Strange to think the screenwriter wrote The Crow only three years later. Less strange to think he wrote Texas Chainsaw Massacre III immediately before it.
@@BMoser-bv6kn He did a good job of adapting it with a much more cinematic structure without changing the story too much, which is a skill. O'barr's comic had no real threat to the main characters, it was pure revenge fantasy. I say this as a huge fan of the comic, btw.
@@Geospasmic It’s also hard to know for sure what the film would have looked like had it not been completely rebuilt during shooting because of Brandon Lee dying about as tragically as possible on a film set ⅓ of the way into production. I’d be very curious to read Schow’s original screenplay at some point.
Its prominent placement in both Blockbuster Video and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie led me to believe that the Critters franchise had a greater cultural significance than it actually did.
Having been to Cape Cod once or twice before the turn of the century, the sweater-around-the-neck = rich douchebag thing makes absolute intuitive sense to me.
This gave me an idea for a horror movie that has a subplot in the background of a curse that is slowly making the world cheap simplistic and tired. Then each sequel that is cheap simplistic and tired fits the overall theme and it becomes existential horror with wet puppets
Wait... it's spelled "Bobby Duke"? I've always spelled it "Dook" in my head. I guess Canadians and Americans pronounce those the same. I didn't realise he was a duke, that's new info. Okay, he's a duke, bye.
You see, rich snobs are lacking in body heat conservation in their shoulders because their huge amounts of money pulls on their clothing via the pockets And the shoulders, being the point of most stress due to being where the clothes loop over and having to bear the tension of the weight are then pulled against the skin keeping it from doing its job of retaining body heat, hence the sweater..... this joke wasn't worth it.
No one used it but the communal laundry shoot was a thing in an apartment I had in Buffalo, NY. In my case it was a huge house that had since been split into apartments. At one point Mom (or more likely, from the size of the house, the people they hired to do stuff like laundry) had everyone throw it in there to be sorted and washed.
It suddenly occurs to me that these videos are like the story "The Whipping Boy". I loved the first two "Critters" movies but never watched any of the others because I had heard how miserable they were. We want to watch but won't sully our eyes with this cinematic glaucoma, so we have Matt do it for us. Taking the hit so we can get our enjoyment from the franchise without the pain. Not sure how I feel about that. Maybe if more people became Patreon subscribers it wouldn't feel so dirty.
i dunno i think there's a pretty significant difference between watching a bad movie and talking/joking about it and enduring physical pain. if he was significantly hurt by watching the rest of the series i don't think anyone would be THAT upset if he cut it short. i do think matt has a choice in what he produces (even if capitalism requires he produce something to earn money), so i think this is a reasonably consensual/ethical thing to do
I feel obligated to point out that a lot of people in our world DON'T seem to know that, Matt. So if every film wants to remind people that it's bad, even in the most basic, thoughtless, milquetoast way, I'm fine with it.
The house I grew up in had a laundry chute. Went from the basement to the first floor bathroom. We used to climb up it when my parents weren’t home and my brother once used it to escape when we locked him in the basement. Useful, that.
Not only are laundry chutes a thing, they'd probably have a trash chute off a fire escape or hallway window, which can legit kill anyone messing around with the dumpsters below.
No, Bobby Duke has to stay, he's the personification of your fear of a soulless, evil overlord manager that exploits your incredible talent for profit.
This is why we need a crossover by the stars of both channels! Bobby Dook & Grumbletum! Just make sure you've got some marijuana edibles handy before you start writing the script.
laundry chutes are a thing, for sure. Had one in our old house, it was nice. you toss all the laundry down there from the 2nd floor and collect it when you are ready to do laundry. Though in retrospect i suppose the wet towels had massive capacity for gross. This was however in a house, not an apartment. So mom did the laundry and it was all our families anyway. (had this when i was too young to do laundry)
You may have done a math wrong when figuring that Aimee Brooks (Annie) is 19 and DiCaprio pre-pubescent here. The two actors were born 8 days apart and both would probably have been 16 when shooting this...possibly 15 depending on the turnaround time.
I had a marijuana edible a week ago. I didn't think up any Babadooks, but I did have a bunch of '80s power ballads which don't exist outside my imagination play through my head.
