Small Soldiers Is A Terrifying Movie

[@ShortHax]

This movie was the Toy Story we never knew we needed

[@AxxLAfriku]

One thing! Just one thing! Please tell IT to me: WHY tf do I have so many fans even though no KZbinr is unprettier than I am? WORLDWIDE!!!! WHY??? Tell me, dear sh

[@jackmarshall3255]

It was like toy story but bumped up to 11.

[@maozedong4010]

@@AxxLAfriku ah the shit content KZbinr, even Satan won't let you enter hell.

[@patriarchyenjoyer69]

@ShortHax This idiot thinks Rittenhouse is a white supremacist, I wouldn't spend too much time caring what his opinion is.

[@criticalsurria6773]

“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” - Romans 6:23

[@Billy_The_Kid-]

The CG in this movie was ahead of its time and holds up SO well to this day

[@justaneditygangstar]

I think what they did is claymation the soldiers then put a cg skin over them, like really put two together

[@ambiintro7110]

Well they did it in a dark environment most of the time, if you darken the environment enough you can make a semi realistic drawing look super real

[@demetria-n]

@@justaneditygangstar They still did amazing, and do you know how long claymation takes just to do one scene? Yeah, that sounds even harder than before.

[@tornadodee148]

I think the reason the CG still holds up is the same why it still kinda does in Toy Story: you can easily do plastic in CG because anything made of plastic IRL already has a smooth fake look to it. thats the reason why realistic CGI faces are hard to do and fall into the uncanney valley quite easily. plus the stiff jerkiness of the stop-motion underneath the CG also works very well since you would imagine that would be the way a plastic toy with less articulation than, lets say, something organic, would move IRL. I think the concept of the movie actually saved the FX team a lot of money lol.

[@Tores444]

@@justaneditygangstar damn, that's pretty clever

[@bobocop69420]

I saw this in the theatre when I was a kid. Two main memories: Soldier boys wanna f*** Barbie dolls. The tooth I lost when a toffee ripped one out my jaw around the time Tom Arnold is talking about his favourite war.

[@ginnrollins211]

Phil Hartman, not Tom Arnold.

[@bobocop69420]

@@ginnrollins211 well damn. I remembered it as Tom Arnold for literally decades.

[@jadynmabry3904]

@@ginnrollins211 qm

[@thrashtitan23]

Yea I recently watched this and “Jingle All The Way “ forgot how perfectly Phil Hartman can play a shitty neighbor.

[@unoriginalperson72]

Dang you lost your jaw, eating must be hard

[@777-e1p]

This film slapped so hard, the Commandos busting through the garage doors in their homemade death machines as ‘war’ plays in the background tryna gun down Alan is absolutely crazy.

[@anthonyg5001]

Definitely one of the hardest and underrated scenes in 90s films

[@vandas7048]

Cinema

[@reviathan3524]

Ah yes, the 80s-90s movie tropes back then. Military grade hardware and toys.

[@JackTulsen77]

Vets every where know that if this movie was real half the toys would be malfunctioning like "Kill-kill-kill-kill-kill-killkillkillkillkill" and tweaking out til they just die because of the "military grade hardware"

[@sirshotty7689]

Jake's Junkyard "60 percent of the time, it works every time." -some General probably

[@criticalsurria6773]

“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” - Romans 6:23

[@-hayleymc_is_tired-5038]

And babies

[@A113-p9e]

Actually, the “turning military tech into consumerism products” may sound crazy, but is pretty much what has happened, (from what I gather). Such as Jeeps, duct tape, GPS, the internet, and microwaves. Pretty certain there are a bunch of other stuff too. Of course, the movie exaggerates these elements to a higher extreme.

[@kingme4201]

you have it backwards actually. what usually happens is a scientific discovery or an invention will be made and after time passes someone will see its use for war. GPS started out as a way of mapping things of course. interestingly enough something like Velcro was made as a examination of dog hair and burr clinging to each other, later on NASA would use it to tie things down in space. even something as everyday as X-ray technology made for the purpose of medicine was eventually used in airports. the list goes on, even as far back as discovering black powder in china ,which as you know, now we have automatic gas powered weapons. when you think about it a little it is really cool how something simple can have 100s of uses later on.

