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When I saw it in the theater, the movie was delayed 15 minutes do to sound problems.
When the film started jumping, and then melting, there were a bunch of boos and "Oh, come on"s.
Once it was realized that it was part of the movie, it got some big laughs.
The implications of Phoebe Cates' Lincoln's Birthday story are pretty horrifying if you pay attention to what she's saying... thank goodness she gets cut off 😅
And no wonder she instantly chose violence against the trench-coated gremlin who flashed her.
That scene was, naturally a callback to her Christmas tragedy story. Audiences found it so ridiculous at the time that they decided to lampoon it and cut her off early this round. Personally, I'd love to see a whole series of Phoebe telling all kinds of ridiculous stories why she hates every celebration. Lol
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"I hate St Valentine's Day, my grandpa exploded in front of me on Valentine's Day 😢"
A personal story about how Aliens completely primed me for this movie. I saw Aliens in the theater when it came out and during the scene where Ripley takes the car-like vehicle to the rescue, the picture starting jumping up and down, which I thought was an interesting effect...until I realized it was actually the film getting caught in the projector. The theater manager came out, apologized, and gave us our money back, asking us to come back some other time.
Then when I went to see Gremlins 2, they had the scene with the film getting messed up. I was thinking "Oh no! Not again!" Then I saw the gremlin hand puppets.
I will now forever tie both Aliens and Gremlins 2 together in my mind.
I had similar experience when the live action Scooby Doo Movie came out. The movie was going good then it got to the part where the creatures revealed themselves to all the young people and the film burned in two. I had expected to see a cartoon Scooby Doo appear and chuckle then we’d go right back to the movie, mainly because of Gremlins 2. It didn’t theater gave us the option to have our money refunded or wait till the film was fixed, we waited 2 and half hours for the film to be fixed and we got to see the rest of the movie.
Well it happens. One memory can connect you to another.
@@RedRanger1138 1138?...nice😀
@@RedRanger1138 This happened to me when I saw The Phantom Menace... a doubly bad start to the series, if you ask me.
@@spencerbookman2523 or the projector gave up on the movie along with the fans.
Pretty obscure, but my favorite reference is in the dentist scene when the Gremlin asks, "Is it safe?" This is a nod to the movie Marathon Man, where Dustin Hoffman is strapped to a dental chair and tortured with a drill by a Nazi dentist who repeatedly interrogates him with the same question.
fun fact, i didn't realize it was a reference till years later when i saw it parodied in another film and figuring it must have come from an earlier film, then years after that finding out what movie it was from.
@@RaptorNX01 Wait, what referenced it? I think I've heard it somewhere before... And it would've been from something making a reference, not the original which I've only just now heard of for the first time... I just can't remember where I've heard it before.
... (looks it up) Ah! I heard it in the Clerks Animated Series.
EDIT: And somehow, I don't know how, that line in Gremlins 2 never stuck out at me and I can't recall ever hearing it any of the times I've ever seen the movie before.
Pretty much every gremlin is a gag on movies and TV, even the prequel.
It was also referenced in Hot Shots
Best sequel ever.
Christopher Lee agreed to appear in this as an apology to Joe Dante for being in the god awful “The Howling 2” and he had an absolute blast on set.
Lee was supposed to play the therapist in the first Howling film, but declined.
This is the greatest Cameo with The Hulk 17:10
Joe Dante confirmed that Key and Peele sketch was pretty much spot on
This movie is actually a spoof of the original film. Joe Dante originally didn't want to direct the film, as he thought the idea of sequel would never work.
They talk about that in the video.
I got so excited when you broke out the Key & Peele skit! It was like finding another Christmas present under the tree after you think that’s it!
This movie is great, and is equally as good as the first but for totally different reasons. As a kid I loved its cartoonish feel, as an adult I appreciate it for its satire and references.
While this wasn't the best sequel ever, it is the funniest, most imaginative sequel ever, IMO. I've seen this one more than the original.
