Gremlins (1984) | Full Length Reaction
Added 2023-12-15 05:24:37 +0000 UTCHi guys! Sorry I've been uploading a bit late at night. Just been feeling a bit under the weather but trying to keep up with everything! Holiday seasons are tuff :( BUT BORING NEWS ASIDE GREMINS TIME HEHE :)) This had to be one of th emost chaotic films of all time LMAO I'm gonna start calling everyone a gremlin now
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Also if you watch the whole phone call scene The Time Machine disappears halfway through meaning that time travel exists in their universe 😆😆😆
theringmaster21
2025-02-12 20:43:09 +0000 UTCIn the kitchen when the mom was chopping onions and watching a movie, that was It’s a Wonderful Life (1946). In Billy’s bedroom they were watching Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), another movie worth watching. Also in Billy’s bedroom when Gizmo is watching the race car movie, that’s To Please a Lady (1950), not really a good movie, both Clark Gable and Barbara Stanwyck have much better movies that should be watched. At the inventors’ convention, when he’s on the phone, behind him is the time machine from The Time Machine (1960), an interesting movie. Also, the robot that walks by is Robbie the Robot from Forbidden Planet (1956), which is worth seeing.
Dean J
2023-12-31 00:15:43 +0000 UTCYESSSSSSS!!! My favorite Christmas movie!!!
Rhylin (Garret) Smith
2023-12-27 01:40:36 +0000 UTCand it's not a Christmas movie... so you can watch it next week
Tom Dean
2023-12-25 10:31:08 +0000 UTCI can't believe I missed this update. Wasn't that chicks Christmas story about her dad amazing?
Jesse Darty
2023-12-25 04:00:09 +0000 UTCThe lack of any kind of explanation or mythology in this movie is so weird, as is any of the character doing anything that interesting, except for the mom kicking murderous butt. That was fun.
YodatheHobbit
2023-12-16 10:32:51 +0000 UTCOhhhhh, I forgot about the Earnest movies! Ernest Goes to Prison is my personal favorite. Did you know they made nine of those films? I've only seen like 4, maybe, that i can recall seeing.
TJ Bigelow
2023-12-16 07:47:51 +0000 UTCOh, i'm sorry, i meant Gremlins is a part of this crazy genera of films that center around chaos and unlikely heroes. There are hundreds of more films that dabble or use it to fuel a bigger plot. These are just some those that I remember/love that really center around chaos being the prime mover of the story. These films are part of this genera, that technically doesn't exist. It actually pulls back to a very old philosophy of the triumvirate; being the Good, the Bad, and the Inbetween. Mischief characters like Gremlins, like Loki, are necessary parts of the whole. Its one of the oldest beliefs dating back to when humans worshipped the Sun, even. The chaos is a necessary, and sometimes celebrated, as part of the balance of all things. The mischief makers are a blessing (and a curse) because they upset the balance, in order for the 2 opposites to re-orient the balance. If the mischief makers didn't upset things, then things would never change once they have achieved that balance. Stagnation, monotony, things get boring. The idea that life exists, and that life is enjoyable because mischief hates the status quo of balance. Life has purpose because mischief makes sure of it, by disrupting it. It really delves into the core of the idea of why we celebrate our differences, of why there isn't a correct way of things because we can observe many ways to do the same thing. Life exists because by a random chance of exactly the perfect storm of events; random molecules colliding with each other in just the right way, in just the right moment, in just the right environment (the primordial soup), to create amino acids and proteins, the building blocks of DNA (the root cause of evolution). Life finds a way because chaos makes sure that an opportunity, for it to find a way, happens. Chaos/mischief/disruptive characters are everywhere in films and in life. Most folktales and myths and legends have deities that embody chaos or random chance; pointing to the knowledge that even ancient civilizations and tribes of humans knew that sometimes, just sometimes, shit really does just...happen, lol. I love it. Studying film is an amazing way to learn about, well, everything. Because its not just the film, its also the people creating it, and people that came up with the idea, and where those skills and thoughts come from within those people. The how and why they pieced it together the way the did. But there is a down side, for me at least, when realizing that some of those reasons are just plain and simple profit. I've grown to understand that aspect better; overcoming my bitterness to corporations somewhat, lol. I just like to say that I 'prefer' the art of it over the bottom dollar, now. Pandering has its place too. I would be a hypocrite after saying all that above if I didn't accept that, reluctantly so ;)
TJ Bigelow
2023-12-16 07:33:17 +0000 UTCThinking about it; I'm not sure I would describe gremlins as "evil" but as a force of pure, elemental mischief. As apocalypses go, a gremlin one might be a lot of fun... survivable even if you can just roll with it...