[@demonic_myst4503]

@@kingme4201 what u said isnt even relevent a113 stated military science gets moved into civilian use gps radio duck tape were all scientific innovations made for war black powder doesnt count on either side as alchemists made it trying to find a magical stone same goes for white phospurus another failed atempt to make a philosaphers stone

[@kingme4201]

@@demonic_myst4503 my bad, I guess the overwhelming majority of the time inventions aren’t made for war are null in comparison to the few times they are.

[@Americansikkunt]

War (conflict) has always resulted in breakthroughs in science, culture, etc....

[@GH-hl8gu]

The concept was done before in the movie toys w robin Williams but w video games I think

[@Yaksniffer2]

Never forget, kids: “Small Soldiers” is a “sneak horror movie”.

[@maximilianroldan9003]

I was so confused about what was going on when I first watched it when I was 6

[@bichnigel5713]

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[@s2korpionic]

How is it a horror movie?

[@theq4602]

It wasnt a horror movie, yall were just little bitches as a kid.

[@Zlist1994]

@@s2korpionic lol i think it's only scary/ a horror to some of the younger kids who had barbies or sisters with barbies growing up, cause that scene was the most horrifying to ne as a kid. But i still loved the action more, so i never thought of it as horror but to each their own i guess.

[@dalebreaux8581]

Allen: You were using my computer, weren’t you? Archer: Yes, but unfortunately I’m built like a Ken doll.

[@Laxhoop]

I loved this movie because it wasn’t afraid to terrify me.

[@ne3856]

I agree

[@gardzz3622]

Same, I can’t tell how many times I rewatched this movie(I actually had some of the gorgonite action figures)

[@sorgundus7927]

This comment is a roller coaster

[@kennylandry630]

I don’t remember how many times I’ve watched this movies, i still have the VHS

[@altonweaver7422]

I hated this movie for that exact same reason.

[@taylorkreate]

not so fun fact, phil hartman, the actor who plays the neighbor, was shot before the film released, so they edited out any scenes that had a gun or weapon pointed at the character.

[@anthonyg5001]

RIP Troy McClure

[@jongallardo8006]

Responsible for some of the very best Simpsons episodes. Rest in paradise Phil!

[@Jodipo]

This movie is such one of my childhood's classic. Great stuff.

[@danielkrause1357]

The movie 'Mars Attacks' was the movie that traumatized me when I was a kid.

[@lexibecker278]

Yes!

[@rainyfristoe7682]

Mine was Jumanji for so many reasons but especially the killer plants part.

[@miali4958]

😭

[@favoritemustard3542]

Mine was _Silver Bullet_ bc I was convinced that werewolf was chasing me lol

[@BugsyFoga]

Well that’s definitely what i expected from the guy who made gremlins.

[@demetria-n]

That makes sense. They have very similar vibes and I was comparing the two. Watched both of these movies as a kid, don't know how I didn't notice earlier haha.

[@tornadodee148]

omg no wonder this movie is entertaining AF lol

[@bribriarwhitey7781]

Small Soldiers makes Saving Private Ryan look like A Bug's Life.

[@Punished_Luna]

Then we have the termite scene in Antz

[@Moonlight-qo5hw]

It makes Child’s Play look like Toy Story.

I feel attacked, I collected the toys from when I was a kid. I had this movie on VHS and I STILL reference this movie to this day! This movie is Indeed insane! But still I have a fondness to my childhood. Its nice people bringing up this movie from the depths of their memories

[@smusky4643]

Is that a furry pfp? I'm calling the FBI!

[@DraconicDuelist]

@@smusky4643 Is that a police!? I'm calling the weed!

[@quinn_1175]

@@DraconicDuelist 420 whatcha smokin?

