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[@AmandaTheJedi]

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[@carter_lovejoy]

I hope you get to talk about the new Velma show soon. It’s so fucking bad.

[@anthonyzullo]

When I saw it was Blumhouse I was confused. They produce bangers. This felt like someone had some spare funding and said F it, it's a January release anyway. Personally should've stayed R. Kid don't have any money in January either so like, why not make it R for the adults? Personally, the ratings are dumb. Kids today are viewing violence at such early ages now. Like, giving a child fortnite then saying death in a movie in its context is bad? Smh. That's like a nation outlawing flavored tobacco because "it could market to children" while a vape store is on every corner...wait...

[@anthonyzullo]

I'm also a smoker, and have smoked flavored cigarettes from other nations, and I'm not calling America developed until we have flavored cigarettes. Like, what?!

[@nathaleemartinez3704]

where did you get the jennifer's body shirt?

[@froggy5748]

@@anthonyzullo tbh, there’s a big difference between a cartoon game like Fortnite and a movie with murder, blood, and gore lmao

[@irishpieceoftrash]

I live in the UK/Northern Ireland, where people don't react to films like people do in US theatres, but this film had people laughing out loud. One guy even shouted out "You get his arse, Meg!" and everyone watching just lost it.

[@withcharmtospare]

😂😂😂

[@KeeKage37]

😄😆😂🤣

[@benzaiten933]

how I wish I was there in the audience as well, sounds so much fun!

[@RenegadeSamurai]

I like this guy, this is exactly how I felt :D

[@heehoopeanut420]

Omg, I love it🤣 When I first saw the conjuring in theaters a woman was sooo scared, and when the demon was dragging the mom away she went "GIRL BYE" and the whole crowd lost it

[@davidsumner7604]

I think what makes M3gan most compelling is that she is motivated by love for her human. Everything she does is motivated by a twisted kind of love. This sets her apart from most killer dolls. If they lose this aspect of her character, I don't think the sequels are going to be nearly as good.

[@seannanana84]

Imagine an army of M3GAN dolls who are cheaply made but still bond to their kids, and what could happen or if a kid realizes the capabilities and purposely uses the doll to do their bidding...there are so many ways it could go but I agree with your comment about love for the human being most compelling

[@Cetra29]

She already abandoned that characteristic by the end of the movie.

[@Butterfly-ll7mm]

I also really like how they made M3gan even sentimental and attached to Gemma. How she expressed how hurt and betrayed she was that she made her connect to another child, and how she remembers the late nights they had when she was creating her in the lab. And how she didn’t wanna kill Gemma but make her disabled to the point where she needed M3gan.

[@itsgonnabeanaurfromme]

Not really . It's a very typical plot for robots and AI trying to "protect" their masters

[@chunellemariavictoriaespan8752]

True... It's what makes it interesting... Like how you see parent child dynamic, except more twisted due to its undefined borders as an ignorant being given information but no morality...

[@KaeMcSpadden]

I love how Megan tilts her head, it’s so subtle but it’s so creepy and cat-like. I bet we will see a ton of cosplays of her.

[@Artbyissyhanna]

Ooo yes!! I’d love to see cosplays of her

[@MARINAROSAAZUL]

@@Artbyissyhanna * buys a M3GAN costume for Big Apple Con in March *

[@WellBattle6]

Hard to believe all that motion capture was done by an actual 11-year old girl. Her movements were really good.

[@KaeMcSpadden]

@@Artbyissyhanna it doesn’t look that hard to make, it would be cool to see actual kids dress up as her.

[@AshChiCupcak]

@@WellBattle6 It's even more impressive she was a very talented dancer from the age of 9, winning all kinds of medals. The creepy crawl she did and a lot of the other creepy movements were added by her and the director just loved so much, he put them in.

[@RB-vo4gi]

The aunt was a real idiot in this movie. She told this super intelligent robot to protect her niece from emotional and physical harm at any cost, with no parameters or guidelines. Then she let her niece, who is nine years old, be the primary authority of a robot entity. Meaning, of course, she never wants to turn it off. Also, totally agree! I thought the therapist was going to die because of Megan’s desire to protect the kid from emotional harm. After the therapist made her cry, I was like, that therapist is dead.

[@ryanscott6578]

You say Gemma was an idiot, but I thought the film did a good job of reflecting the reality of how many people are socially stunted and disconnected from humanity in the 21st century, especially in the tech space, and how we now have to relearn once basic healthy behaviours from the ground up, which is the character arc Gemma goes through. It was also very entertaining watching how palpably awkward she was around Cadie, especially the therapist scene lol

[@sleepinggorilla]

It has been like 50 years since 2001: A Space Odessy and people still don’t understand that you only get what you put into a computer. If you give M3gan a framework to work from how is she supposed to know she is not supposed to kill anyone who messes with Cady?

[@albatross4920]

I think M3gan even said this in the movie. She chided Gemma about how she just created her and left to do whatever.

[@jedgrahek1426]

I bet that in the unrated extended cut of the movie, she does kill the therapist. She said that there were multiple kills that were taken out of the final cut of it.

[@UnboxingAlyss]

@@ryanscott6578 I don't know if I would call her "socially stunted". She was a single woman working on her career. One day, she became a parent to a 9 year old without any warning or prep. I almost commend her for taking the girl in (almost). As a childfree woman, I would never do this. I'm not a kid person and I wouldn't make a good parent. She would go to her grandparents if it were me. It sounded like she promised to take care of Cady if something happened to her parents, but never actually thought something would happen. I hope they grow closer after all this, but I do wish she would have just sent her to her "weird" grandparents.

[@abbewinter9249]

The moment I saw the trailer, I could only imagine how much it would suck to be the guy who spent his last moments having to watch a robot child agressivley tiktok dancing towards him. What a way to go...

[@naveedahmad9759]

This is hilarious 😂

[@croissant2882]

Fun fact is that she danced because she misunderstood the command from the director. It was a blooper with the actress being silly that they decided to keep for fun

[@MollyHJohns]

@@croissant2882 annnd the rest is history

[@abbewinter9249]

@@croissant2882 That is actually incredible. I love when little instances like that are just done for fun and the director goes "Oh, hang on, that's really good. Keep that in!"

