The Theory of the Amazing Time-Proof Andy

In 1984, a film was released called Ghostbusters. It was a comedy sci-fi horror about parapsychologists capturing ghosts for money. It was wickedly funny, iconic, and as a result - insanely popular, becoming (technically) the highest grossing film of 1984 (if you account for the 1985 re-screenings), with the mere theme song spawning many, many iconic quotes, such as, "who ya gonna call?" and "I ain't 'fraid of no ghosts." In the years subsequent, it spawned sequels, animated series, comics, mugs, shirts, video games, posters, novels - and about 40 million fans per item sold. It was insanely good.

In 2010, that's 26 years after the film's initial release and pop culture impact - Andy got his hands on the DVD and watched the film for the first time. This is what I'd like to call, the "Amazing Time Proof Andy." The theory is, even though Ghostbusters Mania occurred in 1984, there has been a 26 year trans-dimensional time gap that has caused Andy to view the film and partake in Ghostbusters Mania, 26 years after its prime. So Andy is in the Ghostbusters craze as if the rest of the world was in 1984 - Andy is, in heart mind and soul, stuck in 1984. Even though to those around him he is a lowly loser watching a classic film 26 years too late, to him, it is 1984, and the film is new and fresh just as it was to our 26 years ago.

Or, it could be that Ghostbusters is just timeless and the quality and likability of the film has not diminished one bit since the 80's. This is most likely the case, since trans-dimensional time gaps would probably, and preferably, cause more drastic effects. Like, horses, with hooves for eyes. And fat men vomiting wormholes. And old women's faces melting into themselves. And, most entertaining, dogs walking into walls, possibly because they see in their minds the views of 20 years before the building was built. Oh, and entire cities sinking into trans-dimensional time portals and coming out in the mid 1860s.