What was the significance of the old clip of Egon and Janine at the end?
At the close of Ghostbusters: Afterlife, we see an old clip of Janine Melnitz presenting Egon Spengler with a coin. The scene then cuts to a conversation between present-day Janine and Winston Zedmore.
While touching, what was the relevance of the inclusion of this scene from an earlier Ghostbusters movie?
Best Answer
This is actually a good question because these scenes might have many interpretations:
New Generation: Many children (customers) have been born since the original Ghostbusters movies were published. For a significant number of these children Ghostbusters: Afterlife might be the first contact point with the Ghostbusters universe, and so they might not know who this character (Janine Melnitz) is and what her relationship with Egon Spengler is / was. So it makes sense to use this deleted scene to explain that Egon and Janine have had some kind of love relationship.
Since Janine and Egon have been in love in an awkward way, that scene might signify the "death" of their amorousness. She gave him a coin, and she had one coin. Its symbolism is a bond between both. Now that Egon is gone, the bond is finally broken without having had any "real" impact on their lives. In this context the symbolism might extend to the classical "Don't wait too long!"
Sony didn't go through all the trouble that is associated with founding and setting up a new corporation for just one movie. Ghost Corps will probably be the company to create a few new movies set in the Ghostbusters universe. Movies are made to earn money, and when you severe a bond (see 2) that is bound by two coins the resulting symbolism might resemble something like a spring of coins (money). (Also, Janine might be an assistant again, in those new movies, see 1)
It was a good transition to Winston Zeddemore who made a lot of money after his encounter with the Ghostbusters. He is seen reopening the old firehouse, telling everyone he'll use the money to revive the Ghostbusters. Again, severing the coin-bond from 2) and 3) might be a symbolism to unleash a new current of money directed towards the re-establishment of the Ghostbusters (incl. the franchise for Sony).
Picking up from 4): Winston pays off Egon's debt and makes life easier for his daughter and grandkids. This might be the activation of the luck in the lucky coin Janine gave him.
Sum-up: Sony uses Harold Ramis' death to revive the Ghostbusters franchise in order to make lots of coin.
Pictures about "What was the significance of the old clip of Egon and Janine at the end?"
Did Egon and Janine end up together?
While there are hints that the two might be falling for one another, it doesn't have to mean that they would end up married with children, and Janine's Afterlife cameo proved that they didn't get together.What does the end of Ghostbusters: Afterlife mean?
In the end, though, he's recreated using visual effects to actually help his granddaughter control the proton pack. It also gives the other OG Ghostbusters the opportunity to give him a proper farewell. The inclusion of Egon's ghost is going to be a divisive move, for sure.Is Janine the grandmother in Ghostbusters: Afterlife?
In the new film, it looks like Janine and Egon eventually got married and started a family, since the film is focused on Egon's granddaughter Phoebe (Mckenna Grace) picking up where her grandfather left off. This also means that Janine is (probably) Phoebe's grandmother.When did Janine give Egon the coin?
Janine wanted Egon to have something. Egon took it and asked what it was. Janine revealed it was a souvenir from the 1964 World's Fair at Flushing Meadow. It was her lucky coin.Egon, Janine \u0026 Winston (Ghostbusters Afterlife)
Sources: Stack Exchange - This article follows the attribution requirements of Stack Exchange and is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Images: Nicholas Garman, cottonbro, cottonbro, cottonbro