Kieran Healy2d ago
I just watched Gremlins 2 for the first time since 1990. The entire film is built around a dim, vain, tasteless New York developer named Daniel Clamp, his sprawling Clamp Building and his gimcrack Clamp Empire, which includes TV stations, his inane self-aggrandizing books, and a line of jams and jellies. At the end he falls for a character named Marla. This has been a remark about how the meaning of a work of art is not something fixed or under the control of its creators.
Show threadAsta [AMP]
@kjhealy this post made me realize that

A. there is a gremlins wiki,
B. it is rather thorough,
C. there is a gremlins animated series, and finally,
D. the term "gremlin" is rather modern: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gremlin as in, from the 20th century.
Gremlin - Wikipedia

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Show threadAsta [AMP]2d ago
@kjhealy oh! And I forgot E.

E. one of the gremlin depictions on the wikipedia page has huge The Noid energy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Noid
The Noid - Wikipedia

Show threadAsta [AMP]2d ago
@kjhealy ... I have also learned that Bioshock apparently took a lot of inspiration from Gremlins 2: https://gremlins.fandom.com/wiki/Splice_O%27_Life
Splice O' Life

The Splice O' Life (also called Splice Of Life) was a tenant of the Clamp Center which rented laboratory space on the 51st floor. The reception desk was staffed by Peggy. Several scientists, including Martin, Lewis, Casper and Wally worked in the laboratory under the head scientist Doctor Catheter. The lab performed tests involving various animals, including a rat, an elephant, a Squirrel, a cow and a camel. The scientists spliced together genes of different organisms in a multitude of...

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Show threadLaukidh1d ago
@aud @kjhealy I thought the same thing.
Show threadRoadskater, Ph.D.1d ago
@aud @kjhealy Yes, my first thought was of the Bugs Bunny episode. No surprise that that was derived from earlier material.