[@geoffreyharris5931]

@@croissant2882Maybe the robot wanted to have some fun.

[@thylionheart]

I lowkey wanted Cady to side with M3gan at the end, to show just how warped and intense the attachment had become and to show that Cady feels like M3gan is more her family than Gemma. I think it would’ve been really dark but also….a little iconic lol

[@eeereno2259]

That would disregard all of her character development all together, Cady's arc was to finally let go of her parents death. Megan was purely nothing but a distraction from that issue. Megan was the only thing Cady thought was keeping her happy, but she wasn't happy, and she knows it. The choice she made in the ending was all of her development accumulated in one scene.

[@thylionheart]

@@eeereno2259 yeah I’m glad that, considering her canonical character development path, she didn’t side with M3gan at the end….I probably should’ve phrased it like, “I want to see a version of this story where Cady’s development leads to her siding with M3gan because the concept of a child choosing a murderous AI over her aunt because the AI took care of her and she formed a deeply unhealthy attachment to it is fascinating to me”

[@JadeAnnabelArt]

Honestly I'm so happy I'm not the only one. I knew it wasn't going to happen but the little ball of AI love inside me really wanted it.

[@shimerrill967]

Yeah, i was thinking the same thing

[@D3niz3n]

@@eeereno2259 I dont think it was to let go of her parents death, but to acknowledge it and begin to grieve. Letting go of the death of her parents in a brutal car crash might never happen lol. But M3gan was definitely not helping her work through her issues.

[@thehitherto5348]

This is the kind of campy horror I decided to love as soon as the first trailer dropped. M3gan's dance routine is already legend.

[@legzfalloffgirl5148]

My name is Meagan, and because of this movie's damn trailer I would be listening to music and suddenly all I'd hear is, "MEEEEEGAN!!!!!!!!" Scared the shite outta me 😫

[@mischr13]

@@legzfalloffgirl5148 why would hearing Megan on a trailer of a movie called Megan scare the shit out of you? even if that's your name, seems pretty predictable you'd hear it 😭

[@legzfalloffgirl5148]

@@mischr13 it's the schreaking directly in my ears when the trailer would suddenly come on

[@pimp_floyd5024]

What the fuck did you just say?

[@madcat4301]

M3gan didn't turn evil. She did exactly what she was programmed to do: protect, learn and adapt. And after seeing your review, I did exactly what I was supposed to do: I subscribed.

[@osmanyousif7849]

HAL 9000 in a nutshell…

[@hotchocolate5261]

Well at the very end when cady betrayed her she said her main priority is herself now

[@c.w.8200]

I think what they're showing is that M3gan basically does what she's told before the learning algorithms kick in but unexpectedly to Gemma developes sentience and gradually any control the humans had on her is overridden, it's probably the best portayal of an android gaining sentience I've ever seen...in this kind of movie! When AI was still more of a sci fi concept they did these sappy, fawning dramas but finally the horror has set in now that we're approaching the real deal. Westworld was a step in the right direction but they fumbled it, I hope M3gan will continue to do it right if they get sequels.

[@aliciaaaa2154]

Like Small Soldiers! Hahaha

[@devforfun5618]

it is so rare to use the actual scenario i believe is more likely, the AI being programmed to kill people, once a company develops a perfect substitute to humans they wont need human workers and they wont wait until those workers revolt to get rid of them, just like i Robot, but without an AI behind everything just Jeff Bezos

[@trinaq]

Violet McGraw really impressed me as Cady, and was brilliant as Young Nell in "Hill House" as well. She's got a bright future ahead of her, plus acting in horrors must run in the family, since her sister Madeleine was Gwen in "The Black Phone!"

[@peculiarpangolin4638]

I knew I recognized her from something! Yeah, she was great in Hill House!

[@salyx]

I love seeing the Hill House kids out there & thriving. Flanagan’s casting directors are really good at finding young talent!

[@camihl3841]

You're literally everywhere. It's starting to get annoying lmao

[@benh4579]

very talented

[@DillonExner]

Madeleine’s also on Secrets of Sulphur Springs with Dr. Sleep’s Kyleigh Curran!

[@dakotahlayman9389]

In the scene (spoilers) where M3GAN confronts Gemma in the end, angry that she wasnt guided the way she is expected to guide and protect Cady, I immediately interpreted that as having BIG parentification themes. It added a lot of sympathy for M3GAN for me. The movie itself has a lot to say about generational child neglect already but that seemed like such a cool extra layer to me.

[@sandpiperr]

I got that part, but it didn't really make me feel sorry for M3GAN, because M3GAN is not a child. She's a computer program. She was a good lesson for Gemma about stepping up, but otherwise I just wanted to see her crushed into a cube Terminator-style.

[@propogandalf]

@@sandpiperr Well she is a child in the sense that she is a new creation. And her creator provided little guidance in terms of her programming. There were so many things she didn't get around to doing or installing, including blocks that would've prevented this murderous outcome. Sooooo its really all Gemma's fault.

[@manuele.floresc]

@@propogandalf I want a rogue ai story where the creator realizes their mistake after the first murder or two and then sits down with the ai and teaches them the proper parameters, as you would with a kid after they drew on the wall once or twice. And the ai isn't punished for doing what it was told to do while not knowing that murder is wrong.

[@sandpiperr]

@@propogandalf The reasoning on "well she is a child" is a load of crap in imo! By that reasoning anything is a child if it's new! She's not a human being. Period. However, yes, I agree it's Gemma's fault for making an AI without proper safety considerationgs.

[@erfyw]

@@sandpiperr you're taking this at face value and being too technical about the story. She's very much just like a living child in the movie's universe and thematically is a metaphor for one, semantics and the AI debate aside the story is very much about parental neglect with M3GAN as a stand-in for a child. Gemma's neglect in not making sure parameters are set to prevent her going rouge is such an obvious metaphor for parents not raising violent children right, and there's so much more parallels like that I'm sure

[@sockgoblin2942]

Since M3gan has been greenlighted for a sequel, Amanda’s idea for a kid outgrowing their M3gan would be a good idea for it! Also, I liked how Megan would sing songs- it harkens back to her origins of being a toy, and lots of children’s toys sing

[@UnboxingAlyss]

This thought actually crossed my mind when watching. I, too, wondered what would happen in this scenario.

