The Reel Rejects - Extended Version: CORALINE (2009) IS A TWISTED DELIGHT!! MOVIE REACTION!! Dakota Fanning | Other Mother | Laika

Episode Date: October 20, 2025

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR!! Coraline Full Movie Reaction Watch Along: ⁠  / thereelrejects  ⁠ Go to ⁠https://www.HelloFresh.com/REJECTS10FM⁠ now to Get 10 Free Meals + a Free Item per box for Life with active subscription! Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Apparel! ⁠https://www.rejectnationshop.com/⁠ With spooky season in full effect, Roxy & Johnald RETURN for a stop-motion visual feast as they give their Coraline Reaction, Recap, Commentary, Analysis, Ending Explained & Spoiler Review! Roxy Striar & John Humphrey react to Coraline (2009), the acclaimed stop-motion dark fantasy from Laika Studios and director Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach). Based on the Neil Gaiman novel, this visually stunning and hauntingly imaginative film tells the story of Coraline Jones (voiced by Dakota Fanning – War of the Worlds, The Twilight Saga), a curious young girl who discovers a secret door in her new home that leads to an eerie “Other World” — one that seems perfect at first… until its sinister truth is revealed. The film also stars Teri Hatcher (Desperate Housewives, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman) as both Mel Jones and the chilling Other Mother, Ian McShane (Deadwood, John Wick) as the flamboyant Mr. Bobinsky, Jennifer Saunders (Absolutely Fabulous) and Dawn French (The Vicar of Dibley) as the eccentric retired actresses Miss Spink and Miss Forcible, and Keith David (The Thing, Gargoyles) as the mysterious Cat. Iconic and highly searched moments include the discovery of the tunnel to the Other World, Coraline’s button-eyed family reveal, the spider-like final showdown with the Other Mother, and the film’s mesmerizing stop-motion visuals that still captivate audiences today. A mix of gothic whimsy and childhood dread, Coraline remains a modern animated masterpiece — blending craftsmanship, atmosphere, and a chilling message about appreciation, courage, and identity. Follow Roxy Striar YouTube:⁠https://www.youtube.com/@TheWhirlGirls⁠ Instagram:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/roxystriar/?hl=en⁠ Twitter:  ⁠https://twitter.com/roxystriar⁠ Intense Suspense by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...⁠ Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Apparel! ⁠https://www.rejectnationshop.com/⁠ Follow Us On Socials:  Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/⁠  Tik-Tok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@reelrejects?lang=en⁠ Twitter: ⁠https://x.com/reelrejects⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/⁠ Music Used In Ad:  Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠ Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...⁠ POWERED BY @GFUEL Visit⁠ https://gfuel.ly/3wD5Ygo⁠ and use code REJECTNATION for 20% off select tubs!! Head Editor:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/praperhq/?hl=en⁠ Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.⁠ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠ Ask Us A QUESTION On CAMEO:⁠ https://www.cameo.com/thereelrejects⁠ Follow TheReelRejects On FACEBOOK, TWITTER, & INSTAGRAM:  FB:  ⁠https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/⁠ INSTAGRAM: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/⁠ TWITTER:  ⁠https://twitter.com/thereelrejects⁠ Follow GREG ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: INSTAGRAM:  ⁠https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/⁠ TWITTER:  ⁠https://twitter.com/thegregalba⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I'm excited to be back with you. It's been a minute. How are you feeling today? They can't keep us apart, man. Listen, the most surprising thing about today is that you haven't seen this movie. That was shocking. It's been a million years. I did see it the ones way back when it first came out and not at all since then.

Yeah, okay. So I'm excited to actually go back and, you know, let this hit me. I've never seen this movie. Okay, excellent. How weird is that? It's going to get weirder. Yeah, I hear. That's what I hear.

It's referenced all of the time. So I'm excited. It is a beloved, modern animated classic. Of course, we're talking about Coraline. Gotta name the movie. Hell yeah, guys, if you want to get the full and complete Coraline experience alongside Roxanne and myself, see everything that doesn't make these reaction highlights. Why don't you grab your own copy, your Blu-ray, your Amazon Prime account is where we're streaming from today.

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Yeah, I was ready. I was rehearsing this on the ride over. I was like, I'm going to nail it this time. I'm going to nail it this time. It's not your first Throne and Pony show? It's not my first Brodeo. Brodeo.

Let's do this thing. Ride him cowboy. Got to keep it special. Yeah. Oh my God, that's right. Lika. They have become prolific. The button makes me think of Paddington.

This is definitely going to be as cuddly and cute as Paddington. Terry Hatcher. Terry Hatcher. I was in a movie with her. Really? Madness in the method. Go check. it out, gang.

Jennifer Saunders, Don French. I only know Dakota and Terry so far. It's Samuel French's brother. Oh, really? No. John Hodgman's sister. Ian McShane, I know, of course. All right. Ooh. Travis Knight.

It's so crazy how many animators you have to have on a movie that there's four lead animators. Yeah, right. Travis Knight, isn't he the son of the Nike dude? The Nike dude The guy who like founded Nike or whatever Oh my goodness Okay it's giving Chuckie right now

D.A. D.A. Dambola Give me the power I beg of you Just the deconstruction of the dolls I know let's get that mop of red hair I like the black sparkly one Just in case you ever have to give me buttons Wow Was this in 3D

I bet this must have been in 3D Claymation looks very cool You're trying to kill me No the torture's not going to work if you turn it down They're trying to kill me I really just wanted to turn down the movie But Henry Selleck

Henry Selig deserves more respect. He does. Nobody even knows the directed nightmare before Christmas. It's crazy. I remember finding that out like maybe five years ago. So stupid. Think Palace Apartments. I would so live there.

