FIRST TIME WATCHING: M3GAN
Happy Feature Friday Folks!
It's time for M3GAN! This one was definitely interesting and I enjoyed it for what it was. Hope you'll have fun watching it with me. I watched the unrated version on Peacock, for those who are curious.
Apologies about the lack of intro/outro with this one. Was planning to edit it, but ran out of time due to some travel issues that popped up.
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LINK: https://youtu.be/3AVprpQS1N0
Original Movie: M3GAN
Comments (18)
This movie is an off-the-wall, irreverent, and on-target sci-fi slasher-satire
M3GAN was one of the few horror movies released in January that was not only good and worth watching in theatre, but was actually great! I'm looking forward to the sequel in 2025. Now that Natalie has watched a modern "scary" movie, I highly recommend Smile (2022) and Evil Dead Rise (2023).
Yes! I’ve recommended Smile a couple of times. I’d love her reaction to a more physiological horror.
M3GAN has "resting murderous android face".
I liked this more than I thought I would. It was predictable but in a good way, if that makes sense. A lot of stupid choices were made by the main human characters, but I guess that was, in the words of the great Ryan George, "So The Movie Could Happen™."
That's true. These types of "horror" movies always seem to take place in worlds where Isaac Asimov and movies like Terminator and Child's Play never existed, which is why they make such OBVIOUS dumb mistakes, like over-building the creepy robot so it's stronger and faster than it rationally needs to be for a child's toy. The movie even acknowledged that Gemma used an AI she barely understood, so it made sense that M3GAN went rogue and could lie and corrupt her video recordings. However, the lack of physical fail-safes or a "kill switch" command were glaring design flaws, especially for a prototype. A simple and universal fail-safe for ALL robots would be if they detect a human scream over 90 dB, the robot instantly shuts down. And not a self-shutdown like M3GAN was faking; a physical switch or circuit breaker is flipped inside the robot. I understand the "So the movie can happen" excuse, but a smart screenwriter would include pop culture references to killer robot movies, and explain the robot's safety measures, and then depict the rogue robot overcoming those obstacles, thereby demonstrating how smart and resourceful it is, enhancing its threat level. Regardless, M3GAN was a fun "scary" movie and I hope the sequel in 2025 will be even better!
Had never seen this before. Pretty fun. Campy but clearly intentionally so. I didn’t notice until the end that it was produced by James Wan, which makes sense, as he embraces camp in some of his own films like Malignant.
That was better than I thought it would be! But, like Nat, wasn't scared at any point. This should bring us to a discussion on what movies we should be thinking about for Natmare season 2024. Because 2023 was WEAK! Not scary at all! I feel we all owe it to Nat to up our game when it comes to the horror movies this year. I mean, if you can't scare the pants off of your favorite youtube reactor - what's the point? First one I want to put out there is Evil Dead: Rise. And 2nd is the second film in John Carpenter's Apocalypse trilogy: Prince of Darkness.
I'm down for those two!
Movies with killer dolls are always gonna be somewhat campy :D Hopefully next Natmares will be themed around them!
I gotta check this out hope it was the unrated version
It literally says so in the description ;)
One thing to remember when thinking about the choices that Gemma makes is that she kinda sucks as a person and is totally self-absorbed lol. It's a story of her growth as well.
This movie is nuts I love it
Big fan of this one
It's silly and campy as heck, but it's so much fun lool. Love this movie, M3gan is an icon haha
Hi Nat, I think I'm looking forward to this one 😬😧. Hope you have all settled into you new location without any issues.. As always thanks for the great content..
Happy Feature Friday Nat. Saw this when it came out a few years back, and thought it was pretty good, although the trailer did give away waaaay too much of the movie so I found it a little predictable. Look forward to seeing what you made of it 😊 This was a really fun reaction Nat. I look forward to watching your outro. Some of the performances are kind of weird, but I suppose they fit into the world of this movie. Megan 2.0 is released at the start of next year, so there's more to come. Thanks for a fun video today Nat, and for all your great work this week. Have a brilliant weekend 💛