And now, see a few words before the movie when introduced, Will from Chapel Trappas. Give it up for Will.

Thank you very much.

Thank you, LA, for coming out to CS tonight. Thank you to the Egyptian theater for hosting us.

Thank you for to Josh Olson for making this possible.

And thank you most of all to Joe Dante for being our guest of honor after the movie this evening.

Just a quick bit of breaking news from back on the East Coast.

Fans of the show might be interested to learn that just moments ago,

Virgil has gotten himself kicked out of the Pod Save America live show.

I don't know how he managed to do that. Usually he's very demure.

But you can check out his timeline for updates.

But we are not here for Virgil tonight. We are here for Gremlins 2, a modern masterpiece.

It is our distinct pleasure and honor to present this movie for you tonight and then to have a discussion after about it.

Gremlins 2 has been described as an anti-sequel.

A movie that satirizes the very idea of sequels attacking not only the original,

but the very idea of movies themselves.

A live action, Looney Tunes episode that is also a mad cap,

metatextual narrative about how corporations are destroying humanity.

This is the textbook example of a movie that is way ahead of its time

and one whose vision only becomes sharper as time passes on in our world gets even more absurd and gremlified, if you will.

As Amber told me last night, well, we live in a society.

So without further ado, once again, thank you so much for joining us tonight.

Please stick around after for our conversation with Joe Dante.

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