Yeah, this is lovely. AMZ. You think that was an abbreviation for Amazon? For Amazon, yeah. They knew. I like this guy's goatee and bandana combination. Oh. Eh, this is my tip.

Where's my tip? Oh. That sounds like the duolingo, sigh. Aw. If you get it wrong. I can't need food. Okay, so I've seen this girl everywhere. Okay.

That's got to be Coraline. It's Terry Hatcher. So is Dakota fanning Coraline? I'm going to go out on a limb and say that is probably the case top billing. It's like a wishbone. Yeah. Oh. It's like a compass that compels you in any direction.

Power of Christ? Definitely. Oh, my goodness. Look at that. I wonder what techniques they might have blended for this because there's like some stuff that looks like a painting. Yeah. The clouds.

Why are we changing light so much because of how cloudy it is? Yeah. Usually that's a passing of time thing. It's just the clouds. moving by. That's cool. Which, like, in stop motion has to be really hard

to sell as an effect. Unless they CGI did it or something. You ever dyed your hair color? I have. I'd like to do it again. That color would look sick on you. Dude, I tried blue once. I would like to try again.

You scared me to death, you mangy. You're still alive. I'm just looking for an old well. I got a wish to make. Know it. Magic douser, magic douser. Show me... Whoa.

Whoa! It's Mandy now. What is that? I'm gonna take the brown acid. Whoa! Ah! Dang! Cool.

Cool. Huh? You're from Texas or Utah. Some place dried out in Bairn, right? I heard about water witching before, but it doesn't make sense. I mean, it's just a normal near branch. It's a dowsing ride. Of course.

And I don't like being stopped. Not by psycho nerds or their cat. He's not really my cat. He's kind of feral. You know, wild. Hmm. Sometimes they'll come in my window and bring me a little dead Oh, he's so sweet.

That's what they do to show love. And if I'm a water witch, then where's the secret well? You stop too hard and you'll fall in it. Oh, snap. Eh, that ring of mushrooms. See? Supposed to be so deep. If he fell to the bottom and looked up,

you see a sky full of stars in the middle of the day. Wow. And then a sky full of stars. That's what I thought too. I'm Yby. Wyeby a little vet. Why do you? Short for, why born?

Not my age, of course. Oh, that's so sad. John. That's my nickname. Caroline, what? Coraline Jones. Hmm. Why do you?

But I heard an ordinary name like Caroline can leave people to have ordinary expectations about a person. Of course. You got to be extraordinary. I am shook it right now. I didn't hear anything. Oh, I definitely heard someone. Why were you born? Oh, my God.

God, Y-Born is a savage name. I haven't moved on. I'd wear gloves next time. Why? Because that dousing rod of yours, it's poison oak. Oh, my God. Oh, no. She can have rash everywhere.

Whoa. Very cool. Pepper seeds. Mom. Can I go out? I think it's perfect weather for gardening. No, Coraline. Rain makes mud.

Mud makes a mess. Mom, I want stuff growing when my friends come to visit. Yeah, you're about garden life. Coraline, I don't have time for you right now. And you still have unpacking to do. Lots of unpacking. That sounds exciting. Must be pretty young, Dakota.

Some kid left this on the front page. Yeah. Oh. Hey, Jonesy, look what I've found in Grandma's trunk. Look at her poison oak. A rash hand. Whoa. That's weird.

What's his name? That is weird. I'm way too old for dolls. Hey, dad. The posture. Oh, my goodness. Look at those eyes. Dad.

Hello, Corline. They introduce you the dirty world of composting. Aw. Do you know where the garden tools are? It's pouring out there, isn't it? His hair is... What the boss say. Don't even think about going out, Coraline Jones.

Low. And you'll need the tools. That too, Padre. This house is 150 years old. So? So, explore it. Just let me work. You guys are all writing up gardening stuff.

Let the girl garden. Ooh, nice shower curtains. Oh, no, not like that, honey. What are they? Earwigs? Earwigs. The brown water. Ew, ew.

This chocolate milk that comes out of the shower head. No, no, no, no, no, no. Go! Push. Uh-oh. He lost all his work. Got to hit save, man.

Got to hit save. All every other word. One boring blue boy in a painfully boring painting. I used to do this around my house, even though I lived there forever. All right, little me. Where are you hiding? Ew. Cool Dutch angle.

Are you sure this isn't horror Thursday? Definitely. It's going to be so funny. There's a comedy show on the other side of this door. I'm really, really busy. I think it's locked. I love mulch. Will you stop pestering me if I do this for you?

Do what, though? She's going to rip the... Fine. She's like whining like a dog. It looks painted over. It's like wallpapered over. Yeah. It's so aggressive for her to.

Bricks. They must have closed this off when they divided up the house. And why is the door so small? We made a deal. Mom. I think you are so nice. I give you bowls of porridge and I give you bowls of ice cream. Why don't you ever cook, mom?

