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Twenty years ago science wasn’t in trouble. “Back off, I’m a scientist!” shouted Peter Venkman. Ghostbusters was a product of a brighter time; a time when science trumped everything and where, occasionally, being smart meant getting the girl. It’s a movie which is, quite simply, about science kicking the supernatural’s ass. We ain’t afraid of no ghosts because we’ll blast them to bits with proton packs strapped to our back and loaded for bear. The unknown was just a speed bump which could, with enough brain power, be crushed into submission and be forced to drive our public transportation or animate national landmarks for our amusement. Scientists were rock stars like Ian Malcolm or poon hounds like the aforementioned Venkman. Kids used science to create supermodel slaves and adults used it to soup up exotic sports cars and travel back in time.

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