Everything GREAT About Gremlins 2: The New Batch!
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Gremlins Too the New Batch! The '80s loved using various version of "two," and even if they didn't technically this time...I did! Yayyy. Thanks for a great year!
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i honestly love cinemewins positivity. i know its kind of obvious but ever since ive switch from the dark side channel to this one ive gotten so much better at appreciating the little things in movies. thanks cinemawins!
Liking things is more fun than not.
The dark side😂… I felt that they don’t hit the same
Ya! I never really cared for cinema sins.. but with all the negativity in the world, it’s nice to have just straight positivity on a channel
As someone who also did that transition it is interesting how much more fun Cinemawins is. It’s just more fun to be positive.
I 100% agree. I came to wins via sins. And I love wins so much more. Positive thoughts are pleasant.
So the whole 4th wall breaking bit has an excellent translation in the novelization where the Smart Gremlin attacks the author and starts writing for him and I just love how dedicated they were to the joke translating to each medium.
That’s awesome
I remember reading somewhere that Mohawk is actually the reincarnation of Stripe. That’s why he’s especially antagonistic towards Gizmo. _He remembers who killed him last time._
When the acid burned Gremlin put on the phantom mask, the whole theater burst out in cheers and laughter. Phantom of the Opera was so insanely popular at the time and I doubt there was anyone who didn't get the reference right away. Hilarious joke.
I genuinely believe this is a satire masterpiece. They went all out and nailed like 99% of it. Almost every re-watch I spot a new joke in the background.
It was so smart to set this movie in a top of the line technologically advanced skyscraper because Gremlins were famous for messing with technology, even before these movies, making this their ultimate playground to cause the most havoc.
This actually makes doing Gremlins in modern day all the more appealing. Can you imagine how much sheer joy they'd have from trashing modern tech? ...on the other hand our modern tech isn't as fun to play with since it's all minimized, smaller and with less wires and such to play with. Hmm.
Fun fact: The critic who is dumping on the first movie is a real film critic who didn't like the first one. But the director reached out to him and offered him a cameo in the sequel.
Leonard Maltin. A true legend.
Leonard MOLTON. Edit: Never mind. It's really MALTIN.
See, I like the first Gremlins film but I adore the sequel far more. Every time you go back to watch it there's something new to focus on. And I won't lie when I say the Smart Gremlin was my favourite character. He was such a treat to watch.
I can imagine Tony Randall got a kick out of listing "voiced Smart Gremlin" on his resume. Also, great job this year, Cinemawins guy! :D
Film critic Leonard Maltin and the director Joe Dante were long good friends so when the first Gremlins came out and Maltin hated it Dante was disappointed and so when he made the sequel he offered him the cameo of the critic killed by the little creatures and in an interesting twist Leonard liked the second film.
True
I always like these sort of professional relationships. There's no pettiness or ego, it's just "Yeah, I didn't like it." And instead of holding a vendetta, it's more played for laughs as a sort of mutual respect
I absolutely adore this movie. All-time fave. No notes. Although in particular, I love its structure. It's 100 minutes of nonstop escalation with no downtime. 10 minutes from the end, and it's STILL throwing new wacky ideas at the screen. It's hard to think of another big-budget Hollywood movie with *this much* creativity oozing from its every frame.
Gremlins 2 is the best! It was so nice to see Zach Galligan reprise his role as Billy! In fact one of my favorite parts of Gremlins 2 is when Murray dumps cement on the bat-Gremlin and he turns into a gargoyle. And of course there's also the part where Kate finds Marla caught in one of the Spider-Gremlins webs and Kate almost leaves her after finding out that she flirted with Billy.
I love that Don and Dan Stanton played the twin lab assistants in this movie. They were also the Security Guard and the T1000 doppelganger in "Judgment Day." Seeing Christopher Lee as a baddie is always a win.
They were also the Warner Bros in Looney Tunes Back in Action, another movie directed by Joe Dante
They are also both in Good morning vietnam. They really worked as a package deal lmao
@@apanapandottir205 wow I forgot they were in that! Gotta give that a rewatch soon
One terrific scene has them leaning in out of curiosity and two Gremlins, in lab coats, behind them, mocking them. So great.
That's *_Sir_* Christopher Lee. Dude was a knight. (That's the British Establishment's way of saying "always a win 😉)
5:41 love that you mention the film composer cameo. Fun fact: the woman on Goldsmith's right side was also his wife.
Gremlins 2 is one of those few movies that bring me genuine joy, like The Rat Race or Croods 2, no thoughts, just the art of cinematic insanity. It's genuinely an art to make something engaging with an ensemble, and still have so much fun.
