Gremlins 2: The New Batch, part 1
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
- For our first video in our 2-part series on Gremlins 2 we cover the genesis of the movie and the ideas that made it what it into the final product we saw. This video covers the release, merchandise and explores several deleted scenes and first 20 minutes of the film itself.
Also note there is a quick error in the video when we mistakenly call Marla Bloodstone's character Marla Singer. We must have been thinking of Fight Club. Regardless it's there and we acknowledge the oopsies. We prefer to not edit videos once they are released.
I find Gremlins 2 so much more enjoyable when you realize that Joe Dante made it specifically to make sure the franchise ended and as a giant middle finger to the studio executives who wanted the sequel in the first place.
Ah, Christopher Lee, ever the consummate professional. I miss him.
Gremlins 2 was my first Nes game!
Very found memory's of that Christmas morning.
I'm still a sucker for old console games. Still have my Nintendo and Super Nintendo.
@RepresentThis You're so right. The Snes was the one for me.
Mines boxed (a bit yellow) and resting in gaming Valhala (the loft) with more games than ive ever owned for another console since.
@@KingSidJames I honestly think the SNES is the best console ever made with some games you can play over and over again. Super Metroid and Zelda were just amazing. One of my favorites on it was Actraiser, Alien 3 and Super Punch Out. It's just an iconic system.
@@RepresentThis 100% agree.
I am from the 8 bit computer generation (C64,Spectrum,Amstrad) that promised arcade quality games, but fell short.
The Snes delivered that promise and more.
That summer was absolutely jam packed with huge movies - It was a bad decision to try to take on Dick Tracey alone but with Total Recall, Back to the Future III, Pretty Woman and Turtles all in cinemas at the same time and Robocop 2, Days of Thunder and Die Hard 2 all due to be released in the next three weeks it was just insanity to throw Gremlins 2 {a Spoof remember} into all of that!
It would have done much better as a mid October release opposite Night of the Living Dead and three-four weeks before Dances With Wolves and Home Alone were released on Nov 9th and 16th.
agreed.
Gremlins 2 and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 had to be the weirdest sequels ever. I love both, don't take me wrong, but at the same time I miss the serious tone of the originals. The concept of antisequels is weird. It's funny, but very weird, and I think they need a big creative mind, total creative freedom and a big budget to make them work.
For whatever reason, growing up we only had Gremlins 2 on VHS, not the original. Thusly, I've seen Gremlins 2 many more times than Gremlins 1, not to say Gremlins 1 wasn't lightning in a bottle. However, Gremlins 2 is still my favorite of the two and in my top list of comedies. All that creative freedom certainly boosted it. Now that early shot of Gizmo walking on the sidewalk, it always greatly impressed me when I was kid and I recall wondering how they did that. Probably it has to do with the quality of the VHS and the old TVs at the time, obscuring the faults at the time, which we now see in ultra clear quality. And I'll always be enamored with Marla, and redheads, and curly haired women. The 90's were rife with curly haired women wasn't it? Wish it would come back in style.
The women were very attractive in the 80's for sure. I seem to remember the majority of folks back then really cared about their appearance and worked hard for self-improvement. I think that is why manly men like Arnold and Stallone were so popular back then. I think the majority of the population wouldn't be caught dead in their pajamas and underwear hanging out in public during that time. There were much higher standards.
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THANK YOU SIR FOR UPLOADING THE FULL FILM IN PARTS!! my little cousins are gonna be here soon and got a big bag of fudge cup cakes. can't wait to press play and watch each part on your channel. You're a legend!! they are so excited to come and see the film with me
Wonderful, I think it's more exciting that a younger generation is being exposed to older films such as this. I hope they love Gremlins.
LOL had to double-check to see if Marla in Fight Club was named after a character in Gremlins 2 😂 nm i'm gonna headcanon it to be true anyway
They wanted to mock the sequel within their sequel🤔🤯... MAKES SENSE NOW!😆
The original is a one and done but New Batch is just so gooood. It’s only until recently I have a want for a sequel similar to the original.
I'm nervous about a modern day sequel but it sounds so enticing.
@@RepresentThis me too but that’s half the fun. I mean Gremlins 2 already did the comedy sequel.
I remember going to see this with a friend when we were kids.
I bet you had tons of fun as well. :)
Gremlins 2 has a special place in my family's history, growing up in the late-80's / 90's. My two brothers and numerous cousins LOVED this franchise, and we all had our own Gizmo impersonation. G2 especially is a favorite. So much so, that I was a guest on a friend's podcast where people would debate whether a sequel was better than the original. I feel like I came out on top of that one.
As a kid, it was just the Looney Tunes wackiness, and of course, Gizmo. As an Adult, it's one of my favorite meta-commentaries on Filmmaking, Sequels & Consumerism. One of my favorite jokes is when the fire breaks out and the building says, “Oldest of Man's Mysteries, Giver of warmth, Destroyer of forests, right now this building is on fire. Yes! The building is on fire!" God, I love this movie. Having grown up in the excess of the 80's and the Balanced National Budget of the 90's, this film is intrinsic to my being.
I had no clue that was all an original set with working elevators and real shops. That's so unique and awesome. I knew alot of the BTS stuff, but that one slipped past. The world-building in these films is honestly great. From the mall TCBY (shout out Jasson Presson) to the Clamp branding, it all feels real. I just love that Dante used the constraints making this movie as further commentary. He truly made such a bizarre piece of cinema and it's wholly underrated. He's wholly underrared. I'm just glad Sam Raimi made it mainstream. Anyway, I could go on & on, but you said it all.
