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Yep, Slimer is going high-def!

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Ivan Reitman's sci-fi comedy hit Ghostbusters, starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver and Harold Ramis, Sony will release the movie on Blu-ray on June 16. It will be priced at $38.96.

The disc will offer these special features:

*Filmmakers’ Commentary with Ivan Reitman, Harold Ramis and Joe Medjuck
*Featurette: 1984 – The Making of Ghostbusters – Interviews with the cast and crew
*Featurette: Interviews with Cast and Crew
*Featurette: SFX Team - Includes Before and After Multi-Angle Explorations
*Scene Cemetery – 10 Deleted Scenes
*Storyboard Comparisons
*Slimer Mode: Picture-in-Picture Graphical Viewing Experience with an examination of the spook-hunters’ firehouse headquarters, an in-depth exploration of the creatures in the Ghostbusters mythology, behind-the-scenes discussions of making the movie, new cast, crew and special effects artists interviews and much more!
*Featurette: Ecto-1: Resurrecting the Classic Car
*Ghostbusters Garage: Ecto-1 Gallery
*Collectible 32 Page Scrapbook

Awesome.

Those extras seem slightly slim. I hope we also get trailers, the MST3K "angle" of the audio commentary, and the trivia track. And please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please give Ghostbusters II some love. Even if we don't get a full-blown special edition, mainly I'd really like to see all the deleted scenes.

Wow, that price is just for part I? I'll get it but only on sale.

That must be some kind of deluxe edition. I don't need a "collectible 32 page scrapbook".

I'm guessing that price is just the MSRP. Role Models' MSRP is $39, for crying out loud. That doesn't mean that's what it'll go for in store.

You're right. It will be $29.99 in stores for a 25 year old film. Kudos, Sony.

Here's hoping for a $39.99 2-pack with both movies.

I was under the impression it was supposed to be a two pack the entire time.

$38.96?! Who do they think they are? Fox?


It's a Sony title, so I'll wait for the inevitable sale and pick it up for under 20 bucks. Glad that it's finally been announced at least.

I wonder if that is the same scrapbook that was included in the double feature gift set. I picked up that one for cheap (~ $11 I think) and haven't even watched the discs yet. Plus MoviePix HD here in Canada have been airing them both in HD recently. It'll take a nice heft price drop from the MSRP to get me to buy these on BD.

One where the two pack is readily available for $10-$15.

"Slimer Mode" sounds pretty interesting.

Also, I just watched Ghostbusters II last week for the first time in many, many years.

I'd get it on Blu-ray if it came in a two pack with the first one.

Especially if you bought the now sub-$10 GB 1&2 gift set that came with a little scrapbook as well.

Yeah, $39's a little steep for just #1 -- I'm more inclined to think that the pricing reflects a new two-fer giftset. Then again, they are going all-out for Ghostbusters this year.

I haven't bought a BluRay player yet, but I plan to do so sometime this year, as I am starting to see great releases like this in 2009. I will say that I really don't care what bonus material is in any of these movies, as I am upgrading to BluRay simply for the quality. I enjoyed the extras of all these movies on Standard DVD, but they have kinda run their course as I just want a top notch picture now of my favorite movies. OK, I still want the trailers for these movies as I still love to watch the original trailers of movies like Ghostbusters

Fantastic news, though the price sucks. I'm also hoping Ghostbusters II gets some love. Still can't believe a SE isn't out yet.

Remember Spider-Man 3? They wanted $65-75 for just that.

The price must be because of that book they included, and maybe how it's packaged. It's a page out of the Warner playbook.

I hope they'll do a "standard" packaging edition, but I'm not holding my breath.

They better release both together. I really want these films.

Just the first Ghostbusters at this time.

What to do...What to do...What to do... The original Ghostbusters dvd is probably one of my all time favorite dvds that will always be in my collection. I might wait for reviews to consider purchasing it.

day one buy for one of my top ten

If the second isn't coming out at this time, I will hold off until they do release it and have a two pack for less.

Not in a hurry to buy this movie a 4th time, but at least the first 3 cost $10 or less a copy. Catch this one during a B1G1 or price drop.

Yeah, I'm waiting for a price drop or a cheap box set because I've already watched BOTH a couple of times on Movie Pix HD. I had Ghostbusters PVR'd for a while, so I'm not dying to pick these up right away...