This might be a weird take but,You forget though that Winston is a Christian. Too bad that was never brought up again in Real Ghostbusters or Ghostbusters 2. Then again though I like the movie I wish Winston had been a leading role in Ghostbusters 2. I wish he could've been in the book store scene helping Ray and Egon research and been there at Dana's and when they dug up the street. But for whatever reason Ivan Reitman, Dan Aykroyd, and Harold Ramis did not want him to be in those scenes. Then he appears in the court room before their trial starts and then just disappears (yes I know there is a brief shot with him when the Scolarati Brothers attack but it's a blink and miss moment that most people didn't notice til watching it on VHS and DVD).
In GB1 when the mayor asks, "ok what do you need from me", and we see the Ghostbusters drive up to 55 CPW escorted by the police and the army.
We see cutscenes of various people of different religions deeply praying , Hebrews, Christians, I believe Muslims and Buddhists.
In fact, all the worlds religions.
That entire shot of the Ghostbusters officially escorted by the army. Arriving amongst all the religions of the world praying together.
It's thematically almost suggesting that, in this dire situation, the essence of these organised world religions pale in significance, to approaching this situation with:
Practicality (Zeddemore)
Positivity and hope (Stantz)
Intelligence and science (Spengler)
and humor and wit (Venkman)
It's almost like those simple human qualities (which everyone has) outweigh the collective strength of all the worlds organised religions.
Such an incredible movie.
Statistics: Posted by Winston1986 — November 30th, 2025, 6:33 am