in the "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" trailer

has fans loosing their minds.

Ghostbusters!

Despite all of the back and forth

surrounding the franchise over the past couple of years,

it's still a series that's near and dear

to many of our movie-going hearts.

So when the first real look at the sequel

was unveiled at this past weekend's

Brazil Comic Con Experience, we waited with baited breath

as the reactions began to trickle out.

And thankfully, it looks like fans answered the call

and are pretty much completely on board with this sequel,

and in fact, many are already starting to lose it

over one hyper-specific detail

that may reveal way more than you think about this movie.

So with the trailer finally out there on the Interwebs

we thought this would be a good time

to break it all down and reveal what has fans so excited.

Now this story seems pretty straightforward.

Original Ghostbuster Egon Spengler's

daughter and grandchildren,

have to move into his creepy old farm house

in a small Oklahoma town after his death

when the ghost menace returns some 30 years later.

Of course, the trailer is full of Easter eggs

and references to past Ghostbusters films,

with the obvious ones being things like proton packs,

the Ecto-1, jumpsuits, a PKE Meter and a ghost trap.

But there were also many other call backs

to the OG films and characters,

like the stack of books in Spengler's house.

- You're right, no human being would stack books like this.

- Spengler's collection of spores, mold and fungi,

the gunner seat from the Ecto-1

which is from "The Real Ghostbusters" cartoon toys

and what most believe

to be everyone's favorite ghost (ding) Slimer.

He's done haunting your high C

and back on the big screen.

But the one Easter egg in particular

that has fans thinking they've cracked this case wide open,

was when Mckenna Grace's Phoebe

walks toward Shandor Mining,

which is a huge connection to the first Ghostbusters

and that films' villain, Gozer the Gozerian.

Now, if you need a refresher,

Ivo Shandor is the name of the entrepreneur,

who in Ghostbusters lore,

led the cult of Gozer in the 1920s.

He's also the person who built 550 Central Park West,

Dana's apartment building,

that was a superconductor

for spectral activity in the first film

and brought Gozer the Gozerian into our realm.

So why does he have a random, abandoned mine

in the middle of nowhere?

Well, we know that 550 Central Park West's ghost activity

was partly due to the selenium pillars

in the building itself,

and it's a safe bet that the selenium

was most likely obtained, from this mine.

And we even see a shot of one of Gozer's Terror Dogs

in the trailer, meaning that Gozer

will probably be back in some form or another

as the villain, for a brand new generation

of Ghostbusters to deal with.

Hopefully once and for all this time around.

Now there may have even been a subconscious

visual connection to Gozer

with the shot of the shopkeeper with a bunch of keys.

Has this film perhaps found it's new Keymaster?

Now, one big question that we have

is if Gozer returns, what form will he take this time

instead of perhaps the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man?

- It's the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.

- Although it's also possible

that Spengler moved out here

and he's using the mine as a giant ghost trap

that might be failing, after years of continuous use.

But we think the Shandor connection

is too deliberately tied to Gozer's return

for it to mean anything else.

But a town that's violently shaking every day

due to ghost activity building up underground,

definitely sets the table for a lot of ghosts

in dire need of bustin'.

And as we all know, bustin' makes us feel good.

But we'll have to wait until the film releases next year

to see if this theory, holds water, or ectoplasm.

Which I assume is too sticky to hold.

But what do you folks think?

Are you excited for "Ghostbusters: Afterlife"?

Are fans correct about Gozer the Gozerian returning?

And, is this film gonna get it's own

old school theme song?

Let's discuss.

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