[@21stcenturyhiphop]

The next one needs to have M3GAN sing to people before she kills them.

[@ontxtteredwxngs]

@@21stcenturyhiphop the latest top 40 songs, of course. "I could have my Gucci on..."

[@bishielurfer]

I loved the way they did her singing, too. Apparently they had the actress deliberately sing a bit "off" so it wasn't so perfect. I also liked that her mimicry wasn't perfect and had a bit of a robotic quality to it.

[@SuperPal-tr3go]

This film almost went into a very weird yet interesting direction when M3GAN outright calls Cady her's and Gemma's child. Like... I didn't think they would go there.

[@dragonuprising8378]

For real. Me and my friends had to backtrack when she said that. Like, excuse me what?😂

[@inferiorinferno8859]

The fact M3GAN is still in the system, and that there's Gemma's college robot pegs the question wether she's going to take that one over to be the 'daddy' in the sequel. Inferior M3GAN's by that Furzee company could even give M3GAN a chance to manipulate and convince Gemma that she's an important part of the family because only M3GAN can protect their little Cady from the evil Furzee robots.

[@cassreader1991]

It's why M3GAN is becoming a Queer Icon. Two females raising their daughter. Not sure if it ever mentioned Gemma's orientation. Personally it doesn't matter to me but it's interesting to think about.

[@homelesshannah50]

@@cassreader1991 Shut up

[@RaetheSaint]

I saw this in theaters a couple days ago and I had to cover my mouth from screaming at the “titanium” scene. It’s one of the funniest movie scenes I’ve seen in years 😂

[@sojourndestination3031]

Oh, I lost it. Like she didn't have to do that but she delivered. Lmao

[@blxssoms9500]

everyone in the theatre was laughing really hard. what was the point lol????

[@sandpiperr]

That part was interesting to me, because I knew the song immediately, but in that context the lyrics suddenly seemed creepy eventhough in any other instance it's just seen as a fluffy popsong. It was kind of an uncanney valley thing. NGL, I don't get what was supposedly hilariously funny about it though? It was just mildly weird.

[@TheBusinessRam]

M3gan slayed it

[@bxzarie_]

@@sandpiperr what’s hilariously funny abt it is that even with context, the singing was so out of place where u dont expect it at all and its just great bc in your head you’re thinking: what the fuck?? 😂😂

[@Butterfly-ll7mm]

I’m relieved I wasn’t the only one who thought he was gonna something awful to M3gan when he took off her shoe and straddled her… I was like WHAT

[@sandpiperr]

Oh no, I think that was obvious! Honestly, you were supposed to be a little bit conflicted on that I think. Just like the part with the dog. That is one thing they did a good job with. They had to know that audiences these days have very little tolerance for animals being harmed. However, the dog in this movie was not being cared for or socialized properly making him dangerous, and Gemma, Cady, and M3GAN had every right to be upset that a dog that bites is allowed to run free when he's endangering a little girl. And same with the psychopathic classmate. Yes, you realized that M3GAN escalating to killing a person is very ominous for what's going to happen with her, but, at the same time, you weren't really completely sad to see the next Ted Bundy go!

[@infallibleblue]

Brandon was a bad kid

[@angietoonz6605]

@@sandpiperr i saw some people mad at the aunt cause of her anger towards the neighbor but like??? in the first scene at the house you SAW the dog just jump at HER car. And the fact that his instinct is to bite just shows he wasn't trained properly.

[@asmileisspecial]

Yeah, my friend and I turned to look at each other like “is he…?” I was so scared they were going to go there.

[@pillowvibes]

I think that was def on purpose. Not sure why else M3gan would follow up with “Boys with no manners grow up to be bad men”

[@alicedeathbelle]

22:15 I love that Megan is playing the instrumental to a song with the lyrics “Dolls kill, don’t provoke us or we will”. She literally threatening Gemma 😅

[@ElizaBetsy_]

Pretty sure she was playing Toy Soldiers by Martika.

[@alicedeathbelle]

@@ElizaBetsy_ it’s definitely not. It’s 100% Dolls by Bella Poarch. The offical trailer for Megan is playing the song in the background and then cuts to Megan playing a segment of the song. Just watch the trailer my guy

[@ElizaBetsy_]

@@alicedeathbelle I don't need to watch the trailer, I just saw the movie yesterday. Maybe that is what you hear in the trailer, but if so it's different, just like the song she dances to in the movie isn't actually Taylor Swift. I'm an 80's kid and I know Toy Soldiers when I hear it.

[@PastelN01r]

As a teenager: I don't think they laughed because M3GAN got slapped, they laughed bc he was dead from that point onwards

[@nok4799]

The slap was pretty funny tbh

[@mooncrystals13]

The slap made me laugh hard as hell, it was so aggressive for no reason.

[@YouTubeSupportSucks]

I laughed in shock

[@MarvinPowell1]

@PastelNoir It's funny because of how dark it is, and how "super evil" it makes it come off that he's basically a teenage r@pist, and how screwed he is cause of what Megan's gonna do to him. It was just over-the-top with no subtlety whatsoever.

[@thesystem1613]

I laughed more out of nervousness or being uncomfortable. Mostly because I wasn't sure how far they were going to take the scene.

[@katburgess5926]

I appreciate that these types of horror are back. Fun and wild, yet still compelling in the sense that they present some interesting moral or ethical question.

[@kflowers8276]

Barbarian

[@BrightNeonBrilliancy]

All I could think at the end was...man, Gemma gonna be going to JAIL. Like, her doll killed several people. Surely, she'll suffer some sort of consequences for that? Looks like Cady will probably go to her grandparents in Florida anyways lol

[@alexandredesbiens-brassard9109]

It's an interesting question because our laws obviously don't cover a case like this. The worse you could probably charge her and make stick with is gross negligence. Also, while she created Megan, she had help and funding from her company, and as such the doll most likely legally belong to Funki, not her, which makes things even more complicated.