Michael Labs
2023-12-16 03:10:39 +0000 UTCi saw this as a kid in the 80's. I think I remember old timers back then reference gremlins in machines, like if something mechanical broke down they would say it was the gremlins in there. From wikipedia: It draws on legends of folkloric mischievous creatures that cause malfunctions—"gremlins"—in the British Royal Air Force going back to World War II.
Brian
2023-12-16 01:21:47 +0000 UTCDANGGGGG omg TJ thank you so much for the detailed list of recommendations!! :)) I had no idea Gremlins inspired so many films - I havent even heard of half of these!!!
VKunia
2023-12-15 23:36:32 +0000 UTCGremlins, plus Ernest Scared Stupid, were the first two "horror" movies I braved through as a kid. I remember being so proud of myself I didn't cover my eyes TOO much. Also, the Gremlin maniacal laughter lives rent free in my head since I was a kid lol
MrAlexSan
2023-12-15 23:17:47 +0000 UTCIf nothing else, #2 had a bigger budget, so there's a greater variety of gremlins! But yes, it is bananas. :)
Bryan Tuck
2023-12-15 23:03:46 +0000 UTCThe years really are going by so quickly huh 😭
VKunia
2023-12-15 23:00:51 +0000 UTCHow is that even possible Dio 😭😭
VKunia
2023-12-15 22:57:57 +0000 UTCYes!!! I was SO shocked when I first saw him :)
VKunia
2023-12-15 22:57:35 +0000 UTCJust an fyi there is another character from breaking bad that’s in Gremlins 2.
Mario Serra
2023-12-15 22:57:15 +0000 UTCLMAOOOOOOOOOO MYKO SPECIAL CELEBRITY APPEARANCE
VKunia
2023-12-15 22:56:09 +0000 UTCGremlins 2 is my favorite! The first one is shock value, the second one is, WE ARE CAPITOLIZING ON THIS CHAOS!
LightsCameraJake
2023-12-15 22:56:02 +0000 UTCLMAO I ended up noticing but I CANT make the assumption or else I might get yelled at by the comments LOL so I have to double check with the cast list at the end 😆
VKunia
2023-12-15 22:53:50 +0000 UTCIT CAN GET MORE CHAOTIC???????? IS THAT... EVEN POSSIBLE?
VKunia
2023-12-15 22:53:03 +0000 UTC😇😇
VKunia
2023-12-15 22:52:41 +0000 UTCHONESTLY when I realized it shocked me SO MUCH LOL I thought that was so cool:)
VKunia
2023-12-15 22:52:31 +0000 UTCThanks Ian :') I hope you have a good weekend - looks like it was a health PSA no eating after midnight LOL
VKunia
2023-12-15 22:51:43 +0000 UTCOHHHHHHH I SEE And honestly I was like "look at these cute Furbys how is this a horror?" and man...... did it horror LOL
VKunia
2023-12-15 22:50:39 +0000 UTCMIKE SWEATER LETS GOOO, W GUEST APPEARANCE BY MICHAEL CAT 🎉
Schmeat
2023-12-15 21:31:08 +0000 UTCwe thought Gremlins 2
Steve H
2023-12-15 21:17:56 +0000 UTCSo we have the sherrif, and the deputy,, the deputy plays Mike Ermantrout.
Steve H
2023-12-15 20:30:46 +0000 UTCGremlins II is even more chaos. Worth watching
Dioskur
2023-12-15 20:10:06 +0000 UTCGremlins 2 also has Christopher Lee being a complete unexpected ham, it is glorious
deskmerc
2023-12-15 19:42:44 +0000 UTCStarts watching because one of my all time favorite nostalgia movies. Vee reminds me this was made in 1984. I remind myself I'm older than this movie by a year....fuck I got old.
