FIRST TIME WATCHING: M3GAN
Added 2024-05-24 13:00:11 +0000 UTCHappy Feature Friday Folks!
It's time for M3GAN! This one was definitely interesting and I enjoyed it for what it was. Hope you'll have fun watching it with me. I watched the unrated version on Peacock, for those who are curious.
Apologies about the lack of intro/outro with this one. Was planning to edit it, but ran out of time due to some travel issues that popped up.
As always, thank you for your support here on Patreon. Until the next one, take care and stay golden :)
LINK: https://youtu.be/3AVprpQS1N0
Original Movie: M3GAN
Comments
Yeah, since Natalie admitted she chose to watch M3GAN kinda randomly, I'm hoping she'll choose to watch Smile just 'cuz, because it's too new to win a scary movie poll if it's up against horror classics.
Rod Reavern
2024-05-27 19:32:04 +0000 UTCYes! Iβve recommended Smile a couple of times. Iβd love her reaction to a more physiological horror.
Katherine Long
2024-05-27 17:43:58 +0000 UTCThat's true. These types of "horror" movies always seem to take place in worlds where Isaac Asimov and movies like Terminator and Child's Play never existed, which is why they make such OBVIOUS dumb mistakes, like over-building the creepy robot so it's stronger and faster than it rationally needs to be for a child's toy. The movie even acknowledged that Gemma used an AI she barely understood, so it made sense that M3GAN went rogue and could lie and corrupt her video recordings. However, the lack of physical fail-safes or a "kill switch" command were glaring design flaws, especially for a prototype. A simple and universal fail-safe for ALL robots would be if they detect a human scream over 90 dB, the robot instantly shuts down. And not a self-shutdown like M3GAN was faking; a physical switch or circuit breaker is flipped inside the robot. I understand the "So the movie can happen" excuse, but a smart screenwriter would include pop culture references to killer robot movies, and explain the robot's safety measures, and then depict the rogue robot overcoming those obstacles, thereby demonstrating how smart and resourceful it is, enhancing its threat level. Regardless, M3GAN was a fun "scary" movie and I hope the sequel in 2025 will be even better!
Rod Reavern
2024-05-26 20:17:24 +0000 UTCI have seen all of the Evil Dead movies including Rise because everyone keeps praising them and I haven't enjoyed a single one of them unfortunately
Danishprince
2024-05-26 19:48:52 +0000 UTCI suggested Evil Dead: Rise too. It's not as scary or gross as Evil Dead (2013), which Natalie could NOT handle, but it was a novel concept transplanting the classic Evil Dead setup to an apartment building. And Alyssa Sutherland was sensational in the movie! I'm a huge fan of John Carpenter's Apocalypse Trilogy, but I'm more interested in Natalie watching In The Mouth of Madness (1994); the third movie in Carpenter's unofficial trilogy. In the Mouth of Madness is special to me because it was filmed in and around Toronto, Ontario, where I grew up. I visited the creepy black church as a kid years before the movie was filmed, and I work a couple of blocks from the locations where the coffee shop and publishing house scenes were filmed. In the Mouth of Madness admittedly has some (deliberately) "campy" acting but Natalie seemed to enjoy that in M3GAN. I'm certain she'd appreciate the thematic and technical aspects of John Carpenter's last great film. Also, Natalie's in film casting and FUN FACT: In the Mouth of Madness was the first movie Hayden Christiansen was cast in.
Rod Reavern
2024-05-26 19:38:32 +0000 UTCDP - I totally understand your position, and it is valid. Splatterstick is not for everyone. However - I think Evil Dead: Rise takes a bit of a departure from a lot of that and is a lot scarier and less campy than the other Evil Dead movies. Watch like, 1/2 of it and see if you change your opinion. I genuinely would care to see what you think.
