SPEAKER_03 0:04

The question is, have you ever been catfished by a set of boobs?

SPEAKER_01 0:12

Greetings and salutations, and welcome to Hackerslash. If you're joining us again, welcome back. A total joke, a waste of time, or a slash.

SPEAKER_00 0:29

Totally killer. Unintended.

SPEAKER_01 0:30

We believe horror is for everyone, and as such, we're rating these movies for the perspective we've all gained from our varying walks of life and the flavors of fear we fancy most. My name is Chris, I'm your friendly neighborhood slasher enthusiast. This week I'm joined by the Superfly Space Guy Mac.

SPEAKER_00 0:44

Hola, muchachos.

SPEAKER_01 0:45

The Gore Lover Alexis. Hey everyone. The cowardly creeper Ryan. Hiya. And the Scream Queen Paris.

SPEAKER_05 0:51

Hey sweets.

SPEAKER_01 0:52

This week we're going green and revisiting a comedic franchise we've covered once before. Not surprisingly, this sequel entry is the only one in the franchise that actually takes place on St. Patrick's Day. But before we get there, we have some follow-up.

SPEAKER_05 1:05

We recently reviewed a film called Valentine from 2001, a film that I, in a turn of events, absolutely loved. Uh Ryan not so much. The rest of us thought it was okay. And we wanted to know what our friends on the internet thought. So we asked, and actually 85% gave it a slash, and only 15% hacked it.

SPEAKER_02 1:22

Those are stellar results. I'm disappointed. Disappointed? Why? Because I hated it.

SPEAKER_05 1:29

You didn't hate it. Or maybe you did.

SPEAKER_03 1:32

I didn't like it.

SPEAKER_05 1:33

We've hated things more. We have a comment from Tony who said, I just discovered this movie almost a year ago. During the first lockdown, I found myself adding many great titles to my Scream Factory Collector Edition collection. This is one of the few I bought without seeing first, and I don't regret it. Cupid aimed this right to a slash. The first lockdown is like really an upsetting thing to hear.

SPEAKER_02 1:51

It is when someone says that I'm like, dun, dun, dun. Like it's just like very gives me bad vibes.

SPEAKER_01 1:58

In London, they've they've had like twelve. We're coming up on our quarantine anniversary here, so.

SPEAKER_05 2:03

Ugh. Where does the time go? I don't know. But one of our patrons, Freya, Helsa had something to say. She said, seeing Margot from Legally Blonde eat a Maggate chocolate and then list all the JMs she could think of with Denise Richards? Amazing. I wish these two had been the final girls in all honesty. I would have liked to have seen that creepy police officer get a fate like creepy lingerie garry after hitting on our girl Denise. Boil all the men alive. Slash, slash, slash. Also, it was nice to see Scream 4's Officer Judy in this flick, though I swear there are about three other actresses with her exact face.

SPEAKER_01 2:33

True.

SPEAKER_05 2:34

I don't remember an Officer Judy in Scream 4, so I will be looking for that next time I watch. And then finally we have a new listener, Sammy, who commented with us on Facebook. They said, Glad you all mostly enjoyed this flick. I love slashers and wish that someone would bring this genre back to relevance, and this film would make for a fantastic reboot. A new film that stays true to the Tom Savage thriller would be a great film. Keep up with the good work. Love the podcast. And I totally agree, this movie needs a remake, you guys.

SPEAKER_02 2:57

I'm surprised it wasn't in that group of everything that got remade.

SPEAKER_05 3:01

Yeah, who missed that?

SPEAKER_02 3:03

I feel like it might come up in the next like 10 years or so. We'll see.

SPEAKER_05 3:05

With just like a hot young cast, and it's gonna end a little bit better than this one did.

SPEAKER_02 3:09

Yeah, pretty much I need the Riverdale cast in this, and you have my attention.

SPEAKER_05 3:14

And that's our follow-up.

SPEAKER_01 3:16

Well, in Valentine, we saw Denise Richards win our hearts with her portrayal of Paige. A few years earlier, though, she was actually highly considered for a role in another seasonal horror film, albeit one significantly campier. When we last visited this franchise, we broke down the original 1993 film. Now, in that one, Jennifer Aniston was teaming up with a group of gents to thwart the danger imposed by a bit of gold and a 600-year-old supernatural fella with a shoe fetish. A little more than a year later, the sequel sees our poetic villain on a quest for a bride on his 2000th birthday. This week, we're talking about Leprechaun 2. Now, who's seen this one before?

SPEAKER_02 3:52

I know I've pressed play on this before today, but I still I think it's just the antics of the Leprechaun that I'm like, uh, maybe it was Leprechaun in the Hood that I saw, or maybe it was something else. Like, so there might be a possibility I actually never seen this.

SPEAKER_05 4:06

Uh yeah, I imagine they all blur together once you get past like the third and fourth.

SPEAKER_00 4:11

I have never seen this one. Or maybe I have, I don't know. Like, this is one of those things that showed up on the sci-fi channel back in like the late 90s and early 2000s a lot. And so all of the Leprechaun movies kind of merge together when you see clips of them in between like doing homework and you know going down to eat dinner. So maybe I've seen parts of it, maybe I haven't. Parts of it seem familiar, I can say that. But I have seen the first one before. So I re-watched it to watch them in order again.

SPEAKER_03 4:36

I'm not sure why, but I'm having a moment of deja vu where I feel like we've had this exact conversation, and you're like, eh, I used to be on the sci-fi channel all the time. Y'all know me. You know I've never watched this voluntarily, haven't seen the first one or this one prior to this podcast.

SPEAKER_05 4:52

Yeah, I also can say with the utmost certainty that I have never seen either of these movies. Um, Ryan, did you do what I did and watch both of them today?

SPEAKER_03 5:00

No, because I care about myself in a way that I would never allow that to happen. I watched uh last night because I needed time.

SPEAKER_01 5:07

That's fair, that feels very on brand for you. I've seen many a leprechaun in my time, and this franchise is riddled with weird stuff. But this leprechaun, man, he is a very well-traveled leprechaun, I can assure you. I've seen him in North Dakota, uh, I've seen him in the hood, I've seen him go back to the hood, and I've seen him in space, and I thought I'd really seen him everywhere, right? I thought I'd seen them all. But as I was watching this with Ryan last night, I realized I could say with perfect clarity, I have never seen the Leprechaun take Los Angeles. I went into this with the expectation that it'd all come back to me, and surely I was I was mistaken, but at every turn I was actually hit with a new surprise. But what were you folks expecting?

SPEAKER_05 5:48

I will be frank and I will tell you that uh this is a movie that I saw in Blockbuster in the 90s, and I was always like, that looks like bullshit. Even though I was like eight years old, just the cover alone for like the original or the sequels, I was like, I don't know what that is, but I will never watch that. Here I am today. Um so yeah, I was expecting this to just be like really, absolutely garbage.

SPEAKER_03 6:08

You know, life really is just about going against all the things that you said you would and wouldn't do one day. I guess if I'm being honest, I was expecting like Thanksgiving with a leprechaun, like chaos. I feel like uh a lewd, vulgar leprechaun is absolutely what I thought was coming my way.

