The Reel Rejects - CREATURE COMMANDOS 1x07 Breakdown & Review!!!

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Starting point is 00:01:06 Let's hear these characters talk in three, two, one finale. Coy saw my weasel. Those message boards, Greg, and they're going to love that intro. We're going to see a lot of clipouts. Dark times. Here's your boy, about to kill another old lady in the woods. That was the finale of Creature Commandos, hopefully season one of many.

Starting point is 00:01:38 I love that we got tricked into being tricked into being tricked. I love that we went back and forth with the princess from the first episode. I love that the Frankenstein element was kind of a mislead. Like there was not a big brouhaha. It was a shoot him a bunch and then comedically deliver like an ongoing thing. I mean, he's been stalking your first century. so clearly she's killed him before and we'll have to do it again. I really dig that Frank Grillo got affected by the fight with Clayface.

Starting point is 00:02:07 I really enjoy that we thought the only person that couldn't possibly be killed is the one they killed, which is what James Gunn does best. The setup, it should have been obvious. We even talked last week at the only person we thought was safe was Nina. And of course, it's a flashback episode and that's when you're endeared and then take her out. I love that on the world building side, we got Clayface earlier, but bringing him back feels impactful we got bloodhaven we got star city we got metropolis all iconic cities in the world of dc and we're going to get those in the dc u i love that themascara was a bit of a

Starting point is 00:02:40 mislead like they didn't actually go to themascara but it exists as an important place a place of women um that the the sons of them mascara uh you know like like uh how how certain people have taken the name or the concept of woke which is a very uh you know important concept and made it into a negative. And I feel like the Sons of Themyskera represent this holy place of women and then dude bros, you know, have appropriated it. So it's very topical in the world,

Starting point is 00:03:11 but that is world building in a unique way. So then later in the season, having Star City pop up, having, you know, these places just casually named, it doesn't make it so there's a needle drop of like Metropolis. It makes it like you live in the world. When you turn on the news, you hear Chicago,

Starting point is 00:03:24 you don't go, pump, pump. And I love that this feels so woven. And I really like that, to be honest, there was a couple characters introduced right at the very end but it didn't have like a big what's next in the DCU it got to feel independent got it feel like itself and we really love these characters now so I'd love if we see them pop up in anything

Starting point is 00:03:41 I really hope like I've got a little like pocket aces that we see Dr. Fosseris in Superman or someone from this but Greg would you think overall I think we'll see Rick Flagg I think we might see Rick Flagg maybe yeah I thought that was a really solid finale

Starting point is 00:03:57 that was heartbreaking at the end because like last episode you guys maybe didn't some of you guys might think he did speak some of you guys probably didn't catch a review the last episode you maybe saw some of the reaction we didn't catch a review but in the review we were like okay who might die and then I was like well

Starting point is 00:04:12 James Gunn usually doesn't kill off the women characters and I was I was likening especially Nina to rat catcher from the suicide squad like okay so she'll probably get the finale moment and be the big hero or something like that and I thought it might even be very akin to the suicide squad

Starting point is 00:04:28 where the fate of their powers all come in hand to saving the world in some way and that's not at all what happens I thought that was awesome because a lot of this is about perception versus reality and then the monsters themselves

Starting point is 00:04:42 like that kind of feels like that's the whole theme of the entire show you know monsters who are misunderstood perception but the reality of who they actually are underneath the surface and bam that happens right there with the princess at that very ending moment even like the shock of horror

Starting point is 00:04:58 on the bride's face upon realizing like, oh, her friend just died from this, which wasn't even actually the truth, at least momentarily lived in the truth. I am glad that they did conclude that she actually was a bad person to Britsen's because I was like, I don't know, that was like...

Starting point is 00:05:14 I like, what if this whole mission was just like worth nothing? That moment she was like killing her in the water and her eyes shimmering and she looked so evil and then she came out like do-eyed and innocent. That to me was the confirmation of evil. Like I even said, like oh now she's innocent i love that we got the i'd immediately the story's so good i immediately forgot about the blurry figure in the photo yeah i was so captivated that i was like oh that is

Starting point is 00:05:37 such a red herring yes and i think with perception versus reality it messes with people who maybe study james guns like james gunn puts himself in the literal like he's drawn in here he's the opening credits so there is an awareness that it's a james gun property beyond just being a dc show I think he knows there's going to be people like Coy and I who are going to be watching it with a certain kind of lens. She's got to make it. Yeah. Studying the work of James Gunn and thinking we know how it's all going to go.

