# the new painting at the end **URL:** \ **Category:** General Ghostbusters Discussion\ **Created:** [March 30, 2010, 7:46am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-new-painting-at-the-end/33945 "2010-03-30T07:46:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LordVigo82](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/lordvigo82/32/3974_2.png) [@LordVigo82](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/LordVigo82)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 7:46am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-new-painting-at-the-end/33945/1 "2010-03-30T07:46:06Z")
I confess…I don’t fully get it. Is the painting of the four Ghostbusters with Oscar supposed to be strictly a joke, symbolic of how they saved him & the real painting? I don’t really get that at all. Was Vigo’s painting just a fake or something, revealing the true painting upon his defeat? It’s the one thing in the sequel I wasn’t too thrilled with. Ok fine…[Sigourney Weaver](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/people/sigourney-weaver) taking her shirt off didn’t help either… ---
**Author:** ![Zack](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/f6c823/32.png) [@Zack](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Zack)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-new-painting-at-the-end/33945/2 "2010-03-30T14:50:17Z")
it s a joke in a comedy movie 😃 It gave the movie “something” to end with. I honestly wouldn’t try to overthink it **BUT** I am sure with Vigo being a magician/sorcerer the canvas clearly has magical properties and it’s not strictly a canvas. More of a portal or realm of sorts, as we see it explode within. Perhaps it changed to reveal the “prophecy” of the true heroes? Or I don’t know maybe in Vigo’s time there were 4 relatives of the guys that helped kill Vigo when he was alive :lol: ---
**Author:** ![aj-quick](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/aj-quick/32/188008_2.png) [@aj-quick](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/aj-quick)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-new-painting-at-the-end/33945/3 "2010-03-30T17:02:00Z")
Its a fantasy holiday styled fanstasy from total recall where people have holiday fantasys. ---
**Author:** ![BSjohnson](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/bsjohnson/32/115_2.png) [@BSjohnson](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/BSjohnson)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-new-painting-at-the-end/33945/4 "2010-03-30T17:17:12Z")
I always figured it was the pyschomagnatheric properties of the painting. They defeated Vigo with positively charged slime augmented by the New Yorkers’ high spirits outside. The painting’s “polarity” switched and the heroes were imprinted. Then again, I have my disbelief suspenders on. Maybe you should get a pair. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![spooky](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/spooky/32/187216_2.png) [@spooky](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/spooky)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-new-painting-at-the-end/33945/5 "2010-03-30T17:22:01Z")
Many paintings have several paintings under them. Either drafts of the painting we see now or completely different paintings that were scrapped. The joke at the end is before the Vigo painting was created the painting under it was one showing four heroic/holy like figures and a baby much like Oscar. This alluding that it was prophesied that these events would happen and the guys would be heroes. ---
**Author:** ![BSjohnson](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/bsjohnson/32/115_2.png) [@BSjohnson](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/BSjohnson)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-new-painting-at-the-end/33945/6 "2010-03-30T17:36:32Z")
I missed this whole prophecy thing … where is this information coming from? ---
**Author:** ![Zack](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/f6c823/32.png) [@Zack](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Zack)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-new-painting-at-the-end/33945/7 "2010-03-30T17:54:17Z")
disbelief suspenders should come standard with all movies. 😃 Not so much prophecy I guess but something like that like you said, the painting took on a new look once Vigo was defeated. I also like what Kevin said. It’s one of those things you can speculate until the cows come home about what it could mean. the simple answer is, it’s a joke 😃 it always funny to me how much some people seem to dislike it.(No one in particular I mean) ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_AKA](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/dan_aka/32/5932_2.png) [@Dan\_AKA](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Dan_AKA)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-new-painting-at-the-end/33945/8 "2010-03-30T18:11:02Z")
> [@BSjohnson](#): > > I missed this whole prophecy thing … where is this information coming from? Just before his head died. ---