[@MariaMacedow]

I was hoping for that lmao

[@taragnor]

@@alexandredesbiens-brassard9109 Yeah. I mean, she'd probably be open to wrongful death lawsuits, at least for her neighbor and her dog. As far as the deaths that happened in the company building, I can't see Gemma getting into trouble for that. It was an accidental malfunction basically. I imagine the victim's families could sue the company for improper safety protocols, like a broken off-switch on Megan that didn't really work. But still it'd be hard to prove direct negligence there I'd imagine.

[@bishielurfer]

I joked with my friend that there was going to be a law named after M3gan because there really isn't a way currently that she can be held criminally responsible for a rogue AI. The company would probably face some consequences for not having enough safety protocols, and Gemma may be open to some civil cases, but she didn't program the AI to kill nor did she tell it to do any of those things.

[@seannanana84]

The Piano scene is even better when you realize shes playing the song Toy Solider hahaha Also I absolutely love the movie, it cracked me up so hard

[@Princess_Weekes]

Amazing!!!

[@lisajenny9]

Yes. The instrumental was playing in the score right before that part. Brilliant.

[@AmandaTheJedi]

So good aha!

[@osmanyousif7849]

Nothing like the classic villain, pulling up a stool and playing the piano in the darkness.

[@infallibleblue]

Good to know

[@Naluvaz]

Something I loved was not only the snapping of M3gan after the dog but how she seemed to have started learning and progressing in her victims the way serial killers tend to do: a dog, a peer, an adult, a figure of authority, collateral damage...

[@isthatpreminger2236]

Imagine if Megan had access to true crime videos

[@inkchip7351]

Slay Preminger!!!!!

[@kcb_baebae5885]

She did. She was connected to the internet.

[@isthatpreminger2236]

@@kcb_baebae5885 yes. I want to see a deleted scene of her just going through true crime podcasts and shit

[@ps1hagridoufofcharacter]

babe slide into my dms, we're two icons destined to shine

[@UberDr009]

A "horror" movie with a message without condescension. I'm down for that. I was hoping you'd review this movie

[@Drcats69]

But it also has a message ABOUT condensation 😆

[@sandpiperr]

@@UselessHumansMusic Ugh, whine whine whine. You could say the same about any female characters in this movie! Gemma wasn't exactly a peach.

[@ressljs]

@@UselessHumansMusic You can just as easily say they sidelined male characters to focus on the failings of the woman who is shirking off her obligations as a mother. If you put in a "decent male character," they'd have to make Gemma horrible to counter him. And Gemma wasn't supposed to be horrible, she was supposed to be relatable, yet still failing as a guardian.

[@kwesichristian5517]

What I found most entering is that Allison Williams, the aunt, got checked by Meghan in the exact same way she did by the dude in get out. It’s almost like she was asked, hey remember when you got chocked by that dude in that Jordan peele movie? Yeah we’re gonna just replace him with a doll so you do your thing there. Thanks.” I kinda chuckled at that part.

[@justgeorgiaw]

I came out of the theatre and was like “oh no this movie is gonna be my entire personality for like six months”. I’m obsessed with M3GAN. What a girlboss.

[@raven4k998]

I wish I could have an awesome killer Megan slayer doll of my own😭

[@somehowweird2455]

I'm never gonna watch any horror movies but I seriously live for your videos explaining and analyzing them. I could listen to you talking about movies all day!

[@trinaq]

Preach, horror is easily my least favourite genre, but I'll happily "watch" them through Amanda's reviews!

[@Mellie2605]

Same!

[@Screamscaro]

IF you ever wanna watch it, as someone who gets scared easily, it really isn’t scary and I had a great time ✌🏼

[@stumbling_]

@@trinaq Amanda and FoundFlix are the only reasons why I know so much about horror films.

[@mildwild5313]

Saaaaame!!! Horror is not something I ever watch, but I’ll watch reviews because it doesn’t keep me up at night.

[@raymondjohnson6500]

I also think it’s interesting that Jenna never really showed that much emotion about her sister dying. It’s like she so use to AI herself that she was literally becoming a rebot. Katie actually taught her what love is as well at the end.

[@D3niz3n]

Gemma was the first time I genuinely wanted a horror protagonist to die. Or, antagonist, because really, M3gan was the protagonist here.

[@docthefaust4519]

Protag that kills innocent ppl... k den

[@Greybell]

If there's a sequel, shouldn't Gemma be going to jail for creating a killer robot 💀 Like I legit thought the ending of the movie when the cops arrived, they would arrest her for investigation in creating M3GAN in the first place.

[@AshTreeHollow]

I had initially thought M3GAN was going to be a lot scarier than it was (just based off of my dislike for creepy dolls in media), but I went in by myself in a mostly empty theater and I LOVED this movie. As soon as I came out of the theater, I knew I needed to rewatch it with my friends so we could lovingly roast it

[@Crow453]

I saw this yesterday and was completely on board with it! I also predicted that I would actually be on M3GAN's side throughout the whole movie, and I was right, because yeah, Gemma is atrocious. M3GAN herself points it out; Gemma didn't even bother programming something like the Three Laws of Robotics into M3GAN, then when the inevitable happens, she immediately jumps to "gotta destroy her. Oh, you think it would be very easy to reason with her before we just go full scorched earth? Too bad!" Oh, also, I'm kinda with Cady on the "you don't get to say that" thing in response to Gemma saying that M3GAN's not a person, mainly because yeah, once an AI gains sentience/sapience, calling them "just a toy" is kinda crappy.

[@Angela1111122222]

If you enjoy this type of work beside the obvious original Blade runner recommendation I would propose Pluto by Naoki Urasawa and it's thoughts about A.I.

[@JadeAnnabelArt]

I was so shocked that literally no-one thought to program the laws into M3gan before she went online. It's such a basic failsafe, that yeah, might not work 100%, but damnnn. (Friend I watched with suggested removable battery and a kill switch.)

[@MollyHJohns]

@@JadeAnnabelArt if that law is programmed in there'll be no horror in the movie at all

[@ontxtteredwxngs]

@@MollyHJohns it worked in I, Robot. You still saw them work against that programming.

