It's sounds like Brad's impression of the parrot is funnier than anything in the movie. Fake enthusiasm fueled by hatred is a pretty decent comedy formula
The saddest part? This movie hired professional voice actors. Major names, including voice acting ROYALTY Yuri Lowenthal. Either it was the direction, the ADR, or both, but there's no excuse for bad actors.
CodeNameX001 Yuri Lowenthal also played Derek inthe 3D Swan Princess movies...dude may be talented but sometimes good voice acting can't save a (visually) bad performance.
You know its funny cause another animated film is coming out, The Red Turtle, later in the year which is about a man shipwrecked on an island. The difference is that its from France though produced by the same company that did Spirited Away, is almost completely dialogue-less, and they did it in hand drawn 2D *gasp!* And from all of this I hear it is actually beyond beautiful. So I hope you guys get to see that movie to clean you're brain palettes of this film, cause I again I have heard spectacular things about The Red Turtle.
I know that some people gave Brad and Alison shit for mispronouncing "Crusoe" as Caruso but given how this movie has nothing to do with the original story, I'd say Caruso is quite appropriate.
Actually, it turns out the voice of the parrot is neither James Arnold Taylor (Wooldor/Ratchet) nor any of Sonic's actors. It's this almost unknown guy: www.imdb.com/name/nm7476686/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t37
Fun fact: this was Don Bleuth’s one and only 3d animated film/passion project made solely by him in his free time. That explains the hatred for cats...
I've seen The House of Magic by the same studio (NWave, in Belgium). I thought it was a cute kids' movie (sort of what you were expecting from this one -- not incredible, but harmless), and it sounds like it doesn't have quite the same problems as this one. For example, I've seen trailers for The Wild Life, and you're right about the "uncanny valley" effect. In House of Magic, the characters are more cartoonish, so it doesn't go near the uncanny valley. House of Magic's characters aren't nearly as annoying, and the jokes aren't as crass. Basically, House of Magic is a standard, low-risk, textbook animated movie for kids. As opposed to being, two words, "tear able". Incidentally: When I went to see Kubo and the Two Strings, the Cineplex pre-show trivia was all about The Wild Life, which I had not heard of until that moment. When this movie bombs, and it will bomb, it won't be for lack of marketing -- just for a lack of *good* marketing.
It's funny you mention it being something they would play in a preschool, because I went to a amusement park and when it rained I went into the theatre and they were showing a weird 13 minute cut of this movie and it was called Robinson Crusoe
You know.... back when 2D was standard, low-budget weird looking animation from other countries was actually charming? And enjoyable even though the animation was technically bad? CG ruined everything...
On a tiny isolated South Pacific Island, Mak, a parrot, and his friends live the perfect life. Blue skies, beautiful turquoise water, and lots of delicious fruit and crunchy insects. But every day is the same and Mak is really bored. Convinced there is more than just water over the horizon, he dreams of leaving his little paradise and exploring the world. Meanwhile, Robinson Crusoe and his dog Aynsley have booked passage on a ship in order to explore the islands. During a very violent tropical storm, the two are locked in the ships hull with a pair of embittered cats while the crew escapes with their lives. Washing ashore on the island, Crusoe begins to take stock of the remaining supplies while the animals, unsure of what to make of the new arrivals, hide out on the beach. Mak, seeing his chance to get off the island, convinces the others to hide while he keeps an eye on them. Unfortunately, he is attacked by the two cats, having also survived the storm. Aynsley manages to drive them off, and Crusoe takes Mak aboard the wreckage to recover. He names the bird Tuesday and Aynsley convinces him that Crusoe is not a problem. Determined to take control of the island and make the human pay for the years of bad treatment they had to endure, the cats trick the other animals into believing Crusoe is going to eat Mak. They have them attack Crusoe while they go after Mak and Aynsley in order to cover their tracks. In the ensuing chaos, Aynsley is pinned under a door as the wreckage begins catching fire. Mak makes it out in time, but the resulting explosion kills Aynsley and strands the cats on "Curse Island", a rock off the coast that the animals view as a death sentence. Mak leads a grieving Crusoe to the others in an attempt to cheer him up. Slowly but surely the islanders drop their guards and begin helping him adjust to life on the island. However Kiki, a hummingbird, becomes increasingly annoyed by the others' willingness to adapt to Crusoe's lifestyle. Meanwhile, Crusoe is visible upset by the dwindling possibility of a rescue. One day, Kiki is flying out near the remains of the wreckage when the cats, with multiple litters of youngsters, decide to put an end to their lives and wreak havoc on their little piece of Eden. Despite the cats best efforts, the islanders manage to drive them back. Realizing the cats won't stop harassing them, Mak traps them on a watchtower Crusoe had built while the animals knock it into the sea. Their victory is short lived when a fire set by the head female cat endangers Crusoe, who was knocked unconscious in the previous fight. Mak manages to get him out, but Crusoe becomes caught in some rigging. Complicating matters is that the fire attracts the attention of a group of pirates, who take Crusoe hostage. Crusoe manages to placate them with a fictionalized version of what happened at the expense of the captain forcing him into the crew. A poorly planned escape attempt by Crusoe results in a hectic chase. Mak, who followed Crusoe onto the boat, rescues him and a pair of mice and make their way back to the island while the cats, who snuck onto the ship on a jerry rigged life raft, are taken in by the pirates. During the credits, Mak narrates how he's given up on wanting to explore the world while the animals help Crusoe repair the treehouse he had built earlier and implies the two of them hooked up with a woman and, presumably female, bird that washed up on the island.
