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Oct. 31st, 2015 06:57 pmtraditional halloween rewatch of monster squad: complete. never noticed before but in the early scene where patrick and sean are getting their asses handed to them by the principal, theres a map of england in the backgroumd and you can totally see the isle of man. totally happy now.
cant help thinking van helsings first attempt might have gone better if he hadnt flustered that german peasant by screaming at her when she was trying to read the incantation aloud.
also, can we talk about how fucking unfairly rudy's kills were balanced out compared to the rest of the squad? everyone else kills a straight up monster; rudy has to kill three teenage girls whose only "crime" was getting bitten by dracula, and he shoots wolfman who turns back into a human and thanks him before dying.
that bit at the end with frankenstein shuffling away from the vortex is really hard to watch - its basically a dude with a physical disability trying to outrun a catastrophe, jesus.
I dunno why derek and ej were included in the backslapping celebrations at the end; not only did they hide in a corner shop and lock fat kid out and leave him to die, but after he kills gillman and saves them, they STILL refuse to use his real name and refer to him as fat kid.
I love that eugenes whole attitude was like, oh no, monsters are real... better refer this to the competant authorities. eugene: the gets-shit-done member of the squad.
seans dad is pretty freaking awesome too - shoots out the window of a moving car that hes driving with his non dominant hand at a moving target, and still manages to hit dracula three times. anyone messes, he kicks their ass, indeed.
sweet promo rap at the end, standard for the eighties.
also, I still kind of have a crush on rudy. no shame.
cant help thinking van helsings first attempt might have gone better if he hadnt flustered that german peasant by screaming at her when she was trying to read the incantation aloud.
also, can we talk about how fucking unfairly rudy's kills were balanced out compared to the rest of the squad? everyone else kills a straight up monster; rudy has to kill three teenage girls whose only "crime" was getting bitten by dracula, and he shoots wolfman who turns back into a human and thanks him before dying.
that bit at the end with frankenstein shuffling away from the vortex is really hard to watch - its basically a dude with a physical disability trying to outrun a catastrophe, jesus.
I dunno why derek and ej were included in the backslapping celebrations at the end; not only did they hide in a corner shop and lock fat kid out and leave him to die, but after he kills gillman and saves them, they STILL refuse to use his real name and refer to him as fat kid.
I love that eugenes whole attitude was like, oh no, monsters are real... better refer this to the competant authorities. eugene: the gets-shit-done member of the squad.
seans dad is pretty freaking awesome too - shoots out the window of a moving car that hes driving with his non dominant hand at a moving target, and still manages to hit dracula three times. anyone messes, he kicks their ass, indeed.
sweet promo rap at the end, standard for the eighties.
also, I still kind of have a crush on rudy. no shame.