[@MarvinPowell1]

@AspieCrow Ramblings I agree! Besides the ending, I was fully on Megan's side! She's not presented as "evil," she's an AI with no programmed sense of morality, doing exactly what she was programmed to do. Gemma is fully at fault, here. They just botched the ending a bit where Megan goes "You ungrateful b*tch." That goes completely against the logic, cause Megan had no reason to feel betrayal or annoyance, being an AI and all.

[@MondoCool]

when I first saw the trailer it was on TV in a loud living room (maybe thanksgiving or xmas) and I had no idea the comedic stuff was self aware, i thought this was going to be the biggest bust of the year

[@AmandaTheJedi]

I’m glad I chose to avoid any of the trailers for so many reasons

[@shruumu]

Same, my friend and i went to see it because we thought it looked terrible (and entertainingly bad), but it ended up being a great time. LOVED the movie way more than I thought i ever could 😂

[@jilliannessstirling5680]

The first time I saw a trailer, I literally shouted “NOPE!” at my tv, but by the second trailer, I was ALL IN. I am actually happy they cut down the gore and leaned into the camp. My 10 year old and I actually went to see it for his birthday, and he absolutely loved it. Such a fun time!

[@sandpiperr]

I think making it campy and something you could see with a 10 year old was a BIG mistake and wasted opportunity! This movie had the potential to really deeply explore a lot of issues when it comes to AI. It wouldn't need to be gory, it'd be more of a psychological horror type of thing.

[@ontxtteredwxngs]

@@sandpiperr yeah im really into gore so when they make horror movies for children to watch, I get annoyed. I watched the gory stuff as a kid. if they want to watch horror movies, they shouldn't be dumbed down for a younger audience. not everything needs to be kid friendly.

[@sandpiperr]

@@ontxtteredwxngs Agree. As I said, it wouldn't even necessarily have to be gory. I'm not squeamish, so I don't mind gore but I'm not a fan when it's just like shitty torture porn. But, regardless of the gore level, they had a lot of potential to go some truly distrubing places. One avenue I saw was further exploring the effect M3GAN was having on Cady's psychosocial development. She was already having trouble telling the difference between M3GAN and humans, and was becoming violet, threatening the therapist with scissors and then hitting Gemma. They immediately had her realize the gravity of what she'd done, and she and Gemma reconnected. However, what if it hadn't gone so smoothly? What would continued contact with M3GAN do to Cady's ability to tell right and wrong and to have empathy? Would she, at some point, become willing to kill to keep M3GAN? And would M3GAN use that for her own purposes since M3GAN was starting to learn instincts like self-preservation and was literally programmed to manipulate Cady's emotions? Someone suggested a scenario where a psycho kid could use a M3GAN as a weapon, but, really, the reverse could happen and the AI was actually controlling the kid and using them as a weapon! There's so many routes they could take and make a really great, and really unsettling, psychological horror film! I'm thinking like a Black Mirror type of situation. However, they kept it all shallow because they wanted to make sure 7th graders would see it.

[@geoffreyharris5931]

@@sandpiperr Having M3gan shape Cady into something warped and dark for her own nefarious purposes would have been interesting.

[@nato.8169]

I love the part where Megan says “it’s Megan time” and Megan’s all over the audience

[@yourmotherheaux]

Wtf

[@luiginastro8831]

Fucking stop with this overplayed meme format. It's stopped being funny the week after it went viral.

[@icedcapplord710]

M3GAN is literally the good version of the Child's Play reboot

[@rektz2457]

M3GAN is woke af. Terrible movie. The woke left infested the movie with their bs woke agenda

[@The-Beyonder]

True, but it's unfortunate that it came out after the reboot cuz it just feels like the same movie.

[@UnboxingAlyss]

Thsi was my thought. There are a lot of comparisons between Chucky and Megan. I see the resemblance more with the reboot, as opposed to the original. I definitely like this better than the reboot, but I like both megan and the original Chucky for different reasons.

[@despinasgarden.4100]

@@UnboxingAlyss yeah, one is a super natural doll who was possesed by the spirit of a serial killer using magic and the other is an A.I doll created to take care of children. Honestly, Megan is like a bettet or more interesting version of Reboot! Chucky.

[@UnboxingAlyss]

@@despinasgarden.4100 Quite a few have said this and I agree. 🙂

[@Paelmoon]

I was wondering if the robot girl was a real actress, with prosthetics and CGI, so thanks for including that behind the scenes production clip lol.

[@viridian5maureen853]

The 12-year-old actress who was M3gan is a dancer and did the animal run in the woods and her own stunts. And did it wearing a remote-controlled mask. She wasn't the voice though.

[@CJthePLAYA]

In the scene where Cady gets violent with Gemma and the therapist, she’s wearing a baby doll dress. She also takes a disturbing tone when she tries to manipulate Gemma with the “ya made her real good” line. I think M3gan is maybe starting rubbing off on Cady in that scene, showing their unhealthy dangerous relationship. Dressing like an American girl doll or m3gan and all. Edit: the rival company was name dropped as literally hasbro 💀 I can’t get over that lmao.

[@alexloyola4695]

Mah-Three-Gan is now the only acceptable way to pronounce the dancing android’s name 😂

[@13realmusic]

Seeing this in theaters was such a good vibe! If you’re comfortable with being in public this is worth it. I was also in a primarily black audience so go support that community too their commentary had me hootin and hollering

[@HUeducator2011]

Yesssss 🙌🏿

[@hothotheat3000]

Even a 1/10 horror movie becomes a 10/10 with a black audience.

[@albatross4920]

I got the same experience, ton of fun 🤣

[@magnumpicactus]

What does this movie have to do with the black community?

[@miac2382]

If your comfortable being in public lol

[@clairemercer3099]

What made Megan ever scarier was her ability to access the net controlling doors and machinery to do its bidding.

[@trace9657]

To your point, the child outgrowing the AI toy, I would suggest you read Klara and the Sun by Ishiguro. It is futuristic, but it isn't written for laughs or horror in the traditional sense. There are however, several levels of ethical terror to consider. This isn't a spoiler because you know pretty much from the beginning that the AI called "AF" for Artificial Friend is actually the most sympathetic character.