The trailer for this played when I went to see Kubo and Pete's Dragon. There was a deafening silence throughout the entire trailer. Not a single laugh, not a single snicker. Not a giggle. Just... silence. Not even the kids laughed.
I recognized a few of the voices from reading the cast list, most of them are anime dub VAs - Kyle fucking Hebert and Yuri Lowenthal are in this because sure
Oh God, you actually watched this... Maybe it's even a descent movie but I don't dare to watch it, at least not in the theaters. Why? Because I'd only get to see it with German dubbing and they managed to get together the some worst of German so-called celebrities (like unfunny comedians) and they pretty make the "all-star cast". No thanks. I'd prefer to watch a movie without making my ears puke and imagining the celebrities making money by stealing real voice actors' work.
I don't say that there aren't unfunny celebrities in the US. But there's at least a chance for me that I don't know some of them. Like I only got to know who some of them basically are thanks to Channel Awesome reviews (as you can tell: I don't read VIP news or something). And what to tell more about these famous German people speaking the roles here? I guess it's more a waste of letters.
Midnight Screenings I do agree about The Wild Life about you guys talk about the voice acting. It's not that the voice actors were bad and its that they didn't have anyone who has great talent. No one stood out and like you don't need to hire a bunch of celebrities to do voices. You need someone who has a great voice acting talent. Like you can tell there are some aspects who they would have got if they could. Like the fat tapir would be voiced by Wanda Sykes. The old goat would be Wallace Shawn. And if that person was still alive the female cat villain absolutely would been Eartha Kitt. That would save the movie honestly. Another person I forgot to mention the chameleon would be voiced by Robin Williams if he was still alive. That too would have save the film.
It was an echidna, not a hedgehog. Which is funny because echidnas have mouths that are similar to anteaters as in they do not open nor do they have teeth so.....yeah. They pulled a Sonic on us.
That pineapple scene sounds like the bad tonal shift in a Dinosaur Story where he looks up at New York and falls as a joke then suddenly suspense scene getting him out of the water.
i swear i saw a trailer of this called robinson crusoe in the theater and i had to fight the urge to shout at the screen. then i instantly forgot its existence.
It really wasn't that bad. It's not great by any stretch but it could've been way worse, with pop culture reference and fart jokes, which this didn't have, mercifully. The 3D is the best I've seen this year, too.
By far the best comics of the world come from Belgium, nothing even comes close enough to begin to compare, so why would they be good at doing cartoons as well? At least to me, these 2 seem mutually exclusive.
I didn’t go see this movie and thank god I didn’t but I did see Ratchet and Clank. I think I walked out of the theatre half way though the movie and I felt bad because I was trying to watch the movie because my best friend played the games and she thought the movie was okay but I honestly felt like the whole movie was just a tediously long cutscene from the game.
I can't believe they dragged Yuri Lowenthal into this. Also that parrot's voice is so damn familiar, but David Howard Thorton has nothing under his belt.
