I want to know how the dog that was visible to everyone who’s ever seen it magically disappeared from view of everyone except him
God I love this bit. I know Moranis does it, and helped write the movie I believe, but this bit just screams Dan Aykroyd’s writing to me.
You mean when it approached him at the windows, and the diners didn’t see it? Once he stopped fleeing (or rather, ran out of places to go and turned at bay), it started to possess him. His perception of it as it approached was in his head; it was no longer physically present, so there was nothing for anyone else to see.
In other words, it magically disappeared from view of everyone except him. 
Nah, I disagree with Balance. It’s much more simple than that.
You’re in a brightly lit room. It’s very dark outside. Your eyes are adjusted to the light, it’s easy for things out in the dark to not be visible at all. Louis was right up against the glass and he had light from inside spilling out onto him. The Vinz Clortho Beastie is back off a bit in the dark. Naturally they would not have seen it.
Dude, the thing had glowing red eyes!
Nah, they were just New Yorkers.
Patton? Are you reading this? Announce yourself!
That’s nothing. London (and often the entire Earth) gets invaded by aliens pretty much annually, but the population tends to forget all about it by the next time the Doctor has to show up and drive them off.
True, and then was the bizarre back & forth over how much people remembered of the Great Martian Invasion of 1953 when War of the Worlds was made into a TV show.
Of course, no one has yet mentioned the one mistake that grates me every time I hear it, even to this day. Near the end Ray references the Tunguska Blast as being in 1909. It happened in 1908. Small detail but it bugs me.
Sure, that’s what people told you but these guys are scientists. They know better.
Sure. They entered the building and they left the building. But what did they actually do? As far the public is concerned they could have just been hiding out during the event and then jumped in and took credit afterwards.
It’s not the main entrance to the building. You can tell because you don’t see any waiting area for customers, a hostess station, or any other indication that this is a main entrance for the restaurant.
The Tunguska Event happened in 1908.
The Tunguska Blast was a three day interdimensional cross-rip music festival that took place in Krasnoyarsk to mark the one year anniversary of the Tunguska Event.
I disagree. The humor from that scene stems from the fact that New York City denizens are so wrapped up in their own affairs that even the sight of a demon dog possession was not enough to hold their attention for more than a few moments. I’m convinced all the diners saw the dog.
Louis, The Keymaster, is always getting locked out of places. Think about that.
The Keymaster? No, you want the Keymaker. Look for a Korean guy in a gray jacket.
His key worked on the Gatekeeper, though.