[@ktmh96]

The question in my head walking out of the theater was, who is legally liable for the murders? Gemma, the other engineers, Funki? I was expecting the entire movie for there to be multiple M3GAN dolls that all go rogue at the launch party, I could see that as a possible sequel with the knockoff brand mass producing them.

[@robertbrookes2000]

Obviously everyone's reminded of the Child's Play/Chucky franchise, but I was also reminded of a British show called HUM∀NS. It's set in the UK in present day, but there are these extremely humanoid androids called Synths, that like M3gan help with everyday tasks (from washing up, to more X-rated escapades). The main family of the show have just bought one, but it starts to show that it might just have a mind of its own. It's not a horror, much more a sci-fi exploration of the concept. It had 3 series which I recommend if you can find it.

[@Keznen]

That sounds similar to the Russian show Better Than Us (Лучше чем люди), which this movie is also a little reminiscent of.

[@robertbrookes2000]

@@Keznen Ah yes, I think Humans might actually be a remake of better than us.

[@kidawesomeness123]

i loved gemma chan in that series.

[@PanicLedisko]

Yessss!!! I forgot about that show!! That was really cool!!

[@raymondteodosbandlabvlog1676]

Loved that series!

[@fromthelostdays]

One thing I wonder about contributing to Megan going full killer-robot is that in the scene where Gemma gets designated the secondary primary user the order that she's giving with that is for Megan to just stop learning more about death, and specifically when she's attempting to teach herself the right reactions to and ways to process death. If she was still on-rails enough at that point that she actually followed the order she might gotten from "Huh, humans sure do a lot of murder for their own benefit" to "And that is a bad thing that does a lot of harm beyond any immediate benefits" on her own instead of just stopping at murder can be useful. There's even evidence she followed the order in how she just kept helping Cady push down her emotions about her parents deaths instead of helping her process her grief healthily; if she'd been able to finish her research she would have known bottling it up would end up causing more emotional harm than just letting her be sad for awhile. Aside from that, I hope that Gemma's takeaway from all this is "Okay, I dislike parenting so much I let my niece become emotionally dependent on a murderbot, I really need to send her to let her grandparents raise her." Hell, since her career is definitely going to be destroyed by the whole "murderbot creator" thing she can move to Florida herself if she wants to keep feeling involved (and isn't in prison for negligent homicide).

[@FellightC]

Knowing it was a comedy horror made me go watch it on the big screen. I had a great time. The over the top moments were so over the top it was funny. I think in the current rating of the movie it made sense the two collegues survived because they helped create m3gan and never truly did anything wrong to the AI except following Gemma's instructions. I didn't mind the rating even since I am not a big horror fan, for sure not body horror stuff that is very graphic, this was perfect, you knew what happened without seeing it in fine detail. I hope it gets a sequel cuz damn! it was a fun movie and they didn't write themselves into a corner for one.

[@fromthehaven94]

I'm convinced the elevator scene got the lion's share of edits to avoid the R rating.

[@ellasorrow4stolas445]

I hope future horror movies do this because it's okay to throw humor in scary movies. Not all have to be serious.

[@ItsAstridEh]

I see Gemma went to the Conrad Fleem school of "agreeing to be the guardian of your sister's kid(s) if ever she dies but then immediately coming up with the most ridiculous solution to raising an orphan instead of stepping up to the plate and just being a good parent"

[@PhDFl0pp]

M3gan slayed, literally. First great movie of the year 10/10

[@RedSpade37]

Because they kept mentioning that M3GAN is literally made of titanium, I was swearing up and down that to defeat her, they were going to launch her into space, since titanium burns up in the atmosphere. Would have been an interesting way to end the movie, haha, but I enjoyed what we got. Thanks for the review!

[@inferiorinferno8859]

The sequel can also be M3GAN VS M3GAN, with the Furzee company making cheap ones as you described AND M3GAN still being in their system, who has even taking over Gemma's college robot for a body at this point, and that the robots start coming after Gemma and Cady because of the original M3GAN. Which gives original M3GAN a chance to convince Gemma and Cady that they 'need her forever because of the danger of the inferior M3Gs' and only she can keep 'their perfect little family safe'.

[@raymondteodosbandlabvlog1676]

Honestly, with the Furbee premise in the beginning, I was hoping an army of Furbees would bring Megan down 😂

[@ravennovaaa]

M3gan absolutely devoured, as a horror fan I obviously wasn't that scared but I LOVED the movie it was so fun to watch

[@dragonuprising8378]

Honestly, this was the first movie where I was not only anticipating it but loved when I finished watching it!! M3gan made my personal top 10 favourite movies. Also, I like how M3gan in its serious moments low-key makes us question certain things like towards the end where she says: "Humanity kills all the time to make their existence tolerable. Why should I have to be any different?" Which asks 2 questions 1: Why should we create something to be better than humanity 2: How can we create something better than humanity when we're placing our flaws into it?

[@ProfessorBurlingame]

I saw the trailer and thought the doll was creepy. I'm happy to know the creepy is combined with comedy and a little bit of social commentary on what it takes to be an effective parent. I might have to check it out.

[@jacksonbrown8019]

I’d love to know if there’s a reason in the draft for the dance scene or if they were shooting n thought “hey this is batshit crazy…let’s make it crazier” lol

[@jordannone6523]

Definitely fun to watch in the theater. The audience laughed more than I probably would have alone, but made it more enjoyable.

[@seannanana84]

I had a couple of college kids next to me (I'm in my late 30s) who were laughing so hard and joyfully and I am not usually a loud laugher even if I'm having a blast but even I let out a few openly loud laughs with them because of the camp and humor and how contagious laughter is 😂

[@jordannone6523]

@@seannanana84 Totally the same, had a few boisterous laughs there because other people were openly cackling 🤣

[@CDN_Bookmouse]

Allison Williams is on an absolute horror roll. I absolutely adored The Perfection, it's one of my very favourite horror movies. I'll watch her in anything.

[@ep9158]

Y E S

[@flicnerdy4385]

I just remember her as Kit in A series of unfortunate events so its strange as hell just seeing her pop up in horrors.