I agree with the general sentiment, but furthermore, I just want to say: perfect examples.
At the end of the first movie, there’s a news reporter on the tv and he mentions that he has interviewed Murray Futterman in the hospital about his ordeal, so he has apparently always survived the first movie.
Yes, "Goober's" name is confirmed to be Daffy (the other two that were mogwai are George and Lenny). Also, there's a theory that mogwai and gremlins have a hierarchy with an alpha, and those with stripes/mohawks are the alphas (making them more aggressive), which is why no others are born when there's already an alpha. And fun fact, gremlins are confirmed to be aliens in the novel, and yes, they have genetic memory.
There's a new wrinkle in that alien theory since the new HBO MAX cartoon retconned the Mogwai as a fae species created by a Chinese creation goddess.
@@NobodyC13 Interesting. First I've heard of that.
@@NobodyC13there's a CARTOON?!
@@SkippyStuff Yep, Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai, came out early this year. Plot is an origin story on how Gizmo came to Mr. Wing's care, and the story starts the latter as a wide-eyed 10 year old named Sam happy to work in his parents' apothecary/pharmacy. Gizmo became displaced from his home "The Valley of Jade" after a predator attack and enslaved by a circus to become its latest attraction, whom Sam then rescues from and the show's goal being to journey across China to return Gizmo home. Meanwhile, an Anglo-Chinese sorcerer is chasing Sam and Gizmo because apparently eating a mogwai can induce immortality, and the rules obviously get broken so there's gremlins under the begrudging employ of the sorcerer. If Gremlins 1 is horror-comedy, and Gremlins 2 dials up the comedy, then Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai leans toward adventure-fantasy. It's probably the first mainstream show I've seen in years since Jackie Chan Adventures that delves into Chinese Mythology and folklore (which makes sense given the three rules operate under fairy tale logic). Sam and Gizmo encounter shapeshifters, a witch who enslaves people into working for her inn, jiangshi (Chinese vampires), a Miyazaki-like spirit world; and meeting the creator of Mogwai, Nuwa the creation goddess (a deity resembling a naga voiced by Sandra Oh).
@@NobodyC13I haven't seen Secrets of the Mogwai yet, but honestly I actually like this change far more than the Aliens explination. Everything about the Mogwai and the Gremlins definitely had more of a classic Fae Folk feel to them than them being aliens.
I've always loved how meta this movie is, even when I was a kid and had never even heard the word meta lol. It just parodies itself so well. It really made the movie its own thing, not just a sequel to Gremlins. It's so very different from the original, more slapstick and goofy. But it also works so well. I do wonder if Wes Craven was inspired by this at all when writing Scream.
Wes Craven didn't write Scream, he only directed it. Kevin Williamson wrote the movie.
this movie is unironically one of my favourites it knows what it is and embraces it fully its such a fun time
I adore this movie! Thanks for mentioning the building voice. Truly one of my favorite things in this film. I find myself quoting the fire alarm quite often. It's one of those movies that hits right at my sense of humor and was a influence on it from when I first saw it in the theater as a big fan of the original I dragged my cousins to see the 2nd. I love how it goes out of its way to honor and poke fun at the first one while adding some many more levels to what makes the Gremlins so much fun. Truly a Aliens" type follow up. Still wish I'd been able to get one of the Gremlins from the old WB stores in the mall.
I give this movie 10 extra points for having the same couple. So many movies have the couple be in love in the first movie only to have the main character be single in the sequel so they can do another will they/won't they fall in love. Love this movie and love your reviews!
One of the greatest comedies of all time
Agreed
Best sequels of all time
I watched this film on 35mm film in the theater a few years ago. When it got to the scene with the Gremlins messing with the projector, I had the biggest grin on my face
I’m pretty sure it’s been confirmed somewhere that Mohawk is Strike reborn and his attacks on Gizmo are due to his memory of Gizmo killing him in the first film.
I always forget how wild this movie gets, but when I watch it, I am never disappointed. 😂
The two weekends leading up to Christmas were dedicated to introducing my son to Gremlins and Gremlins 2. He's 13, figured it was about time. It was interesting to see his reaction, especially when compared to "today's movies". But he had a blast. He thinks Stripe should be named Mohawk. I can't argue with him. This upcoming weekend, Small Soldiers :)
Cool
Well, Stripe was reborn as Mohawk. So technically, it IS Stripe.
