# Janine Melnitz. **URL:** \ **Category:** General Ghostbusters Discussion\ **Created:** [May 25, 2010, 1:22am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/janine-melnitz/9359 "2010-05-25T01:22:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TSACaptain](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TSACaptain](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/TSACaptain)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 1:22am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/janine-melnitz/9359/1 "2010-05-25T01:22:36Z")
Why did the character of Janine change so much between the 2 movies??? Dye hair or wig etc etc etc ---
**Author:** ![Jairus](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@Jairus](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Jairus)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/janine-melnitz/9359/2 "2010-05-25T01:42:20Z")
Why did the character of Ray change so much between the 2 movies??? Gain weight or cigar etc etc etc ---
**Author:** ![MotherPussBucket](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/motherpussbucket/32/231_2.png) [@MotherPussBucket](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/MotherPussBucket)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/janine-melnitz/9359/3 "2010-05-25T01:43:35Z")
Why did the character Winston change so much between the 2 movies? More lines or screentime etc etc ---
**Author:** ![GhostGuy](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9fc29f/32.png) [@GhostGuy](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/GhostGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/janine-melnitz/9359/4 "2010-05-25T01:59:16Z")
> [@TSACaptain](#): > > Why did the character of Janine change so much between the 2 movies??? Dye hair or wig etc etc etc Fairy godmother? ---
**Author:** ![Snowy\_Cross](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Snowy\_Cross](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Snowy_Cross)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/janine-melnitz/9359/5 "2010-05-25T19:45:49Z")
Haha, I think they wanted to make Janine stand out more. In the first one there wasn’t anything “special or different” about her. That’s my guess, since most people seem to remember her by the second movie. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stiff](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/the_stiff/32/6008_2.png) [@The\_Stiff](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/The_Stiff)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/janine-melnitz/9359/6 "2010-05-25T21:25:21Z")
Janine is very trendy, and fashions changed in the 5 years since the first movie etc etc etc :eyeroll: ---
**Author:** ![enchanted\_unicorn](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@enchanted\_unicorn](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/enchanted_unicorn)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/janine-melnitz/9359/7 "2010-05-25T21:45:23Z")
> [@TSACaptain](#): > > Why did the character of Janine change so much between the 2 movies??? Dye hair or wig etc etc etc seriously? Well for starters, they went with different actresses. I know [Annie Potts](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/people/annie-potts) was in the 2nd movie, I forget who played Janine’s part in the 1st movie. Got any more brain busters? ---
**Author:** ![Coover5](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@Coover5](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Coover5)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/janine-melnitz/9359/8 "2010-05-25T21:59:44Z")
> [@enchanted unicorn](#): > > > [@TSACaptain](#): > > > > Why did the character of Janine change so much between the 2 movies??? Dye hair or wig etc etc etc > > seriously? Well for starters, they went with different actresses. I know Annie Potts was in the 2nd movie, I forget who played Janine’s part in the 1st movie. Got any more brain busters? Don’t you dare be this rude when you don’t even know it was the same actress. You are on [gbfans.com](http://gbfans.com) you should know this! ---
**Author:** ![td9993](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/td9993/32/312_2.png) [@td9993](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/td9993)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/janine-melnitz/9359/9 "2010-05-25T23:18:43Z")
> [@enchanted unicorn](#): > > > [@TSACaptain](#): > > > > Why did the character of Janine change so much between the 2 movies??? Dye hair or wig etc etc etc > > seriously? Well for starters, they went with different actresses. I know Annie Potts was in the 2nd movie, I forget who played Janine’s part in the 1st movie. Got any more brain busters? **takes candybar back** Sorry…you…you don’t deserve this. :sigh: ---
**Author:** ![joegianco](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/d9b06d/32.png) [@joegianco](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/joegianco)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 12:18am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/janine-melnitz/9359/10 "2010-05-26T00:18:55Z")
Listen… do you smell something? Smells like…fish. Is someone fishing here? I think I hear a TROLLing motor. ---
**Author:** ![enchanted\_unicorn](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@enchanted\_unicorn](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/enchanted_unicorn)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/janine-melnitz/9359/11 "2010-05-26T21:49:29Z")
> [@Coover5](#): > > Don’t you dare be this rude when you don’t even know it was the same actress. You are on [gbfans.com](http://gbfans.com) you should know this! I’m being rude? no man, **you’re** being rude! Let’s try to be gentlemen about this. Since there’s no way to go back in time to prove who played Janine’s role in either movie, let’s just agree to to disagree. Why do I always have to be the mature one on here? ---