I saw the trailer for this before Kubo and the second I heard the parrot speak, I was like, "That's James Arnold Taylor doing his obnoxious ass Johnny Test voice, isn't it?" I was unfortunately right.
16:44 "The goat is old." "The blue bird is jealous."
The snail is fast~ The snail is fast~
Snailed It!!!!!!
I only have two questions.
1. Is Allison really a dad?
2. Is she really /that/ cool?
I'm assuming the answer to both is "Yes".
Yes
Allison is the coolest of cool dads
She is a better dad, than the dad from Shameless(the U.S. tv show).
+Trinidad Botello you mean the one that's based off the English tv show by the same name
+jack brearley Yes. I seen U.S show, but not the U.K show.
Only Allison could pull that shirt off.
Excuse me. I very *strongly* doubt that Allison is actually a Dad.
what did you just assume?!?!?!?
your right she's actually an uncle ;)
Allison is Daddy AF
How dare you insult my dad like that!
She's just too cool for you.
Allison seems like she'd be a cool dad but I had no idea she was the coolest!
By the fact that there are no cannibals in this film, I will be the first to say it is not much like Robinson Crusoe.
I wonder who the real lazy obnoxious animated animals are
I was reading the reviews for this on Rotten Tomatoes and thought "Wow, sounds like a Brad and Allison movie". I can see the future!
Two words: Tear Ible.
Tear Ripple
Allison really is the coolest dad.
It's sounds like Brad's impression of the parrot is funnier than anything in the movie. Fake enthusiasm fueled by hatred is a pretty decent comedy formula
Since Jake used to be the go to animation person, and now Allison is, can we refer to her as Madagascar Allison?
Brad's radical parrot voice is awesome.
The saddest part? This movie hired professional voice actors. Major names, including voice acting ROYALTY Yuri Lowenthal.
Either it was the direction, the ADR, or both, but there's no excuse for bad actors.
CodeNameX001 Yuri Lowenthal also played Derek inthe 3D Swan Princess movies...dude may be talented but sometimes good voice acting can't save a (visually) bad performance.
It cracked me up when Allison revealed that Brad uses the "Bushwacked" joke in real life.
"I wanna punch this parrot"
Sorry, Brad. Fighting type moves aren't very effective against flying types
Brad does a decent Roger Craig Smith's Sonic impersonation
Crusoe was voiced by Yuri Lowenthal. He's more well known for his work in video games and anime voice acting.
I saw the trailer for this when i went to see Kubo. I was embarrassed to be in it's presence it was so intolerable.
I don't even remember watching any trailer for this and I saw Kubo in theaters.
Allison, you ARE the coolest dad
You know its funny cause another animated film is coming out, The Red Turtle, later in the year which is about a man shipwrecked on an island. The difference is that its from France though produced by the same company that did Spirited Away, is almost completely dialogue-less, and they did it in hand drawn 2D *gasp!* And from all of this I hear it is actually beyond beautiful. So I hope you guys get to see that movie to clean you're brain palettes of this film, cause I again I have heard spectacular things about The Red Turtle.
The only thing I know about Robinson Crusoe is that it's "as primitive as can be."
My family is making me come to the theaters to see this tomorrow. Save me.
I know that some people gave Brad and Alison shit for mispronouncing "Crusoe" as Caruso but given how this movie has nothing to do with the original story, I'd say Caruso is quite appropriate.
Sadly, no Horatio Crane, so we can't go Yeeeeaaah! at it.
So, David Crusoe is on CSI: Miami 🤔
You know the film will suck when not one well-known celebrity will do it.
True, but on the flip side, often movies with too many big name actors is a bad sign.
Dazed and Confused?
8:12 - 8:24 I'm getting Animated Titanic: The Legend of Titanic flashbacks....
Was the parrot voiced by sonic?
That's no good
+AnimationStreet Network They are all essentially the same I guess.
Actually, it turns out the voice of the parrot is neither James Arnold Taylor (Wooldor/Ratchet) nor any of Sonic's actors. It's this almost unknown guy: www.imdb.com/name/nm7476686/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t37
+Moo moof Same.
no it was Rachet
The Gilligan's Island credits song is to blame for people saying "Caruso" for "Crusoe," I think.
There's no Man Friday in this movie - Zero Stars.
Yep. So it can fit the melody
Fun fact: this was Don Bleuth’s one and only 3d animated film/passion project made solely by him in his free time. That explains the hatred for cats...