Caroline, we've been through this before. Boy. I'll go food shopping as soon as we finished the catalog. Is she in a neck brace? Looks like, yeah. Think they're trying to poison me. little carly don't you think her parents would be like why does that doll look exactly like you yeah who's been who's been studying your visage don't forget about me guys okay oh go hubcabs that's very cute how old do you think she is i don't know like 12 or 13 yeah like middle school age yeah oh i can't imagine moving at that time it's tough on yeah what a culture shock this is because you know you're going from

Michigan to like, you know... The hell are we looking at that? Not in the middle of nowhere. Whoa. Do. They, like, came out via their tails. Yeah. I hear that, uh, not mice, but rats can get through a hole the size of a pencil.

Really? They can, like, do that spider thing where they, like, yeah, apparently. Smoosh their body down. Oh, my. Some of the other. cool camera movements too whoa oh neat

what a cool effect it looks phallic it does but I agree with what you said are you saying that the tunnel was just becoming just now is that what you're saying I'm saying I hope you have fun in that tunnel yes a funnel if you will

if you will and you will I don't know that I would have been brave enough to go through that Alt dimension. Where's your spirit of adventure? Sounds like a Pac-Man hallway. I think that we're about to see alt versions of them because the doll. That's her mom happy.

The light is way different. And cooking and happy. You're just in time for supper, dear. Oh, my God. My mother doesn't have buttons Do you like them? I'm your other mother silly

Aww Oh my Oh my that hairdo Wow Almost is dark as his eyes before No need to This piano This piano plays me

Is this a Wallace and Gromit piano? The physics of Whatever She's a peach, she's a doll, she's a pal of mine. What a lovely tune. She said to tell you the food's ready. Mmm, who's starving? Raise your hand.

E. Do you think gravy? Well, here comes the gravy train. Chew-choo. Oh, my God. Oh, my God, on an actual train. Give me a train at the table, please. This is sick.

I'm going to model my whole life after this. Oh, my God. Sweet peas? The music tells me this is creepy, but I think it's cool. Yeah. Any requests? Mango milkshake. This place has everything.

That doesn't look mango? That looks orange. Looks more like a smoothie than a milkshake. Whoa. We've been waiting for you, Coraline. Wasn't the same here without you, kiddo. I didn't know I had another mother. Everyone does.

Really? Whoa. And soon as you're through eating, I thought we'd play a game. What games do you like to play? Yeah. What about the mud? We love mud here. Mud facials, mud baths, mud pies.

Hey. I think I should get to bed. Of course, sweetheart. It's all made up, but... Come along, sleepy head. Mm-mm. End on it. Wow.

Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello! Oh, the skeleton turtle! Too good to be true. Oh.

The mine. You're trolls. Are they the box trolls? Oh. Oh, no. See you soon. Hmm? See you soon.

Is it weird? Just gonna see, okay. When did they leave? I guess she's back in our old room because of the... in our old room because of the... Yeah. I love the drippy sound effects. Drippy Moist.

So the bricks were only got... Drippy moist. Moist. Wow. So she knows it was real, but the bricks only leave at nighttime. Yeah. Yeah.

Okay. Yeah, what are the rules? What is the secret of the bricks? Feeling like nightmare on Elm Street. Buttons for eyes, huh? Coraline, you only dreamed you ate all that chicken. You were in the dream, too, Dad.

Aw. Can you get me some of that magic mud you were talking about? Because I have a terrible case of writer's rash on my... Oh, no. If the real Charlie Jones wants his pages edited, he better wrap them up ASAP. Jesus. Why'd you smell it? There.

Uh-oh. Mama said to go downstairs. Hello? I think our mail got mixed up. Should I leave it outside or... No. Nice going, Peter Parker. Wow. Great reflexes. I wonder if she gets a little belly by the end because you're eating in both places.

Yeah, bro. Whoa. Whoa. Circus. What's he eating? Oh. Like an apple? Brought this for you. Oh my.

Novis here. Huh? New cheese samples? Oh. Very clever. My biggest nightmare. Mix up to sneak my home on the picat mushkas. Mushkas?

Oh, no, not the mushkas. I'm Caroline Jones. And I am the amazing Bobinsky. It is amazing. It is amazing, yeah. The problem is, my new source. songs go umpah umpah but the jumping mice play only toodle toot like that is nice but not so much amazing is that yam mcshane russian mickshane do let the beat drop oh wow wow oh do not go through little door do not go through little door do you know such a thing oh no it's all

No, it's not. No, it's not. Oh, the mice know what they're talking about. Yeah, they do. Smart mice. They call you Coraline instead of Caroline. Not Caroline at all. You got to wear a name tag around, sister.

I can't believe she didn't just say it is Coraline. That's a very cute case. Yeah, it is. Oh, my God. Cool hat. Actors I want that to be my dormant No whistling

Ugh Maybe that's why Would you have to come in We're playing cards Still Coraline, Miss Spink Miriam Put the kettle on Oh

I love her Spink Forcible Smooth I think you're being Followed Wowie Are those dogs

Real? Oh. Oh. Couldn't bear to part with them. Wow. It's a handful taffy from Brighton. Best in the world. Brighton.

Oh, and that's chopped the third, the fourth. Oh, and that's chopped. Oh. Oh. Hysterical. Oh, your tea leaves, dear. They'll tell me your future. That's right.

