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Subject: Gremlins comments (slight SPOILER)
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Date: Mon, 21-May-84 16:01:32 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 21 16:01:32 1984
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  1) To those (like me) whose interest was piqued by the newspaper ad
     (cute paws and eyes inside a hand-held box with a caption saying
     "Cute, Clever, Mischievous, Intelligent, Dangerous");

          Although the movie is uneven at points, it certainly fulfills
          the newspaper ad's promise.

  2) To those that saw the TV ad;
       
          You may rest assured that even though the ears of the gremlins
          appear identical to those of Yoda and the "heckler at Jabba the
          Hutt's feet", the faces you see are brand new....(baby Ewoks
          excepted?).

  3) To fans of the Muppet Show;

          Unfortunately, there is at least one scene (the movie house
          scene) in this movie which strongly resembles a standard Muppet 
          scene on the TV show.  Why Dante and Spielberg kept this visual 
          cliche in the movie despite its plot convenience escapes me.

  4) To fans of The Blob (Steve McQueen's first movie);

          I couldn't help but notice a few simularities in plot development
          between the two movies: the ever-increasing menace, the small
          town locale, the unbelieving police... just to name the obvious ones.

  5) To those who like "insider" jokes left by the producer and the director;

          This movie is chockfull of them.  

 6) To fans of Friday the 13th, ad infinatum;

          Please go away. Thank you.   (To the rest of you;  As scary as this
          film occasionally gets, it is by no means a "slasher" film.
          However, the mixture of comedy and horror is EXCELLENT in some
          sequences.  THESE scenes were worth the price of admission.)