Thank you for your work! I appreciate what you do.
Gremlins 2 is really a fascinating film to explore beyond just the obvious jokes and I would never debate anyone who says the 2nd is better than the 1st. I go over this in my second video. Thanks for chiming in Next toToddliness.
Gremlins on Mars! (filmed on location)
LOL, as wacky as the second film is your idea doesn't sound so strange. :)
I went to see this movie with a friend in Jr. High and thought it was great. We loved the Hulk Hogan bit. Weird that it turned into John Wayne for the VHS.
Yeah, the John Wayne wasn't that good. I prefer Hoggie all the way.
Die Hard….
With Gremlins!!!
That's funny, never thought of it that way.
Parts of this script felt like it was written by chat gpt off a wikipedia article😂. It was mostly whatever but at the end when he says sum like “[lee] was famous for playing vampires in his horror days” that took me out the video so hard cause i kept thinking why not just say dracula🤔😂
I would love to meet Robert Picardo.
15:30 are those the twins from Terminator 2! (Edit, I posted my comment just before you confirmed it near the end)
It's been a long time since I've seen I've seen the sequel but as far as my memories serve me I enjoyed it. It was different enough from the original to feel like its own movie and not a clone.
These videos clearly take a lot of effort. Having part 1 of the next video ready at the same as the final part of the last is a fantastic way to keep people engaged and enthusiastic about your videos. As I said clearly a lot of work but as a viewer, I think it's worth it.
We try to stay two videos ahead when we post stuff in case something gets us behind.
20:57 Marla Singer? Holy shit, gremlins fight club cross over! I always liked the actress who played her. Both of them actually
Aww I looked it up, she's marla bloodstone here
@@ZillMob Yep she's Marla Bloodstone. Just a slip of the tongue.
They should have did a completely different storyline for Gremlins 2 and left the original storyline alone. I did enjoy both movies. You spoke correctly when you stated that Gremlins was serious and followed rules and G2 did not.
The fact that the director wanted to just make a mockery of a sequel then actually tackle it like he did with the first... I do enjoy the 2nd one but it just... it should've been better than what we got... he just should've turned it down again...
'They were sure Dick Tracy would storm the box office."
And this just proves how executives don't know what they're talking about.
Oh, wait, I thought that movie was a flop?
Disney put about 46 million into the movie and hoped it would be a franchise rivaling Indiana Jones. Though the film was a success on paper their marketing was phenomenal as the movie was pushed everywhere. So, no doubt Disney lost some money on Dick Tracy the question is how much. In the end the film would make $162.7 million which was fair for the time.
Phoebe Cates looked hot in the first movie. Her hair was too short in the second movie.
She was very natural in the first film. Less so in the second.
They waited too many years to make a sequel. If they made it a few years sooner they'd ride on the popularity of the first one. Around 6 years later?
Joe Dante would agree with you perfectly Biofactory as he had a quote similar to yours. Thanks for commenting.
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Sorry for being That Guy,but...The Redhead was named Marla Bloodstone.Marla Singer was in Fight Club.Seemingly minute inconsistencies such as these may hurt your credibility & your channel (What else is non-factual???).
Everyone makes mistakes,but when it's presented in this form...it gives birth to B.S. theories like The Mandala Effect,which is just alot of people having a shared experience of incorrectly remembering something because it sounds factual...creating confusing,ignorant debates that have no right existing. Alittle misinformation goes a long way.
Other than that, great job & I thank you for your hard work you put into this,Bud.
This is noted in our description of the vid now. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.
@RepresentThis Great 👍 Really appreciate the content & information you put out in an intelligent,non annoying,direct but not boring monotone manner & no excessive unrelated quick edits for laughs or constantly yelling like your selling Oxy-Clean...love select channels like that..tackling the behind the scenes tec which I find interesting in every aspect...but,that's gotta be exhausting for them..in turn, making me feel exhausted. D'oh!
@@VIVIsectPHOTOGRAPHY Oh I love doing what I do, and I don't see me slowing down anytime soon. Thanks for being here Viv.
21:00; not played by Helena Bonham Carter.
29:36 Do you think that this interaction could be a joke referencing how the writer saw no need to make a sequel, but was forced to create more of it? Good video!
An interesting insight DD. I'll have to ponder that one for a bit.
24:10 (and other clips) - Zach can't seem to hide his discontent towards Picardo!
Is there something between them that I don't know about?
The gal in the middle seems either uncomfortable or wanting to appear to be supportive of Zach (maybe just because she fancies him) - do you have any knowledge of bad blood between them?
I have found nothing about that in my research. That's not to say there is or is not. From all accounts the shoot on the film was very calm and fun for all involved and in many of the outtakes they seem to be having fun. However, those are just cursory observations from me and not definitive.
@@RepresentThis, it's based on nothing more than Zach's demeanour during those clips - maybe he was just having a long day, or maybe he's always like that, but he seemed peeved at something!
@@fearlessjoebanzai It's possible, I never discount anything so I would never say it's not the case without 2 sources to back it up. That's gonna be your big CZcams video Fearless. Break that story! BANZAI....:)
@@RepresentThis, ha! I'm not one for drama though - I guess that's why it perturbs me when I think I sense it!
Her name was Marla Singer!!!??? So Chuck palinuk used her name in his novel, Fight Club?
This was addressed in our description of the video.