SPEAKER_02 6:24

Yeah. Super silly leprechaun antics uh sprinkled with lots of deaths. Now one of those is right, one of those is wrong.

SPEAKER_00 6:33

Having watched this right after re-watching the first one, it kind of spoils it because you know exactly what to expect in terms of the antics and the shenanigans. But going into watching both of them, I remembered enough to know like there's gonna be campiness, there's gonna be like cheesiness, like really bad lines and and rhymes that we're gonna expect, and then there's gonna be ridiculous kills. And that's kind of what I was expecting to see was shenanigans and ridiculous kills.

SPEAKER_01 6:59

I wish I could have expected more of the same. I loved the original Leprechaun. I will never forget one of my favorite memories with Alexis is laying on her couch watching Leprechaun together. It was a good time, and it's a kind of movie that brings people together because I think it in its own, right, it's funny, but if you're watching it in a good mood with the right person, it becomes even more hilarious and it's a good experience. So it really, when it came down to this one, I was surprised how less funny the leprechaun was, and I wasn't mad, I was just disappointed. Very traditional parent feelings about this movie.

SPEAKER_02 7:34

Yeah, I can relate to that pretty well. When we watched it the first time, I mean it was just like you're right, it's the atmosphere. So I don't know, you and Ryan are watching it this time, so maybe you guys got a different response. But I did pick up on why is this one so serious? It it just has like a more like the shenanigans are gone, the one-liners that I love from the first one are gone.

SPEAKER_01 7:57

It's because he's not shining shoes anymore. They just took away like the core thing about his identity, gave it one throwaway line in the beginning of the movie, and then he he doesn't care about shoes the rest of the time.

SPEAKER_02 8:07

No, and they should have. Because just because you played the card in the first movie doesn't mean you can you you have to stop there. Like you can keep going. Because that's what makes these movies what they are.

SPEAKER_03 8:18

Yeah, I'm I'm not really sure what I felt during this movie, to be honest. I think that there is like a a charm, you know, to our little leprechaun boy. He's a little a little creepy, a little funny, a little crazy, but then also the rest of the characters are interesting. I don't know. I I feel unsettled. That's what I felt during this movie. Unsettled.

SPEAKER_05 8:39

I can echo that sentiment. I'm actually surprised to hear Alexa say that this movie was more serious just because I felt like this was surprisingly a movie that didn't take itself too seriously when I was expecting it to be like a movie that asked me to actually be afraid of a leprechaun. But I feel like this movie was not particularly frightening, but more disturbing and unsettling, like you're saying, Ryan.

SPEAKER_00 9:01

You guys are so unsettled by this movie, and I don't get it. Like it wasn't unsettling. Like I didn't watch it feeling like, oh, I feel you know, skeevy or my stomach wasn't upset or anything like that.

SPEAKER_02 9:10

I just I didn't mean it like that at all. Yeah, I don't think she did. I don't know.

SPEAKER_00 9:14

I I just felt like this was straight to VHS while watching it. I just felt like this was the let's make a jar head to kind of situation where hey, we had a first one, it was successful, it was good. Like, get a script done by tomorrow and we'll we'll film it. Like, whatever it is, we'll film it and we'll offer as much money as we can afford to get the original people back, and we got one of them.

SPEAKER_02 9:34

Yeah, funny you mentioned that because this is the last one to be theatrically released for many obvious reasons.

SPEAKER_03 9:40

I'm sorry, this was released in theaters.

SPEAKER_02 9:42

Oh yeah. Oh, for sure.

SPEAKER_03 9:44

Theaters in '94. What a different time that I don't know anything about because I wasn't born, but oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_04 9:49

Oh wow. Yep.

SPEAKER_03 9:50

It's okay, it was four. I didn't know.

SPEAKER_02 9:52

Maybe I knew.

SPEAKER_01 9:54

See, I think that's that's part of the problem with the identity of this movie. It was like it was chuckle-inducing sometimes, but a lot of it was just weird. So I totally get what you're saying, Ryan, about it being like unsettling. I have a lot of feelings about our main girl, Bridget. She looked like two different people depending on the angle of the camera. It was just ridiculous. And I I think I can sum up the experience of watching it as mostly just giving Ryan weird looks since we were watching it together over FaceTime. And only sometimes laughing, but I think I was laughing more at my connection with Ryan than I was at the actual movie. Yes, absolutely. So it for sure wasn't frightening, right? But I do think it's fair to say uh this movie feels like a solid early warning of how dangerous catfishing is.

SPEAKER_02 10:38

Wow.

SPEAKER_03 10:39

I've never been catfished, but have the question is have you ever been catfished by a set of boobs? That's really what is here. Yes.

SPEAKER_02 10:48

No, I'm kidding.

SPEAKER_03 10:49

That would be probably a lot of people the answer is yes. Yeah, I mean, I think, you know, catfishing aside, this isn't a scary movie. It is a little uh it gets a little creepy in a couple of moments, but it's not scary.

SPEAKER_02 11:04

This movie, um, no, is not scary at all. I will admit watching like the first one when I was younger, that was creepy and terrifying, and he kind of is, but yeah, it's not frightening at all.

SPEAKER_00 11:17

No, definitely not. Of course not.

SPEAKER_01 11:19

Even you're not scared. Oh obviously, come on. I thought for sure St. Patrick's Day would get you. What's frightening is a level of disrespect towards this national holiday.

SPEAKER_00 11:29

Yes, there you go. I mean, like, you know, at least they had some people enjoying themselves and having a couple drinks. That was cool. Good for them, but not scary.

SPEAKER_03 11:37

His teeth were scary.

SPEAKER_05 11:38

I actually kind of expected to maybe be scared by this because it has like, you know, maybe it's kind of chucky-like in that it's like a small, tiny antagonist running at you. Um, but I think he was like maybe just talking too much for it to be scary.

SPEAKER_01 11:49

Yeah, I think there I think there's something there because his face is not a pretty one to look at. It's and then he has like those really beefy, pudgy fingers. It's super weird and uncomfortable. But I think one of the things that strikes me about this movie is that the leprechaun himself is unrivaled in terms of like horror movie stuff, right? So like you have Chucky who's clearly like got the niche on the uh possessed doll market. But the leprechaun feels pretty uh he feels like he's standing alone amongst like holiday titans. Like unless there's like a dope Easter bunny movie, I think I think the leprechaun's got it in the bag. But I think it's so original, this leprechaun, that it even manages to not be connected to the first movie. And I gotta give it points there because it's it started me down this whole like rabbit hole theory because there's mention of the leprechauns like maybe being born in litters. And I'm thinking, is this franchise just an exploration of all the the leprechauns from one litter?

SPEAKER_00 12:48

I you know what? When we when we made it into the what first five minutes of the film and he mentions the fact that he's a thousand years old and it's already in the past, and I'm thinking, well, that doesn't add up with the first movie. I was like, Well, that's stupid, they just changed it. And then I think it was my roommate that said, like, oh, is it like the son of the original movie's leprechaun or something? So I think the theory like adds up though.

SPEAKER_01 13:09

I know. Yeah, it's all one litter, man. I'm telling you.

