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Firestarter (Patreon Clip)

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Film Reviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8854 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon bonus episode on Keith Thomas' (likely creatively compromised) remake of Firestarter (2022). Like what you hear? Head on over to www.patreon.com/horrorqueers and become a Patron for more exclusive bonus content today! Theme Music: Alexander Nakarada Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, everyone. The clip you're about to hear us from one of our exclusive Patreon episodes on a recent horror release.

0:05.1

And just like all of our other episodes, it might include major spoilers for said horror release.

0:09.4

So don't listen to it if you haven't already seen it. You've officially been warned.

0:13.2

And if you'd like to hear the full episode, just head on over to patreon.com slash horrorqueers and subscribe today.

0:19.2

Without further ado, here is your exclusive Patreon clip.

0:24.9

And, you know, we had some problematic elements with a white actor portraying, well,

0:28.8

it's a Native American character in the book.

0:31.7

He's not explicitly Native American in the film, but they give George C. Scott a long

0:36.9

gray ponytail in that movie, which would imply that he is supposed to be Native American.

0:41.0

Yeah, and the character name is Rain Bird, so you're just like, okay, I guess it could be just a regular last name, but that seems a very obviously indigenous.

0:52.6

Yes, and it's, it's just kind of like, they fix that aspect in this movie and they give that

0:58.7

character other layers, but then they, what they do to him in the third act or I guess

1:03.3

what happens and what his character trajectory in the third act does not work for me at

1:07.9

all in this movie.

1:09.5

No, I actually think that his relationship in the original film is also more interesting.

1:15.5

And I think it works better as a result, even though I was intrigued by the possibilities of, like,

1:22.6

what could a sequel to this new one look like because we have kept Rain Bird alive in this version.

1:28.1

But one of the challenges that I had with this new film is that because it is so much shorter

1:32.6

and maybe missing things, we don't know.

1:35.0

It feels like all of the characters have been stripped down to their most basic driving

1:40.2

principles.

1:41.0

And no one has any kind of layers or...

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