The Ectozone: The Ghostbusters Universe At Your Fingertips

Holy crap. It's the Ectozone's sixteenth birthday. Now I gotta worry about it borrowing my car and staying out late with strange boys. Okay, time to start practicing the "I'm not afraid to go to jail again if I have to" line.

News on the fourth Ghostbusters movie continues to dribble out: we know Finn Wolfhard, who's plays a central character in the 80's retro show Stranger Things is playing a role, as part of a family who's somehow involved in the events, but little else as of this writing. The possibility that he's a Spengler-Melnitz grandchild is one that intrigues me. The possibility that he's a Melnitz-Tully grandchild makes me ~~want to throw up~~ lose interest in this movie so fast my head spins. The third possibility that's been suggested is that he's relateed to Dana Barrett. Yawn.

The first possibility would tie the character of the late Harold Ramis into things in a way that would be crowd pleasing; the second would be doubling down on the absolute worst part of Ghostbusters 2, one that many fans and not even most licensees had any stomache for. The third is eye-rollingly boring and derivative. Chose wisely, Jason Reitman.

In more pleasant news, I hope, hey, here's this:

The Diamond Select figures of Ray and Venkman as seen in The Real Ghostbusters are finally here, and now I have all four! Diamond has already said that they're making more. I would think some version of Janine would have to be high on the list. I admit my dream figure would be of her in the RGB#22 flight suit, but the "Janine's Genie" suit (used in the Retro Action line) or the "Mister Sandman, Dream Me A Dream" suit or a "civilian" look would be more than acceptable. The pink flight suit...hell, I'd probably still buy it, but would complain about it.

After than, we're probably looking at ghosts. RGB Louis or Professor Dweeb I could pass on easily.

Oh, and hey, here's this, too:

Tales From The Ectozone: Kyrie Was Here, Part Four
1992--Timeline Year Ten
The mystery of Kyrie Wheatberry's fate has been answered. But she leaves behind a daughter seeking the answers behind her very existence: what combination of romance and tragedy lead Kyrie to live as a single mother an alien world?

This ends the story proper, but I do have one more dip into the well to kind of unify everything we've learned about Coda and Terchi's origins with their most recent adventures to date. The next story I have planned is a follow up to Coda and Terchi's Extreme Adventure, which should bring their story to a more definite resolution.

And then after that some stories with actual Ghostbusters in them!

--Fritz V. Baugh

My own take on the Ghostbusters. Some of my own creations aren't this much fun to write! Click HERE to see the stuff...

Five newest stories (newest on top)

Tales From The Ectozone: Kyrie Was Here, Part Three
1992--Timeline Year Ten
The Goblinchild has been revealed as the key to uncovering Kyrie's fate. But the kreen are on their trail, and can even the Archmage's power--compromised as it is by the ruined ectosphere of this cursed world--be enough to resist the song of Xorak?
(First Posted April 16, 2019)

Tales From The Ectozone: Kyrie Was Here, Part Two
1992--Timeline Year Ten
Terchi finds himself trapped alone with the Goblinchild, and he may be closer to solving the mystery of Kyrie Wheatberry that he realizes.
(First Posted February 3, 2019)

Tales From The Ectozone: Kyrie Was Here, Part One
1992--Timeline Year Ten
On a hellish desert world inhabited by murderous insect-men, the Archmage Fallagar seeks answers to a mystery that has lingered for many years. Finding those answers will involve a young halfling making his first journey from home, under the care of his uncle and a hulking hobgoblin--if they can survive their encounter with a vicious "Goblinchild" that is...
(First Posted January 1, 2019)

Ghostbusters: Love Songs--Blessed
July 26, 1996--Timeline Year Fourteen
First Ray and Liz were rivals. Then they were allies. Then they were friends. Then they were lovers. A year ago they became spouses. Now a new challenge awaits them, as Ray and Liz become parents.
(First Posted September 25, 2018)