Date watched: 2/24/20
Starring: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, John Glover
Plot: The Gremlins are back, and this time, they’ve taken control of a New York City media mogul’s high-tech skyscraper. (From IMDB)
Quotes:
- The Clamp Chinatown Centre, where business gets Oriented.
- Please be careful in stepping in and out and have a powerful day.
- People who watch TV at 3:30 a.m. Don’t fear the Wolfman. What scares them is getting sober and finding work.
- Sir? This is a Canadian dessert, chocolate moose. Can I cut you an antler? Literally a chocolate moose head
- Centre is experiencing illumination system difficulties. Please try not to notice.
- Elevator, stop. Sound alarm. …. [GREMLINS MIMICKING ALARM]
- The building is on fire. Leave the building. Enact the age-old drama of self-preservation.
- Can the Gremsters stand up to the Hulkster?
- Sir, what happened? — They fought back, that’s what happened…. Things… Stuff….
- None of us has been in New York before. We have to learn how to get tickets for shows. There’s street crime, but we can watch that for free.
- Could I get some help here? I’m trapped in adhesive polymer material…and I’m on deadline!
- What happened to him? — I don’t know. I guess they pushed him too far.
Viewer Quotes:
- Mr Clamps should give him the clamps
- That looks like Ellen DeGeneres when the face lit up
- “Splice o’ Life” is the name of the research department
- More cloning specialists in real life should be twins
- Every time I see this (particular) mogwai I think “Cocaine is a hell of a drug”
- Hey look, it’s /r/WallStreetBets
- Key & Peele – “Grimlins 2” Brainstorm
Things we learned:
- Expose them to bright lights, don’t get them wet, don’t feed them after midnight
- Don’t join corporate America
- Phoebe Cates had a terrible childhood
- If you want to find something weird, you have to go downtown
- I still will never buy a Ferbie because of these movies
Final Take:
Gremlins 2 is not a bad movie