[@blazesalamancer8767]

There were toys? I grew up like watching this like 10 years after the original release, I've always wanted toys of the monsters...are they still available today?

[@ldeez4375]

@@blazesalamancer8767 yep I had the action figures when I was a kid I was 4 or 5 when it came out you could buy a version of all the characters in the movie. Smart by the creators.

[@lvbboi9]

Pig has the most random assortment of sponsors ever yet he always gets me interested in them.

[@Goldendeed]

Right? He's great at those little segments. They are concise, often funny and informative

[@beanbot263]

this movie scared the shit out of me as a youngster

[@Sveta69420]

This multimedia made my heart rate rise when I was in my youth years.

[@faithfullone5414]

I thought this movie was a fever dream 😭

[@zeroattentiongaming820]

I both loved and was terrified of this movie as a kid

[@philipjeffers5829]

Missed my favorite part, Kirsten Dunst running over toy soldiers with a riding lawn mower. Comedic gold

[@dylanpate5352]

This is the movie that I convinced myself was dream and never actually happened

[@lololunacy2338]

Me too

[@juniorzavala8649]

Same

[@rileymurphy4770]

I love how the father son “i got to do this speech” is basically the same as in Transformers 2

[@mad_quack]

Fun fact: one of the Barbie doll scenes had to be edited for the Cartoon Network showing of this movie lol (the Barbie with no head and just eyes sticking out was cut from the movie for CN). When I first discovered the game had a movie, I recorded it on an old VHS tape and watched it over and over again. Eventually I got a legit copy. I need to watch this now..

[@In_Thy_Flesh]

Traumatized? When I watched this as a kid, I loved it. I was all "yes perish!"

[@KrankyKaiju]

Me: still suspicious that my childhood Spawn figures are plotting my slow agonizing death

[@tornadodee148]

*me, with a big collection of 25+ Monster High, Bratz, Rainbow High and other fashion dolls on my shelves like the ones in the movie that tried to murder Christy : 0_____o*

[@The_Blue_Otaku]

Violator is the only one of your Spawn action figures that was probably plotting your death

[@katiewilliamson7485]

Whenever we went to Blockbuster, this movie is what my little brother picked. Every time. I can't be mad about it since I too really enjoyed it and watched it with him near every viewing.

[@Parscuit]

Archer watching hentai fucking KILLED me, I havent laughed like that in quite a while. I adored this movie as a kid, I still have Archer packed away somewhere. This movie was soo good. You got me wanting to rewatch it for the first time in like 18 years.

[@adorimable9690]

I loved this movie growing up, i wanted that eyestalk alien as a toy

[@glenngamble7577]

i was in love with this movie as a child. and the spice girls scene has stuck with me to this day. i probably watched it until the vhs didnt work

[@marcelgoussard6241]

The scene with the barbies is pure distilled nightmare fuel

[@FrenchFryCheese04]

Oh fuck dude yeah...

[@TheAnimationStationTAS]

I remember getting really upset about that one Gorgonite being found in pieces. It never creeped me out though, it just made me want to have figures of the characters. Oh right, Team Gorgonite for life.

[@justaneditygangstar]

I loved that movie in high school, it felt really creepy and fun like a genuine threat, but still at the same time felt like it was for kids. I literally found it on day randomly scrolling around on Netflix. I was shocked to see it was made in 1998, like I thought for sure 2011 or 2008, but the special effects were waayyyyy ahead of its time.

[@projectknm8670]

Watched this film SEVERAL times at my grandma's since we had it on VHS. Looking back on it... ...yeah, it IS a little scary, especially the closer we get to technology that can make something like this. "Are you scared? We're all scared. You'd have to be CRAZY not to be scared."

[@olivyae3057]

I remember trying to watch this as a kid. My mom walked in on the scene where one of the soldiers gets his legs run over in the middle of the road and immediately shut it off. I haven’t gotten around to finishing it myself lol

[@RalphJr-xp3hp]

Dude, that same scene was something similar to the scene from Toy Story 2 when Buzz tried to save Woody from being you napped by Al from Al’s Toy Barn. Small Soldiers was ahead of the game. 😂😂💯

[@Lomhow]

God I loved this movie so much as a kid. My adoring love of stop motion really made me fall for this.

