Gremlins 3

  • Baihu1983 16 Aug 2017 17:45:37 14,378 posts
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    talk of Gremlins 3 is finally real and original screenwriter Chris Columbus has written a script.
    Columbus says his script returns to the macabre tone of the original film, whose monster murders were so intense that it, along with Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, pressured the MPAA to create the PG-13 rating. Gremlins 2 was rated PG-13
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    Gremlins fans are also worried that a new film would use CGI gremlins in place of the puppets. Columbus assured fans the film would still use puppets, but visual effects could make puppetry easier to achieve than it was in 1984.
    Gremlins 3 is now in development at Warner Brothers.
    http://www.slashfilm.com/gremlins-3-has-been-written/
  • JamboWayOh 16 Aug 2017 17:48:22 25,236 posts
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    Hmmmm not sure how I feel about this, really, really not sure.
  • greg_wha 16 Aug 2017 17:58:26 1,392 posts
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    H1ggyLTD wrote:
    Up for it.
    Seconded.
  • JamboWayOh 16 Aug 2017 17:59:19 25,236 posts
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    Cue the inevitable 'they raped my childhood' douchebags that will soon the flood the Internet. I'm going to sit on the fence with this one. I for one love the original and I think it doesn't get enough love these days and kind of seems partially forgotten. I'm just wary since the unfunniness that was Ghostbusters 3.

    Edited by JamboWayOh at 17:59:59 16-08-2017
  • richarddavies 16 Aug 2017 18:22:22 8,312 posts
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    Starring Melissaa McCarthy.
  • chopsen 16 Aug 2017 18:23:04 21,958 posts
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    JamboWayOh wrote:
    Hmmmm not sure how I feel about this, really, really not sure.
    INot convinced by the second one to be honest. The first is a perfectly good self contained little world of its own.
  • wobbly_Bob 16 Aug 2017 18:24:17 5,162 posts
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    I think with these old movies being such a product of their time they should just be left alone. How are its it that these things go well? That said, I'll go into it with an open mind. Time will tell i guess.
  • Your-Mother 16 Aug 2017 18:48:51 8,172 posts
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    Gremlins 2 was arguably a spoof of the first movie anyway. It was more or less a barrage of fourth-wall breaking moments coupled with whatever random stuff Joe Dante could think of.
  • elstoof 16 Aug 2017 18:49:09 28,125 posts
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    Don't think Claire Danes does much acting now though
  • You-can-call-me-kal 16 Aug 2017 18:58:13 23,013 posts
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    It's not the same thing, but things like Rocky Balboa and Trainspotting 2 show you can do some justice to the originals with late sequels, and add some value to the franchise.

    But that said, there's nothing more that needs to be done with this, other than perhaps clarify exactly when 'after midnight' ends, and what happens when you cross time zones etc.
  • sport 16 Aug 2017 19:03:29 17,064 posts
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    You-can-call-me-kal wrote:
    clarify exactly when 'after midnight' ends, and what happens when you cross time zones etc.
    Gremlins on a plane
  • Lukus 16 Aug 2017 19:09:06 24,639 posts
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    What do Mogwai's drink?
  • Your-Mother 16 Aug 2017 21:24:29 8,172 posts
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    As long as there are no female gremlins eh eh
  • Deleted user 17 August 2017 01:43:10
    JamboWayOh wrote:
    Cue the inevitable 'they raped my childhood' douchebags that will soon the flood the Internet.
    While that sort of whining also drives me up the wall it's difficult to avoid these late sequels and reboots/remakes feeling like nothing but quick and easy cash grabs.

    Entice the older public with nostalgia yet also appeal to a generation that thinks films created pre-2000s are too ancient to be worth watching, all that and not even having to bother producing anything really new or original. What's not to like, right?

    But yeah, wait and see I suppose; some have indeed worked out well.
  • Decks 17 Aug 2017 07:21:23 31,013 posts
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    Hopefully they explore some of the lore with this one. The second was very much a spoof aimed at children but the original was pretty hard scfi. I've been to a number of Gremlins conventions and some of the debates on lore can get pretty intense.

    I'd suggest anyone who thinks the Gremlins is just a kids movie needs to read some of the extended universe stuff. Tim Malcoms "Two Minutes to Midnight" is pretty much my favourite book.
  • DUFFMAN5 17 Aug 2017 07:28:52 26,890 posts
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    Your-Mother wrote:
    As long as there are no female gremlins eh eh
    See Minions.
    On that point and I'm sure very un politicaly correct of me but when I play online with French people (the French love Gears) , I just hear minions now. I know they (yellow dudes) speak minionese but it very obviously is bastardised French.

    ... Comme tu etais
  • Load_2.0 17 Aug 2017 07:29:12 33,582 posts
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    It would be good if it was called Gremlins 3 The Way Back.

    Because I think that is a good name.
  • challenge_hanukkah 17 Aug 2017 08:40:55 14,394 posts
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    Lukus wrote:
    What do Mowgli's drink?
    Golden syrup.
  • caligari 17 Aug 2017 09:48:55 17,956 posts
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    Decks wrote:
    Hopefully they explore some of the lore with this one. The second was very much a spoof aimed at children but the original was pretty hard scfi. I've been to a number of Gremlins conventions and some of the debates on lore can get pretty intense.

    I'd suggest anyone who thinks the Gremlins is just a kids movie needs to read some of the extended universe stuff. Tim Malcoms "Two Minutes to Midnight" is pretty much my favourite book.
    Decks, you absolute bast - I've just spent 10 minutes looking for that book on Amazon.

    Isn't the novelisation actually meant to be pretty funny?

    Ah, here we are: http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/gremlins-novelisation/

    Edited by caligari at 09:50:25 17-08-2017
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