Drink up then. Go on. Oh. Yeah. Yeah. I want to learn to read the leaves. Oh, Caroline. You are a terrible,

D. Bump, bum, bum. Oof. Well, not a worry, child. It's good news. There's a tall, handsome beast in your future. Oh, my.

See? Danger. What do you see? I see a very peculiar. Whoa. I see a giraffe. Also, then. Never wear green in your dressing room

Acquire a very tall step ladder And be very, very careful Wow Whoa This was starting when she was going down I saw it starting to come down the We're in Silent Hill now Do do da da da do

Oh Hey, hey, hey, hey. Oh, great. The village stalker. Ow! I wasn't stalking you. We're hunting banana slug. I love him.

Your cat's not wild. He's a wuss puss. What? Aw. That dog, did you make it look like me? Oh, no. I found it that way. It's older than grandma.

Chiu. I'm in the patria for the spirit of sanctia. Thank you. Check out Slugzilla. Whoa. Banana slugs. Michigan's not the banana slugs, are they? I don't know.

Or Oregon? Who's got banana slugs? Oh, Oregon's the ducks. Hmm. Ew. Ehoo! Ha! You know, I've never been inside the pink palace.

You're kidding. I think it's dangerous or something. Dangerous. Nah. When they were kids? When they were kids, grandma's sister disappeared. She says she was stolen. What do you think?

I don't know. Maybe she just ran away. Don't cope, man. Every time we hear Y-Born, I want to cry. I know. Imagine doing that to a kid, who you would be in the world. If your legitimate name is Y-Born. Your name is just a constant reminder of...

I hope we find out something later about that name. Like, actually, it was like, why did it take so long for you to be born into my life? or this is why you were going to bring me joy oh she'll go through the door john no the mice oh the little cheese the mice are the only ones who know your name's caroline they're so sweet and cute whoa why would no guys they were running away with the cheese they weren't trying to lead her there. Yeah, but why are you guys going over there in the first place? Welcome back, darling.

I wonder if she tried to bring her mom. What would happen? Would you go fetch your father? You mean my other father. Your better father, dear. Wow. Whoa. That's beautiful.

Looks like Alice in Wonderland. Yeah, it does. I'm going to go paint the roses red. Yeah. Oh, Cora. Wow. So good. I love their little buzzing, worrying, hum.

Whoa. Whoa. The heartbeat. I love your garden. How are garden, Coraline? Why do you need glasses when you have buttons tries. That's a good question. Huh?

Dude, his mantis bike is cool. Hop on, kiddo. I want to show you something. Oh, dragon snappers, snap dragons. That's fun. Look.

I can't believe you did this. Kind of creepy, kind of cool. Same. Same. Same. See the jumping mice perform after dinner. Really? Hell yeah.

Your father and I will clean up while you and your friend head upstairs. My friend. Great. Uh-oh, Alt Universe Y-B. Hello, why were you born? Hello? Wow. I thought you'd like him more if he spoke a little less.

So I fixed him. Oh my god. I don't know you... I like it. Now run along you too. run along you too uh oh no no oh it's like a oh it's like a cow it's like a cow and it's like a cow and it poops out Yeah. There's something to this other mom knowing her so well.

Like, how long has she been watching? Yeah. And what is her end game? I'm Sergei Alexander Robinson and introducing my astounder. Amazing. Wow, Coraline. The mice don't come here. Yeah, because they didn't want to spoil the show.

Do those mice have buttons or no? Oh, my God. Ron Joxie. Ron Joxy, Ron Jaxi, Ron Jaxi, Ron Jaxi, Ron Jaxi, that's what I got to spell next. That was great. Very, very, very, thank you, lady and gentlemen. Very, very thank you. Very thank you.

Whoa. We loved it, Mr. B.B. We loved it, Mr. B. It was so, so. Amazing. Hey. Godania, Coraline. He knows her name.

He knows her name. Yeah, he does. For real's hair flavor. What's the deal here? Something with the doll watching. I don't know. They were garden squash like moon animals. Ooh, a Shakespeare festival.

Well, I guess I'll see you around. Uh-huh. Dad, I'm not five anymore. But I like that he's at least affectionate towards her. Like, the mom is. Yeah, she's... I'm sure she has a lot going on, but some of her words... Put them back.

But mom, the whole school's going to wear boring gray clothes. No one will have these. Put them back. My other mother would get them. Oh, what? Maybe she should buy all your clothes. You gotta start making your own money. So what do you think is in the other apartment?

I don't know. Not a family of Jones impostors. Then why'd you lock the door? Linden's. I thought you'd feel safer. They're jumping mice, mom. Oh my. Most fun I've had since we've moved here.

Your school might be fun. With those stupid uniforms? Right. I don't know. Dad's planning something special. Grisgusting. You want to come along? Mm-hmm.

Won't be long. What's up with the neck brace? I might be. I said there was some kind of accident. Yeah, but I feel like we need to know more. Is she dead? You know, with the ribbon and her head falls off? Dude, I read that book.

Yeah, yeah, that's hot to me forever. Yeah, the ribbon or whatever was. In the dark, dark, dark, dark room or whatever. Yeah. The compilation story. So y'all can tell me it's an accident all you want, but until I see her, take it off, I think it's keeping her head on. Yeah. It does have a button at the end, right?

Or like a button-like looking thing. Yeah. What is that end of a key called? Comment below. The butt. The butt. Nemo touched the butt. Oh, so it's daytime right now, but...

