Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Ramblin: An Amblin Podcast

After an extended Christmas break, Ramblin is back, baby! This time we’re joined by Ollie Guthrie (@OGEpisodes), graduate of the Institute of Gremlins 2 Studies, to delve into Joe Dante’s jekakqzzzzz&”&##%*

Your usual episode description writer has been temporarily indisposed as, in my esteemable opinion, ‘Gremlins 2: The New Batch’ requires a level of nuance only attainable by, say, having emerged from a gooey green cocoon. This picture is many things: a furious cry against the machinations of late capitalism; a Trojan horse designed to rip apart a studio release from the inside; and, most importantly, a utopian image of what a complete gremlin civilisation might look like. The Geneva Convention. Chamber music. Susan Sontag. Before we return you to your usual programming, just bear in mind who the real protagonists are.

Yours,

Brain Gremlin

You can find Ollie on Twitter @OGEpisodes and on Letterboxd (Oliver Guthrie) Follow the Institute of Gremlins 2 Studies on Twitter @G2Institute.

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Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter & Greg Sheffield for the theme music.