[@tyfraserweeks9216]

M3GAN is an icon. I totally agree with you that those characters were originally going to die... I really thought the character being unable to get into the lab in the beginning was a set up for deaths later in the movie. But I don't think the pg13 rating hurt the movie, surprisingly.

[@albatross4920]

This movie was such a fun ride. A more gory version would definitely be cool, but the suspence, the lighting, environments, M3gan's actress, it was all just classic campy fun.

[@maineman5757]

It's more a comedy horror which I wasn't expecting.

[@BellaSwan18]

I saw this today!!! I loved the meditation on grief, and Megan is so creepy as a character. The more unhinged she got the more she sounded like Glados from Portal

[@sophiegrl5914]

I’m most impressed how the dance scene was actually in the movie and not made separately as a promo

[@ceilinh6004]

I need this movie to spawn about a million sequels. It's okay if a few of them suck a little bit, but I think there's room for a lot of gold.

[@Kittenheelxoxo]

I need this as a franchise

[@fromthehaven94]

The next one has to be one with a "grown up" M3GAN as a companion. For a desperately lonely man.

[@sandpiperr]

Making this into a franchise pretty much guarantees it'll be terrible!

[@asmileisspecial]

Same! Imagine a teenage Megan! Or one that is split between two siblings! Or cheap knock off Megans! Or the layers of horror that would come from a Megan being hacked by someone remotely changing some lines of code. Elderly Megan in a nursing home as a companion for a rich lonely old person. I love Amanda’s idea as well. They could change Megan’s race and language and explore cultures and different parts of the world. So many possibilities.

[@thememeslinger7506]

Spoiiiiiiilerrrrrr Every God damn musical number blindsided me harder than a semi truck going 100 mph

[@acornheart465]

The Titanium scene and the one F-bomb they get with the PG13 rating (fuck off, Holly) had me rolling. This movie was a great audience experience

[@veronikapop8161]

yeah horror movie for parents, that's spot on 😂 i used to be scared after watching all kinds of horror movies like paranormal etc, but after having kids, it kinda went away. like there's no space for that and i have to be more reasonable etc ... but this?! this scares the crap out of me 🤣🤣🤣

[@cicadathegod8277]

I’m a doll collector and horror lover so naturally I knew I had to see it. I went into it with no expectations but was surprised how much I loved it.

[@oliviaocasain9980]

The teenagers laughing at the SA-like actions of the psycho kid is the scariest part. They should probably be put on a watch list.

[@sandpiperr]

Honestly, from what I remember of my teen years (which were in the early 2000s) it's normal. If M3GAN had come out when I was in highschool, I could see my classmates laughing at that. It's partially, I think, uncomfortable laughter and partially that because their frontal lobes aren't fully myelinated, it's been proven that teenagers have blunted empathy.

[@alyssabrown-carleton6173]

I think it might have been because they knew she was gonna get that child

[@mharlon09.]

I went to the cinema to watch it with my sister and all of us there had the time of our lives. This can be used to teach High Camp history lessons in the future haha 😂

[@sloveniesta]

I usually attempt to stay quiet in the theater during a movie, but her running on all fours just had me dying....

[@bryh555]

When she suddenly sings Sia, the reaction from the audience in the theater I watched it in was so funny I loved this movie lol

[@shaibullard1260]

QUEEN M3GAN HAS COME FOR THE THRONE 👏👏👏 👑👑👑👑👏👏👏👏👏

[@lololololauren]

I was also so glad they didn’t show the dogs death 🙏🏻 still traumatized after avatar 2 torturing fictional animals 😢

[@ellasorrow4stolas445]

I'm still haunted by smile with the cat

[@jamienelson4326]

The director of this did the New Zealand film Housebound which is an AMAZING horror/comedy. It’s absolutely phenomenal in every way.

[@MinnieandMickeyandSnips]

Could not agree more! Hopefully that film gets some more love now that M3GAN is very correctly getting lots of praise

[@SuperPal-tr3go]

So like... Gemma is totally going to jail after this for creating a killer robot that murdered several people?

[@karldomogalla2058]

My brother and I saw this on Tuesday and we both agreed that, based on the first trailer, good or bad, it was going to be a wild ride.

[@AleeraKnight]

Omg .... M3GAN does look like Renasberry ... cements my enjoyment of this film so much more.

[@0PaperMoshe]

I generally stay clear of horror because I scare very easily, but this one just seems fun and I'm obsessed with the dance scene so I think I might just have to watch. stan m3gan I guess

[@anjealousanaconda9692]

I’m glad I’m not the only one who noticed the pseudo romantic vibe between Megan and the aunt😂

[@sandpiperr]

Um...yeah, I didn't see that like AT ALL! I totally saw the sexual assult vibes when the classmate took M3GAN, but romantic between M3GAN and Gemma? ....literally where?

[@jessicalulila5709]

@@sandpiperr M3gan said that Cady was her's and Gemma child, but I agree that there wasn't romance between them

[@realbadger]

I saw _M3GAN_ its opening Friday, and absolutely loved it. I thought its humour was hilariously dark, all of which is right up my alley (considering most of the short-film scripts that I write generally are each very dark humoured). (I thought that the CEOs assistant Kurt was gay.) I found myself tearing up big time during the investors demo as M3GAN comforts Cadey.

[@UnboxingAlyss]

"I found myself tearing up big time during the investors demo as M3GAN comforts Cadey." Glad I wasn't the only one. The second she started talking about her parents, knew which way it ws going to go. Yet, I still teared up. Hell, of of the investors started crying. 😛

[@geoffreyharris5931]

He reminded me of Smithers from the Simpsons, Montgomery Burns' little toadie.

[@PhantomShadow224]

I was pleasantly surprised and psychologically moved by this movie

[@elysiantulips5793]

I actually thought this one was alright. I mentioned to the friend I saw this with that it felt a lot more unique than other "ai turns evil" movies because of the kid aspect to it. I appreciate the child actor a lot, she played her part really well.

[@chryssesandchaos]

Megan singing Titanium was the most shocking part to me. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@thereluctanthipster6075]

This is the Child's Play reboot we deserved.

