Ghostbusters: 21 WTF Moments In The Female Remake
5. Where Exactly Are The Stakes?
When Rowan is setting up his plot, he says that he's going to unleash every ghost in existence to "pester" New York, while also implying that it's basically going to be an apocalyptic event that must be stopped at all costs.
But then, when his plan actually comes off, the coming apocalypse turns out to be decidedly PG-13. There's a guy ghost who flashes, some rats, a stilt-walker and various historical ghosts from the set of the Thriller video. Oh and some big balloons obviously that are determined to cuddle everyone to death.
Slimer - a class V apparition (and thus basically one of the most powerful) - does nothing more than eat some hotdogs and steal a car. This is the apocalypse? It barely even sounds all that bad: it's like Rowan actually took the word "pester" at its most traditional definition - choosing to cause no more than mild annoyance.