I've seen The House of Magic by the same studio (NWave, in Belgium). I thought it was a cute kids' movie (sort of what you were expecting from this one -- not incredible, but harmless), and it sounds like it doesn't have quite the same problems as this one.
For example, I've seen trailers for The Wild Life, and you're right about the "uncanny valley" effect. In House of Magic, the characters are more cartoonish, so it doesn't go near the uncanny valley. House of Magic's characters aren't nearly as annoying, and the jokes aren't as crass.
Basically, House of Magic is a standard, low-risk, textbook animated movie for kids. As opposed to being, two words, "tear able".
Incidentally: When I went to see Kubo and the Two Strings, the Cineplex pre-show trivia was all about The Wild Life, which I had not heard of until that moment. When this movie bombs, and it will bomb, it won't be for lack of marketing -- just for a lack of *good* marketing.
I really would love to see you review this!
Be sure to watch his reviews, coming soon to the internet
By the way, the ship crew did escape the ship. It's hard to see due to the rain but they did make it out alive.
Ooo a bad animated movie midnight screening must be Christmas!
+Otaking Mikohani Fox: Nightmare before Halloween
Hearing how these characters move, it sounds like they didn't use Bezier curves for the animation and didn't bother scaling the speed.
That moment when Brad realizes that the voice of the Parrot in The Wild Life is the same voice actor as Ratchet from Ratchet and Clank.
Allison is the Coolest Girl ever.
Fuck, guys, its "Crusoe", not Caruso. Every time!
*whom
+Stoned Gremlin Productions Uhhhh, actually.....
Wishful thinking maybe? David Caruso stuck on a deserted island?
That's okay-the filmmakers didn't know shit about him either
+Zeitgeist6 I would like that multiple times if I could
The parrot sounded like James Arnold Taylor when he played Titus in FFX, or Ratchet from his games... wait
'Tidus'
jack brearley
Not how I spelled it ;)
He's a "Tit" to me.
You have a point there vic boss
It's not him, thank GOD. He's too good for this schlock.
Flame of Udun to be fair, he was in Ratchet and Clank, which isn't much better than this garbage.
David Caruso was in an animated movie?!? "Whaaaaa!!! (NCIS Miami Intro)" lol
oh my god it is the cinema snob
You must be new here.
Snobs parrot guy voice is game grumps arin Sonic voice :o
I"m just scratching my head over the Coolest Dad shirt.
I saw that Puss in Boots movie in the theater in Switzerland. I don't think I can sit through one like that again.
I just remembered that movie. me and my family watched the first 2 min and then realized this wasn't the puss in boots from Shrek
Lupa really is the Coolest Dad, tho!
God, I remember seeing a trailer for this before Ice Age. I had a feeling that this would be pretty bad. Can't say I'm surprised.
It's funny you mention it being something they would play in a preschool, because I went to a amusement park and when it rained I went into the theatre and they were showing a weird 13 minute cut of this movie and it was called Robinson Crusoe
You know.... back when 2D was standard, low-budget weird looking animation from other countries was actually charming? And enjoyable even though the animation was technically bad?
CG ruined everything...
You haven't seen Dingo or Golden Films ripoffs then
On a tiny isolated South Pacific Island, Mak, a parrot, and his friends live the perfect life. Blue skies, beautiful turquoise water, and lots of delicious fruit and crunchy insects. But every day is the same and Mak is really bored. Convinced there is more than just water over the horizon, he dreams of leaving his little paradise and exploring the world. Meanwhile, Robinson Crusoe and his dog Aynsley have booked passage on a ship in order to explore the islands. During a very violent tropical storm, the two are locked in the ships hull with a pair of embittered cats while the crew escapes with their lives.
Washing ashore on the island, Crusoe begins to take stock of the remaining supplies while the animals, unsure of what to make of the new arrivals, hide out on the beach. Mak, seeing his chance to get off the island, convinces the others to hide while he keeps an eye on them. Unfortunately, he is attacked by the two cats, having also survived the storm. Aynsley manages to drive them off, and Crusoe takes Mak aboard the wreckage to recover. He names the bird Tuesday and Aynsley convinces him that Crusoe is not a problem.