Starting point is 00:06:08 Not every audience from her, but I'm sure there's going to be a lot of us. I'm sure there's a lot of you guys who watch the show who are like us in that regard. And I think he messes with that. Again, perception versus reality. Before the show aired, there were people going like, oh, so it's going to be blop, blop, blub, blub, complaining about the similarities to suicide squad. And I love

Starting point is 00:06:24 that this went, hey, everything you thought was the left was the right. and everything you thought was right was the left i mean one other way too is rick flag is not the main character it's kind of sets it up like that right it sets it up that rig a he doesn't get a flashback episode the way everyone else gets flashbacks you my friend is i guess flashbacks rick fly doesn't get flashbacks um but rick flagg if you look at the suicide squad if you look at gardens of the galaxy it's the human guy who is the eye line the connection yeah eyeline connection which rick flag does serve as but he's not the main character but as soon as mission two

Starting point is 00:06:54 happens to the bride yeah it's like it's the bride who is the bride who is the is the ultimate main character, the ultimate leader of this squad, not Rick Flagg. So I love that subversion as well. Yeah, I think you really showed that he can do something different, you know, and I like kind of toying with the audience because, you know, my big complaint on the first episode was, like, if you look at like the full circle trajectory, like my big complaint was, man, this debut episode just feels like the suicide squad. This just feels like something I've already seen James Gunn do.

Starting point is 00:07:24 and if you're going to be like the new DC universe do something different. And then by the end, you're like, yeah, he's doing all the different things. And I really appreciate that about the execution of the show. And Nina is a heartbreaking character. You know, she was a super empathetic one. And that was a heartbreaking tale with her dad.

Starting point is 00:07:41 James Gunn's really good at the father stories, I think. He's really good at, like, parental stories. And bullies. And like he says such empathy for people that are pushed aside and ostracize. Yeah, he's really strong at that. And I really like her. because hers feels like again a universe like having

Starting point is 00:07:57 Frankenstein and brighter Frankenstein even though my recollection of the movies themselves is not strong my takeaway with the themes of the of the universal monsters is stronger than my actual memory of what happens in those movies

Starting point is 00:08:12 and the general theme is like they represent some type of fear and fear of not being accepted and she does have like a creature from Black Lagoon type of tale in a sense

Starting point is 00:08:27 and being misunderstood and rejected just for her appearance I thought that was a really strong way to liking it and I believe Frankenstein and Bride are I don't know about Bride

Starting point is 00:08:38 but I know Frankenstein I think they are public domain characters so they can't just be so they can't use them yeah there's a current Creature Commando's comic that it's a different Frankenstein like it's another total archetype and totally different character

Starting point is 00:08:51 different name and everything okay cool so yeah I mean they serve a function but in different ways like Hulk's do. James Gunn is so good at playing with emotion and playing with heartstrings and I think there is something to you brought up like his exposure to

Starting point is 00:09:08 nerddom and was he bullied and all those things and it's really interesting as a mid-30s nerd I think there's a unique perspective that millennials have early 40s. Me? Good sir. Mid-30s. Do not rush the next five years, 36, clinging to every year I have left.

Starting point is 00:09:27 Let's be real with the audience for once. 36, I have an idea. Early 40s. One more year, mid-40s. Jesus. A decade you've taken for me, Greg? Born at 88. My point B, millennials are uniquely poised with the internet being something we live

Starting point is 00:09:41 before, through, and during, millennials are uniquely poised with pop culture, with movies coming out, you know, once a year getting a big type of movie, and then rarely getting superhero stuff, and then we've seen the acceleration. I bring that up because, James Gunn is a bit older than me and I remember literally being made fun of because I cared about superheroes

Starting point is 00:09:59 I remember being bullied not like everyone's bullied it happens but I can't imagine what he went through if I was there when X-Men were getting movies and Spider-Man was getting movies

Starting point is 00:10:09 and I was still made fun of for caring about the comics there's something really beautiful just from an outside perspective that he has been able to go through that and be someone that remained empathetic that uses all of

Starting point is 00:10:23 his knowledge and all of his storytelling prowess and his literal like storytelling uh a manipulation in a good way that he's putting art out there that makes people like me and younger and older people from all ends of the spectrum and there's him he's making empathy out of characters that he loved that he didn't get to celebrate and now he's celebrating it for us and we're getting to empathize with being underdogs we're getting to celebrate this art and the art has always meant such to me it's why i don't like calling it content it's why i don't like people trivializing superhero stuff some stuff is rush some stuff isn't good some stuff is whatever but i every time there's one of these

Starting point is 00:10:59 properties gets to celebrate that i live through a time where i never thought i'd see the day and it hasn't gotten old yet there are some that aren't as good but it is still a revelation for a kid that grew up being made fun of for reading these that i get to talk about this for a living that someone's making this art for me so i just there's a lot of love i have for james gun for not turning into a dick so many people when they're bullied so many people like that left a career he was going to do music and that's why he has this great ear for needle drops. So many people get so calloused. They turn into monsters.