[@jackmarshall3255]

The movie we need but not the one we deserve.

[@giantpinkcat]

Fun fact: Toy Story was originally intended for adults.

[@ashknight6696]

like... the toys fucked?

[@oh-not-the-bees7872]

@@ashknight6696 wait... thats illegal.

[@thatguywithanumbrella]

@@ashknight6696 more like the toys were going to go through a lot more traumatic stuff and woody was also going to be a villain at one point, there were a lot more darker stuff planned.

[@jean-baptistepoquelin5116]

No it's not "Toy Story" which was originally intended for adults, but "Toying Stories."

[@giantpinkcat]

@@jean-baptistepoquelin5116 Actually Toy Story was supposed to be meant for Adults. But Disney executives looked at the draft and was like "Um, no." Now the adult mature draft is called "The Black Friday Reel". Correct me if it's the "Toying Stories" you're talking about.

[@RogueAstro85]

I 100% remember this movie. This was one of few movies everyone in my friend group in elementary school could agree was awesome. So many weird and insane moments. Haven't seen it in years but I still love it!

[@goobleron]

I always loved the soldiers so much more than the gorgonites, they felt like miniature versions of the soldiers from the first predator movie

[@Urabrask]

"turning swords into plowshares" God of course globotech plays white in Magic

[@loco4halo1]

I loved this movie growing up. The darker and kinda messed up themes always made me enjoy it. Just another amazing satire movie to add to my list of childhood favorites

[@HelloXrancidkitteh]

I have this specific memory of this movie where they blast Spice Girls right before that final battle part lol. also, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Christina Ricci did the voices of the "Gwendy" (Barbie) dolls.

[@PrismaticParz]

I thought i was the only one that was *traumatized* as a 6 year old when I watched this.

[@ORAsher-oh6ez]

The reason they "mangled" the barbies was to put all the additional mechanical skeletal bits in them so that they could move around.

[@DraconicDuelist]

1:33 "Don't remember!?" Again, I _LOVE_ this movie. Really wish it had gotten a sequel or a show or something (not full-animated though, that'd probably make it lose a lot).

[@gloriousdeadman2127]

Just now finding this video somehow amongst all your other gems and man does it bring back memories. I had tons of G.I. Joes as a kid and when this movie came out I watched it dozens of times. I’ve always loved the idea of toys coming to life and interacting with our world. I wish there were more movies like small soldiers based around G.I. Joe type toys coming to life (maybe with a little less murderous intent towards basically everything) and going on some kind of mission through our world for whatever the reason would be. Great video! I love sitting down and binging your movie reviews because so many of them I have seen or grew up with and it always takes me back. Keep up the amazing work!

[@zigzagzipbag6561]

You brought back many memories of a time I had successfully forgotten.

[@supersmashproductions9890]

I adore this movie easily one of the best classic films from my childhood

[@ginnrollins211]

When I was a kid, I would always rewind the battle scenes. It made my little psychopathic and war-hungry heart skip a beat everytime. Even now I'm very impressed with the CGI and practical effects of this movie. The 90's definitely had that perfect balance between the two. This is also sad to know that this was Phil Hartman's last movie before he got murdered by his wife. Rest in peace to a great funny man.

[@MsKJackson831]

I had a weird habit of shaving my Barbie's heads and giving them fake limbs(like chopping half a leg off and sticking a nail there). I used to pretend they had been in car accidents. Moral of the story is alot of my Barbies already looked like the ones in this movie so I kept them locked up for a while after I saw it just in case they got any ideas😑

[@ashegrey3042]

lmfaoooo i’ve always been terrified of dolls and actually after watching toy story i was even more scared and would try to be as nice as possible to my toys bc i was scared they’d turn on me 😂

[@deviant_ghost]

REQUEST for BionicPIG: Please do a react to Little Nemo (not to be confused with Finding Nemo)

[@erubianwarlord8208]

@14:23 the reason for the alterations in the gwendy dolls is rather clear once you take into consideration the fact that barbies don't come store bought with servos and possessors installed the commandos had to hack them up and reconstruct them with motors sensors and the like aftermarket

[@deviant_ghost]

I absolutely loved this movie as a kid. Of course, trauma from watching movies was sort of a normal part of growing up in the 90s.

