Show notes
((7:10) Steelbook art for Child's Play looks more like it connects to the remake, Poltergeist steelbook dopes you since its the dumb remake, how it matters who created the art, how it changes your perception of the art, like seeing a child grow up, Tony Scott's different artistic periods(10:30) people's derision for remakes of classic films, enjoying horror remakes that are considered only bad because they are remakes, Texas Chainsaw: The Beginnings insider knowledge, love of that film, Did Luc Besson ghost direct Three Days to Kill, Chris Rock doing Saw, was he influenced by Jordan Peele, comparing him to black comedians when he really is similar to George Carlin(15:03) Did Child's Play need to be a direct remake, did it need for the doll to be called Chucky, Khan from rebooted Star Trek 2, Blofield from Spectre, Horrible Bosses 2 will be revisited, Christoph Waltz is a comedic charming Nazi, Buddi Doll wouldn't be bought, what serial killer has a partner, explosion scene in original could have been frightening, Child is a space cadet, voodoo & immortality, Jason goes to Hell is a miss, Carter loves Friday the 13th 3D, Forrest loves Final Chapter, piecemeal the icon features of Jason, Freddy hating Manhattan since its the city that never sleeps, Freddy hating Los Angeles because they would want him to take botox(28:00) Charles Lee Ray's paintings within his apartment, rooting for the serial killer to watch the news, Don Mancini realizing the love for Chucky, Horror movies speed through tense moments for no reason, Crawl did that a few times, not cool seeing a serial killer doll control a car to kill someone, remake exists in a world where only one company exists, feels like it takes place in a child's mind, yet we loved the setting((46:56) Gabriel Bateman is great, can tell from the trailer, Mom gets teenage kid a doll was a smart change, re-telling the scariest scene in original, title almost was "Batteries not included", the movie that launches Colin Trevorrow, Steven Spielberg's farm team of directors, only drafting players by name or looks, our parents marketed us by our names, sealing your kids fate, regrets for naming your kid Daenerys, OJ was the opposite of Me Too, future podcast on Weekend at Bernie's 2, crossover between Bernie & Chucky(58:06) Chucky vs Freddy crossover, forgotten **McCaughnaissance film Bernie, 4 of 5 McCaughnaussance films no one saw yet he was doing such great work so it didn't matter, mad at a movie star for being a movie star, Freddy vs Jason's effective at merging both properties, reason Samuel L. signed onto Snakes on a Plane, studio hating the name & wanting it to be Pacific Airline yada, Child's Play on Elm Street, Or include Berne Child's Weekend on Elm Street, Bernie Sanders vs Freddy Krueger crossover A Nightmare on Wall Street(1:08:20) alterations to the remake, imagining a Chucky doll that looked like Jared Leto in The Outsider, serious pitch for remake takes cues from Pinocchio, leading a pitch meeting with a dumb pitch then following up with your actual pitch, Chucky wanting to be a real boy, watching someone get their achillies tendon cut hurts my achilles, comment on adults holding onto child-like qualities, does children's question of why make them more mature than adults?(1:19:32) person's consciousness transferred into a blown-up sex doll, Basic Instinct with sex robots, reviving erotic thrillers for streaming, Basic Instinct influenced by Michelle Carter trial, is she Cara Delavigne's stunt double?, judges not knowing how the law works, mining more from voodoo dolls, director wants to explore Bear Chucky, sequels forgetting to bring up the fallout from the effects of the original, red eyes meaning Chucky is bad was dumb, fierce eyebrows from original Chucky once he reveals his Brad Dourif voice, Chucky creating deep fake videos to kill people((