The other two guys from the first batch (besides Mohawk and Daffy) were Lenny and George. Was not expecting an Of Mice and Men reference! I was in high school when this came out, and that broken film gag killed in the theater. Everybody 100% fell for it, thinking the film actually broke right up until the shadow puppets
I like this way better than the Original One :D - Also they weren't watching a Toho Movie, but a Warner Brothers Original called "Beast from 20.000 Fathoms", the movie that actually inspired Toho to create a certain Kaiju we all love! It's also one of the best Monster Movies out there, especially for its time!
This film introduced me to slayer and faith no more. I had /never/ heard anything like the racket that played over spike's spider transformation before and wound up sitting in the cinema on my own through the entire credits so i could find out what it was.
Gremlins 2 is my be of my fav monster flicks for many reasons but rewatching it now that I’m older the fact it treats its audience as intelligent and rolls with the criticisms and just dials everything up to 11 is amazing. Also that New York New York bit is a master class and one of the best covers of Sinatra to date IMO.
Gremlins 1 is one of my favorite re-watches during Christmastime, but I saw this when it came out in the theatre (I was 10, at the time) and I LOVED it, and I still love it to this day. And yes, I do like this better than the original, solely because it didn't take itself so seriously. It was treated (and rightly so) like a live-action cartoon. A few fun facts that you might have missed: -Frank Welker, who voiced stripe in the original, voiced Mohawk in Gremlins 2, and you might know Frank Welker from, say, *anything* animated since 1968, since he got his start voicing Fred from Scooby-Doo, and still voices Fred to this day. -The original Gremlins (along with Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) are the reason the PG-13 rating exists today, and sure enough, Gremlins 2 is rated PG-13 -The other main gremlins, along with Mohawk and Daffy, were named George, Lenny, and Brain. With the Bat-Gremlin and Spider-Gremlin being called just that.
My favorite trivia from this is that the first thing that Christopher Lee did when he met Joe Dante was to apologize for being in Howling 2, the man was a legend. Also the look on Picardo's face at the end is "eh I've dated worse".😄
Ironically, Picardo was in Howling 1.
Gotta love a bonkers sequel that cranks the creative insanity up to eleven, and just like what James did last year, his Kill Count for this film had the best To The Numbers bit ever made by basically parodying the 4th wall breaking moment from this film, ending with Billy himself telling the Gremlins to stop messing with the KZhead and let James count how many people and Gremlins died, and threatened them by saying if they do a Gremlins 3, those slimy green bastards will be replace by CGI
Now that I'm older I think this movie is better than Gremlins. The genetic mutations were a clever evolution making the Gremlins both a bigger threat but also more entertaining to watch. The exaggerated comedic approach to the material was a blast and kept the movie from dragging. Then there's the brilliant commentary on Corporate America, The Television and entertainment industry, and the intrusive automatization of buildings. This movie was way ahead of its time. Everything about this movie is just a ton of fun and it dialed up what made the first one so great up to 11. I get that it did lose a little bit of the serious darker tone but this movie made up for it with its boundless creativity. I love how Joe Dante approached filming this sequel.
I've loved this channel since the Star Trek: Beyond video. The amount of love for detail and construction that goes into films that so many people miss is bizarre when you sit and ask yourself, "What are the Wins?" Gremlins 2 is one of my all time favorite movies and I don't think it gets the praise it deserves, so thank you for taking a look at this gem! Still makes me laugh a lot harder than the first movie, if I'm being honest.
Let's be honest: from the moment the gremlins all gathered in the lobby until the electrical melting began, the film decided to go full Muppets. Also I read somewhere that Mr. Clamp was supposed to be a POS-type billionaire in the original script, but John Glover had gotten tired of playing villainous characters so he toned it down to "non-malevolent spoiled manchild".
And it's because of that performance that Joe Dante decided to keep the character alive, from what I've heard.
He was. Obviously the character is heavily based on donald trump, but it was even more so in the script. Glover's performance changed that so they created Robert PIcardo's character and just gave all the mean clamp lines to him. So daniel clamp was tuned into more of a ted turner character. See the obsession with colorizing old movies and the end of the world tape which turner actually had made for CNN. So by a very specific set of circumstances Gremlins 2 is one of the only mainstream movies where a character based on trump is portrayed positively.
This movie was perfection to me. Loved it so much and still do. I laughed at every scene you showed. Cause it's so insane.
My first time watching Gremlins 2 was actually in a movie theater. When the film started to "break" we all thought there was a real technical issue. After a few moments, we discover that Gremlins have taken over our protection room. Just to have Hulk Hogan set the Gremlins straight and resume the film with no further issues. 😁 It was such a great 4th wall breaking experience.
