saying Arnie Lapinski was mayor from 1990-1994. There's just so many areas of continuity disjuncture it would never fit 100%.
(And if you want to get into that specific story further, there's a thread on the book in the Print Media forum)
Anyway, glad everyboyd's approving so far.
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Post by ghostdiva on Dec 5, 2005 17:54:12 GMT -4
Can we have some more explaination/ teasers on this? I know this is left field, but I was re-reading (yes, Fritz, your stories are re-read wothy) ghostdiva
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Post by Fritz on Dec 6, 2005 10:16:27 GMT -4
I have some ideas there. Some may turn up soon, some may take a while.
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Post by Kingpin on Dec 6, 2005 13:33:54 GMT -4
I wonder... will we be able to see some visual works of Ghostbusters Intergalactic?
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