Derder
2023-12-15 18:06:17 +0000 UTCHow did V's merch plug get past my ad blockers?... ;) Reminder, this is back when the phrase "ancient Chinese secret" wasn't seen as offensive and ill-informed as it is today. Gizmo and the gremlins are based off the idea of the old misunderstood legends and myths of mischief demons from Asia (referred to back then as the now understood offensive phrase "the Orient"). Lmao, I thought the yellow frosting on the gingerbread cookies was mustard too, lol. I never handled frosting or food dye or baked cookies yet before I saw this movie, lol. This leads into a whole genera of crazy films that don't have a category to group them into so they end up being hard to find these days. Gremlins 2: The New Batch is honestly better than the first. They lean into the style they built off this one haarrrdd, lol. They did try to make a gremlins cartoon because entertainment execs look at this and think "gremlins movies are kid movies, clearly" lol. Lasted 1 season. Chaos plots: Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead Amazing Stories: The Movie - anthology film based off anthology TV show Twilight Zone: The Movie - ditto Drop Dead Fred Mr. Mom Hot Shots: Part Deux Bedazzled Stripes Inner Space The Burbs Mars Attacks! Beetlejuice Short Circuit Neighbors (1981) Explorers Monster Squad Tremors Labyrinth Edward Scissorhands Killer Klowns from Outer Space Weird Science The Return of the Living Dead series of films ('The Return' films are the wacky ones, the creators of Night of the Living Dead had different opinions of where to take the future films so one made 'The Return' series and George Romero made the The Dawn, Day, Dusk, and Diary, etc series of films) The Dark Crystal Legend Warlock 2 Little Shop of Horrors House Waxwork The People Under the Stairs Dead Alive The Frighteners Elvira: Mistress of the Dark The Package (2018) Better Off Dead Weekend at Bernie's Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World's End (Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy) Night of the Creeps The Secret of Nimh High Spirits The Golden Child Hogfather Evolution Stay Tuned Career Opportunities Most anthologies: Creepshow, Tales from the Darkside, VHS, Heavy Metal (1981)
TJ Bigelow
2023-12-15 17:05:57 +0000 UTCLol love how Vkunia is like why does he look like Mike from Breaking Bad and not yet realizing it is the same guy haha
Mario Serra
2023-12-15 13:59:36 +0000 UTCGremlins 2 is a brilliant example of malicious compliance. The Key and Peele Gremlins 2 sketch is also brilliant.
Jacob King
2023-12-15 10:28:49 +0000 UTCYou think this one's chaotic, wait till you see GREMLINS 2 (which I do heartily recommend). It's insane. Then there's an animated series on MAX, which was just released within the past year. There's reportedly a second season coming at some point, assuming WB doesn't shut it down (or wait till it's finished and then just not release it).
Bryan Tuck
2023-12-15 08:19:55 +0000 UTCIts never to late for a Vkunia reaction 😊
Matt
2023-12-15 06:59:12 +0000 UTCLol, I'm just now noticing Johnathan Banks (Mike from Breaking Bad) is in this film. Crazy how I am noticing actors in films I have seen a lot I have not noticed before until later in life after I've seen many movies and shows.
LightsCameraJake
2023-12-15 05:36:25 +0000 UTCI never notice Vicky cuz I'm always asleep 😀 but anyways shall be watching this tomorrow that's Saturday for me with snacks and drinks and just have a blast with your reaction . Sry to hear you're under the weather that sucks stay cosy and get better soon 🫂 . Amazing how something so cute can become something so gross eh no eating after midnight CHECK ✅
Ian
2023-12-15 05:31:01 +0000 UTCFinally, a Furby classic No joke, Gremlins 2 is incredibly good. The director of Gremlins, Joe Dante (NOT Steven Spielberg, he attached his name for appeal) didn't want to make it, so he pretty much was like "Okay, but I'm gonna get REALLY weird with it".... and boy.... DID HE.
MrAlexSan
2023-12-15 05:29:05 +0000 UTC