[@Stormith]

I loved this movie so much as a kid I absolutely never forgot about it and continue to be that person who asks everyone if they've seen it, and if they haven't I end up rambling on about how great it is for 15 minutes

[@papapolio]

Recently watched Small Soldiers the movie still holds up in my opinion.

[@tomatoefruit1675]

I thought this movie was a horrifying fever dream.

[@jaredbenham1078]

This movie is literally a joke... I mean it was directed and created by the guy who made Gremlins 2 (also Gremlins) and Matinee, both movies who're fucking insane and hilarious references to shlock. Also, Great vid

[@samanthacarpenter3336]

I FRIKIN LOVED THIS MOVIE AS A KID!!! I owned it on vhs, and for some reason it never freaked me out.

[@zoinksxscooby]

Did we all forget that most of the technology in our homes did in fact start in the military? A lot of the high-tech products we take for granted originated with a military purpose.

[@ashknight6696]

ah yes we owe so much to killing people on purpose

[@mechanomics2649]

I really wouldn't say most. A lot of it was the other way around, civilian technology adopted by the military, but otherwise yeah, several fundamental components to the average household started as military projects.

[@DigestedRaptor6]

A lot of consumerism products start out either in the military or trucking industry. Its ridiculous to see stuff as "new" to General public but had been in use in the aforementioned fields for years if not decades.

[@lalliselove]

Used to watch this movie all the time! As a kid I used to pretend my toys were alive and trying to kill me haha. Running around the house, pretending to hide, fight back. This honestly fueled my imagination in a horror/action way in which Toy Story couldn't. Also those Gwendy dolls are pure horror fuel haha.

[@ilikeham4658]

One of my most and least favorite movies from childhood. I remember making myself sit through some of it even though it terrified me and I loved it. Cool to see you review it. 👍

[@T-I-M-E.42]

I feckin love this movie, I watch it at least once every 5 years. Much nostalgia. Wow.

[@ninjakat57]

Little did BionicPig know, there's a Furby movie and it's nightmare fuel.

[@Shadowxcatcher]

A what what now ???

[@angrykappa]

Kirsten Dunst in this movie was my first movie crush as a kid.

[@novasingsstupidstuff6354]

Someone probably already mentioned this but the "cloak and dagger" movie traumatized me as a kid. It's like a more fucked up home alone?? There's literally a scene where they kill the main characters friend and he has to hide in the trunk with it. (Its 100% meant to be a kids movie btw) it's insane watch it please

[@Phexlar]

Had this on VHS and was one of my favorites as a kid.

[@kriticalitylives]

I remember having an Archer toy! #TeamGorgonites for life!

[@MarisMagic]

I have vaguely remembered this movie for YEARS and couldn’t figure out what it was called. I was traumatized and thought I had made it up

[@tf9241]

I literally haven’t heard about this film in years.

[@NonStopKnocks]

This used to be one of my favorites back when I was 5. Love the gorgonites and commandos beefing.

[@jordanmelven]

I didn’t think this movie was traumatizing when I was a kid. I thought it was badass insanity, lol!

[@andrewjohnson8316]

This is the first time I've ever bought something from a KZbinr's sponsor link. Thanks for the gift idea I've been needing all year. Big fan, long time! Keep up the great content :D

[@Milkytan]

"You like cutting things?" me: /sweats in self harm addiction

[@hyperspacesushi]

you good there dude-?

[@John-merman]

you ok?

[@wafflesoldier7957]

I watched this movie so many times as a Child. How come ever since I found your channel a year ago you post everything i love.