SPEAKER_05 13:12

I hate that you're using the word litter.

SPEAKER_01 13:15

But it's so true, it's so accurate. Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 13:18

Are leprechauns born in litter?

SPEAKER_01 13:20

That's what he describes. According to the source, the he's the authority on the matter. He is a leprechaun.

SPEAKER_02 13:26

Ew. I don't know. Can you imagine it'd be like little hymns running around like six gremlins?

SPEAKER_01 13:33

Paris, I'm sorry I'm saying the word litter, but just consider consider yourself lucky that I'm not saying suckle. Yes.

SPEAKER_05 13:39

Oh, you know. Ew. I do feel like you're kind of right though, Chris. This movie there is a case for this being original. I can't think of anything even that attempted to try something like this. Uh yeah, I'd call this original for sure.

SPEAKER_03 13:54

I think, you know, so we have what, like Krampus, the turkey from Thanksgiving, we had Jack Frost this year or last year. Gremlins don't really count, they're just holiday adjacent.

SPEAKER_01 14:06

Krampus feels though like he's less in this category because he's cool and not terrible.

SPEAKER_03 14:12

No, no, no. But still, I'm just saying I would actually take I would actually take the leprechaun over those other choices there.

SPEAKER_02 14:20

That's funny, because I'm taking over this non-existent Easter Bunny because I'm going to find a horror movie that has an Easter Bunny, because that's way more creepier. And I feel like if done right, it would be a fantastic movie. Which it won't be.

SPEAKER_00 14:34

So a quick Google search shows us there are Easter Bunny horror movies.

SPEAKER_03 14:37

Doesn't mean they're good.

SPEAKER_00 14:38

Easter Bunny Kill Kill. Uh Rotten Tail is another one.

SPEAKER_01 14:41

Rotten Tail's kind of funny. Peter, Peter, Rotten Tail.

SPEAKER_00 14:45

Yeah. So it's a thing.

SPEAKER_01 14:46

Yeah, I can for sure say uh Rotten Tail is not in the database.

SPEAKER_00 14:51

Yet. That's okay. By tomorrow, everyone will forget that this happened. So we won't have to watch it.

SPEAKER_02 14:55

I will not. Okay. I might just watch it for the hell of it, though. So and report back.

SPEAKER_00 15:01

I mean, they definitely forgot the first movie happened when they made this one in terms of the story. Complete redcon. That's fine though, I guess. I don't know about originality though, because I feel like this kind of like structure of I am an evil sorcerer or whatever, and I am in love with this woman and I can't have her, so I'll like curse this family and come after the descendants. Like that seems kind of played out. Obviously, not with a leprechaun, though.

SPEAKER_03 15:24

Did you know you can't steal gold from a leprechaun? Or they'll literally try to kill you? Apparently. I didn't know.

SPEAKER_00 15:30

I never learned those myths growing up. I always learned that like you would catch them and they would like give you wishes or something. And like that was, I think, the extent of what I learned. We always like imagined them to be like five inches tall.

SPEAKER_02 15:42

Yeah, I did too. In uh kindergarten, they had like little footprints, yeah, and they would have like little coins. I was like, oh my gosh, mom.

SPEAKER_00 15:52

We had to build a trap. Did you have to build traps when you were a kid? No, but that was this was the thing that we grew up doing was building leprechaun traps.

SPEAKER_03 15:59

Feels illegal.

SPEAKER_01 16:00

This is why that poor leprechaun from Lucky Charms is always stressed out. You got damn kids building traps.

SPEAKER_02 16:06

He's stressed out because people split the marshmallows from the from the actual like corn.

SPEAKER_00 16:12

Like if somebody came after my lucky charms, I'd be stressed out too.

SPEAKER_03 16:16

Then it got gross. Speaking of lucky charms, as with most cereals, usually the ending is the best part. For this movie, the ending was not the best part. I was quite disappointed by this ending. I don't know how you guys felt.

SPEAKER_01 16:29

Yeah, the ending was super weird and abrupt, and I wasn't a fan of it either. The way it was supposed to end and continue into a third movie, it seems like it would have been more satisfying, but as it is right now, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 16:42

The ending was a drag, pretty much. And I don't know, I was just disappointed too. I was kind of like, oh wow, that's the end, and that's it. But yeah, so I don't know. I wish there was something better they could have done, and they could have done a lot, but they chose to go with the bare minimum.

SPEAKER_05 16:57

Wow. I definitely feel like the ending was very predictable, but I actually think the ending was probably my favorite part.

SPEAKER_00 17:04

The ending I think was predictable in how kind of mediocre they executed it, just like the rest of the story. But I I had trouble with how they got to the ending, like how they like wrapped things up with the leprechaun, completely different from the first movie. And I think that's what bugged me is I wanted to return to the mechanism we used in the first movie. And uh to go over this completely different way was a bit weird.

SPEAKER_01 17:29

I'm gonna be honest, I'm sensing some mixed signals here about our feelings on the ending, and uh we'll see how this shakes out because it is not an episode of Hacker Slash if Chris and Paris are not on polar opposite ends of the spectrum. But let's start making our way to the ratings so we can see how it shakes out now. Alexis, how many people died in this movie? Surprisingly, six people died.

SPEAKER_02 17:48

I don't know how or when, but they did in this movie. I think you know both how and when. I know exactly when and how they died, but in all actuality, it seems didn't seem like there was that much violence in this movie, but we'll talk about that later. But we have a solid six.

SPEAKER_03 18:02

And what about that animal report, Ryan? Ooh, so happy to report. There is an adorable pup in this movie, but clean animal report, nothing to worry about. It was all real, real chill vibes.

SPEAKER_01 18:13

You know, things we enjoy. Nice. So at least that won't be a disappointment. Now let's go ahead and get into the scoring. Leprechaun 2. Is it a hack or a slash?

SPEAKER_05 18:22

Okay. Um, I'm gonna hack this movie. I hated it so much. Um, this is the worst movie we've ever done on the podcast to this day. Um, worst movie I've ever seen, top five for sure. I knew I was gonna hate this. Uh, I dreaded watching this. I saw it on the list and I said no. Um, and don't do what I did. Don't lock yourself in a dark room and watch the first one and the second one back to back. Because 20 minutes into the second one, I was like, should I just quit the podcast? I hated the characters in this movie. The leprechaun itself is very stupid, not scary, not funny. Um, so it didn't really succeed in any of the things I think it was attempting to do. Truly, there were so many scenes of this movie that I was just like, please end. I actually made a conscious effort to find the few morsels of things that I didn't hate about this movie so that I could answer the questions we ask later in the podcast. Uh so this is an absolute hack from me. It is by definition a total joke and a waste of your time.

SPEAKER_01 19:15

We are nothing if not passionate here.

SPEAKER_02 19:18

That is pretty harsh. I don't know if I'd say this is the worst movie we've ever reviewed. It's not. Yeah, we did Thankskilling pairs.

SPEAKER_05 19:26

I miss Thanksgiving, so maybe I'm missing out.

