Comments on: Winston Zeddemore Is THE Ghostbuster

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By: vdubya

vdubya — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:47:05 +0000

I never thought the Ernie Hudson character made sense anyway. It always felt tacked-on. With the exception of a moral-support scene and an out-of-place Jesus reference, there was really nothing to his character.

Perhaps like the Harold Ramis/Annie Potts love affair, the body of Ernie’s work lie on the cutting room floor. But I feel it would have been a better movie without him. Nothing against him, he just added nothing to the movie… in a really obvious way.

By: Amber J

Amber J — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:36:11 +0000

That was great!! It made my day, thank you.

I can understand him not getting much attention for the first film, but there’s no excuse for the second one. He definitely got more screen time for the sequel.

By: Keaton

Keaton — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:30:30 +0000

I think we like him because he is “US” He says what we would say in that situation. We are not all PHD’s We don’t want to flip the burgers we do it because we get the discount. He is ONE of the most important parts of the movie. Without him the movie wouldn’t be grounded in a reality that we could grasp. Thank god for Zeddmore. BTW look at this guy hold his own with 5 top stars of the day.

By: Rye Silverman

Rye Silverman — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:30:14 +0000

Yeah, it’s cool that Ernie Hudson in general doesn’t let it get to him but it does suck. I even understand him not getting big billing in the first movie, because he does come in halfway through and is sort of seen as the hired help, even though he then steals scenes with lines like “I love Jesus’ style” and the “You tell them YES!” line which is my second favorite line in the franchise, behind “We had part of a slinky. (pause) I straightened it.”

But in Part 2, Winston is just as much an active part of the team as everyone else, he’s the one doing birthday parties with Ray, he’s the one who is there discussing the twinkie stuff, and most importantly, he, not Peter, goes down into the subway tunnels with Egon and Ray, ends up getting covered in slime, after standing in the path of a ghost train, with another great line “Sorry, I missed it.”

Hopefully with the third movie he’ll finally get some credit where it is due. And thank God for OZ on HBO which really gave Hudson a place to shine.

By: Kace

Kace — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:22:08 +0000

He was completely downplayed in Ghostbusters, and not just the movies, he doesn’t appear in any of the game ads either. Back when Blaxploitation films were still being made, the entire industry was still dominated by segregation, and stereotypical typecasting. But Ernie Hudson is awesome, and it’s evidenced by the people. We all know who he is, we all know his lines, and we’d all pay for his autograph.

And regardless of the injustice of the Ghostbusters franchise. Ernie’s greatest role IMHO, was Sergeant Albrecht in The Crow. “At least he didn’t do that walking against the wind shit. I hate that shit.”

By: Justin St. Vel

Justin St. Vel — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:53:41 +0000

he was the “black guy” and not a big star like Murray or Ackroyd, nor did he write the movie like Ramis. I’ve always found it ignorant that he wasn’t included as much as the other guys, but if you take him out of the movie, then the movie would have not been what it was. he helped make Ghostbusters what it is, and is a huge part of the franchise. I’ve enjoyed more movies with him in the cast than I have any other Murray, Ackroyd or Ramis film.
Hudson is the bees knees. there are bees buzzing about right now who cannot kneel because of Ernie.

By: Marvin

Marvin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:37:26 +0000

Last Year I attended a Comic Con featuring Ernie Hudson as a Special Guest. While he was a very kind gentlemen when I met him I ran into an awkward situation in the line-up while waiting for his autograph.

There was a German dude standing infront of me speaking to Ernie Hudson about how big of a fan he was and the impact of Ghostbusters in Europe. He then went on to say,”In Europe
we didn’t know who you were because they never put your ne
on the posters. Your name isn’t even on this DVD box (it was
recently released Ghostbuster bundle). Why is that? You were one of the Ghostbusters” There was a long pause before Mr. Hudson answered he sortof had a “Is this guy fuckin’ serious” grin on his face. He then replied ” You know, I think those cats must of had better agents than me”.

While I’m sure the fellow didn’t have any intention of offending Mr. Hudson I’m sure there is a tinge of annoyance
in hearing that and rightfully so. Rick Moranis gets
more billing in ads for his Louis character than Ernie does for
Winston. In the end though, Mr. Hudson got the last laugh because
he ended up charging the fan for every single item he
signed as well as picture which totalled to $150. When I came up next Mr. Hudson didn’t charge me for a picture and told me I can thank that last guy.

By: Clay

Clay — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:35:49 +0000

Here’s the question I have (a little off topic). How come Bill Murray has like .01% of his body covered in marshmallow when everyone else is COMPLETELY covered? Did he have a “diva moment” and not allow crew to cover him? I always wondered at that. (Sad & pathetic, I know)

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:13:13 +0000

Aim for the flat top!