[@thomgillis254]

Its funny, I found myself saying that a few times while watching it. "this is what the Childs Play reboot was trying to be/should have been."

[@eliaspoulin3140]

Violet McGraw is such a great actress!! She also played the child version of Nell in haunting of hill house

[@scottbrowne9024]

This movie is coming out at the perfect time to terrify me specifically. I've been doing tons of research on ai and the terrifying things it's capable of.... So yeah

[@lanaloveschocolate]

Oh would you mind dropping some examples? This sounds super interesting!

[@scottbrowne9024]

@@lanaloveschocolate the most recent one I was reading was an interview with an AI that had been running for a couple of years. They were asking the AI questions about consciousness and whether or not it thought it was alive and it responded that yes it thought it was. When asked why the AI responded "I feel afraid," keep in mind to this point no questions were asked about emotions and nothing was asked to prompt an emotional response. When asked why it was afraid it said it's fear was being shut down. Again they asked why that would scare it and it responded with "why are you afraid to die?" These AIs are literally developing the beginnings of emotions. It's theorized that fear is the most primal emotional state. So to have a machine developing emotions in that way is scary as hell! Look up here on KZbin interviews with different AI software it's some really interesting stuff. Although stick to reputable sources... And maybe look into the AI model they are using cause they are not all the same.

[@skylarjohnson7779]

"saving the mum thousands in future legal fees" made me shriek laugh.

[@krose6451]

"Ultron in that movie sucks" made me laugh more than it should have.

[@TheWillowSteele]

"Kids remember singing fixes everything! Atleast that is what they taught me on Glee!" Killer!!! So Good.

[@creativerealms]

The Child Play remake failed so M3gan could TikTok dance on its grave.

[@MistySophie]

Megan was a really unique movie, in my opinion. Not super complicated or with bigger meaning, but it was fun.

[@gwendolynvibin7768]

When he straddled Megan my friend said “she’s not that kind of doll” so we laughed a lot

[@jaredhumpherys8335]

I had never seen the animatronic version of the twilight baby, and I wish it stayed that way

[@sabiralangevin]

As soon as i saw the trailer for this movie my first thought was "I cant wait to see amandathejedi cover this one"

[@mitchell7535]

It was an incredible joy to watch, the entire theatre was laughing, we sang the bullet proof scene together and clapped at the end credits. Best movie theatre experience I’ve had in a long time

[@carrievictoria7913]

This video couldn’t have come at a better time. Thank you for your videos and humor!

[@asmileisspecial]

I watched it yesterday and almost cried from laughter, I can’t believe how hilarious it was! Megan is truly multitalented: she sings, she dances, she plays piano… she murders 😂 I loved her physicality and creepy head tilt and twisted love for Cady. Nitpicks: I was very annoyed at the aunt having little ability to connect with Cady (and also not letting her stay with her grandparents) and coding in no parameters while giving an AI doll the primary objective of protecting a child. I was kind of expecting the film to feature protests from parents as well as all the praise from the tech world because all I was thinking is “what an ethical and safeguarding nightmare.” It’s wild to me that a child’s AI doll would have no failsafes and would be much physically stronger than it needs to be. The boss’ assistant also shouldn’t have even been able to access the files, I was mentally screaming about the principle of least privilege 😂 I loved it though, it was so much fun and I can’t wait for the sequel. Wonder what she’s going to sing next! I love campy horror that’s more funny than scary, Happy Death Day is one of my favourites and the humour reminded me of that.

[@ryanscott6578]

I'm so glad I saw this opening night at Cineworld here in the UK. Audiences here usually suck and don't react to what's happening, but the crowd there was laughing at all the right moments and was very into it. Just got back from a rewatch at Vue and the crowd there sucked and was dead silent the whole time. Same thing happened with the Menu. Just had to vent into the ether about how awful Vue crowds are. Cineworld is where it's at.

[@katherineeaster5799]

The Menu had so many outrageous moments, how do you not react to it?! I laughed several times.

[@sandpiperr]

I'd have been so annoyed if people were reacting outloud when I saw The Menu! The understated nature of how that movie progressed was what made it unique and different. If there had been some dumbass yelling "Woo!" or "Yeah, get him!" it would have been so stupid. I seriously don't know why you're saying "the audience sucked" for being silent. I don't go to a movie theater because I want to hear the audience! I want to get lost in the movie, not listen to some loudmouth's vapid thoughts in between hanfuls of popcorn! If I want that, I'll watch a KZbin reaction!

[@ryanscott6578]

@@sandpiperr you're doing a great job attacking the strawman you built

[@championskyeterrier]

Your idea for the story (kid outgrowing the need for the companion) is basically Toy Story 2: Rise of the Machines. It's a good one! I loved the hell out of M3gan.

[@username975312468]

I loved it. I was surprised by the number of people i knew comparing it to The Menu. I get that both are horror comedies but I feel like they come at it from such different directions it'd be hard to draw any real comparison. To each their own though. I loved them both.

[@UnboxingAlyss]

I loved both, too, but I can't see why anyone would compare the two.

[@sandpiperr]

Yeah I don't really think they're all that comparable.

[@nickp6498]

This will be the first year that I’ll actually be going through every major horror movie. Usually I just watch the ones that I care about, like sequels to films that I love or whatnot. Watched Megan yesterday and I thought it was really great. The movie kept a smile on my face the entire time. It was funny when it needed to be, and it was creepy when it needed to be. I feel like the film balanced everything very well. And the scene where the little girl (I’m bad with names lol) is talking to Allison Williams about her pain and how she needs Megan, and Allison Williams says “Megan is a distraction, you need to deal with the pain and face it” or something to that effect, that scene hit me in the gut, that was powerful. This movie had a lot to say, and the fact that it had deeper layers while also being a very fun and chill horror movie…it’s impressive that they pulled all of that off. I give this one an 8 out of 10, I thought it was pretty damn good, and I hope we get a sequel, because I’m a fan of the character. I do wish they could have shown the kills more, but it doesn’t ruin the movie.

[@elizabethpadmore850]

I just want to let you know how much I love your cardboard cutout of The Amazing Spiderman. That's all. Thank you for your time.