She got it? Uh-oh. I thought that it would be bricked over. Didn't it look like daytime? Yeah, it's usually been bricked in the day. Maybe it will get bricked and she won't be able to go back. Yeah, I bet. Miss Spink and Miss Forcible have invited you downstairs after lunch.

I hope you like the new outfit I made you. Love, Mother. Close. Miss Forcible. is a crazy name. Maybe's got a cat like you at home. Oh, no. Oh, but you've got real eyes.

Yeah, this cat came through after it saw her go through. I'm not the other anything. I can see you don't have button eyes, but if you're the same cat, how can you talk? I just can. Cats don't talk at home.

No? Mm-hmm. Well, you're clearly the expert. How'd you get here? I've been coming here for a while. It's a... Whoa. She hates cats and tries to keep me up.

But she can't, of course. I come and go as I please. The other mother hates cats? Whoa. You probably think this world is a dream come true, but you're wrong. Oh no. Other wifey told me so. That's nonsense. He can't talk.

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Where's Mitch The Diving Pig Whoa Oh they're Old selves from the posters Uh huh What a piece of work Is man

How noble in reason I wonder how the water Well will come into all of this I did the trapeas once Really? Yeah Seems scary as hell Yeah, I was seven Wow

It was very dangerous Oh Ooh Wow Wow With the confetti too Hey

I wonder if she can get hurt here Oh, Yby Was it wonderful dear Oh yeah Oh yeah Oh no, Yby But then I was flying through the air You do like it here, don't you Coraline

Uh-huh, good night Yby A very black widowy dress you're wearing Oh no What's wrong, Wibby What do you mean what's wrong? He can't talk Yeah You could stay here forever if you want to Really? Sure, we'll sing and play games

Hell yeah There's one tiny little thing we need to do What's that? Well, it's a surprise For you Our little doll Oh, button your eyes Oh no

They're buttons Yeah Black is traditional But if you'd prefer pink Or Vermillion Of No way

You're not throwing buttons in my eyes Oh But we need a yes It's your decision We only want what's best for you I'm going to bed Before dinner I'm really really tired

Of course I'll be happy to tap you in Oh no thanks You've done so much already You're welcome. We aren't worried at all, darling. Soon you'll see things our way. The button way.

It's like a metaphor, man. If you want things to be perfect, all you have to do is close your eyes to it. That's not bad. What's wrong, Caroline? Don't you want to play? Oh my. What if you don't get home?

Go to sleep. Go to sleep. Go to sleep. She can't go to sleep, then she can't go home? Mom, dad! No, oh no. Crap. Does this have an equivalent wall door?

Where's the other mother? I want to go home. All be swell soon as mother's refreshed. Her strength is our strength. Mother's refreshed. Mustn't talk when mother's not here. Oh. If you won't even talk to me, I'm going to find the other witty.

He'll help me. No point. He pulled a long. Oh, you got a long face, man. Mother's controlling everything. Yeah. Other mother. Do you think you're doing?

Well, look up. I'm getting out of here. Yeah, that's what I do. Whoa. Something's wrong. Shouldn't the old well be here? Nothing out here. Yeah, it doesn't exist.

This isn't real. She only made what she knew would impress you. It's like peacemaker, John. Dude, Chris is just across town. She wants something to love, I think. Something that isn't her. Or maybe. PG-13.

It's popped up, like, thanks, TV. Thanks, Amazon. It was like, you saw those ta-tas. Yeah, I was going to say. How do you taste? How do you taste? Hey, I mean, you know, if she dies here, What a cool drawing.

Whoa. How can you walk away from something and still come back to you. That's the stuff that we love. Yeah. That was cool. Surreal. Yeah, small world. If you keep your eyes shut, like buttoned shut.

Button up. Buttened up tight. Ow! Whoa. I don't like rats at the best. But this one Was sounding an alarm It's a rat in mice clothing

It's rat and on us Wolf and sheep's clothing John That's what the mom is The other mother Nice kiddo Whoa Cockroach

That's like a cockroach But also a dresser They say even the proudest spirit can be broken with love. Oh, is that what they say? Of course, chocolate never hurts. Like what?

Blah, blah. Hoco beetles from Zanzibar. Zanzibar. I want to be with my real mom and dad. I want you to let me go. I wonder how they do that in a scenario like this.

You do what? Oof. Apologize at once. Coraline. They did like a split diopter style shot oh my oh my she's going to meet a tall monster yeah tall beast oh she's bug-like when you've learned to be a loving daughter Jesus Christ oh my god who's Ash and shush.

Oh, the other people? You mean the other mother? Can't be a coincidence that that's an anagram for Bedlam. Whoa, creepy. Don't remember our names, but I remember my true mommy. Why are you all here? The bell down. She spied on our lives through the little dolls.

sure that we weren't happy so she lured us away with treasures and treats and games to play and they all stabbed their own eyes out yet we still wanted more oh

so we let her so button she said that she creepy but she locked us here and ate up our lives what does that look like

they're like lock shock and barrel but sad. She can't keep me in the dark forever. Not if she wants to win my life. Ooh. Beating her is my only chance. Perhaps if you do when you're escape, you could find our eyes. Oh.

Find our eyes, mistress, and our souls will be freed. Mistress. Find our eyes? I'll try. Ugh. Wib. He wants to help. Oh!

The smile. The Joker. Poor kid. Help him. Oh. That was a quick fix. What did she do to you say that you can't talk? But she's going to have to help the other people.

