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Gremlins (1984) with Neil from 'We Needed Roads'
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Neil from We Needed Roads Podcast joins Sean to review Gremlins, a quintessentially Christmas film in the middle of the year.
"You'll be unwrapping more than you can imagine this Christmas".
Discussion Points:
-The DVD back cover readthrough returns. It sounds incredibly serial-killery.
-Neil reads his 4K DVD description.
-How badly this film has aged.
-The uninspiring open scene.
-TANGENT: Watching Star Wars and Lord of the Rings films without all of the expectations.
-Neil brings unbelievable trivia for one of his favourite films, whilst Sean brings British Board of Film Classification Board trivia.
-TANGENT: Films which frightened you when you were younger.
-Touch a Mam's cookies and she'll turn into Michael Myers.
Sean has a theory about characters that disappear.
Raised Questions:
-Why did Gremlins (1984) put Sean to sleep?
-Did you expect a comparison between Gremlins (1984) and Silence of the Lambs (1991)?
-Is the first 45 minutes boring?
-Would you have got films like Small Soldiers (1998) without Gremlins?
-Does working on a cruise ship destroy your love of the film Titanic (1997)?
-Would you watch Jaws (1975) in a marina?
-Do time-zones affect Gremlins?
-Can Gremlins drink alcohol on the rocks?
-Who eats Skittles with a sandwich?
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