**Author:** ![Coover5](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@Coover5](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Coover5)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 9:57pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/janine-melnitz/9359/12 "2010-05-26T21:57:41Z")
> [@enchanted unicorn](#): > > > [@Coover5](#): > > > > Don’t you dare be this rude when you don’t even know it was the same actress. You are on [gbfans.com](http://gbfans.com) you should know this! > > I’m being rude? no man, **you’re** being rude! Let’s try to be gentlemen about this. Since there’s no way to go back in time to prove who played Janine’s role in either movie, let’s just agree to to disagree. > > Why do I always have to be the mature one on here? Fair enough. And since there is no way to go back in time to prove who played Janine how about we go with John Belushi’s ghost? ---
**Author:** ![Filandrius](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/839c29/32.png) [@Filandrius](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Filandrius)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/janine-melnitz/9359/13 "2010-05-27T13:56:31Z")
Balderdash. Everybody knows that John Belushi’s ghost played [Slimer](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/characters/slimer) in a uncredited cameo. Janine, on the other hand, was played by Fran Drescher. ---
**Author:** ![noslliT](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/nosllit/32/5954_2.png) [@noslliT](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/noslliT)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/janine-melnitz/9359/14 "2010-05-27T15:39:31Z")
They modeled her off of the cartoon. They went the same direction with [slimer](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/characters/slimer) hanging around the firehouse. ---
**Author:** ![pferreira1983](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@pferreira1983](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/pferreira1983)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/janine-melnitz/9359/15 "2010-05-29T19:34:04Z")
Janine’s new hairstyle was probably what attracted Louis in the second movie. I mean I didn’t see Egon getting friendly with her in [Ghostbusters II](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/games/ghostbusters-ii-activision)! Ha, ha, ha! ---
**Author:** ![Snowy\_Cross](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Snowy\_Cross](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Snowy_Cross)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/janine-melnitz/9359/16 "2010-06-02T14:29:57Z")
> [@enchanted unicorn](#): > > > [@Coover5](#): > > > > Don’t you dare be this rude when you don’t even know it was the same actress. You are on [gbfans.com](http://gbfans.com) you should know this! > > I’m being rude? no man, **you’re** being rude! Let’s try to be gentlemen about this. Since there’s no way to go back in time to prove who played Janine’s role in either movie, let’s just agree to to disagree. > > Why do I always have to be the mature one on here? And why would we have to go back in time to prove who played Janine’s role? How bout just take out the VHS if you wanna go old school or then the DVD or Blu-Ray. Watch the movie and if nothing else read the end credits. Imdb and wikipedia as well as any other bio you can find on google credits her to both movies. So my question is what is there to disagree about?? ---
**Author:** ![Filandrius](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/839c29/32.png) [@Filandrius](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Filandrius)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/janine-melnitz/9359/17 "2010-06-04T17:42:52Z")
Woosh! ---
**Author:** ![Ghostbusters213-11](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/b487fb/32.png) [@Ghostbusters213-11](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Ghostbusters213-11)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/janine-melnitz/9359/18 "2010-06-14T17:26:11Z")
I think that the radical change on Janine was thanks to RGB: red hair, more excentric glasses… ---
**Author:** ![dtblack](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/4bbf92/32.png) [@dtblack](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/dtblack)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 10:47am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/janine-melnitz/9359/19 "2010-06-18T10:47:34Z")
> [@Gb213](#): > > I think that the radical change on Janine was thanks to RGB: red hair, more excentric glasses… Thank goodness they didn’t have [Harold Ramis](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/people/harold-ramis) bleach his hair and grow a rattail. ---
**Author:** ![featofstrength](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/featofstrength/32/6004_2.png) [@featofstrength](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/featofstrength)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/janine-melnitz/9359/20 "2010-06-18T15:13:01Z")
> [@The Stiff](#): > > Janine is very trendy, and fashions changed in the 5 years since the first movie etc etc etc :eyeroll: Trendy, or just dolled up to accommodate her job(s) as escort or phone sex operator or something. I mean, she had to find something else to do while the Ghostbusters were out of commission. :eyeroll: [Next page](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/janine-melnitz/9359.md?page=2)