Gremlins 2: The New Batch - May 8, 2012 Pre-order

[Starpower67]

Originally Posted by greg_achen

Went to Comic Con and they were selling the actual Mohawk mogwai puppet used in the film for around $25,000 I think.

Thats awsome! I am so jelous you were able to go to comic con! Did you go to any panels.

[greg_achen]

Originally Posted by Starpower67

Thats awsome! I am so jelous you were able to go to comic con! Did you go to any panels.

I did! I went to the Once Upon a Time, Futurama, Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad, Vampire Diaries, and True Blood panels. I mainly went for the animated show panels but since they don't clear out the room between panels, I stuck around for the whole thing. It was my first Comic Con and it was so much fun. Now that I've experienced it first hand, next year I am going in with a better strategy to do everything I want to do more efficiently. If only I had money, I could easily blow thousands of dollars on all the cool things there.

[Starpower67]

Originally Posted by greg_achen

I did! I went to the Once Upon a Time, Futurama, Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad, Vampire Diaries, and True Blood panels. I mainly went for the animated show panels but since they don't clear out the room between panels, I stuck around for the whole thing. It was my first Comic Con and it was so much fun. Now that I've experienced it first hand, next year I am going in with a better strategy to do everything I want to do more efficiently. If only I had money, I could easily blow thousands of dollars on all the cool things there.

Yeah, I can only imagine how hard it would be to see all those rare collectibles and try to have some restraint. I love True Blood that is so cool that you were able to go to those panels! I bet it was so crowded! I hope to someday save up enough money to go.

[JaseT]

Best Buy has this for $5.99 right now. Ordered for in-store p/u!

[JaseT]

Had to reorder from BB.com as they didn't actually have any for in-store p/u, despite the website showing that they did.

Also, Amazon just dropped this to $7.98.

[lilboyblu]

$6.99 at Best Buy (and the price follower) right now.

[DawnShadow]

Originally Posted by lilboyblu

Think this is the lowest price that the standalone release has been.

Based on the posts above yours, I doubt that :P

[Jim Pez]

Does this blu ray have the scene with Hulk hogan or the one that was on the vhs.

[MassiveMovieBuff]

Originally Posted by Jim Pez

Does this blu ray have the scene with Hulk hogan or the one that was on the vhs.

Hulk Hogan. I can't recall if the John Wayne scene is on the special features though.

EDIT: Yes the John Wayne scene is on the special features.

[heineken]

Originally Posted by Jim Pez

Does this blu ray have the scene with Hulk hogan or the one that was on the vhs.

Hulk Hogan, unfortunately. But the better version with John Wayne is presented as en extra feature.

[rexcrk]

I do wish there was an option to pick which version you watched. I never saw this in theaters (I was way too young at the time) so to me, the VHS version is the “true” version lol.

I also think it would have been neat if they created a “bad disc” version of that scene for DVD, Blu-ray, etc.

[notops]

Originally Posted by heineken

Hulk Hogan, unfortunately. But the better version with John Wayne is presented as en extra feature.

Hulk Hogan and the great Paul Bartel versus a third-rate John Wayne impersonator? I'll take the far more meta theatrical version anytime.

[MJD64]

I saw GREMLINS 2 opening weekend in 1990 and was initially fooled by that damn clever "projection mishap" scene so I'm certainly glad that's what's been preserved on the Blu. I first owned this title on LaserDisc, so I wasn't even aware of that scene being reconfigured for VHS until years later...though I'm glad it's included among the extras. Just reading about this film has me eager to revisit it; like Spielberg's undervalued 1941, it's an exuberant MAD magazine parody come to life, and I love the infectious go-for-broke energy and madcap spirit of both films.

Not to derail the thread, but I came across both seasons of the 2005-2007 Masters of Horror on Tubi recently and watched the two Joe Dante-directed episodes. "Homecoming" is a terrific anti-war episode done with zombies and I was really surprised by "Screwfly Solution" - it has none of the cheeky tone usually associated with Dante's work and is played for real intensity.

Dante is one of those filmmakers who continues to rise in my estimations; such a wonderfully clever and intelligent director and satirist.

[RCRochester]

Originally Posted by MJD64

I saw GREMLINS 2 opening weekend in 1990 and was initially fooled by that damn clever "projection mishap" scene so I'm certainly glad that's what's been preserved on the Blu. I first owned this title on LaserDisc, so I wasn't even aware of that scene being reconfigured for VHS until years later...though I'm glad it's included among the extras. Just reading about this film has me eager to revisit it; like Spielberg's undervalued 1941, it's an exuberant MAD magazine parody come to life, and I love the infectious go-for-broke energy and madcap spirit of both films.

Not to derail the thread, but I came across both seasons of the 2005-2007 Masters of Horror on Tubi recently and watched the two Joe Dante-directed episodes. "Homecoming" is a terrific anti-war episode done with zombies and I was really surprised by "Screwfly Solution" - it has none of the cheeky tone usually associated with Dante's work and is played for real intensity.

Dante is one of those filmmakers who continues to rise in my estimations; such a wonderfully clever and intelligent director and satirist.

I saw Gremlins 2 on the big screen too and I loved that scene. I remember friends who had only seen it on home video wondering where Hulk Hogan was in the film and I thought they were crazy. When I had the film on VHS I actually waited for a TV broadcast and recorded that scene after the end credits of the film.

[MassiveMovieBuff]

I remember seeing Gremlins 2 in the theatre and it was one of those event film going experiences I'll never forget. It was a huge theatre with a full house and they gave out little Gizmo toys. I remember renting it on VHS when it was a new release and saw the John Wayne scene and remembered not liking it as much as the Hulk Hogan scene.

On a side note, my folks went through some old boxes while getting Christmas decorations down and found a bunch of my old Gremlins 2 toys from when I was a kid. It was a real blast from the past!

[Jay H.]

Happy 30th Anniversary to one of the funniest films I've seen, and my favorite sequel of all-time.

"Check it out one time, won't you?" - Brain Gremlin

[clortho]

Originally Posted by Jay H.

Happy 30th Anniversary to one of the funniest films I've seen, and my favorite sequel of all-time.

"Check it out one time, won't you?" - Brain Gremlin

The city so nice they named it twice!

I’m a product of the ‘80s, so the first Gremlins along with my plush Gizmo are very special to me.

Gremlins 2 is on a completely different plane, though. As nostalgic as I am for the first one, this is one of the few sequels that are truly better. Everything just “works.”

I wore the tape out of the first one we had in the late 80s but I’ve seen this probably 100x more now.

Unfortunately I didn’t get to see it in theaters, but I remember watching it when it premiered on HBO in the summer of 1991.

I can’t believe it’s been 30 years.

[whiteberry]

Gremlins 2 - Leonard Maltin criticizes his last movie - YouTube

[steev210]

Gremlins 2 is a sequel that deserves a 30th Anniversary re-issue on 4K UHD with a new scan!

[R0CK0X]

I just watched the first Gremlins movie last week with my young kids (holy cow did I cough loudly over the "and that's when I found out there was no Santa Claus" line). I'd been thinking about when to show them The New Batch. Guess that tears it. It's gonna be today.

UPDATE: Watched it with the kids and they mostly liked it. I feel like I had to explain far too many jokes to them, though. I still prefer the original, but the sequel is just bonkers so there's nothing wrong with that. Phoebe Cates' bit about Lincoln's birthday always makes me howl. And man, I forgot how bad that John Wayne VHS sequence was. So happy to have the original Hulk Hogan scene in there. Being from Winnipeg, our family had a chuckle at the "Chez Winnipeg" sign from the deleted scenes ("You want another Molson, eh?").