Steve seems like a nice dude (his personality and appearance suggest the Robert Downey Jr. of the visual effects world), but the flipside of the issue is that although Steve has stories to tell that studios won't necessarily put on the DVD or Blu-Ray, that's really the place they ought to be. The feature presentation of "Get Slimed!" is 15 minutes and 32 seconds long. A reasonably meaty interview, sure, and easily entertaining for that length, but still quite short to be presented as something worth owning all of its own accord.

Although the disc seems to have the blessing of Sony/Columbia (their logos are on the packaging), the other problem is that while Steve has access to untold hours of interesting, perhaps even never-before-seen footage of the puppeteers wrangling the full size Slimer creation, he doesn't have access to any footage from Ghostbusters. Even though it's a movie that myself and many others who will view this material have no doubt seen several (hundred) times, a look at the clips in question would really add to the presentation.

If Steve is going to continue releasing discs like this on his website (something worth supporting), it'd make sense to involve others in the behind-the-scenes process. Steve mentions that he worked on the zombie cab driver, the subway and library ghosts, and Slimer, while another employee at the effects company named Randy Cook nabbed the terror dogs and the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. Who knows if Randy and Steve are friendly, but it'd be great if Steve had brought in Randy and interviewed him about his own effects, which might've doubled the length of the doc. It's also a touch odd that Steve doesn't talk at all about the other ghosts he worked on; even if they don't have the profile of Slimer, it'd still be nice to hear about his process.

The DVD
An order at www.eonentertainment.com nabs you a standard DVD case with a full color cover, with the Ghostbusters logo and standard box copy explaining the material on the DVD. The disc has a label with the same splattered "no ghosts" symbol, and the disc is a DVD-R.

The Video and Audio
"Get Slimed!" is presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen and seems to have been shot with a nice digital camera. That said, the meat and bones of the material is Steve's extensive archival footage, which shows the usual signs of age and deterioration. Dolby Digital 2.0 audio brings Steve's words to the viewer with perfectly adequate clarity, and there are no subtitles.

The Extras
Three slideshows of photos from the development of the Library Ghost (6:12), the Zombie Cab Driver (3:48), and Slimer (9:54) are included. The other extra is a fairly major inclusion boosting the value of the disc: the entire unedited archive (41:36) footage from Steve's vaults. On one hand, the not-so-secret truth is that shooting a movie is far less exciting than watching a movie, but Ghostbusters fans -- i.e., the disc's audience -- will eat it up.

Conclusion
I just reviewed two of the new Shout! Selects DVDs, a line of online-only exclusives that cost a hefty $20 for only one TV episode worth of content. The limited amount of material for the high price tag led me to a "skip it/rent it" designations, but Shout! is also a full-fledged DVD studio. Although "Get Slimed!" only offers so much in return for the fan's $15, it would be a shame to discourage Steve's decision to share this material with people in the first place. Thanks to the 40 minutes of extra footage, and on the hope that Steve continues to find ways to improve and pump up the value of these releases, I'm going to give this disc a light recommendation, especially to fans of the film.