A handful of the gremlins have names. Mohawk (take a guess which one that was), the crazy one was called Daffy, the girl is Greta, the gruff one and the buck tooth “donkey” one are George and Lenny ala Of Mice and Men.
That delivery guy that looks familiar plays Tuco Salamanca on Breaking Bad / Better Call Saul... also, Dean Norris who plays Hank on Breaking Bad is one of the cops at the end
He was also in Alien Resurrection.
The VHS and Cable release of the film was altered a tiny bit. Instead of Hulk Hogan in a theatre, the movie acted like the tracking was going out on the VCR before turning to white noise with the gremlins doing shadow puppets in solid black. It then changed like a TV channel to a cartoon of Bugs Bunny doing a double take about seeing a gremlin, and changed again to old footage of John Wayne with a dubbed voice telling the gremlins to get out of the TV set!
"Now, bear in mind, none of us has been in New York before. There are the Broadway shows - we'll have to find out how to get tickets. There's also a lot of street crime, but I believe we can watch that for free."
I saw this in the cinema as a kid and the 4th wall break fooled many including me with boos as people really thought they'd screwed up. Of course then the Gremlin silhouette appeared and everyone got it and it got a huge laugh! It was unlike anything I've experienced before or since and possibly the finest cinematic moment I've experienced.
At first I thought....well the bright side I guess is that I can get my money back. Then I found out that they was just yanking my chain. 🤪
I saw it and then went to see it again with a bunch of friends. The entire way to the theater I told everyone that we shouldn't go to this theater because the last two times I went there the projector broke.
Joe Dante was given a lot of money to make the most Joe Dante movie ever. And I love it. Beyond bonkers. 🤣
Emily's just straight losing her mind during Hulk's intermission. Lovin' it!
So glad you guys watched this one! More out of control than the first. Side note: the talking Gremlin was voiced by Tony Randal (RIP) who played Felix Unger in the Odd Couple TV show from the 70s. ;)
The look on Pippin's face when you made your Gizmo plush sing was so great.
So glad they reacted to Gremlins 2 and enjoyed it. Also glad they reacted to that Key & Peele sketch about the movie.😆
As a young metalhead I was hyped hearing Slayer 'Angel of Death' during the spider gremlin's metamorphosis scene.
The expressions, the eyerolls, the laughter and uncontrollable giggles... This reaction brought all the hits. Thank you!
I love the Director absolutely didn't want to do this movie until he got absolute creative freedom with no over site.
This movie gives me 80s creature horror meets Mel Brooks vibes.
I saw this at a sneak preview, knowing nothing about it except that it was a sequel to the first. It was one of the best times I've had in the cinema. That film melting bit? It completely got us. "Oh man, first day first show and the film melts! Wait, what's this?"
I adored Tony Randall as the brain gremlin. His interview and the stock broker bit are my absolute favorites.
A lot of American viewers don't get that Brain's English accent deliberately sounds phony, like a dummy's idea of what a smart person sounds like. I guess that joke is more for the Brits (and Australasians).
21:27 🤣 that callback to the tragic, dark comedy speech of the first movie always gets me
ya, and when you listen to it, it gets super dark...so dark that its actually horrifying yet hilarious, thats the spirit of Gremlins for ya
"Vam-pa" is "Capri-Sunned" level of portmanteau...
...and I am FOR IT!
I HAVE BEEN GIGGLING FOR _TEN MINUTES!_
:)
It might be even more fun seeing Emily react to each new Gremlin and gag than it is watching the actual movie! And that’s saying something 😁
I saw this wayyyyyy more than the original when I was younger. In fact, I think I’d only seen the the first one once when I was a kid and couldn’t remember much about it, and then when I rewatched it in my 20s I was rather shocked at how dark and unlike the sequel it was (and surprised that it was filmed on the same set as Back To The Future!)! Nowadays when I watch this one I find myself loving how Clamp is an amalgamation of Donald Trump and Ted Turner… and I think I remember reading that the character was supposed to be much more of a villain, but the actor was so charming in them role that it was rewritten to make him more sympathetic.
