Where did the river of pink slime come from?
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In the sequel the Ghostbusters discover a river of pink slime underneath Manhattan.
The slime reacts to emotions, positive or negative, and can therefore be used for good or bad.
Initially I thought the movie's villain, Vigo the Carpathian, was somehow responsible for the slime's creation, but because of it's 'neutral' characteristics I was wondering whether it had a different origin.
My Question:
- Was Vigo behind the creation of the pink slime or did it come from somewhere/someone else?
Best Answer
From the Ghostbusters Wiki:
The origin of the Mood Slime is tied to a juvenile Sloar, held in Shandor's Island, beneath the Hudson River.
Before his death, Ivo Shandor and his Cult of Gozer had somehow lured the young Sloar from its home hell dimension and imprisoned it in our world within a Ghostworld pocket at the heart of Shandor's island mansion. Fueled by hatred, bile and anger the creature produced a steady stream of Black Slime.
Ivo Shandor, through experimentation and using equipment decades ahead of it's time, converted the Black Slime into what became known as the Mood Slime, which was then pumped directly into New York's sewers and abandoned tunnels, possibly as a means to help Gozer's crossing over.
This act was later used by Vigo to his own advantage.
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Where did the river of slime come from?
A river of Psychomagnotheric Slime flowed through the abandoned New York Pneumatic Railroad. Five years after Gozer's defeat, the River came under the control of Vigo. He used the power generated from the negative emotions of New York City citizens to try and resurrect himself in the body of a child.Where did the slime come from in Ghostbusters 2?
The Ghostbusters concluded Psychomagnotheric Slime was the byproduct of the high amount of P.K.E. always present in a metropolitan area like New York City.Where was the river of slime filmed?
The scene in which the Ghostbusters dig a hole to find the river of slime was filmed in downtown Los Angeles. The scene in which a fur coat comes to life and runs away was filmed on a Los Angeles street; it was written for the original film but was not used and repurposed for Ghostbusters II.What was the slime in Ghostbusters made out of?
"What we ended up with was a mixture of methocel combined with mica dust and topped with a layer of mineral oil," says production designer Harley Jessup. So if you find yourself needing to make some slime, just buy some methocel and use the main recipe above. You can even eat it!Where Did the River of Slime Flow? | Mapping Out Ghostbusters (Part 3)
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