Coraline. Get in there. you again whoa is that what happens if you cross over i don't know or are you just fading away already

i think she's got to go back to help everybody though yeah yeah she must have to find the eyes in the other side Duh Anybody here? Oh no. Oh, oh, John. No.

It was a third place? Oh, no. Oh, Christ the Lord. I missed you guys so much. You'll never... No. You know that old doll I gave you? My grandma's real mad.

Says it was her sisters. You stole that doll, didn't you? Oh, disappeared into that other place. Grandma's missing sister Think I just met him come on Oh my I got brain wave He's in there

Where are your parents Can you unlock it? Not in a million year Yeah I really need to get that door I'd love to get rid of it No Oh no

What of jerks Have they been taken? Pick it up, dude Speed dial Did they go in there after her? Dad, we're... I'm digging in my garden right now, but leave a message and I'll get right back to you.

That's a lie. You're missing parents. We know just what you need. Whoa. 1921 Taffy. Yeah, man. It's authentic. Oh!

Did this movie come out in 2021? I thought it was way earlier than that. There you go, sweetie. I feel like it is. I feel like this was. What's it for? The 20 teams. Well, it might have.

They're good for bad things sometimes. No, they're good for lost things. It's bad when things get lost. Or you feel lost when things are bad. That's true. I love the shine on her hair. Oh, she wants. Look at the neck brace.

I know. Good attention to detail. Donald, you know what I'm about. to say it's freezing it is how we keep you awake it's like a real movie theater that is a fly friggin coat though i think you're just using this as an excuse to show off your fly-ass jacket that i'm now jealous of oh i was supposed to shoot halloween today now i'm not but i thought it was dude you're very halloweenie oh how did you get in can't talk you know where mom and dad are oh the slow blink blink once for yes oh they went through together i knew it oh

whoa i was wrong help oh she put them in there you gotta write it backwards how did she put them in there you got to write it backwards how did she put them in the mirror oh my god Oh. Oh, boy. Oh. Damn, fused him together. That's creepy as hell. Burnt it.

Would that even help? As long as it doesn't have any voodoo doll properties. Yeah. I want to, like, torture parents on the other side. Well, she's, her parents looked cold. That is true.

That is true. It's probably helping out. Turn the button. Turn, turn the button. Turn the button. You got to get everybody's eyes back. She's going to come back with a backpack filled with eyes.

Passing him out all over town. I feel like even though YB thinks you're crazy, you should leave a note telling him where you went. Yeah. Yeah, I'll leave some evidence. You know, you're walking right into her trap. I have to go back. Half.

You have to go back. She may not play fair. She's got a thing for games. Okay. Oh, answer her some riddles three. Coraline, you came back for us. Mom! No, it's button woman. Why would you run away from me?

Button, girl. Oh, I like, I like, oh, I like, oh, my parents. Oh, my, my, boy, my, boy, my, boy. Perhaps they've grown bored of you and run away to France. They weren't bored of me. You stole them. Have a seat, won't you? Look at her dad.

Oh. What happened to him? I don't know, man. Oh, my God, John. Druling. Uh, uh. The bug furniture is a nice, creepy touch. Oh, no.

The garden squash need tending, don't you think, pumpkin? Pumpkin's song. His belly's made of a pumpkin. Squish squash. That's my favorite song. Pumpkin song. Be strong, Coraline. Bacon makes me weak, too, Coraline.

Oh my god, that Coco? Why don't we play a game? I know I like them. What kind of game would it be? I want to play a game. Finding things game. And what is it you'd be finding, Coraline? I spy.

My real parents. And the eyes of the ghost children. Waldo. Buy loose. I'll stay here with you. forever and let you love me. And I'll let you sew buttons into my eyes. Huh, let you love me.

And if you somehow win this game, then you let me go. Deal. Not till you give me a clue. What's the game? Like in the deed. A ghost's eye is lost in plain sight. And for my parents?

Oh. Fine, don't tell me. It's a deal. That is a clue somehow. It must be. Yeah. Oh, nice. That was great audio transition.

Yeah, very creepy. Very eerie. oh my god oh my god i wonder if there's some level of roto in here gotta clip them oh yeah get them shears get them shears why steal this oh yeah you don't remember the other one either i'm trying to pull it to memory Rudolph. Whoa, whoa, whoa, no, pumpkin dad. He's so unsettling.

That's so upsetting. The water well? Whoa, whoa. Whoa. Dang. Remember when Wabi told us don't jump on it? Yeah. Don't worry, I'm getting the hang of it.

Oh, wow. I feel like she's gonna have to jump on it for the other mother to fall in. Oh, no. Oye. No, no eclipse, no. No. Whoa. That's a dead rat.

Something. The pie. Whoa, no. Medusa. Oh my god, eerie. Ugh. Ah. Medusa turned to stone.

Oh, Wiby. Evil witch! I'm not dead! Oh, my God, Wiby. Straight out of home alone. Not afraid anymore. I don't trust it. Gallo Bush.

Oh, what the hell was that? Is this what you're looking for? Uh-huh. Uh-huh. You think winning game is good thing? You'll just go home and be like... Huh, huh. Stay here, Vida.

We will listen to your... Wow! It's so eerie. Yeah. Gross. You don't get it, too. You're just a copy she made of the real, Mr. B. Yeah.