Oh, and Robert Picardo is still married to the girl Gremlin.
Ah yes, this should be the gold standard for a Gremilins 2 reaction WITH the Key and Peele sketch. In fact that's what actually makes this one of my favorite channels for reactions, it's so much fun to have someone who can enhance a first timers view with all the fun bits that have accumulated since original release.
Dracula style organ music playing for Christopher Lee as he watches the bat gremlin transform.
In VHS/TV version Hogan was replaced with redubbed version of John Wayne.
Those Gizmos should find a place of honor among the knick-knacks in the background.
Okay, Gismo's new Spawn quartet, the four that popped off him are:
Daffy (Hyperactive googly eyed Gizmo wannabe)
Mohawk (Frequently considered Stripe Reincarnated, became Spider-Gremlin)
Lenny (Bigger, stronger, dumber, becomes donkey-like, almost always with his partner...)
George (The Gangster looking Mogwai/Gremlin, big lipped, has Lenny climbing on him as Mogwais, smokes cigars).
Lenny & George are references to Of Mice & Men, not to mention Loony Toons Sasquatch/Abominable Snowman is also a frequent reference to Lenny from Of Mice & Men.
Lenny was originally intended to do a Heel-Face Turn, killing Mohawk & George in an Oven to save Gizmo, but the scene was deemed too dark and removed from the script. This sadly means Lenny never became the first good Gremlin, but did allow for Mohawk to become the Spider-Gremlin.
This movie has:
Count Dooku
Lionel Luther
The Doctor
Johnny Cab
And also...
*Will Darnell/Wally/Nick the projectionist/Jonathan Lundy
*Caroline Mulford/Wendy Worthington/Karen Pruitt & voice of Korben Dallas's mother
* Long Duk Dong/Oishi Kazihiro/ Kuni
*Walter Paisley/Lou Mackie/Uncle Willy
*Audrey/Mrs. Kirkland
*Felix Unger/The Moochick/Judge Skanky - (voice of Brain Gremlin)
*Bobby from Bobby's World/Muppet Baby Skeeter/Deal Or No Deal host/America's Got Talent judge - (voice as Gizmo)
*Lee/Mr. Elroy
*Gomez Addams/Kent Winkdale/Professor Mortimer Gangreen
*Captain Patrick Hendry/Arthur Newman/Smitty
*Sister Mary Stigmata (a.k.a. The Penguin)/Miss Muriel
*Wilber (from Charlotte's Web)/Head Illinois Nazi/Dr. Werner Klopek
*Dr. Claw/Megatron/Garfield - (voice of Mohawk Gremlin)
*Sergeant Hightower
*It's Pat/Mrs. Keeper/Beth Newton
*Detective Julio Sanchez/Drug Lord Tuco Salamanca
*Guard Lewis/T-1,000
*Darren Woods
*DEA agent Hank Schrader/James "Big Jim" Rennie/Mob boss Clay "Uncle Daddy" Husser
*Mr. Dumont/Mr. McGree/Paul Bland
*Jerry Goldsmith (as himself)
*Dick Butkus (as himself)
*Hulk Hogan (as himself)
*Critic Leonard Maltin (as himself)
That Spatula CIty shirt is a pure delight.
"You'll get to know Robert Picardo, later."
Ooh! Are you going to show her "Inner Space"?
The Key & Peele skit that explains the plot of the movie in the writers room. It is 100% needed to be watched after this.
as a huge Gremlins fan since the early 90s, i absolutely loved that sketch when it came out
I loved Robert Picardo in Inner Space!
Weird how Inner Space has fallen through the cracks for react channels.
I have found my people.
Phoebe Cates is a genius. The thumbnail is the perfect review for this movie.
