The Gremlins Get Sucked Into the World of Advertising
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It's been eightteen years since we got The New Batch of gremlins, and twenty-four since they popped on the screen in the first place. Now, for some reason, BT Business decided to revive the little critters and let them wreak havoc on an office and Dragon Den's Peter Jones. Nothing is sacred! This comes right on the heels of this Meat Loaf-ized ad.
Eh, at least it isn't trying to pull up memories of Labyrinth. My god, if the commercial gods somehow convince David Bowie to portray Jareth once again ... for a commercial, I'll just cry -- and not, in any way, out of happiness.
Of course, this new commercial is already brewing thoughts of sequels, and considering the fact that The Lost Boys just headed into that territory, I wouldn't be surprised if we soon got some news on a Gremlins Part 3. (Just stay away from Joe Dante's Innerspace, people!)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
5-01-2008 @ 2:45PM
Mr. R said...
I would have liked to see a prequel set during World War 2 and how Mogwai gets to be in that second hand store. Nice add, those things will always be funny.
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5-01-2008 @ 3:03PM
Ronan said...
The first movie was a parody of a monster movie, the second was a parody of the first, I just hope a third one would not follow that rule.
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5-01-2008 @ 3:39PM
Matty said...
Didn't whining about "selling out" become passé years ago? Bands do it all the time. I really don't see anything wrong with it. The Gremlins weren't exactly some great artistic vision. The original movie was a popular mainstream comedy with darkly comic undertones. I'm just happy to see more Gremlins. Advertising isn't a bad medium for them by any means.
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5-01-2008 @ 5:15PM
Midnight13 said...
The original is a X-Mas classic, the sequel was a travasty.
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5-01-2008 @ 9:24PM
Christopher said...
ROFL!!!!! Great Commercial!
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5-02-2008 @ 1:51PM
AJ Wiley said...
I. Love. The. Gremlins.
The original has always been one of my favorites, and I think the sequel is vastly underrated and hugely entertaining. I've been waiting years to see more of these guys, and I must say, I'm pretty psyched.
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