SPEAKER_02 19:29

I don't know. I wouldn't even know if that's the worst because I don't know, maybe there's more, but I I enjoy the comedy in that one for sure. It was raunchy, but it was great. Um, and I love the comedy that the first one brought out so much that I had such expectations for this movie. I mean, I knew what I was gonna get. I was gonna get a leprechaun, doing leprechaun-ish and tricksterish things. And, you know, I knew this movie wasn't going to make sense, but I was gonna be there for it, and I just dreaded coming here tonight um and talking about this because I was just like, wow, I usually have more to say on why I would dislike a movie, but this was just like eh, just dislike it.

SPEAKER_03 20:08

So for that it's getting you were gonna be there for it. You tried to have its back, but it turned on you and well, I tried claiming my internet didn't work, but that didn't help. Well, you know, just to join in here. Is this predictable? Yes, a hundred percent. Every person that clicked on this podcast and saw that we were viewing Leprechaun 2 truly is just here to hear us talk trash about it. Um, I have in fact wanted to quit the podcast because of watching a movie before. This wasn't it, I'll be honest with you. And a significant portion of that is because I watched it on FaceTime with the lovely Chris Rojas. And I believe she knew in her heart that it would be more enjoyable if I had someone with me. Yes, that is 100% accurate. Yes, because I rarely get a high D want to watch this request. This isn't the worst movie I've ever seen. There are other movies that it it truly physically hurts me when we review them. This is a total joke and a waste of time, though. There's like some small things that I enjoyed, and I would say this is the closest I've ever been to like maybe almost enjoying comedy in my horror, but I I think it's just like I think it's just not for me. I just don't think I'm I'm just not the person. Like if I'm watching horror, I'm watching horror, man. I don't watch comedy, you know. I'm not watching comedy and expecting somebody to get killed and just, you know, go along with it. It's just not good. If you get me like a little drunk, I might watch the first one and like enjoy it. But boy, this ain't it. It's not good. It's a hack.

SPEAKER_00 21:38

Okay, so hear me out. I don't want to be the contrarian here, but I have to be. Just kidding. It's a hack. Come on, guys. I think we're all looking around seeing each other's facial expressions and knowing that we're feeling the same way. That it is pretty much a total joke and not the funny kind of joke that they should have put into this movie. They had a huge missed opportunity there. I mean, I don't exactly know what they were trying to go for. It seems like the script. Was written on the back of a napkin, maybe like after drinking too much Guinness. Maybe that's what happened. And then like the next day, they were like, sure, like make some money off of it somehow. I hope that they did. I'm sure they probably made some cash because they went to theater, but they should feel bad for having done so. Um I paid to rent the first one and the second one because I couldn't find them streaming anywhere for free. I think it was like four or five bucks. It was four. Four dollars. It was like a dollar more to buy it. And I was a little like, well, if it's a dollar more, I should just buy it because then I'll own it, or at least the license to watch it, or two dollars more, maybe, or the places I found them. But then then I was like, Yeah, I don't want to own it. And had I done that, I would have just like deleted it from my library even after paying to own it. But no, I paid to rent it and I want my money back. I want that rental money back.

SPEAKER_02 22:50

I want our time back, but you can have the money. Yeah, my time would I I normally don't care, but time would be nice to get back.

SPEAKER_01 22:57

Well, this has been uh taking a very positive and uh delightful direction. Uh so sorry, Warwick Davis. I'll keep this brief. I actually want to follow up on that point made by Mac. Like him, I want my rental fee back. And you see, it could have been worth the money if it were actually funny, but it wasn't, so it's getting a hack. Ooh. And with that, Leprechaun 2, too fast, too shitty, is a universal hack. Like Mac has disclosed, you can either purchase it or rent it, but it sounds like we don't recommend you do either. Um, maybe you dig into the archives of YouTube and see if you can piece the movie together with free clips, but either way, join us in the second half because there is a lot to talk about on this one. We'll see you in a bit.

SPEAKER_00 23:44

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SPEAKER_01 24:10

Welcome back, folks. You are now entering the spoiler zone for Leprechaun 2, which has earned a universal hack. Now, we have a lot to unpack here, but before we get into the specifics of why this movie was so shitty, uh, we had the matter of gore to attend to Alexis. What is our gore score?

SPEAKER_02 24:24

Also, the gore is pretty shitty, in my opinion. So it's definitely a low gore score. Some of the things that you see happen, you're like, oh wow. Could have been more intense, in my opinion, to actually get a higher gore score. When I look back, I'm like, there were six deaths though. Like I can't even I can recall them clearly because I took notes on them, but like it in all actuality, it's just kind of like the movie. It's just a little jumbled and trying to pick that apart, but I'm not gonna say my favorite death first, because I feel like I always take everyone's.

SPEAKER_03 24:55

To be fair, we only have six to choose from. There's five of us, and one of them sucks. So which one sucks? The first one. The first one is nothing. It's a it's an ex-napping, it's literally nothing. So um I'm gonna go first so that I can steal the one that you guys all want to talk about. And it's obviously the dead alive lawnmower boob kill.

SPEAKER_02 25:19

Oh, yeah, definitely my favorite favorite.

SPEAKER_05 25:22

Yeah, not mine, actually. Well, well, let's talk about how amazing this one is before we get to yours.

SPEAKER_03 25:27

Yeah, because this one This one's pretty good, right? You you know something's up while like before the kill happens, but you don't know exactly what's up. And then and then you see, well, well, first off, and then you see some boobs.

SPEAKER_05 25:42

With that obvious boob double, like clearly not her.

SPEAKER_03 25:45

Yeah, clearly not her boobs. But I mean, to be fair, it was a leprechaun, technically leprechaun boobs.

SPEAKER_01 25:51

I just want to point out that when that happened, we noted that it was 30 minutes in before we got boobs, but Ryan was nodding her head with a big old grin on her face and doing like a real nice gesture. I'm just saying, I mean, listen, you know what it is?

SPEAKER_03 26:03

If you're here for a horror movie and especially a trash horror movie, you know that some boobs are coming.

SPEAKER_02 26:08

Those were good boobs in that too. Yeah, yeah. Because I was like, saw this and I was like, I need to rewind because I'm not sure what I'm watching. I'm like, oh, it's a little leprechaun plus 10 jokes.

SPEAKER_03 26:19

So anyway, they turn into the bottom blade from a lawnmower, which is very intense. And of course, we just did Dead Alive not long ago. I'm sorry, Paris, did you not realize what they were?

SPEAKER_05 26:29

I honestly thought they were like motorboat propellers, and he was like motorboating those fake boobs to death.

SPEAKER_03 26:35

That's not what propellers look like at all.

SPEAKER_05 26:37

I don't know boats.

SPEAKER_03 26:39

Oh god, I need to teach you things. Yeah, they're they're small. So yeah, it was it was just like what we saw in Dead Alive, where we have the the bottom of a lawnmower, the blade spinning. And of course, you know, you're sitting there and you're thinking, no, he's not gonna do it, he's not gonna do it. And he does it and becomes truly a headless mush.

SPEAKER_05 26:57

But also they cutaway, which is rude.

SPEAKER_02 26:59

I was gonna say, I feel like that would have been like a great even to see like some blood splatter or something, like a little bit more than oh, let me get the shadow from it.