''This is a complete failure of management!'' and ''There are some things Man is not supposed to understand!'' are two lines that really show this films value, because the characters that say them are an office manager and a genetic scientist respectively, but it's done so non-cholent like a passing tone in the bassline of the film's comedy. One of the greatest, if not the greatest monster comedy scripts of all time, I see these style of jokes rehashed in everything from 'What we do in the shadows' to 'Zombieland'.... This film was forgotten because of the very high standard of films around it at the time of it's release including Back to the Future and The Goonies. With such classics to contend with it never stood a chance and was probably too smart for it's own good. One of my all time faves!
I’m so glad you did this movie. I love Gremlins 2. I love your takes on film. Can’t wait until February!
It’s a work of art. Simple as that. Happy new year!
10:06 Gremlins 2 meta breaking the 4th wall is so good cinemawins also did xD
I used to think gremlins 2 was a bad movie because i would compare it to gemlins 1, which i've always thought of as a horror movie. But once i saw them as what they are, dark comedies with a touch of random goofiness (essentially me now), i learned to love then.
Only saw it last year and enjoyed every second of it. Twisted perfection in movie form!
My favourite movie as a kid was obsessed with having a gizmo, I got a plushy in 1995 still have him ❤
Thanks so much for making this video CinemaWins. I did make a request in your past video on Gremlins so I’m glad you flowed up the sequel
Been here since sunshine. Thanks for doing what you do. Best videos for me on here. Looking forward to next year!
Happy Holidays Cinema Wins Guy! Thanks for a great year, very much looking forward to the next one!
When I was a kid, I COULD NOT watch Gremlins. I saw the pods and Stripe and they scared the shit out of me. I saw none of the hijink comedy and only scary little creatures that would leap out of my Christmas tree and eat my face. It made my parents, and particularly my dad, sad because it was one of their favorite movies to watch around Christmas time. His solution was to sit me down and show me Gremlins 2. Because the comedy was much more overt, I enjoyed it way more, and the scary scenes weren't overwhelming. Also I LOVED Gizmo. After that I could watch the first one okay, because even then my kid brain couldn't take the "monsters" seriously anymore.
Thank you for the awesome video and a great year of content! I signed up for Nebula specifically because of you and I hope you never give up and keep giving us your great positivity and insights❤ have a happy and safe New Year and looking forward to seeing you (hearing you 🤔) after your break!
We appreciate your content! Happy new year! 😊🙏
I wanna say I'm a watcher of around 3ish years and this has to be one of my favorites you've ever done Lee. It showed me Gremlins 2 in a new way that my brain never saw. It was honestly my favorite of the two, I'm a sucker for a good sequel, and there's some elements like the satire that just kinda flew over my head when I was a kid. It wasn't till a double feature rewatch that I realized the Abe Lincoln bit was parodying her original dead dad story. Also I thank you for your end of video/year messages I always appreciate them. I hope you and your family have a wonderful New Year and we shall see you in February.
0:17 The adult in me is joking: "Eh... What's up step-duck?"
I appreciate these videos, thank you for your hard work!
Keep up the stellar work my man.
Watched the first Gremlins Win yesterday. I'm so happy you released Gremlins 2 Win today!💚
My day's always made better when I see one of your videos. Keep up the great work! By the way, I'd love to see you do one of these for one of the Studio Ghibli movies.
happy holidays and here's to a better 2024.. I wish the best for you and your family.. these positive videos have been instrumental in keeping my saniuty through a cancer diagnosis and losing a furry baby this year.. i'm fine now, have surgery and treatment all set up but there was that time of not knowing that was horrible.. many blessed returns for the future
Thank you for your positivity and sharing your love of movies!
Glover as the insane billionaire embodies 'enlightened self-interest' in a way that Ayn Rand would hate but is simultaneously the most sincere advocacy of her playground 'philsophy'. Which to me is a big win.
Nah, what you do is shoot the trailer like a straight monster movie, but it immediately smash-cuts to comedy when the gremlins crash the set.
Much love and happy new years to the CinemaWins family
Happy New Year, CinemaWins!!!
Your video was great. Thanks for revisiting the classic 80s stuff.
My fave character is the Brain Gremlin. "Canned goods and shotguns" and the bit about civilization are hysterical.
Let's add two more to the count: First, you pointed out the SWAT Team Leader who showed up in T2, but the Lab Twins(clones?) Martin and Lewis also had a role in T2. One was the mental hospital guard at the coffee machine, and the other was the T-1000 sneaking up behind him after having been the floor. Second, We have a movie in the late 80s featuring an ultra rich NYC developer with a fancy tower, and there's also a character named Marla who by the end of it may be a romantic interest for said developer? That's a little on the nose, mirroring a real life story of marital infidelity that was very contemporary to this film's release.