Oh no. Just a pile of mice. Rats. Boomerang? Jesus Christ. Oh. ooh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha oh that's creepy yeah button eclipse

i've lost everything no i think i mentioned that i don't like rats at the best of time hey i think you might have said something like that it looked like you needed this one how well good job kitty cat thank you I'm heading inside. I still have to find my parents. Bonkers. Whoa. Whoa. Wow. Go quickly. You got to move. Yeah, save the cat.

It is like Silent Hill. You're back, and you brought Berman with you? No, I brought a friend. Woof. You know I love you. Oh, is that what it is? Oh, she's got sewing needle fingers. Where are they?

The ghost eyes. Hold on. We aren't finished yet, are we? Yeah, don't give them to her. After all, you still need to find your old parents. Too bad you want. won't have this. Oh, no.

Looking evil. Be clever, miss. Even if you win, she'll never let you go. She can use their eyes. Use their eyes to see. I love that one of them's like a gear shift. I already know where you've hidden them. Well, produce them.

They're behind that door. Oh, they are. Huh? Get her to go and then kick her in there. Go on. Of course, the snow globes. They'll be there, all right. You're wrong, Coraline.

They aren't there. Now you're going to stay here forever. I bet you need her to open it up. I'm next. Wait, what? Don't claw you up. But I feel bad for the cat. I do too.

Claw the buttons out Spider-web Where are you? You selfish rat! Wow, this is bonkers. Oh Oh Oh

Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh my god The design

of this is insane Oh Oh Wow Wow Wow This is

insane It's bonkers Ah That thing's gonna get up Ah, Jesus. Oh my God, that's so freaky. Okay, what do we have? Oh.

Parline, we're home. Mom, dad, I miss you so much. Oh, out. Favorite snow globe. I didn't break it. It must have broke when you escaped. And cut your knee. Coraline.

I asked you to count all the windows, not put your knee through them. Well, get yourself cleaned up. We're going out tonight. We got a lot to celebrate. So cute. You're talking about your garden catalog? Of course. What else?

Hey. But look at the snow on your clothes. What's gotten into you, Coraline? The music is so whimsical. Yeah. All music box. I want to know what happened with those eyeballs. balls. I have no idea

what you're talking about. Dad. Don't forget the invitations. Even Bobinski? Mr. B's not drunk, mom. He's Russian. It's my favorite box of buttons. Oh, whoa. Hello, again. You still mad?

Yeah. I'm really sorry. I threw you at her. It was all I could think of. That was really intense of you, Grawly Pop. I think it's time to set them free. How are you going to do that? Looks like a Van Gogh. Fine thing you did for us, Miss. I'm glad it's finally over.

It is over and done with for us. You're in terrible danger, girl. But how? Whoa. It's the key, miss. There's only one, and the Beldom will find it. Oh, no. Ain't all bad, miss.

Thou art alive. Thou art still living. Ugh. I thought that we were, like, wrapping out. Yeah. Oh, no. Oh my god This cat knows things, man

Listen to the cat Oh I think you are so nice I give you bowls of porridge And I give you bowls of ice You didn't trust that hand Beam I give you lots of kisses

Where's why I beat Lots of hugs But I never give you sandwiches We've some worms and mung Beams Uh no No No!

No! Oh! Whoa! Oh my god. Yeah. Yes! Come on, my man. Down the well you go.

No! Save him! Ugh. Ugh. Ow! Ow! Oh! That's a lot of upper body strength that he pulled himself out of the top part of that. Seriously. Cover that thing back up with the mud.

Why did you change your mind? Grandma showed me this picture. It's her and her sister. The sweet ghost girl. Oh, man. Tell her. Just bring her by the house tomorrow. We can tell her together. We can't?

You know, I'm glad you decided to stalk me. Why did that picture make him believe her? What's your idea? It's probably maybe his grandma has one just like it. Cool. Very beautiful. Garden party. Pink ladies.

Actually, it's just lemonade. How's Angus doing? Oh, much better, dear. But you can't duck his wings for never. Charlie. Oh, excuse memoire, but that pizza is delicious. Savage. I really hate dirt.

But the tulips look nice. Thanks, mom. Yeah. How are you a gardening expert? He is. How are the mushkas, Mr. Beat? Hey, get your beats. Hello?

I'm Corline, Joan. I've got so much to tell you. Ah. Golly, look at those backgrounds. The waterfalls are moving. Ah! You got real small behind that post. Wow.

Not bad at all. Oh, look, the Ellen Corline's the cat. I never noticed that. Yeah, that's fun. damn and crediting the animators right off the bat absolutely stars of the movie right here 16, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 animators production designer Henry Selleck

Hats off, man I love these little like accoutrements they put in the credits little animated bits and pieces It's very cute. Roxanne Johnald Coraline, we've done it we have gone to many a fanciful and nightmarish

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Roxanne Yeah Before we hop into some Patreon questions How are you feeling Listen I thought that that movie Was very good

Really beautiful looking Larry King Was the construction foreman Oh And I bet it was the same Larry King Anyway Beautiful

I feel like I'm still Processing some of it Like the ending happened very fast After I felt like The movie was so beautiful so there's a lot

that I'm still curious about like what happens in Buttonworld with the dad the poor dad and what happens to why be over there and what happens to everybody over there you know like we know what happens to the people who got their eyes back

and we saw that but the ones who didn't that's I'm sad yeah definitely it does make you what i mean it seemed like there were those three little ghost folks right and i get the sense that they have been somehow at least put to peace and then i don't know exactly how much to like how real everything else is or not right and her hand is down the well so maybe that means that she doesn't have control over there anymore or what but yeah um yeah still very twisted and very sort of yeah uh unsettling and it does make you wonder And also, like, I want justice for Wiby. Wiby's my favorite character. Oh, Wiby was so serious. I thought we were going to get more about his name or something.