SPEAKER_03 27:09

But that we did get the look of it later when he's hanging at the front door. That was like a it was a little something. It was a little something, yeah. Wasn't dead alive.

SPEAKER_00 27:18

My favorite was Morty, for sure. And I feel like it's the only real leprechaun style death in the movie because it involves like the whole three wishes thing, and it's like when you're talking to a genie, you have to carefully word everything. You know, if you're like, I want a million dollars, and the genie fills you with a million dollars, that's not what that's not what you're actually wishing for, and that's exactly what happened here. He wanted his gold and he gave it to him. You just have to carefully word your wishes. So I feel like this was like a legit like leprechaun prank leading to a kill. And that's you know, I definitely appreciate that. Also, like the whole like stomach enlarging full of a pot of gold and then like ripping open that part, that was good. It was really weird though when he like took the gold out and made whatever comments he made afterwards. But yeah, precision of language, it's very important when dealing with wish granters. Just saying, if you ever ever happen across a genie in a bottle or Christina Aguilera and she grants you three wishes, you just have to word everything perfectly.

SPEAKER_01 28:10

You know, to be fair though, I think it's just generally important and these beings exist to teach us that lesson.

SPEAKER_05 28:16

Do these beings exist?

SPEAKER_03 28:18

The ideas of them exist. Can we all just recognize for a moment that Chris, if given the opportunity to make three wishes, would be the most precise and clear person.

SPEAKER_05 28:30

Those would be solid wishes.

SPEAKER_03 28:31

There would be no gray area. Her her communication skills, A1.

SPEAKER_05 28:36

Each wish would be like a full document with clauses.

SPEAKER_01 28:40

Oh, yeah. I'm for sure gonna consult my girlfriend who's gonna end up being an attorney. It's gonna be great. Yeah, absolutely.

SPEAKER_00 28:46

These wishes are legally binding. You have to sign terms and conditions before you can ask for those wishes. That's how it works.

SPEAKER_01 28:52

As it should be. Okay, so look, obviously the parallels with Ian and uh Dead Alive were a top-notch thing for me. I think that was a joke that I like made to Ryan as we were watching it. Also, I'm super stoked that he passed in that way because he had it coming. He was just a prick. First off, if your man, sorry, not even your man, if the guy that you go to a go-kart event with uh says, No, it's okay, I'll I'll have someone cover for me. Hey, I can't make it into work, but I'm probably just gonna stay here at work. Can you come cover for me? Like, he has no ambition, that's not the guy you should be with, first off. But I think in terms of like a favorite death, aside from his, it's gonna be the leprechaun. Because hey, but if my theory sticks about all these movies being a different leprechaun from the litter, then I can accept his death as final, and it brought some closure to this movie.

SPEAKER_02 29:39

Surprise no one liked the barista, the steam. That was kind of fun. That one was pretty fun.

SPEAKER_00 29:45

All I thought about was Mad TV while watching it though. Oh, yeah. I just couldn't unsee Stewart.

SPEAKER_01 29:49

Stewie. Stuart, yeah. His puffy, melty face, the very thin blood seeping from it, it was just so unpleasant to look at. It also reminded me of Dead Alive. Yeah, the bubbly, the bubbling face was really disgusting.

SPEAKER_02 30:04

I know no one was scared of this movie, right? I think we all were. Yeah, not even remotely. Exactly. Well, it's funny because so Warwick Davis at first was ashamed of this film, understandably. So as this franchise became more popular, and even in this movie, he just became a lot warm to the idea of like, okay, cool, like I shouldn't be ashamed of this, you know. You know, he is this leprechaun um that's become quite popular, and you know, he really loved doing this every few years. So, I mean, you'd have to if you were like super stoked, and it's very consistent. I mean, I know the jokes aside that he has a lot more in the first one, but I think that kind of picks up as you go throughout the franchise. But, you know, obviously he's retired from his role. We don't have leprechaun 22, thank God. But, you know, he was kind of like reserved um at first because he had children, so he didn't want them to like see him as this villainous person. So he kind of stopped it for a little bit, but you know, he said he would be open to doing more horror as his children have uh grown up, so we probably might see another leprechaun in the future. Hopefully not. I don't know, maybe he's in a remake or something, which would be pretty cool.

SPEAKER_00 31:17

I think his performances in Star Wars and Harry Potter, that's enough, you know? You did good.

SPEAKER_02 31:24

And that is the uh gore you know, um, not as gory this week, but you know, who knows what we'll have next week for you.

SPEAKER_01 31:32

That's totally fair. And uh, you know, while this movie may have been light on gore, I will say the look of the leprechaun is still something to be not necessarily admired, but uh to to be discussed to a certain extent. He's gross looking. Uh it'll say he has just crayons for his mouth and teeth, which is bizarre. I do have a little bit of a nod about the leprechaun as my favorite visual element though.

SPEAKER_05 31:57

And what is that?

SPEAKER_01 31:58

It ended up being my favorite because it was actually one of the worst, but it was somehow the kind of worst where it becomes charming over time, so it ends up being the best. It was the dissolves use for the leprechaun. Every time he strikes a dramatic pose and then Wartworth Davis has to hold it while the fade kicks in. If it were made today as a low budget student film, it would for sure be done by a kid who doesn't realize he can change the default transition on his uh NLE. So he's like, oh, okay, I guess I guess this dissolve has to last 10 seconds. Uh stay there, please. We need some room. It tripped me out. It was terrible the first time and got more hilarious as it went on.

SPEAKER_03 32:37

I actually agree. That is one thing where I was just like, this is the kind of thing that usually I'm like, this is dumb, I hate it. But it actually tickled me. I guess that's the the nerdy designer people in us, Chris. But yeah, he's standing on screen for like 20 seconds holding his holding his arm around his head. Just like, we can still see you, bro. Not gonna lie. Dramatic. Yes. My favorite visual element is the his tree house glare.

SPEAKER_05 33:04

For sure.

SPEAKER_03 33:04

Maze?

SPEAKER_02 33:05

That's definitely mine too. Yeah, I don't know what it is. Is it in a pot of gold?

SPEAKER_03 33:10

Is it also kind of the Teletubby set, but in a tree version? It's a lot, but it was very like, I don't know, it was a very interesting set to look at.

SPEAKER_02 33:18

Yeah, because everything was really big compared to like the character, which I guess I don't know. But then they had this stone too that she like lays on. I was like, not sure how I feel. And if he lives there, wouldn't it all be tiny? That's what I'm saying. Like I didn't understand why it wasn't perfectly. Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 33:35

We're asking a lot of questions here.

SPEAKER_02 33:36

Well, I think he was waiting a thousand years to uh uh build these kind of stuff for her.

SPEAKER_01 33:42

Okay, I have a little thing about the thousand years. All right, so look, we've we discussed Twilight every once in a while. One of the most popular songs from all the Twilight soundtracks is A Thousand Years by Christina Perry, which has been used the world over uh in so many weddings, and I feel like this would be a better movie for a thousand years to be in because he's literally waiting a thousand years for her.

SPEAKER_05 34:08

I have died every day waiting for you.

SPEAKER_01 34:10

Time has brought your heart to me. Stop.