Starting point is 00:11:28 And instead of turning into a monster, he made monsters turn into us. And I really appreciate this show for doing that. And I really hope people can learn empathy. And I really hope he can use this universe since he has so much control over it to make people a little bit better because we're living through a horrible time of hate

Starting point is 00:11:41 and we're living through a lot of people being monsters. And that's the theme of the show in so many ways is how you perceive that. And I really just hope that in all the vitriol of what he's gone through and taking over this universe and how much Haiti's gotten. Someone can appreciate publicly how much he's doing for nerds and how much he's making this stuff matter. So I just

Starting point is 00:11:58 thanks, man. Yeah, I do love this. This is really good content. Yeah, it really is. It's just, you know, it's like reading the back of a fucking serial box. Content. I think this is actually a really smart star. Will it be as, will it get as much eyeballs

Starting point is 00:12:14 or as much traction? I probably won't even get a fraction of the amount that the Superman movie will get, right? Agreed. like this there's probably not going to it's an animated show first and foremost it's an animated show of characters that people don't are most likely not familiar with however i do think it is a really to your point i think it's a really good start for a new universe because this felt like an amalgamation of a bunch of different comics like of every character where it did feel like a complete graphic novel by the end like they looked it felt like comic issues and every comic issue allowed us to go to the backstory and they would

Starting point is 00:12:51 use a different, a slight tinge or a different way of animating the back story of characters. I mean, obviously one that comes in mind the Nino one for this one because we just saw it, but like they made it very blue. And a bit of a shimmer too? Yes, yes. And then the phosphorus one

Starting point is 00:13:07 got to get some of that Gotham aesthetic appeal. So this really showed, hey, we really care about the comic books. You know, like invincible to my understanding, they changed some stuff, but A lot of it is very much a direct adaptation while still changing stuff that's not direct.

Starting point is 00:13:23 Timing and stuff, yeah. Yeah, but they still looks like the comic book of Invincible. And this is really like an inspiration of it while still really feeling like we know the comics and we honor the comics and we really care about it. So I really thought this was a smart start to show, you know, so much of the time when you hear about properties where filmmakers don't know what the comic properties are

Starting point is 00:13:45 and it pisses off people for not knowing it. This is the opposite. This is the complete opposite. like there were characters i didn't know and there's a lot of stuff that was like right in front of me that i was tricked into and i love that because i got to live this like a civilian in some ways one of my random disappointments with not disappointments but a bit of a bummer of james gun taking on the dc universe is oh this guy just stuck himself in just to only doing the comic book dc universe now for forever and he's got such versatility and he's done other things through so many years

Starting point is 00:14:18 you're trying to convince me what Scooby-Doo. You know, like, he's done so many things. I loved a super movie. Slyther, I thought, was really cool. I'll watch Scooby-Doo with you. Yeah. Let's react to Scooby-Doo.

Starting point is 00:14:30 But I... But the reason why I think he can take it on is because he really does love these characters. He really does love this world and universe. And plus, oh, it's... Also, these are going to do... He can tell you more unique stories by putting it under the lens of superhero stuff.

Starting point is 00:14:43 The whole point of superhero stuff is a Trojan horse for stories that might not have sold otherwise. So I love that he can tell crazy stories Like this wouldn't work without these characters Being under the DC umbrella Yeah, that's true So I love that he's done that And it's the opposite of like

Starting point is 00:14:56 And I like the end of Joker But I didn't like the movie I like the end It's kind of the opposite of Todd Phillips Who's like I'm gonna be the joke Like I'm gonna be the Joker You're the joke Because I made this the thing

Starting point is 00:15:07 This is just a love letter That's able to tell insane stories That wouldn't work without these characters Being IP Okay Tarantino I dude you know I said that week's for Tarantino You know QT's always copy in Yeah, I really loved it.

Starting point is 00:15:20 I'm really appreciative. It was heartbreaking and all the stuff James Gunn does well. The irreverances is so high, but it's always second to the heart, and that is so hard to do. And the humor is not like, surprisingly, he actually, if there's any element of James Gunnisms that showed restraint, it was vulgar humor. Vulgar and the pop culture stuff was like sporadic compared to,

Starting point is 00:15:40 you know, he played those levels down. Yeah, it's like vulgar sexual humor. There's more of that in the movie of the Suicide Squad than there is in this. Yeah. Yeah. I loved it. I hope you loved it as well. Let us know in the comments below what you thought of Creature Commandos, Episode 7, as well as the entirety of the show. Are you more excited for the DCU as we are? I'm very, very, very hopeful for the future. This was definitely a great kickoff. Please leave a like in this video. Please hit that subscription bell if you have not yet. And we will see you for the next show, especially if you got that notification, Der Don. Lots more to come. Much love. We'll see you soon. Bye!

The Reel Rejects - CREATURE COMMANDOS 1x07 Breakdown & Review!!!

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