GREMLINS Comments (Contains SPOILER!!) & Questions
Warren Lobel
I have with it though is that ever since Star Wars a lot of the
big budget films from Lucas and/or Spielberg seem to be made with
the thought that lot of money will be made by marketing toys based
on the movie. In this case little MOGWAI dolls.
The two biggest example of this are the EWOK dolls from 'Return
of the Jedi'. (As an aside I saw an interview with Lucas where he
stated that in the original plot for RotJ the inhabitants of the
Endor moon were supposed to be members of Chewbacca's race, i.e.
WOOKIES. Lucas said that the inhabitants were made into EWOKS
because he thought it would be more dramatic to show the little
guys beat on the big, bad empire stormtroopers. However, I wouldn't
be surprised if the actual reason turned out to be that EOWKS are
the more marketable (and cuter) of the two creatures. (I mean how
many little kids would want an 8-foot doll versus how many would want
a 2-foot or smaller doll).
More examples would be E.T. and the numerous 'action figures' from
all three of the 'Star Wars' films.
But I digress.
SPOILER!!!!
An interesting observation is that the GREMLIN that hatched at the school
and killed Mr. Hanson was NEVER destroyed. It escaped when Billy tried
to track it down.
Obviously, it could have joined the others after Stripe spawned the mess
but this was never explained in the movie.
I read the novelization prior to seeing the movie so I knew what was
supposed to happen. That is the 'school' Gremlin was killed by Billy,
but as already stated this did not happen in the movie.
If anybody can explain the on-screen fate of the 'school' gremlin
I would really like to know.
Also, recall that there were five Gremlins in Billy's house four of
which were destroyed (only Stripe escaped). I know that 1 was minced
in the blender, 1 was baked in the microwave and 1 was decapitated
by Billy. But what was the fate of the fourth Gremlin??
If anybody knows the answers to the two questions posed here I would
appreciate it a response via the Net (net.movies) or mail. Thanks
in advance.
(By the way the Gremlins novelization goes into great detail about
the origin and nature of the MOGWAI and is good story to boot!)
-- Warren Lobel
Dave Sherman
I haven't seem GREMLINS yet, but if there was one (or more) that
was "never destroyed", that sounds like a perfect setup for a
sequel...
Dave Sherman
Toronto
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Ron Natalie <ron>
Stuck in Juicer.
Microwaved.
Stabbed by Billy's mother.
Kicked into fireplace by Billy when it was attacking his mother.
-Ron