The talking Gremlin was voiced by Tony Randall from the 70's tv show "The Odd Couple"-He played Felix
I thought that was Stephen Colbert when I watched it this time. I was like "how old IS that guy"
Randall was in many movies and TV shows.
As a 60s/70s kid, the memorable Tony Randell movie for me was a George Pal fantasy film called The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao(1964). It was about a mysterious circus that shows up unexpectedly in a small western town, run by the aforementioned Lao(Tony Randell). It also featured Barbara Eden of I Dream of Jennie fame, who definitely informed my adolescence growing up.
I love this movie so much!! When I was a kid I was confused and didn't quite get it but as an adult it's one of the greatest sequels ever made and I think it's even superior to the first film! 😂😂
It's actually pretty impressive that Joe Dante was able to give the middle finger to the studio and a wink to the audience with this one movie since he was given carte Blanche to do whatever he wanted with the sequel.
Because Emily likes funny movies, have you already experienced the "Cornetto"-movies? You know, "Shawn of the Dead", "Hot Fuzz" and "The World's End"? Edgar Wright is an very funny director and Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are a great comedian duo. Next suggestion: Guy Ritchies London Underground movies: "Lock, Stock and two smoking Barrels", "Snatch" and "RocknRolla".
And because Emily is often very emotional, I suggest considering "Big Fish" (2003, Tim Burton). It will definitely move her to tears, but it will be happy tears. For me Big Fish is my favorite Tim Burton movie, better than Edward Scissorhands or Sleepy Hollow. Along the same "happy warm tears" feeling would definitely be "Amelie" (2001).
There are 3 versions of Gremlins 2 you guys watched the American theatrical version. The video version didn't have hulk hogan watching the movie but had him fighting gremlins in a buffet line. The European version didn't have hulk at all but had a completely different torn film reel.
And also the US VHS release of Gremlins 2 had the Gremlins messing up the video tracking until John Wayne takes care of them and puts the movie back on... 🤠📼
@@MLJ7956 that's what I meant by different torn film reel
Fire, the untamed element, oldest of man's mysteries, giver of warmth, destroyer of forests. Right now this building is on fire...
Yes, the building is on fire. Leave the building. Enact the age old drama of self preservation
😂
The critic scene I was waiting for it was exactly how it should have been, and now we are at the smart gremlin I was waiting for Emily's reaction and she did very well
I love Gremlins 2 even more than the first. It is completely insane and I love it for that. They gave Joe Dante complete creative control and God bless him he ran with it. Emily, your reactions were priceless throughout this one. 😂
I know the consensus is that the first "Gremlins" is better but I DON'T CARE! I love the sequel WAY MORE!
Best scene is the elevator alarm, seen the movie a million times and it always gets me
Is there any chance u will watch Enemy Mine from 1985?
I was 11 watching this over my buddies who was having his birthday party which consisted of BBQ, Cake and sitting on a carpet in rows watching Gremlins 2. I'd imagine a lot of family albums from the 80's have a lot photos of parties like that
"oh no! why is it a donkey, what's happened?"
best quote of the day.
This was a fun react,and I'm glad to say it went the way I hoped.A little bit of Trivia:
-The "brain gremlin" seems to be a parody of PBS conservative commentator William F. Buckley,who had a very snobby upperclass New England accent.
I've always wondered if he was scripted like that or if Tony brought it with him or what. Dante probably says something about it in the commentary - must go and look at some point.
Robert Picardo was on Star Trek DS9 as Dr. Zimmerman-and was a regular on Star Trek Voyager as the Emergency Medical Hologram that Dr. Zimmerman created. There are 3 other actors from this movie that were also on Star Trek DS9: Mr. Futterman, Billy's neighbor was in the DS9 episode "Past Tense", Clamp was in the DS9 episode "Invasive Procedures" and the employee who got fired for taking a drink from a water fountain-by above mentioned Picardo's character, was in the DS9 episode "Profit and Lace"
Also Raymond Cruz was in the DS9 episode 'The siege of AR-558' and Zach Galligan was in the Voyager episode "In the Flesh".
