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The Greatest OT Discussion EVER: WHICH ONE IS BETTER?

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Willco

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8bit

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Gremlins 2, but not the version with Hulk Hogan footage instead of the Bugs Bunny Gremlin cartoon.
 
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Lemurnator

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The New Batch, by far.

When the one Mogwy drank that crap and turned into a bat, then flew out the window leaving the batman symbol had me rolling the first time I saw it.

Both great, funny movies.
 
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Willco

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evil ways said:
The first one gave me nightmares as a kid but the sequel has Hulk Hogan, and Rambo, so I'll go with #2.
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:lol

The original is scarier and quite possibly, the greatest Christmas film ever in the same breath.
 
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FoneBone

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Hard to say; they're both great. Which is really saying something for Gremlins 2, given that it was hardly a necessary sequel and could easily have been just a cash-in.

I'd like to see Gremlins 3, but WB would probably keep Joe Dante out of it... and make it a TV movie, or straight-to-video.
 
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Shinobi

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I probably would go with the second one, but the final scene was one of the most disgusting things I've ever witnessed. So as a result, #1 wins out.
 
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Willco

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FoneBone said:
Hard to say; they're both great. Which is really saying something for Gremlins 2, given that it was hardly a necessary sequel and could easily have been just a cash-in.

I'd like to see Gremlins 3, but WB would probably keep Joe Dante out of it... and make it a TV movie, or straight-to-video.
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I think that ship has sailed. Gizmo was an icon of the late 80s, but I don't think the younger generations would even recognize him.

And not only that, Phoebe Cates retired from Hollywood shortly after. No Phoebe Cates, no sale!
 
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FoneBone

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Actually, the first movie is about due for a remake.




Yes, that was sarcasm, but it wouldn't surprise me in the least.
 
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evil ways

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Willco said:
:lol

The original is scarier and quite possibly, the greatest Christmas film ever in the same breath.
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Scary as hell. I was 5 years old at the time and everytime I heard that "waaaahaaow" sound that was added to the musical score especially during the pool scene, I got jittery. And don't get me started on the scene with Billy's mom alone in the house, and the record player getting turned on, followed by the kitchen scene.
 
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FoneBone

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It's almost an apples and oranges comparison -- the first movie is a relatively dark horror-comedy, and the second one is just sheer cartoony lunacy.
 
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Willco

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DarthWufei said:
Gizmo the Furby says otherwise!

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... Has anyone bothered to sue those guys for likeness rights? Spielberg and Joe Dante got to feed their kids!

Also, I like how whenever Gremlins hatch and stuff, they somehow make a noise that sounds like a cat be strangled through an 80s synthesizer!
 
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Willco

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evil ways said:
That was my cue for covering my eyes.

I just remembered another scene that nearly made me shit my pants, Stripe on several TV screens at once.
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And don't forget, the black guy died first! Racial injustice get!
 
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FoneBone said:
I seem to remember reading that that toy came about as the "settlement" when WB threatened a lawsuit against Tiger for copyright infringement.
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Hah, I wouldn't be surprised. Apparently Yoda and ET versions were made as well.
 
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Willco

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Haha, I remember telling my little cousin that if she threw her Furby in the toilet, it would have Furby kids like Gizmo and she did it, and broke it.
 
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FoneBone

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Where did Hulk Hogan appear, anyway? Was it after the credits? I've never seen that scene, because I only saw the movie on broadcast TV.
 
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evil ways

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quadriplegicjon said:
i dont remember this part. care to refresh my memory?
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There's a version where Hulk Hogan is called upon by a movie theater usher because the Gremlins switched the movie in the theater for an old black & white porn called "Volleyball Holiday".

That was replaced in another version by a scene from the Bugs Bunny cartoon where he's stuck on a plane with a "gremlin".
 
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Ristamar

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In some versions, he appeared during the part where the actual Gremlins 2 film you're watching supposedly goes screwy because of the gremlins.
 
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Willco

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FoneBone said:
Where did Hulk Hogan appear, anyway? Was it after the credits? I've never seen that scene, because I only saw the movie on broadcast TV.
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It's like in the middle of the movie. The film starts to warp and just stops, then a shot of a mother and a child walking to the theatre manager to complain that "they" messed up the movie. The manager is like, "We can't do anything about it!" The projectionist comes down with film all tangled up around him and was like, "I can't take this anymore! All those Gremlins want to do is watch Snow White! I quit!"

