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The Hello, Sidney Podcast

Episode 172: Ringu (1998) vs. The Ring (2002)

The Hello, Sidney Podcast

Sidney

Tv & Film

4.91.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2026

⏱️ 149 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Sidney breaks down the original Japanese film Ringu (1998) as well as its American remake that kicked off the demand for more Asian horror film remakes, The Ring (2002).

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello? Hello, Sydney. What is up, you spooky bitches? We are back with another episode of the Hello Sydney podcast here, a podcast for horror lovers where we discuss any and all things horror, it's me your girl sydney happy wednesday

0:22.2

happy march happy nice weather today is the first day that it has been above 50 degrees here i've been

0:29.5

outside in a t-shirt i am living the life life is worth living wow what a time next week by this time

0:37.1

next week actually no no, literally Wednesday.

0:39.2

I'm filming this. I'm starting to film this on Sunday. By Wednesday, I will be an 85 degree weather

0:44.4

in Texas in Austin for South by Southwest. So looking forward to that. Oh, there's so many movies

0:50.8

that I'm excited to see. I am so excited for Ready or Not Too. The fact that I was on that set and I get to see that come to life is just the coolest thing to me. I'm so excited. I'm so excited for Hocum, Leviticus, Forbidden Fruits, this movie American Doll House, so many. I actually just put up a video on TikTok about all my most anticipated movies that I'll be seeing. I'm just so

1:11.3

excited. I can't wait. I love festival season. I love South by Southwest. I love seeing my friends.

1:16.6

I love watching movies in the cinema. Suddenly it's warm and again, literally life is worth living.

1:22.3

Depression melts right away. This last week, I saw the bride. I fucking loved the bride. Okay. I, the bride was so good,

1:30.8

I thought. And the Jesse Buckley in The Bride was so good. It has me wanting her to win the Oscar for Hamnet.

1:39.2

And I hadn't even seen Hamnet, but I came home and bought Hamnet to watch it because I had to see.

1:46.0

I'm like, if this is what she's doing in a horror movie, what is she doing in her Oscar

1:50.2

nominated performance? And oh my God, I think I sat there in silence after those credits rolled for

1:57.9

like maybe five to 10 minutes, just like legitimately sobbing.

2:04.5

I have not been moved like that by a movie.

2:06.1

Oh my God.

2:07.1

It was unreal.

2:11.4

If you haven't seen Hamnet, obviously it's not a horror movie, but what a performance.

2:13.6

Literally performance of the fucking century.

2:15.1

She's a fucking icon.

2:35.8

If anybody else wins the Oscar, it's fucking rigged. That's all I have to say. Not that nobody else deserves it, obviously, because, like, I was originally like, oh, Emma Stone and Bagonia. She's phenomenal. No. Jesse Buckley, I've never seen anything like it. What a woman. And she is an icon in the bride. I had so much fun with the bride. It is so, like, outrageous in the best possible way. Like, it's my kind of weird. Like, it's, like, breaking out and choreographed dance

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