Did Everyone Miss the Point?

Rating: Null/10 (15 April 2001)

The "Ghostbusters" are not heroes. They're a group of consummate snowball artists who use nerve and sense gases to induce hallucinations. People think they're seeing "ghosts" and call these bozos, who conveniently show up to take care of the problem with a fake electronic light show.
Admittedly, it's a good light show - I've seen every form of combustion known to man, and theirs still beats the s*** out of me - but if you choose to believe it, then you must accept that the city of New York is headed for a disaster of Biblical proportions. Old Testament; real "Wrath of God"-type stuff. Fire and brimstone falling from the heavens, the seas boiling over, the dead rising from the grave, dogs and cats living together -- mass hysteria! All right, all right, you get