Determined to take control of the island and make the human pay for the years of bad treatment they had to endure, the cats trick the other animals into believing Crusoe is going to eat Mak. They have them attack Crusoe while they go after Mak and Aynsley in order to cover their tracks. In the ensuing chaos, Aynsley is pinned under a door as the wreckage begins catching fire. Mak makes it out in time, but the resulting explosion kills Aynsley and strands the cats on "Curse Island", a rock off the coast that the animals view as a death sentence.
Mak leads a grieving Crusoe to the others in an attempt to cheer him up. Slowly but surely the islanders drop their guards and begin helping him adjust to life on the island. However Kiki, a hummingbird, becomes increasingly annoyed by the others' willingness to adapt to Crusoe's lifestyle. Meanwhile, Crusoe is visible upset by the dwindling possibility of a rescue. One day, Kiki is flying out near the remains of the wreckage when the cats, with multiple litters of youngsters, decide to put an end to their lives and wreak havoc on their little piece of Eden.
Despite the cats best efforts, the islanders manage to drive them back. Realizing the cats won't stop harassing them, Mak traps them on a watchtower Crusoe had built while the animals knock it into the sea. Their victory is short lived when a fire set by the head female cat endangers Crusoe, who was knocked unconscious in the previous fight. Mak manages to get him out, but Crusoe becomes caught in some rigging. Complicating matters is that the fire attracts the attention of a group of pirates, who take Crusoe hostage. Crusoe manages to placate them with a fictionalized version of what happened at the expense of the captain forcing him into the crew.
A poorly planned escape attempt by Crusoe results in a hectic chase. Mak, who followed Crusoe onto the boat, rescues him and a pair of mice and make their way back to the island while the cats, who snuck onto the ship on a jerry rigged life raft, are taken in by the pirates.
During the credits, Mak narrates how he's given up on wanting to explore the world while the animals help Crusoe repair the treehouse he had built earlier and implies the two of them hooked up with a woman and, presumably female, bird that washed up on the island.
The trailer for this played when I went to see Kubo and Pete's Dragon.
There was a deafening silence throughout the entire trailer.
Not a single laugh, not a single snicker. Not a giggle.
Just... silence. Not even the kids laughed.
Hells yeah, Freakazoid was a crazy, twisted ride of pure insanity a.k.a. JOY!!!!!!!
I think Brad likes doing that voice when no one is around.
Daily reminder this made it's money back and Kubo didn't.
I didn't even know about this movie until I saw a TV the other day.
I looked this up on IMDB, and apparently noted voice actors Yuri Lowenthal and Kyle Hebert played characters in this thing.
People gotta eat.
that's my favorite movie and me and my grandma saw it on the day it came out
This reminds me of the time a cat pissed on my face while I was sleeping. True story
Your description of the parrot makes him sound like an obnoxious radio DJ
Cinema snob stealing Phelous's waifu huh
And Phelous is dating Shang Tsung now
Wait, Phelous and Lupa aren't dating anymore?
+Yvette they are. All is good.
I'm sure Allison will 100% listen to the relationship advice you have given, random anonymous internet commenter.
As a Phelous phangirl I disagree! :O And most average guys don't have weird fangirls. YOU likely don't, so your S.O. could probably do better in life.
I recognized a few of the voices from reading the cast list, most of them are anime dub VAs - Kyle fucking Hebert and Yuri Lowenthal are in this because sure
Thanks for the review Daddy
u 2 brad
I work at a movie theater, and we literally only had TWO showings of this movie today, and sold all of 12 tickets.
Oh God, you actually watched this...
Maybe it's even a descent movie but I don't dare to watch it, at least not in the theaters. Why? Because I'd only get to see it with German dubbing and they managed to get together the some worst of German so-called celebrities (like unfunny comedians) and they pretty make the "all-star cast". No thanks. I'd prefer to watch a movie without making my ears puke and imagining the celebrities making money by stealing real voice actors' work.
Oohhhhhh tell me more. I already know enough unfunny people here in America
I don't say that there aren't unfunny celebrities in the US. But there's at least a chance for me that I don't know some of them. Like I only got to know who some of them basically are thanks to Channel Awesome reviews (as you can tell: I don't read VIP news or something). And what to tell more about these famous German people speaking the roles here? I guess it's more a waste of letters.
Alison is definitely the coolest dad.