My favorite joke in this movie is when some people ask Frank "could you give us some help with this?" And he goes "no *snickers*" Move aside, Mark Twain, we got a new comedy king in town
Yep. Our house has a laundry shoot which the home inspector helpfully pointed out is illegal because, should a fire break out in the basement, it now has an express elevator to the top floor of our house where we, you know, sleep. We should probably do something about that?
The ONLY building i have ever been in that had a laundry chute like that required you to bag your laundry. So, like, you dropped the bag and it fell into an open spot and you just came down to get your bag.
Also wow, it wasn't until I saw the Critters spin-dash up the laundry chute and hit the flap that I realized ~I've actually seen this movie before~. I absolutely don't remember watching it, but I did. Wow.
@@iheartjackieyes It happened with that Shyamalan Devil Elevator movie, too. I watched it a couple years ago, and it was like halfway through I realized "Wait, I saw this when it came out. Wow."
The seamless way Lin Shaye just kind of took over for Frances Bay in horror films as "the grandma" to the point where I literally would have sworn Lin Shaye was in Critters 3 is so impressive.
1. Have you considered doing the Sleepaway Camp movies? 2 and 3 were shot back to back too. 2. More importantly is this the first time we’ve seen Matt and Bobby in the same room? So they are different people!
Also watched Inside this weekend. fascinating, funny, depressing stuff. I think at some point the critters go into space, which seems like it should have happened sooner. that last sentence didn't have anything to do with the prior sentence, but i think it will the more of these you watch.
Hang on.. I've watched this video MANY times (you're my comfort listen during stress at work, Mildred) and I just realized. ONE discrete critter eats beans. ONE discrete critter drinks dishsoap. If one Critter ate beans AND drank dishsoap, said Crotter could have FARTED BUBBLES THAT STANK WHEN THEY POPPED. That could have been used to so much comedic effect, and even to a plot thing, where an unsuspecting person suddenly sees a bubble float by. they look down and see kids playing on the sidewalk below. perhaps the bubble is innocent. The bubble wafts lazily through the heat of a city afternoon, nearly alights on the character's flowerpot that is perched on the fire escape. it wavers a moment, then hits a leaf tip and pops, releasing the stink of beans and Critter. the Character realizes another bubble floats into their view, FROM THE FIRE ESCAPE ABOVE THEM! AAAGH! AAAGH! I took two thirds of one screenwriting class in college, Critters 3. Do better.
Critters 3 and 4 being filmed at the same time is a formulaic prequel to Fear Street. Netflix before Netflix. Critters 1 scared me as a kid. I was dumb.
3:25 That is not a real sheriff badge but a decorative memento of his adventures. The real sheriff does their job, Charlie does whatever Charlie does. He gets cats out of trees, goes litter picking, delivers Granny Smith's medicine etc... He serves the town doing odd jobs. However this is all a coverup for his critter hunting duties. (Critters in a tree, nope. Critters in the trash, nope. Critters in the pharmacy, nope.) After the incident where he was a weirdo giving out crystals to children, he was banished from the town for a bit. Which is why he is in New York. This is my head- cannon and makes more sense then him just becoming a real sheriff. (I thought about this way to much.)
Yes, SlimeyMatt. We DID kill art. But Bobby Duke will save us.
Indeed he will
Aaaaaah! Bobby Duke needs a Bonny Duke or a Bobby Duchess!
@@MadigeMade1 Scaredy Matt is a creation of LORD OCCULON PRAISE BE HIS NAME. Made in order to spread the eyeballs through terror
All hail Bobby Duke
Bobby Duke reminding me he was created after some marijuana edibles will never not be funny to me.
'Eatin Beans & Drinkin Dishsoap' is the title of a killer blues album.
or the title of my autobiography
Strange to think the screenwriter wrote The Crow only three years later. Less strange to think he wrote Texas Chainsaw Massacre III immediately before it.
Eh, The Crow is a comic book so it's more of a copypasta? And there was some other dude?
Let's give all the credit for that one to James.
TCM III was… not good, but it’s a good bad movie. It’s fun, but it’s also shit.
@@BMoser-bv6kn He did a good job of adapting it with a much more cinematic structure without changing the story too much, which is a skill. O'barr's comic had no real threat to the main characters, it was pure revenge fantasy. I say this as a huge fan of the comic, btw.
@@Geospasmic It’s also hard to know for sure what the film would have looked like had it not been completely rebuilt during shooting because of Brandon Lee dying about as tragically as possible on a film set ⅓ of the way into production. I’d be very curious to read Schow’s original screenplay at some point.