SPEAKER_03 34:12

Can we also note that the scene from theoretically 1,000 years prior was just like the 1800s, maybe? Like they were just regular, like colonial era people. Not at all 1,000 years ago. They were not from the 1900s.

SPEAKER_01 34:31

1994 looked real futuristic, you know?

unknown 34:34

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 34:35

I do love the horrible fake beard that that guy had. Oh, oh, I hated it the most. I was trying to figure out like how did they did they just literally glue like pieces of hair to his face?

SPEAKER_03 34:44

Or dirt, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 34:45

Yeah. I thought it was so Yeah, I didn't realize that was supposed to be a beard.

SPEAKER_03 34:49

Yeah, unfortunately.

SPEAKER_05 34:50

I'm with you and Alexis, though, because I totally thought that the leprechaun cave was the best visual element for sure. It had a lot of like Jim Henson labyrinth energy, and I was like, oh, this is kind of fun and nice. And anything that goes on down here is gonna be 10% less shitty because it's down here. Um, but my backup favorite visual element was the shot where um the leprechaun's like fighting them in their house, and you see like this gold coin roll across the floor, and the camera follows it all the way through like three different rooms and like into the hands of Cody. And I was like, oh, that was a fun little shot. I'm gonna write that down so I have something nice to say when we record this episode.

SPEAKER_00 35:31

I don't know if I can pick something as my favorite, because I don't know that I appreciated anything about it visually. That might be a bit rough, but I mean I guess I could appreciate in the opening scene where we're in the past and like they're peeking through the bushes at you know, this dude's daughter that this leprechaun is obsessing over. Like they make her look all glowy and like, oh, she's so beautiful and amazing. But in reality, she's just like hanging up laundry and this dude's like stalking her.

SPEAKER_03 35:57

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 35:57

Not cool.

SPEAKER_03 35:58

How dare the leprechaun's whole love life be based on someone not saying, God bless you?

SPEAKER_05 36:02

Right. Right. Oh, that's what the sneezing thing was?

SPEAKER_01 36:06

Yeah. Oh, she'll be my bride when she sneezes thrice. But here's the thing though, I gotta admit this. If you sneeze once around me, I'll say bless you. If you sneeze twice, maybe I'll say but bless you again. But usually you only get one, right?

SPEAKER_05 36:20

I'm the same way.

SPEAKER_01 36:22

Yeah, it's like, okay, if you have a thing, just like hold up your hand, you know what I mean? Like, I don't want to like be the jerk who's like, bless you, bless you, bless you. It's exhausting for both of us.

SPEAKER_03 36:31

You're supposed to wait till they're done. Like you give them a certain amount of time in between, and then you're like, okay, bless you.

SPEAKER_01 36:37

Yeah, but then sometimes there's like an awkward delay. And uh, you know, you sneeze and then you're just waiting, like, uh oh, you good? And then you just seem like an asshole then, too, you know what I mean? It's just it's a difficult game, uh, you know, blessing people after they sneeze. However, I do have questions about the logistics of like how this happens, right? Could he not have just gotten her to sneeze three more times? You know she's been blessed before. Like, what's stopping the blessing now?

SPEAKER_00 37:02

Everybody gets one. The dad cockblocked him. That was it was just the fact that that his slave made the move against him is you know, that that blocks him. He can't make another move.

SPEAKER_01 37:12

Just so humiliating.

SPEAKER_05 37:13

Yeah, do leprechauns have slaves? I didn't know they were into shoes, but like I guess there's a lot I don't know about them.

SPEAKER_03 37:19

I mean, technically, uh, it's all made up, so okay.

SPEAKER_05 37:22

This isn't like canonical leprechaun lore. No. Okay.

SPEAKER_03 37:26

I don't think so. I'm pretty sure sneezing.

SPEAKER_05 37:29

Well, I mean, apparently they're like tricksters and they like prank people. I didn't know that either. Yeah, I don't think they have razor-sharp claws that they like dig into people's faces, though. I don't think they're scared of wrought iron. Or look like Kevin Bacon.

SPEAKER_03 37:40

Also, I would like to note since we're talking sneezes here, this would have actually been a very relevant time to pull out the Seinfeld, no longer saying, God bless you, you say you're so good looking. This is very relevant. And he wouldn't have been saying, God bless you, he would have gotten his wife. You know, I guess technically this is before Seinfeld's time.

SPEAKER_01 38:00

Yeah, but you know what? The later on it would have been the perfect time. Exactly.

SPEAKER_00 38:04

So yeah, Chris, I have to go back to your to your uh story because when somebody sneezes and I say bless you, if if they sneeze again, I say bless me. And if they sneeze again, I go bless all of us at this point. But maybe I'm the jerk.

SPEAKER_03 38:16

I think now most of us just go, COVID.

SPEAKER_05 38:18

Now, for my favorite scene, obviously I mentioned before I had to make a conscious effort to point pinpoint these things from this movie, knowing I was gonna have a bad time. Um, but what I did not know was that Michael McDonald was in this movie at all. So having a scene where he's just like a really mean, gay barista, I thoroughly enjoyed. Just him kind of just dragging this gross leprechaun for a couple minutes before getting killed. I was like, Michael McDonald, you make everything that you're in better.

SPEAKER_01 38:44

That's totally fair, and that was a great scene in and of its own right. One of the things that I loved from that was the little just bit that you see of the leprechaun laid up, hung over, nursing his hangover with a cup of coffee. And that is hilarious, right? And I think that's the thing for me. You know, things like the hungover leprechaun, things like the little poses that he strikes, there were great moments. And that's all that I can take from this movie. It's like there's these small little individual nuggets of gold, and it's hard to bring myself to enjoy an entire scene. Another nugget of gold though was when he was drunk in the bar, drunk levitating the ashtray. That was a great moment.

SPEAKER_02 39:23

I do appreciate that scene because they were like, oh, let's just get him drunk. Um, and maybe all of her problems will go away. Alexis's solution to a leprechaun. It really is. I do love that scene, but it got really awkward because then he was just like drunk. Not that I have experience on what a drunk leprechaun would look like, but like he was just very like staring, and I was like, I can't tell if he's thinking, if he's playing a trick, or he's just yeah. You're about the same height as a leprechaun, though.

SPEAKER_01 39:51

What do you do?

SPEAKER_02 39:52

Oh my god. If I'm staring, I'm either thinking of something or I'm drunk tired. Like I'm just tired more than drunk at that point.

SPEAKER_01 40:00

He seems to be exhausted. I mean, he's 2,000 years old, ancient as fuck.

SPEAKER_02 40:05

Horrible skincare routine. Like, I get it. Oh god, yeah. Drinking all that goodness, not enough water.

SPEAKER_05 40:11

Laugh lines up to the hairline.

SPEAKER_02 40:13

Yeah, I know, right? And Chris, I really did like those tidbits too. So, like, you know, when he has he takes the um gold out of the homeless guy's mouth. I was like, oh, this is I that's what I thought I was in for.

SPEAKER_03 40:24

I was so sad. I was like, he had nothing left.