Great video! Looking forward to more when you return in February.
Hope you and your family are doing great ❤ you make some of my favourite internet content
Can't wait! Enjoy the holidays!
Hope you enjoy your vacation! I’ve seen all your videos and am looking forward to what you have for us in 2024. Might I make a couple suggestions? Friends with Benefits (my favorite rom-com) and/or Revolver (a movie I don’t think a lot of people have seen but it’s incredible). Thanks for bringing positivity to a very negative world!
I love that so many of the Gremlins in this movie in some way reference pop culture characters, original personality Daffy Duck, Goofy, Miss Piggy.
At the time that this movie was released, Christopher Lee was not known as Saruman, but as Dracula.😂
Hence his scene when the Gremlin drinks the bat serum!
The Clamp squashed spinning globe breaks my brain every time I see it.
I LOVE Gremlins 2. It’s so stupid that I can’t help but love it. It’s been saved into my phone and iPad for over a decade! Thank you for this! Yes, he should have been called Goober
Happy holidays, happy new years, blah blah blah, thank you for another year of bringing joy to reviewing movies on KZhead.
I love this channel, and recently saw "Imagine me and you" and I would love it if you did an EGA for that film. It's *cinema.*
Happy holiday, man, see you next year. :D
5:42 Jerry Goldsmith also had a cameo in the first Gremlins, in the same scene as Steven Spielberg (he wore a big cowboy hat in the phone booth behind Billy's father) ^^
Thank you for this channel
The Gremlins 2 novelization lists The OG Mogawi/Gremlins names as Spike, Daffy, George and Lenny. The Brainy Gremlin was called Mr. Glasses.
A few requests for the new year: 1. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) 2. Jurassic Park III (2001) 3. Shrek (2001) 4. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) But I know you will probably get to work on Dead Reckoning: Part 1 or Oppenheimer.
Hey, happy new year!! I have no idea if you take requests from the comments or not, but I'd love to see "everything great about the boy and the world." I love the movie, and I never see anyone talking about it, even though it's awesome.
Hey man, love the content just saying that you should definitely do one on 21 Jump Street
just finished watching the last vid and now this one is up, cool
Thank you for the content
I love this movie. Happy New Year!
my kids, & I LOVE both these movies. Every Christmas we put a Gremlin on our tree😂
I can't think of this movie without also thinking of the Key and Peele skit about it as well, and I am totally fine with that fact.
Love it, and make me apreciate more❤❤❤
Wonderful video and commentary
Got to see this in theaters when it came out. was not what i was expecting, but loved every second of it. and Yes, that film breaking scene got us when it happened. lol The Bat Gremlin is still one my favorite monster designs in anything.
I love this movie brings me back to the good old days every time I watch it absolute classic 👍👍
Smart Gremlin's interview speech about "Civilization" was one of the first scenes I memorized top to bottom. One of my favorite scenes in all cine[BANG!]. Now was that civilized? No. Clearly not. FUN! But in no sense civilized.
Enjoy your break man, you've earned it :)
What a wacky sequel! It's an interesting direction to take after the original, but I absolutely adore it. Joe Dante is an unsung creative genius. I'm also a big fan of The Burbs and Small Soldiers. Happy New Year!
So according to Rick Baker and Dead Meat the goofy one’s name is Daffy, Stripe 2.0 is Mohawk, and the two other ones from Gizmo are named after Lenny and George from Of Mice and Men.
Enjoy the holidays and the time off man. Rest well and say hi to the family
Heeey, sorry to be "that guy", buuuuuut that wasn't a Godzilla movie they were watching. When you said of course the Gremlins would love a Toho film. That was a clip from: the Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. The movie that greatly helped inspire the creation of Godzilla.. love your videos my dude! Also, the Gremlins theme is probably one of my favorite. That, and the score done by Phil Glass (great name) did for Candyman.
You beat me to it, and I had to check you were right about the film helping inspire Godzilla, (yes I'm also one of those individuals), and it originally appeared at one point that they were going to copy the story beat for beat, if Wikipedia is to be trusted. It made sense for WB to use footage, as they are the original owners of The Beast From 20,000 fathoms and therefore the inclusion yjr clip would have cost them virtually nothing.
Happy holidays CinemaWins Clan
15:53 Forget Lionel Luthor, John Glover was already Jason Woodrue in Batman & Robin. (He was also The Riddler in B:TAS, but that's not relevant to this point).