I love this movie so much, and the reaction to the Brain Gremlin, was priceless!! Made me laugh out loud! Cheers!
I have such fond memories of watching this movie with a bunch of friends at a science fiction convention at 3 in the morning while we were all tripping balls on really good acid.
Wow on acid.. damn man. I couldn't handle watching Who Framed Roger Rabbit on acid.. I had to turn it off not even halfway through... it got too weird for me... especially when I thought I saw Roger walk out the TV when walking off screen.
Sounds like you picked a better movie to watch on acid than I did decades ago- I watched The Good Son 🫣 and the horrifying confusion I experienced for an hour was uhhh something else lol
I can't stop laughing at Emily's face when the female gremlin came into the 1st scene. Im, on the floor
I appreciate everything you guys did here. Especially for showing that Key And Peele bit. Nothing but legendary.
I haven't watched the 2nd one in 30 years, but I've seen it a million times. It was always on cable TV.
Love your reactions to this movie!
Never stop being awesome!
The Hulk Hogan cameo killed me
Fun fact, he wasn't in the VHS version of this movie, but the DVD version!
@@nicktechnubyte1184 - John Wayne was in the US VHS version 🤠📼
@@nicktechnubyte1184 that's strange
@@TyMarshall007 they've done that kind of thing in a couple of movies! In the VHS version of Osmosis Jones, a chase scene has electric avenue playing in the background. In the DVD version, they played their own short version of hot blooded!
They actually did a separate version of the " film breaking" part for the VHS release that looked like the VHS tape was being eaten...and then the Gremlins take over your TV.
I never clicked on a video faster. lol so glad you covered this, and so soon after the first. I got to see this in theaters and I absolutely adored it. and yes, the film breaking got us at first. some "aww"s, some "what?"s then laughter when the shadow puppets started.
just so much I love about this movie. but what i loved the most, was the bat gremlin. that is, by far, my favorite creature design in anything ever. I love its face and kinda floppy ears and overall design is just amazing.
I still kinda like this movie more then the first, but its a close run thing. I also remember watching terminator 2 for the first time and seeing the twin scientists as a guard and his t-1000 double and going "Thats the guy from gremlins 2".
I have to say tho, it wasn't till this video that i realized Gizmo said "Gomez" when John Astin showed up. and i had known it was him even the first time i saw it cause i loved the show as a kid. I dunno how i missed that after seeing this so many times.
another semi-fun memory was renting the NES game from blockbuster and getting stuck on the electric gremlin boss fight and not being able to finish the game before we had to return it.
I also loved that clamp was actually cool. after coming off stuff like robocop etc i liked the fact that we got a rich business man that wasn't actually evil. lol
"Fire: The untamed element, oldest of man's mysteries, giver of warmth, destroyer of forests, right now this building is on fire." I still need that to be the fire alarm where I work.🤣
So me being a 95 baby growing up without cable, I watched the Addams Family show on repeat because I had the DVD collection when it came out. I can't tell you how much I nerded out when I saw that John Astin was playing the janitor fixing the water fountain. It's crazy that my 10 year old brain picked up on that so quickly lol. Explains why I'm such a cinephile now. This is one of the greatest movies and sequels ever made. It's insane how much they got away with.
The twins in the genetics lab was the Security guard/T-1000 in Terminator 2
As I have gotten older, this has become my favorite of the two. I love how it takes down the sequel and merchandizing of movies. Also, I need more Phoebe Cates holiday trauma stories in my life.
I actually paid to see this in the theater all those years ago. "I'm sorry, what?" is pretty much what I was saying the entire length.
Never forget the sound stock advice given in this film invest in Canned Goods and Shotguns.