SPEAKER_02 40:28

Yeah. One little tooth. And when he's drinking the um whiskey and he like spits it out, he's like, This is an Irish whiskey. And I was like, Ooh, I like this. Too bad it was just a handful of times. It wasn't filled like the first one, but you're right, we're talking about the second movie, so I'm just gonna, you know, stop there.

SPEAKER_01 40:49

Also, shout out to that moment where his hat is blown off his head, and then he's like, Oh damn, that bald head though.

SPEAKER_00 40:55

Yeah, I'm gonna double up on the bar scene, but not the levitation or the drunk part, but leading up to that when there's like a group of little people that walk into the bar. I'm not a huge fan of those of any of the characters in this film, but maybe the extras. The extras were fine. I like that whole scene like leading up and then like chanting for him to drink, you know, and they're like cheering him, you know, getting married, and it's utterly ridiculous, but it was kind of fun.

SPEAKER_01 41:17

I will agree with you that the characters in this movie are generally trash. I didn't like a single one of them outside of the leprechaun. And even he was less likable this time around. He wasn't as quirky, he wasn't as funny. But what struck me most was how much I could not stand Bridget at all. Not her character, not her performance, nothing except for one moment. I wonder if maybe it wasn't her fault, right? Like there were some shots where I was just astounded by how unflattering she could look with her makeup, just the way they lit this shot. It's like she would go from looking absolutely gorgeous and stunning to looking utterly unhinged, angry, and cryptic. And it was always during moments where she was supposed to look happy, right? Like it it was just bizarre. For example, there's a point where she tells Cody she can't stay mad at him, but she looks like a succubus trying to consume his soul. Her eyes were piercing into him.

SPEAKER_05 42:11

That actress was truly rough.

SPEAKER_01 42:13

But Bridget in that red dress, though. Oh, I mean, stunning woman. Really good.

SPEAKER_05 42:17

I absolutely agree. Bridget was a garbage character. Um, interestingly enough, I thought the actress was absolutely terrible until she was actually the leprechaun in disguise. And then I was like, so you can act. Why are you doing the rest of this? It was bizarre to me.

SPEAKER_03 42:33

It's funny because as horrible as everyone was of this movie, especially our boy Morty, he was like a terrible person, an alcoholic, horrible guardian. Definitely gave the worst advice it has ever been. But also, I enjoyed watching him so much. Actually, Morty was one of my favorite parts of this movie. And I was so sad when he died. I just wanted him to I wanted him to have like a an arc of growth, right? And and become a better person. And then he wished for gold. So he had every opportunity to like redeem himself and he really, really took it to the grave, honestly. The greed, the greed took him to the grave, I guess. That's how that worked.

SPEAKER_02 43:10

Yeah, when he had like trapped Cody. I was like, what's going on though? And then I was like, wow, this guy's just a jerk. Uh and I I thought he had some redeeming qualities, especially going throughout the movie and like trying to help Cody. But I think I love all these like cameos in this movie. You know, you have um Kimmy Robertson and Clint Howard, who are the tourists, and I don't I like seeing them when I do watch comedies um that they were in, especially in the 90s. And I don't know, they one Clint Howard has a very distinct look. And um Kimmy Robertson, I just saw her little cute voice. Like, it's so cute.

SPEAKER_03 43:48

Chris spent like the whole movie going, Wait, who is that? I know them.

SPEAKER_02 43:52

Yeah, it's because they're like in everything, but you still don't know who they are. Yes, you know their face. Exactly. And I love that, and then you have uh Stuart from Mad TV in there. So I don't know. I really enjoyed all these little cameos sprinkled in. So as a collective, do we hate the leprechaun character or just wish it was slightly better?

SPEAKER_03 44:11

I wish he was OG.

SPEAKER_05 44:12

Honestly, I feel like Warwick Davis did a good job committing to the character, as ridiculous as it is. Um, I've never actually seen something that he was in that I was like, oh, he did a bad job. He's always very great. Um, but the character as a whole just should never have been written or brought into existence.

SPEAKER_03 44:30

I mean, his greed felt real. Like when he shows up in LA, well, I guess he was, I don't know, was he already there? Is he Harry Houdini also? We don't really know.

SPEAKER_05 44:39

He's a native from the valley.

SPEAKER_03 44:41

Yeah, he's a native. But when he shows up and is like walking down the street and rips a man's finger off, like that greed was real. I felt that in my soul. And also the finger ripped off a little too too easily. Like it was made of paper or something. Yeah. I don't know. I hated this movie, and I actually kind of like the leprechaun. Why?

SPEAKER_00 44:59

That's interesting. We should unpack that because he's the only one having fun.

SPEAKER_03 45:03

Yeah, he is having fun.

SPEAKER_00 45:04

Even if we're not.

SPEAKER_03 45:05

Like I know I liked Morty because I like old, old, grumpy people. They're funny. So maybe the leprechaun is something similar.

SPEAKER_00 45:13

Certainly old. Yeah. A little grumpy, you know, especially when someone takes his gold.

SPEAKER_03 45:17

But also has like a very positive outlook on life, you know?

SPEAKER_00 45:20

The characters in general were kind of kind of crap. But I feel like Bridget, like, did she have to be rescued in the end? Couldn't they have written it in a way that she didn't really need them in any way? Did they all have to like bend and snap when she tried to stab him with it? I don't know. I feel like she was trying a lot to get out. She was doing what needed to get done to try to break free from this, but she still had to wait for this doofus of a boyfriend, I guess you could call him, to show up and rescue her, quote unquote.

SPEAKER_01 45:47

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 45:48

And then fall for an image of her.

SPEAKER_01 45:50

Yeah, if this was a more progressive movie that wasn't made in the 90s, maybe that's how that would have gone. But I do think her trying to escape ended up being a totally useless scene with like the rocks disappearing because it serves no purpose since she tries to tell him, Oh no, I already tried this. He's like, Oh, we'll just do it together because I'm a man, we'll figure it out. And then it's just more of them getting lost in the tunnels. So it literally added zero value to it. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 46:17

And speaking of that, and I know I'm supposed to say a best part since I hacked this, but I truly don't have it left in me. The worst part is that they're running through these tunnels back and forth like it's the Looney Tunes or something. Or uh Scooby-Doo. Scooby-Doo. It's got the Scooby-Doo vibes. And then they run one time holding hands, and he comes back not holding her hand and is like, oh, where'd you go? And maybe you should have realized that when no one was holding your hand anymore, and turn around then and said, Hi, why are you stopping here? We have places to be. We have to keep going. No, he makes it all the way to the other entrance, and I'm just like, this is horrible. It is Scooby-Doo. And that was a tiny little nugget of the worst part of this movie.

SPEAKER_00 46:58

I think the best part of the movie was Morty. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, except for when he died. I mean, obviously that was my favorite death, but I was kind of bummed out that he didn't like wish for something more useful. Like he locks him in there for his own good in a way, to wish him like closer to her or something. No, he's like, I'm gonna lock you in here. I don't worry, I got this, I got a plan, and I'm gonna get all this gold. Come on, dude. Like, obviously, that's not gonna work out well.

SPEAKER_03 47:20

I mean, he was authentic from start to finish. That's what matters.

SPEAKER_00 47:24

I guess so.

SPEAKER_01 47:25

Not to mention he got scammed out of his second wish.