**Author:** ![BSjohnson](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/bsjohnson/32/115_2.png) [@BSjohnson](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/BSjohnson)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-new-painting-at-the-end/33945/9 "2010-03-30T18:16:11Z")
Yeah. The prophecy was “Death is but a window, time is but a door. I’ll be back.” It didn’t say anything about four heroes and a baby. ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_AKA](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/dan_aka/32/5932_2.png) [@Dan\_AKA](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Dan_AKA)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-new-painting-at-the-end/33945/10 "2010-03-30T18:20:59Z")
It was a sitcom idea he was sitting on, Vigo was afraid that if he mentioned it someone might pitch it to NBC before he could. Then his head died. ---
**Author:** ![BSjohnson](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/bsjohnson/32/115_2.png) [@BSjohnson](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/BSjohnson)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-new-painting-at-the-end/33945/11 "2010-03-30T18:34:00Z")
> [@Dan AKA](#): > > It was a sitcom idea he was sitting on, Vigo was afraid that if he mentioned it someone might pitch it to NBC before he could. > > Then his head died. I’ll buy that for a dollar. ---
**Author:** ![LordVigo82](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/lordvigo82/32/3974_2.png) [@LordVigo82](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/LordVigo82)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-new-painting-at-the-end/33945/12 "2010-03-30T18:49:51Z")
> [@BSjohnson](#): > > Yeah. The prophecy was “Death is but a window, time is but a door. I’ll be back.” It didn’t say anything about four heroes and a baby. Actually it’s “death is but a door, time is but a window. I’ll be back” ---
**Author:** ![Zack](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/f6c823/32.png) [@Zack](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Zack)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-new-painting-at-the-end/33945/13 "2010-03-30T18:51:11Z")
the real answer??? they needed something cool for this handsome guy to stand in front of 20 years later… … ---
**Author:** ![BSjohnson](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/bsjohnson/32/115_2.png) [@BSjohnson](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/BSjohnson)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-new-painting-at-the-end/33945/14 "2010-03-30T18:56:27Z")
> [@LordVigo82](#): > > > [@BSjohnson](#): > > > > Yeah. The prophecy was “Death is but a window, time is but a door. I’ll be back.” It didn’t say anything about four heroes and a baby. > > Actually it’s “death is but a door, time is but a window. I’ll be back” Whatever. You know what I meant. ---
**Author:** ![LordVigo82](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/lordvigo82/32/3974_2.png) [@LordVigo82](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/LordVigo82)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-new-painting-at-the-end/33945/15 "2010-03-30T18:57:38Z")
> [@Zack](#): > > the real answer??? > > they needed something cool for this handsome guy to stand in front of 20 years later… > > … woah, is that you, or someone with the actual prop from the movie…cause that thing looks really, really accurate. ---
**Author:** ![Zack](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/f6c823/32.png) [@Zack](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Zack)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-new-painting-at-the-end/33945/16 "2010-03-30T19:04:02Z")
it’s a replica lol that was at a convention. ---
**Author:** ![LordVigo82](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/lordvigo82/32/3974_2.png) [@LordVigo82](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/LordVigo82)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-new-painting-at-the-end/33945/17 "2010-03-30T19:09:00Z")
> [@Zack](#): > > it’s a replica lol that was at a convention. damn that’s perty… ---
**Author:** ![kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kingpin/32/188026_2.png) [@kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kingpin)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-new-painting-at-the-end/33945/18 "2010-03-30T20:09:47Z")
It’s a printed digital photograph of the actual prop. And no, it isn’t available here, the guy who got it printed is a banned member. ---
**Author:** ![spooky](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/spooky/32/187216_2.png) [@spooky](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/spooky)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-new-painting-at-the-end/33945/19 "2010-03-30T20:16:17Z")
> [@BSjohnson](#): > > I missed this whole prophecy thing … where is this information coming from? **alluding** ---
**Author:** ![mikegb1984x](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mikegb1984x](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/mikegb1984x)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-new-painting-at-the-end/33945/20 "2010-03-30T22:31:51Z")
I dont think they thought much about it. I think its just a cheesy idea they used at the end. But i like BSjohnson’s idea. [Next page](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-new-painting-at-the-end/33945.md?page=2)