The deadpan on the “and Critters 3” was fucking hilarious!
Its prominent placement in both Blockbuster Video and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie led me to believe that the Critters franchise had a greater cultural significance than it actually did.
It's also in one of the batman movies on the theater where Martha and Thomas Wayne get shot
Laundry chutes do exist like that. You're supposed to put the laundry in a bag, though.
This was merely an appetizer. Critters 4 is where shit gets weird.
If you've seen Alien, shit gets downright familiar
6:47 I think you mean "There's a lot to CRITTERcize about this movie?"
Having been to Cape Cod once or twice before the turn of the century, the sweater-around-the-neck = rich douchebag thing makes absolute intuitive sense to me.
When you mentioned that you're only halfway through the series I let out an audible "oh god" of bemused horror. Stay strong.
“An almost offensive New York accent” Bobby duke appears
This gave me an idea for a horror movie that has a subplot in the background of a curse that is slowly making the world cheap simplistic and tired. Then each sequel that is cheap simplistic and tired fits the overall theme and it becomes existential horror with wet puppets
I burst out laughing at Bobby Duke's appearance. Still funny and I'm not even high. Bobby Duke forever.
Wait... it's spelled "Bobby Duke"? I've always spelled it "Dook" in my head. I guess Canadians and Americans pronounce those the same. I didn't realise he was a duke, that's new info.
Okay, he's a duke, bye.
That's the smoothest integration of Bobby Duke yet!
Bobby Duke is a national treasure. I would not like to be friends with anybody offended by his luscious accent.
You see, rich snobs are lacking in body heat conservation in their shoulders because their huge amounts of money pulls on their clothing via the pockets And the shoulders, being the point of most stress due to being where the clothes loop over and having to bear the tension of the weight are then pulled against the skin keeping it from doing its job of retaining body heat, hence the sweater..... this joke wasn't worth it.
nah, I'm glad you took the time to type it out
i make jokes like this, i feel ya
I’m just high enough for this to make me cry laughing
The lack of Elwes killed the planned Critters in Tights crossover, unfortunately.
Or the Critters of Unusual Size.
No one used it but the communal laundry shoot was a thing in an apartment I had in Buffalo, NY. In my case it was a huge house that had since been split into apartments. At one point Mom (or more likely, from the size of the house, the people they hired to do stuff like laundry) had everyone throw it in there to be sorted and washed.
*'Chute', not 'shoot'.
It suddenly occurs to me that these videos are like the story "The Whipping Boy". I loved the first two "Critters" movies but never watched any of the others because I had heard how miserable they were. We want to watch but won't sully our eyes with this cinematic glaucoma, so we have Matt do it for us. Taking the hit so we can get our enjoyment from the franchise without the pain. Not sure how I feel about that. Maybe if more people became Patreon subscribers it wouldn't feel so dirty.
i dunno i think there's a pretty significant difference between watching a bad movie and talking/joking about it and enduring physical pain. if he was significantly hurt by watching the rest of the series i don't think anyone would be THAT upset if he cut it short. i do think matt has a choice in what he produces (even if capitalism requires he produce something to earn money), so i think this is a reasonably consensual/ethical thing to do
@@natwilson9338 i think he made a joke.
I feel obligated to point out that a lot of people in our world DON'T seem to know that, Matt. So if every film wants to remind people that it's bad, even in the most basic, thoughtless, milquetoast way, I'm fine with it.
Heavy Ripley at the end of Aliens vibe what with the lady in the tank top with the blazing red flare.
every time mildred wears the haunted doll watch shirt my heart grows three sizes
Slime Burnham, the collab / power couple this world needs.
Tfw this was and still kinda is your favorite Critters movie, and now you have to sit and feel embarrassed.
The house I grew up in had a laundry chute. Went from the basement to the first floor bathroom. We used to climb up it when my parents weren’t home and my brother once used it to escape when we locked him in the basement. Useful, that.
Not only are laundry chutes a thing, they'd probably have a trash chute off a fire escape or hallway window, which can legit kill anyone messing around with the dumpsters below.
Amazing critter-cism as always
Critters 3: Actually, we did give you a bum steer.
That is not dead which late capitalism buries and hides, and with strange aeons in your head, new art will arise.
