# The latest 1980s media property back for the 2020s? Gremlins **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** hbomax-wb-dc, cartoons-animation\ **Created:** [April 13, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-1980s-media-property-back-for-the-2020s-gremlins/982601 "2023-04-13T01:18:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-1980s-media-property-back-for-the-2020s-gremlins/982601/1 "2023-04-13T01:18:07Z")
A trailer for the new animated series. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rCJ8NjUnSk4/maxresdefault.jpg "Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai | Official Teaser | Max") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCJ8NjUnSk4) Mogwai? Mogwai not. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-1980s-media-property-back-for-the-2020s-gremlins/982601/2 "2023-04-13T01:20:58Z")
Note the logo in the upper left corner of that screenshot; it’s for Max, the new name of HBO Max. So like everyone else, the company is trying to exploit any property it owns. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-1980s-media-property-back-for-the-2020s-gremlins/982601/3 "2023-04-13T01:32:47Z")
Daniel Clamp runs for president? ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-1980s-media-property-back-for-the-2020s-gremlins/982601/4 "2023-04-13T10:33:55Z")
With the right rousing musical climax, I’d be happy. Clamp has to be part of the story though - that could just make it. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-1980s-media-property-back-for-the-2020s-gremlins/982601/5 "2023-04-13T10:56:07Z")
It’s probably just me, but the style is odd. In some parts it looks like classic 2D anime, in others like 3D. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-1980s-media-property-back-for-the-2020s-gremlins/982601/6 "2023-04-13T11:34:12Z")
“Listen up! It’s G3 people! This should be a party with pizzas and anchovies! This is why there needs to be a woman in the writers room” (oh that last line slayed me on so many levels: “a” woman, “this” i.e. to put female characters in a movie, and just the acknowledgement that women don’t appear in writers rooms much). ---
**Author:** ![Heracles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heracles/32/487_2.png) [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-1980s-media-property-back-for-the-2020s-gremlins/982601/7 "2023-04-13T12:14:20Z")
Can you please explain where this quote is from? I have no idea. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-1980s-media-property-back-for-the-2020s-gremlins/982601/8 "2023-04-13T12:34:25Z")
Sorry, I can’t embed the video. You tube “Key Peele gremlins” ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-1980s-media-property-back-for-the-2020s-gremlins/982601/9 "2023-06-03T08:31:49Z")
The first four episodes are out. It is okay, I guess. Has some significant weaknesses. I did like that they included another horrific story of holiday parental death in there. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-1980s-media-property-back-for-the-2020s-gremlins/982601/10 "2023-07-10T05:12:56Z")
I haven’t seen this yet, but I know someone who’s seen the full season, and they said it was actually really good. He said the tone is kind of in-between Gremlins and it’s sequel. Being a fan of both films, I’m glad they’ve fleshed out and expanded on Gizmo’s story. He also said that there were other ‘monsters’ that weren’t the gremlins, which interests me. I guess I have to get Max for a month, unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-1980s-media-property-back-for-the-2020s-gremlins/982601/11 "2023-07-10T06:24:51Z")
I’ve watched the first 6 of the 10 episodes of this season. It is pretty okay, but it isn’t remotely similar to either of the movies in tone. It is more like the wild and weird cartoon adaptations of the 1960s/1970s/1980s, like when they made _Happy Days_ into a cartoon but Fonzie was a time-traveller with an anthropomorphic dog. It involves a lot of other magical creatures that may (or may not, I’m not sure) be based on Chinese folklore. It reminds me a bit actually, of the animated _Usagi Yojimbo_ adaptation that is deeply different from _Usagi Yojimbo_ the comic. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-1980s-media-property-back-for-the-2020s-gremlins/982601/12 "2023-07-15T18:30:23Z")
When he said the tone was between Gremlins 1 and 2, I think he meant the comedy/horror ratio, and how absurd it is.