Midnight Screenings I do agree about The Wild Life about you guys talk about the voice acting. It's not that the voice actors were bad and its that they didn't have anyone who has great talent. No one stood out and like you don't need to hire a bunch of celebrities to do voices. You need someone who has a great voice acting talent. Like you can tell there are some aspects who they would have got if they could. Like the fat tapir would be voiced by Wanda Sykes. The old goat would be Wallace Shawn. And if that person was still alive the female cat villain absolutely would been Eartha Kitt. That would save the movie honestly. Another person I forgot to mention the chameleon would be voiced by Robin Williams if he was still alive. That too would have save the film.
Maybe it would cool or funny if Richard Kind voice the chameleon.
I liked the mini series that came out a few years ago
"Robinson Caruso"
lel
8:27 Brad's impression of the bird sounded like the announcer in the All That theme song.
Please tell me you reference the 1984 comedy "The Wild Life" in this review.
I think some of the actors from that film voiced in this film. I think, don't quote me.
I really love that "coolest dad" shirt. good choice
It was an echidna, not a hedgehog. Which is funny because echidnas have mouths that are similar to anteaters as in they do not open nor do they have teeth so.....yeah. They pulled a Sonic on us.
Echidnas are also native to Australia, so what the fuck is it doing here?
WTF, I have never heard of this
Nobody has, and nobody will.
They played a preview of this in Kubo when I saw that. That's the only reason I know it exists.
That pineapple scene sounds like the bad tonal shift in a Dinosaur Story where he looks up at New York and falls as a joke then suddenly suspense scene getting him out of the water.
There is another bad talking animal movie called The Wild from 2006.
10:39 Dammit, Brad, you made me shit my pants.
at 9:56 when you trying to say the bad word instead you said faq when you where trying to say the the bad word, I died laughing 😄😄😄
wait a minute, Legends of Oz was a scheme? what's the story on that?
i swear i saw a trailer of this called robinson crusoe in the theater and i had to fight the urge to shout at the screen. then i instantly forgot its existence.
Hey they have it at paramount amusement park in Richmond.
12:48 better question is why are there house cats on the island????
Feral cats?
Thank god i was hoping for a rant
It really wasn't that bad. It's not great by any stretch but it could've been way worse, with pop culture reference and fart jokes, which this didn't have, mercifully. The 3D is the best I've seen this year, too.
The one thing in the Trivia section on IMDb is about Pierce Brosnan and the last Robinson Crusoe adaptation
By far the best comics of the world come from Belgium, nothing even comes close enough to begin to compare, so why would they be good at doing cartoons as well? At least to me, these 2 seem mutually exclusive.
8:12- What is this, the animated Titanic movie of 2016?
At least Brad and Alison didn't fall asleep during the movie.
I have never even heard of this movie before.
I never saw the trailer. I remember you mentioning during one of your reviews seeing a trailer of "Robinson Crusoe with animals", but not the name.
I didn’t go see this movie and thank god I didn’t but I did see Ratchet and Clank. I think I walked out of the theatre half way though the movie and I felt bad because I was trying to watch the movie because my best friend played the games and she thought the movie was okay but I honestly felt like the whole movie was just a tediously long cutscene from the game.
Does anyone else want to see more videos with Brad uses the Phelous voice?
I kinda wish Phelan was doing this review-it's up his alley in terms of cheap animated films with recognizable voice actors
I can't believe they dragged Yuri Lowenthal into this.
Also that parrot's voice is so damn familiar, but David Howard Thorton has nothing under his belt.
I saw the trailer for this before Kubo and the second I heard the parrot speak, I was like, "That's James Arnold Taylor doing his obnoxious ass Johnny Test voice, isn't it?" I was unfortunately right.
It's not James, I looked it up
I saw the trailer in front of Finding Dory and I was wincing like hell
Score another movie for my evil cat movie marathon🐱
I thought it was Crusoe not Caruso?
I watched some commercials, I thought it looked worse than Nine Lives
Funny how the focus seems more on the animals than Robinson Crusoe.
I like Allison's green nails!
Totally want that parrot to show up in the Lloyd cartoon
I wasn't aware the parrot was Sonic the Hedgehog.
This is made more hilarious knowing the Robin Crusoe story. The cats are apparently replacing cannibals??
So no mention that the one cat's face looked exactly like a gremlin?