[@AsgardianQueen]

I was gonna say, this doesn't seem like a kids movie and to be honest, I'm not sure what rating would be right for it.

[@lordemingway2115]

Still my favorite movie from my childhood The montage on ''another one bites the dust'' is pure gold

[@Lizzypoohxo]

I remember my boys wanting to watch this movie when they were little. Oh boy, yeah it wasn't the best idea. They loved it. I found it a but creepy. Well done movie though, great graphics.

[@OlShaky]

As a kid growing up in the late 90s early 2000s I can agree, this movie terrified me as well

[@ejm1225]

"Why is no one screaming?" Because they're doing drugs underaged, next question!

[@evanbasham4875]

I remember Small Soldiers, damn you! I watched it when I was 9, same year as me playing Dead Space 1 for the first time.

[@mostlyghostie]

Glad this video exists to reinforce that I was not the only child traumatized by this movie! I flipped between thinking this movie was a fever dream and it being real for years

[@pleasantnezumi4909]

This is one of my "fever dream" movies... I vaguely remembered it from when I was a kid, but no one else seemed to know what I was talking about. So nice to see it really exists.

[@Spookdog]

the main thing I learn from these videos is that there's truly a video game for everything. and I'm still surprised every time

[@jeconiahhoffman4892]

Fun fact, when I was 5 this was the favorite movie of both me and my dad, and he would wake me up super early in the morning so we could watch it together before my mom would wake up since she hated it. That's one of my earliest memories

[@Scarface6sic6]

this was my favorite movie growing up. Glad you did a review on it man

[@syro2412]

I still have that martip hazard toy figure I got as a kid. Didn't think I'd see a video about this movie in 2021

[@princesssmileyface91]

My brother and I loved this movie growing up, he even had gotten commando toys for Christmas one year.

[@MEMEDADDY-sd8fr]

Damn i watched this movie as a kid and i loved it. I COMPLETELY forgot about this, thanks for reminding me it exists.

[@BlinksAwakening]

That little bit with the check is hilarious. We were robbed far too early of Phil Hartman's brilliance.

[@soullotus4172]

I still have my VHS from childhood of this movie, I used to love it Now looking back, this probably should have been my parents' first clue that something was wrong

[@cameronstain4793]

I was legit just like " who's that guy i watch, that i subbed to, who looks alot like a slimmer version of armoured skeptic, who does the movie reviews" And i go onto my youtube app and you're like second on my suggested vids wtf. And this is like my favourite movie from my childhood i love it 😂

[@get_wackdd2593]

This movie was my childhood, maybe that's why I'm a little messed up. I still have a VHS copy of this movie and still watch it over and over

[@GeorgeGeorge-cj6el]

I honestly loved this movie. Just scratches that itch of seeing toys come to life. Idk why it’s so satisfying.

[@MrZackavelli]

11:20 You were just raving about Alan being a badass. This is just re-telling his tales of badassery, so it makes perfect sense.

[@RajiTheAcrobat]

Broo that movie was so lit 🤣 hardly traumatized me as a kid. Just some good ass memories. Even got a real toy of that crazy blue thing lol

[@kioskthewarlord9590]

I finally remember. I've been having flashbacks (not necessarily the traumatizing kind) to the last scene in this movie but couldn't for the life of me remember what it was.

[@FadedTheory]

I loved this movie as a kid. Had my mom rent it from blockbuster one night I was so happy. Archer was my favorite

[@yannickdellaert1616]

I saw Small soldiers on tv a as a child and absolutely loved it. Thx for reviewing it

[@Inkspells]

I loved this movie as a kid. Saw it on tv once and never knew what it was called until my late teens when I finally got to see it again. But despite that it was burned in my brain and I loved the good guys

[@grimmoflunalis1440]

I remember this movie! I think about it often, actually. Loved it as a kid

[@clarencekisamore3281]

I watch this movie way more than I should. Great vid bro!

[@bludhuuntr4946]

The War for Necron is gonna be big.