So the manager promises to fix the situation himself, searches out Hulk Hogan in the theatre and tells him the Gremlins are screwing up the movie. Hogan threatens the Gremlins, tears off his shirt and they we rejoin the movie back where it had interrupted.

EDIT: Hah, and they are watching that black and white Volleyball Holiday, which is nothing but naked girls playing volleyball.
 
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Flynn

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Gremlins.

I guess the creatures were originally meant to be more muderous. I recall hearing about a scene in which a Mcfast food restauraunt is the scene of a particularly visious Gremlin attack. Apparently there scene portrays dead bodies covered in bite marks, then panned over to a pristine burger -- completely untouched.

After the McDonalds Massacre Dante decided not to use/shoot the scene.

This comes from untrustworthy memories of an article in Starlog from back in the day, so take it with a grain of salt.
 
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Litigation Manuel

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I must say that parts of Gremlins 1 went a little long, and the bar scene with the obvious humor didn't quite fit in well with the feel of the movie. I feel Gremlins 2 carries a more consistent feel with some great laughs. Plus, they had a smart one! A smart one! He talked! Plus, 2 inspired me to get the double pack for my birthday. Therefore, I must go with 2. However, 1 is still by far a great film.
 
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Willco

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Ecrofirt said:
shit federman, did you steal that avatar from me? I had the exact same one awhile ago.
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Nope. I've got a million and one Campbell avatars. I can change it if you'd like! And I will!
 
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Ecrofirt

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I know you do, but the old one I had was the exact same pic, pixel for pixel.

Huzzah fellow Campbell brother!

edit: fuck my inability to spell.
 
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RedDwarf

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Man, I'm way out of the loop. Willco is Federman? Damn it, nobody told me.

Oh, Gremlins kicks the bloated carcass of Gremlins 2 as a film, but Gremlins 2 is a bit more entertaining.
 
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nubbe

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I wanted a Mogwai so badly when I was a kid

I like the first picture more, the sequel has too much of that revolting family flick feel
 
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madara

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Second one dropped in quality quite a bit and spoofed itself too much for me take it seriously, so I go with first one.
 
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COCKLES

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Gremlins = Instaclassic
New Batch = total wonky shite

I remember a Gremlins special in Starlog, where they talked to some of the guys who were involved in Gremlins II, including Terry Jones of Python fame if I remember...at one point they were going to go into the origin of the Gremlins and that they'd been created by an advanced civilisation to act as their 'tools' aeons ago and had been left stranded on Earth of which Mogwai is the only one left.
 
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TheOMan

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I gotta go with the first one, but that might be nostalgia talking. Defintely had me scared good.

Oh, and Stripe rocked.

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Hmmm, this fast rewind is an interesting 80's movie site.
 
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JoshuaJSlone

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evil ways said:
Scary as hell. I was 5 years old at the time and everytime I heard that "waaaahaaow" sound that was added to the musical score especially during the pool scene, I got jittery. And don't get me started on the scene with Billy's mom alone in the house, and the record player getting turned on, followed by the kitchen scene.
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Screw action stars; that is the baddest-ass scene ever.

Both awesome movies. I love the scene in the second one where the television producers are asking all the things people in the audience had to use suspension of disbelief for. "They can't eat after midnight? What if it's on a plane and switches time zones? Or it gets a kernel stuck in its teeth and swallows it after midnight?"
 
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Particle Physicist

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evil ways said:
There's a version where Hulk Hogan is called upon by a movie theater usher because the Gremlins switched the movie in the theater for an old black & white porn called "Volleyball Holiday".

That was replaced in another version by a scene from the Bugs Bunny cartoon where he's stuck on a plane with a "gremlin".
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why was it replaced? and if i were to go out and buy the dvd right now.. which one would i get?
 
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explodet

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Badabing said:
Gremlins is what all PG movies should be: Lot's of stabbing and microwave exploding.
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:lol

It was this movie that helped usher in the PG-13 rating - this and Temple of Doom.
 
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