No, Bobby Duke has to stay, he's the personification of your fear of a soulless, evil overlord manager that exploits your incredible talent for profit.
Every attempt to make Bobby Duke seem terrible only makes me love him more.
This is why we need a crossover by the stars of both channels! Bobby Dook & Grumbletum! Just make sure you've got some marijuana edibles handy before you start writing the script.
Thanks for the mention of Inside, it is profound and moving and I’ll probably watch it a third time before I watch Critters 3.
I may never watch it again - it was INTENSE.
The funny sound effect hit me like a torpedo.
I had to remind myself to breathe.
I am so very enjoying your Crit-takes
laundry chutes are a thing, for sure. Had one in our old house, it was nice. you toss all the laundry down there from the 2nd floor and collect it when you are ready to do laundry.
Though in retrospect i suppose the wet towels had massive capacity for gross. This was however in a house, not an apartment. So mom did the laundry and it was all our families anyway. (had this when i was too young to do laundry)
That intro was gold. Subbed.
You may have done a math wrong when figuring that Aimee Brooks (Annie) is 19 and DiCaprio pre-pubescent here. The two actors were born 8 days apart and both would probably have been 16 when shooting this...possibly 15 depending on the turnaround time.
I was going to say...she doesn't look 19 to me?
Di Caprio has *never* looked like an adult.
@@featherelfstrom8405 dumb comment.
The breakout star of the channel popped up earlier than expected
Watching all these critter videos in a row super high is the optimal viewing experience 👌👍😀😎😄👏
The intro of this video was quite a ride to watch on acid, I think the maws of the capitalist void drank my soul dry.
I had a marijuana edible a week ago. I didn't think up any Babadooks, but I did have a bunch of '80s power ballads which don't exist outside my imagination play through my head.
Critters 3 was the first of the series I saw and it did inspire me to go watch the other ones to be fair to it.
My favorite joke in this movie is when some people ask Frank "could you give us some help with this?" And he goes "no *snickers*" Move aside, Mark Twain, we got a new comedy king in town
These videos always make me remember the disaster that was, Leprechaun 4: In Space.
Hey,m I like your Babadook lampshade.
5:01 "Where are the Critters in this Critters film!?" pops in my head way too often.
This is the first Critters film I saw. I still love it. It's fun. Grow a soul.
The evil landlord looks a bit like someone shoved John Waters and J.K. Simmons' J. Jonah Jameson into the teleporter from The Fly.
I can see why Leo was embarrassed to have been in this movie and doesn’t want it brought it up
Yep. Our house has a laundry shoot which the home inspector helpfully pointed out is illegal because, should a fire break out in the basement, it now has an express elevator to the top floor of our house where we, you know, sleep. We should probably do something about that?
*'Chute', not 'shoot'.
The ONLY building i have ever been in that had a laundry chute like that required you to bag your laundry. So, like, you dropped the bag and it fell into an open spot and you just came down to get your bag.
Also wow, it wasn't until I saw the Critters spin-dash up the laundry chute and hit the flap that I realized ~I've actually seen this movie before~. I absolutely don't remember watching it, but I did. Wow.
you know a movie is good when you forget you ever watched it
@@iheartjackieyes It happened with that Shyamalan Devil Elevator movie, too. I watched it a couple years ago, and it was like halfway through I realized "Wait, I saw this when it came out. Wow."
@@toppersundquist my movie i forget i've watch is ghostrider. i saw it for the first time twice before finally remembering in my 3rd try
Probably the best Bobby Duke-video of all time.
The seamless way Lin Shaye just kind of took over for Frances Bay in horror films as "the grandma" to the point where I literally would have sworn Lin Shaye was in Critters 3 is so impressive.
Haunted Doll Watch Shirt!💖🙌
And yet it's still infinitely better than "Critters Attack"...
The star of the channel made an appearance. This pleases me. You may still exist human :D
That maintenance guy is a walking fair housing violation.
Um. Is the love for Bobby Duke getting to Matt?
He's a metaphor for grief. And is a treasure.
@@AtomicBananaPress I think he's a metaphor for marijuana edibles.
@@AtomicBananaPress i still do not understand the grief thing.
oh god I only just now remembered that Critters 4 exists. that's going to be a heck of a video.
Very much hoping we get similar treatments for the Gremlins and
Tremors series of films. Love these series breakdowns.