Always been a bit disappointing that the 'theater' intermission always plays in home video and TV broadcasts now. I almost want somebody to go back and make a 'streaming' version of that segment starting off with a buffering swirl. This was sort of inspired by one of the old William Castle films The Tingler where a segment changed depending on if you saw it in a theater or drive-in.
well you know theres the John Wayne version for Home Release in that segment? Also you have to look up the Gremlins 3 Fan film by a channel called batgremlin, they use that concept basically and jump in different movies like Burtons Batman and Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark...deff a must watch if you havnt.
I think the smart gremlin's accent might be what's called "mid-Atlantic", half-way between a U.S. east-coast accent and The King's English.
I adore this movie. The direcotor just went for it, I don't know how he got away with it, but its glorious.
because the studio wanted to make another one and he repeatedly said no to it. so the studio said they were gonna make it without him and he agreed to come back on the condition that he got to have total control of it
I love the Stanton twins being the scientists, kinda suggesting the Splice of Life succeeded in human clone-duplication. They were also in Terminator 2 as a guard in the psychiatric facility & the T1000 impersonating the guard. As for Robert Picardo, a couple good classic flicks to catch him in, if they're not on your list yet, Inner Space (1987) and Legend (1985)... although you've seen him not too long ago as one of the garbage men in The Burbs ;D
the Stanton twins were also used as the Warner Brothers in Looney Tunes Back in Action
And he is the EMH doctor from Star Trek Voyager.
You guys need to read Chris Columbus’s original script to “Gremlins” before Spielberg and Dante toned to down.
It was a hard R horror movie where literally everyone in the town is devoured by the gremlins except Billy, his girlfriend and his father.
The mom is literally torn apart by the newly hatched gremlins in the attic.
Chuck Jones and Dante were good friends. Jones has a cameo in the original Gremlins. Dante named a school after him in Explorers. You should watch Dante's Looney Tunes: Back in Action. He gets Looney Tunes. Something the people behind the Space Jam movies clearly didn't (and Chuck Jones told them that to their faces).
Dante also directed a segment of The Twilight Zone movie where he has a monster that spins around just like the Tasmanian Devil cartoon character. If I remember, it makes a similar sound when spinning. It comes out of a kid's imagination that can create anything he wants and a television set cracks and out it comes.
@@Scary__fun The Greible. Creature design by Rob Bottin. Dante regular Dick Miller also appears.
6:21 - Tight tight tight, yeah!
But if you have the giant spider gremlin prop, you have the greatest excuse in existence to never remove cobwebs from your home again.
I had a VHS recorded from HBO or something that had gremlins 2 and Christmas vacation on it that I watched at least once a week for years. Loved them.
16:14 Just wait till that building gets taken above the clouds.
I have been freaking waiting for this. I am so excited. I need a good laugh.😂😂😂
Any chance for STAR TREK movies reactions this year? 🖖
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14:46 I love Emily's transition there.
I love this one. It's crazy and I love it's self-aware to make fun of the first movie. I also love that they add another aspect of the supernatural to the Gremlins: reincarnation. According to director Joe Dante, Mohawk in this movie is actually Stripe, the main Gremlin from the first movie reincarnated. That's why he tortures Gizmo. Mohawk remembers Gizmo killing him when he was Stripe.
Jesus christ
I honestly like this one better than the first. Growing up in the 90s it was always on HBO. It’s so silly and doesn’t take itself to seriously. Just so much fun all around.
Speaking as a Canadian I can tell you the entire "Canadian Restaurant" bit in this movie played VERY well up here. lol We loved everything from the Mountie waiters (not a real thing BTW) to the constant "eh" to the Gordon Lightfoot music playing in the background. We tend to embrace our stereotypes with a beer in one hand and a back bacon sandwich in the other.
whats funny was i wasnt familiar with Canadians so it was just a weird dressed up guy with a chocolate moose head, thought it was just supposed to be random lol
4:35 is the best part. Her laugh an his “cute as crap”? GENIUS
I lost my shit the first time I saw the gremlin melting like the wicked witch
Honestly, between the 2 gremlins movies, i like this one more. Granted, i was a kid and the looney toons stuff was right up my alley back then. Lol
18:37 - 🎼We're gonna need a montage! 🎵MONTAAAAAGE! 🎶
Loved the reaction, and awesome Dragon Sound shirt!