Mastervodo
2024-05-26 17:39:16 +0000 UTCPlease no more Evil Dead movies.. I swear I gotta be one of the few people that just hate that franchise :D I constantly see praise and love for them but imo they are boring, extremely poorly made, not even close to scary and not even "so campy it's fun" either :D
Danishprince
2024-05-26 16:53:31 +0000 UTCThis movie is an off-the-wall, irreverent, and on-target sci-fi slasher-satire
Alvin Everett
2024-05-26 07:32:34 +0000 UTCM3GAN was one of the few horror movies released in January that was not only good and worth watching in theatre, but was actually great! I'm looking forward to the sequel in 2025. Now that Natalie has watched a modern "scary" movie, I highly recommend Smile (2022) and Evil Dead Rise (2023).
Rod Reavern
2024-05-26 05:03:26 +0000 UTCI'm down for those two!
Logan Kerlee
2024-05-25 18:51:30 +0000 UTCM3GAN has "resting murderous android face".
Keith Jacobsen
2024-05-25 13:12:29 +0000 UTCI liked this more than I thought I would. It was predictable but in a good way, if that makes sense. A lot of stupid choices were made by the main human characters, but I guess that was, in the words of the great Ryan George, "So The Movie Could Happenβ’."
Troy B.
2024-05-25 02:18:55 +0000 UTCHad never seen this before. Pretty fun. Campy but clearly intentionally so. I didnβt notice until the end that it was produced by James Wan, which makes sense, as he embraces camp in some of his own films like Malignant.
Razor Bikini
2024-05-25 02:02:41 +0000 UTCThat was better than I thought it would be! But, like Nat, wasn't scared at any point. This should bring us to a discussion on what movies we should be thinking about for Natmare season 2024. Because 2023 was WEAK! Not scary at all! I feel we all owe it to Nat to up our game when it comes to the horror movies this year. I mean, if you can't scare the pants off of your favorite youtube reactor - what's the point? First one I want to put out there is Evil Dead: Rise. And 2nd is the second film in John Carpenter's Apocalypse trilogy: Prince of Darkness.
Mastervodo
2024-05-25 00:46:58 +0000 UTCYou're barely watching this now?
Don Mayhem
2024-05-24 23:47:43 +0000 UTCMovies with killer dolls are always gonna be somewhat campy :D Hopefully next Natmares will be themed around them!
Danishprince
2024-05-24 19:24:26 +0000 UTCI see it now lol I was just excited she was watching it
Joseph salazar
2024-05-24 18:03:01 +0000 UTCIt literally says so in the description ;)
Danishprince
2024-05-24 17:39:03 +0000 UTCI gotta check this out hope it was the unrated version
Joseph salazar
2024-05-24 16:20:19 +0000 UTCOne thing to remember when thinking about the choices that Gemma makes is that she kinda sucks as a person and is totally self-absorbed lol. It's a story of her growth as well.
Andy
2024-05-24 15:57:50 +0000 UTCThis movie is nuts I love it
JD Sharpe
2024-05-24 15:06:33 +0000 UTCBig fan of this one
Kelvin
2024-05-24 14:37:54 +0000 UTCIt's silly and campy as heck, but it's so much fun lool. Love this movie, M3gan is an icon haha
Andy
2024-05-24 14:22:06 +0000 UTCHi Nat, I think I'm looking forward to this one π¬π§. Hope you have all settled into you new location without any issues.. As always thanks for the great content..
Baggie Mark
2024-05-24 13:21:30 +0000 UTCHappy Feature Friday Nat. Saw this when it came out a few years back, and thought it was pretty good, although the trailer did give away waaaay too much of the movie so I found it a little predictable. Look forward to seeing what you made of it π This was a really fun reaction Nat. I look forward to watching your outro. Some of the performances are kind of weird, but I suppose they fit into the world of this movie. Megan 2.0 is released at the start of next year, so there's more to come. Thanks for a fun video today Nat, and for all your great work this week. Have a brilliant weekend π
Darryl Low
2024-05-24 13:03:02 +0000 UTC