If Bobby Duke is the star of the channel does that make you the moon?
The Critters being able to spin dash is a big, giant Divoff.
1. Have you considered doing the Sleepaway Camp movies? 2 and 3 were shot back to back too.
2. More importantly is this the first time we’ve seen Matt and Bobby in the same room? So they are different people!
I watched this 1st thing upon waking n laughed and laughed. What a positive way to start the day. You’re right, TS/Matt. Comedy is ur calling
I want to make a channel entirely dedicated to answering Mildred's "is this a thing?" questions with "sadly, yes."
new bo burnham special is pretty darn good
Fredo-fobia, you hate to see it
laundry chutes are indeed a real thing apartment buildings particularly older ones.
It's all downhill from here. Rest In Peace.
My childhood was the Critters and similar f-tier "horror" franchises.
Also watched Inside this weekend. fascinating, funny, depressing stuff. I think at some point the critters go into space, which seems like it should have happened sooner. that last sentence didn't have anything to do with the prior sentence, but i think it will the more of these you watch.
"Just carry your fucking laundry to the laundry room" You make it sound so easy.
Never gets old.
There is much to Critter-size in this move.
You're welcome.
Bobby Duke is and always will be the star of the show
Hang on.. I've watched this video MANY times (you're my comfort listen during stress at work, Mildred) and I just realized.
ONE discrete critter eats beans.
ONE discrete critter drinks dishsoap.
If one Critter ate beans AND drank dishsoap, said Crotter could have FARTED BUBBLES THAT STANK WHEN THEY POPPED.
That could have been used to so much comedic effect, and even to a plot thing, where an unsuspecting person suddenly sees a bubble float by. they look down and see kids playing on the sidewalk below. perhaps the bubble is innocent.
The bubble wafts lazily through the heat of a city afternoon, nearly alights on the character's flowerpot that is perched on the fire escape. it wavers a moment, then hits a leaf tip and pops, releasing the stink of beans and Critter. the Character realizes another bubble floats into their view, FROM THE FIRE ESCAPE ABOVE THEM! AAAGH! AAAGH!
I took two thirds of one screenwriting class in college, Critters 3. Do better.
Watching the new Scaredy Cats, eatin beans and drinking dish soap.
Eating beans and drinking dish soap, otherwise known as Tuesday night's dinner menu.
Critters 3 and 4 being filmed at the same time is a formulaic prequel to Fear Street. Netflix before Netflix. Critters 1 scared me as a kid. I was dumb.
I'm sorry you've done this to yourself. Just wait until you get to Critters Attack!
long live the new art
I’m happy that (at time of this comment) this video has zero dislikes. I think everyone should like Scaredy Matt. :)
Tell us how you really feel, Matt. 🙃
I love your work, I like how you feel about things. 🤗
3:25 That is not a real sheriff badge but a decorative memento of his adventures. The real sheriff does their job, Charlie does whatever Charlie does. He gets cats out of trees, goes litter picking, delivers Granny Smith's medicine etc... He serves the town doing odd jobs. However this is all a coverup for his critter hunting duties. (Critters in a tree, nope. Critters in the trash, nope. Critters in the pharmacy, nope.) After the incident where he was a weirdo giving out crystals to children, he was banished from the town for a bit. Which is why he is in New York.
This is my head- cannon and makes more sense then him just becoming a real sheriff.
(I thought about this way to much.)
Oh god Matt's gonna watch critters 5
As far as I know those “laundry shoots” are usually Trash shoots that go straight into a dumpster in the basement
Pot committed baby
If you think 3 is boring, 4 in space is slow as molasses. Oh, my god.
Cliff's wife jumped on the tracks to welcome him home! Oh, SHIT! Oops. Poor wife. Poor Cliff.
Bwahaha I'm early and there's nothing you can do about it.
I believe that you are supposed to drop laundry down the laundry shoot in a bag, similar to a garbage shoot.
Well crap, now I guess I gotta watch Critters 4 so I'll have seen it in time for your review. I hope the 5th/final one is good
Dante's Inferno but each layer is a Critters sequel
I thought we were in the eyeball zone in the intro, spooky
"borderline offensive to Italian people" epic haha
Just wait until you have to force yourself through Critters 4
"Just eating beans and drinking dish soap."
Me: Did I leave my webcam on again?