This was and is still one of my favorite childhood films, I still have a stuffed Mogwai I've since before I can remember. Anyways couple of facts about the behind the scenes:
When Christopher Lee comes back in the lab after the Gremlins start ransacking the place he is carrying a pod from Invasion of the Body Snatchers. I believe he had a role in one of the remakes, but the biggest Easter Egg is that Gizmo was watching Invasion of the Body Snatchers in the first film. WB uses the joke a lot including having one of the original actors in Looney Toons Back in Action holding a pod on screen repeating "You're Next."
Also the Microwave with Marge sequence was meant to capture an intoxicated cook in such a way that if you really pay attention she calls the dish by three different names in the segment because she's so drunk she can't remember the name of the dish she's making.
Also the scene with Hulk Hogan was made funnier by the fact that the usher who came and got him used to be an announcer/interviewer and even a Referee in the WWF when Hogan was still wrestling.
The into with Bugs and Daffy has multiple versions including one where Daffy gets to name the movie and he keeps calling it Daffy Duck presents Gremlins 2, or Daffy Duck's Gremlins sequel. And bugs keeps simplifying it.
For a Christopher Lee film I would love them to react to "The return of Captain Invincible"
Have you both seen Inner Space. It’s very Dante-esque. Another Dante classic is Explorers it’s a must. Dante was my childhood as well.
Yes, they must watch ALL of the entries in the DanteVerse. It is beyond irksome that Hollywood doesn't give him more to do. He seems to be enjoying his life very much, but I'm greedy.
I kinda want Joe Dante and Martin Scorsese to appear in "Gremlins III" as each other just because watching Dante direct De Niro and Scorsese going nuts with puppet gremlins or something would make me very happy. 😁
I have seen Terminator 2 and Gremlins HUNDREDS of times and I've only now just realized that the security guard who gets killed by the T-1000 is the same guy who's the scientist in this movie. Twin brothers
To answer an early question, the delivery guy is Raymond Cruz. He's been in a lot of stuff, particularly tv.
Funnily enough, I got around to watching Breaking Bad with the hubs last year and happened to watch Gremlins 2 at about the same time with my kiddos. Raymond Cruz plays Tuco in Breaking Bad, so when I watched this I was like "Holy Crap! It's Tuco!"
Great reaction as always guys!
also the actor who played Mike in BB was in the first Gremlins....and Hank is in the end who shoots a melted gremlin cuz it "moved"
Oh you have the Hogan cut! There’s also one where they have a shootout with John Wayne.
I love that this has John Astin (Gomez Addams) and a knockoff Grandpa Munster from Munsters
And the Hammer Horror Dracula, Christopher Lee.
Great score composed and conducted by Jerry Goldsmith. He makes a cameo in the movie with his wife, Carol.
This movie may have been a spoof but it was so crazy sometimes its just the vibe people need after a list of super serious movies. That goofy nature fits the gremlins so well. I applaud you on the grampspire quote. It was a funny quick on the fly joke.
This has to be one of the best gremlins too reaction. You brought your own take to the jokes in the movie along with your own jokes. Including the kete and peel video at the end was a great touch too. Just adds to the already great reaction.
I think the actor you mightve recognised was a young Raymond Cruise (the messanger role) but looks very similar to being Wilmer Valderrama who plays Fez in that 70s show and was in NCIS as Nick Torres. In this movie a young Raymond Cruise looks very similar to an older Wilmer look alike as in NCIS. Raymond Cruise got a bit expanded in facial features as time went on so he looks a bit different in more recent pictures. Maybe that comparison is all just me though.
Yes! This movie rules!
The Dragon Sound shirt is everything.....