SPEAKER_00 47:27

That's true.

SPEAKER_01 47:28

Did it himself, literally?

SPEAKER_00 47:29

But he was the smoothest talking character in the film. Um, even though he was obviously just like trying to skate by on life and you know steal from everybody. But I don't know, I just I feel like he was the most genuine character in the film.

SPEAKER_03 47:42

He was also very northeast. I have no idea what he was doing in LA.

SPEAKER_00 47:45

Everyone is in LA is not from LA, so you know.

SPEAKER_03 47:48

I know, but he just belonged in like Jersey. I just I just, you know, he just feels like that. And I needed him there running his three card money, right? Hustling.

SPEAKER_00 47:59

But look at that, look at that business, you know, that business mentality he had. Not just trying to grow his business, but trying to like franchise it out to begin with. You know, he was he was in it to win it.

SPEAKER_03 48:08

Drugging and and over overserving people along the way just to get them there. Yeah, definitely.

SPEAKER_02 48:14

If I had to pick a favorite part, I guess. Uh because it's hard to, honestly, besides um the points you've mentioned, like Warwick Davis playing, you know, this iconic character. But I think it's gonna have to be somehow Cody just being himself in this movie, aside from like his character. He's so dramatic on everything, but then it goes to the factor. I have to laugh so hard at this because I feel like I've done this, much less I've never seen a man do this, which is fine, men can do this. I find if a man is going to be vulnerable, it's great. You have this like cheesy, like 90s music in this in this entire movie, and it's horrible. But then you have him just shifting through photos of him and Bridget, and you're like, I'm just like, what is this movie? Like, I was like, is this not another teen movie? But like, you know, fast, you know, rewind a few years where all the photos are taken on the same day.

SPEAKER_03 49:17

Yeah. But that's that was exactly what it stood out to me. I was like, look at your 10 photos from the same day. You guys are so in love.

SPEAKER_02 49:23

He's just quite a character in this movie. Half the time I'm like, okay, just chill. Just chill. I mean, I get it. There's a you know, evil leprechaun going around, but you know, just even his like when you first he's like, Oh my god, you know, just his his antics are quite out there. It was a lot. Yeah, it was a lot.

SPEAKER_05 49:41

If I have to come up with a best part of this movie, it's gonna be the only two remaining positive things I have left in my notes. One being the gold choker that Bridget had to wear most of the movie. I thought it was cute. Uh the other being the scene where the woman comes outside of her home when they're going by with like the spooky Hollywood Undead tour. Yes. And she's like, get away from my house. My husband's not dead, he's just sick. Get out of here. I thought she was kind of a scene stealer there, and I was like, there's like a whole backstory with her, and I loved that.

SPEAKER_03 50:11

She was like, We don't need y'all around here. We're a happy family. Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_01 50:16

It was great.

SPEAKER_05 50:17

She was just so sick of the shit.

SPEAKER_01 50:19

Yeah. She was truly the most relatable character in this entire movie.

SPEAKER_05 50:22

Yeah, get the hell out of here.

SPEAKER_01 50:24

As as much of a darling moment that was, the best part of this movie for me was actually going back to something that you already mentioned, Paris, which was Bridget's crazy eyes actually being used in a productive way, and that's when she's cackling maniacally and revealed to be the illusion of the leprechaun. Her eyes and Warwick's leprechaun voice was a perfect match.

SPEAKER_05 50:45

True.

SPEAKER_01 50:46

In spite of that though, it still wasn't enough to get me to ever watch this movie again. Ever. No. No circumstances.

SPEAKER_02 50:53

I always say I'll watch this if I'm watching it sequentially, but I think this is when I'm like, I remember it, I remember I'm not missing anything, and I'll skip this one.

SPEAKER_05 51:03

I always say you couldn't pay me to watch this movie again, but at this point, this movie actually owes me a debt, and I will be sending out an invoice.

SPEAKER_00 51:10

Yeah, it's about $45 for both the first and the second movie. You know what? Okay, I won't take it back for the first one. Just the second one. This just this film right here. I want that money back. Yeah, I'm not gonna rewatch it again. I'm definitely not paying to re-watch. I regret paying to watch it.

SPEAKER_01 51:24

Well, look, I know this movie has left much to be desired, but let's see if there are any redeeming bits of fulfillment we can find in Max Factor Fiction.

SPEAKER_00 51:33

I'm gonna keep it short today, uh, mostly because you've already spoiled all of them. Um, but seeing as this is Leprechaun 2, I'm gonna give you two. So let's start with number one. TriMark was ready to nix the craptastic leprechaun finding a bride storyline, if Jennifer Andison returned. Even in the early 90s, though, $25,000 was not enough for her.

SPEAKER_02 51:53

Fiction. Fiction?

SPEAKER_00 51:54

Fact. Why would she ever come back? This is fact. Who's gonna upgrade to Friends and then return to this franchise? Yeah, they literally like offered her like $25,000 just to like return. And obviously not enough to do so.

SPEAKER_03 52:08

Appropriately so, she made the right decision.

SPEAKER_00 52:10

Yep. And number two, Freddy versus Jason was a thing. Why not Candyman vs. Leprechaun? They actually started developing such an abomination.

SPEAKER_03 52:19

Please don't disrespect Candyman like that. Thank you so much. It better be fiction.

SPEAKER_02 52:24

Could possibly be true. I don't know. It seems like something that would be in this universe, and I would possibly like to see it no matter how Ryan hates it. The idea, but I'm gonna say fact. Be in this universe?

SPEAKER_05 52:40

Something in my brain feels like this has a chance of being plausible, but I don't want it to be true, so I say fiction. Good choices.

SPEAKER_00 52:48

It's a fact. You know who noped out of that one though?

SPEAKER_03 52:51

Candyman Peter.

SPEAKER_00 52:52

Tony Todd. The man, the myth, the legend, Tony Todd.

SPEAKER_03 52:54

Oh, rightly so.

SPEAKER_00 52:56

He actually said he had too much respect for his character to be involved in such an elegance. So he is once again the greatest ever. Thank you, Tony Todd, for making sure that that never saw the light of day.

SPEAKER_02 53:05

Could you imagine Leprechaun just toading around with Tony Todd? Also, the height difference. Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. He's like his like little minion.

SPEAKER_01 53:13

It's very Luke wearing Yoda on Dagobah.

SPEAKER_05 53:15

Oh my god. That's a mashup we didn't know we needed. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 53:19

I'm glad it never happened because that would have been pure crap, but you know what wasn't pure crap? The last two seconds of your life listening to fact or fiction, and that's uh all there is.

SPEAKER_01 53:28

Short and sweet, just like that leprechaun. Well, there you have it, folks. Leprechaun 2 has earned a universal hack. And look, I don't think this is one we're gonna want to revisit for a while. Uh, you'll really have to seriously petition us to bring it back. Well, we've certainly talked about a lot here. Uh it doesn't end here by any means. I know that there are a lot of people who actually think this is one of the funnier movies in the franchise. I don't know how, but please defend yourselves. Uh, keep in mind there are a number of ways you can reach out to us, starting with our website, hackerslash.com. And on our social media accounts on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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