I just felt awful for him the whole time. But this was really, really well-done, cool movie. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. I really enjoyed this. Like, I love stop motion animation in general. And then on top of that, to have something that is a bit macabre and a bit like, yeah, like some twisted fairy tale, a fable of sorts. But, yeah, the nightmarish version of that.

Yeah, I just thought the way that they realized it and brought it to life was so gorgeous. And two, I mean, oh, there we go. They might be giants. It was him. Good shout. I was going to say, great music. Guys got a, yeah, guys got a distinct voice.

But yeah, this was like both dazzling, but also kind of a nightmare in a way that I really enjoy. But was it a nightmare before or after Christmas? This seems like it's before Christmas. Christmas coming. Because they're getting on jackal antarney. So this is closer to Halloween. And this is great because, yeah, it's like, you know, we're heading into Halloween season.

It's not quite the end of summer yet, but the end of summer is a fast approaching. And, yeah, part of me is like, I should add this to the list of, like, you know, autumn flicks to throw on. I agree. To me, it's nowhere close nightmare before Christmas for me. Like, that is one of the greatest movies of all time. Sure. And you know, I'm a lover, love shipperships and movies that don't have love stories. Sure.

But this is about kids. So I love the messaging of, like, you can have a perfect life. Just jab your own eyes out and, you know, bury your head in the sand basically. Sell your soul. And so I just, I thought that that was a really cool. This also was very mature. Whoa. What are we looking at?

Oh, it's one of those things that they put in, yeah, where they kind of show you the process a little bit. That's very cool. Oh, little dancing mice. How neat Yeah I feel like especially on the Lika stuff They'll often put like just a little Accoutrement Because it's so difficult what they do

Yeah man it takes forever to put these together You know when you sometimes you see a movie For those in the no jerk would Are you in the no Of course Are you? No Someone tell us in the comments

Well you'd better get in the no It's an Oscar nominee, huh? Yeah. Hey, I was going to say that's got to have at least been nominated for Best Animated Feature, if not some other stuff. But good golly, that was, yeah, that's quite a piece. And, you know, certainly, yeah, I mean, Nightmare Before Christmas, certainly very iconic. James the Giant Peach also, I feel like, gets a lot more love these days. I love that movie.

What's making you call that out? That's also a Henry movie? Yeah. I didn't know that either. that's so sad I know dude Henry and I mean there's less you know for him to be

overshadowed by other than just I guess then people are just like oh yeah the raw doll store yeah exactly exactly so yeah justice for Henry Selleck because dude's been out here holding it down for stop motion animation for a long time but you know Travis Knight and company as well because I think it's it's partly you know like

Laika is his company and yeah just what the animators said he's Nike's son I'm pretty sure, yeah. Yeah, we can look that up really quick. Let's look that up. Phil Knight got a thank you in the comment, not the comments, the credits. So I think, yeah.

Travis Knight, animator and producer, former rapper, let's go, and the son of Nike, co-founder, Phil Knight. I never knew Travis Knight was the son of Nike's. Yeah, yeah. Interesting. And the director of Bumblebee.

But, oh, and, you know. Paranormon is one of my favorite movies. Boxrolls, Kubo. I haven't seen those. I feel like I saw Kubo once a long time ago. I haven't seen box trolls. Produced Paranormon and Boxrels. He's doing Master of the Universe. Oh, that's going to be fun. Dang. All right.

But yeah, I mean, this was really fun. I do love like a macab fairy tale, obviously, anything that's like spooky and creepy. But, yeah, I liked the mood of this and the atmosphere of this. And I thought Dakota fanning, like the whole voice cast did a really great job, and it just feels like you've stepped into a fantasy and into both, you know, the lovely version of that and the nightmare version of that. And yeah, the whole like slow fade from like, oh, there's this like quirky other side. And it's like a little bit creepy, but it's mostly fun. And then, you know, over time it becomes more and more sinister as other mother, you know, just tries to lure in and feed on, you know, our little hero, Coraline. Mother, mother. Also, like, lessen in grass is greener. You think your parents are not great, but really they're trying to protect you and love you.

Yeah. That kind of stuff. Yeah. There's so much, yeah. It's weird. I, too, am sort of in a reflective mood after watching this. I kind of just want to sit and muse on it. Well, maybe the patron questions will help us.

Absolutely. We got branding Camacho to kick us off. This movie always scared me as a kid. Never really watched it until I was older. Did Coraline feel dark? darker than you expected and which part stuck with you guys the most it kind of did i i don't think i thought that i don't know that i knew this was pg13 um and the themes were pretty dark yeah and creepy um from the jump with um why why born i i looked at i was like uh oh i'm in trouble yeah like that's a sad detail really affected me um and and like it was honestly hard for me to get back in for a second because once I feel like somebody's been abused from childhood, like just by being born,

Y-Born, which I was like, I don't know if they're making a joke or not, but that was like so dark and sad. So that was, it was darker than I thought it would be. Yeah. Most definitely.

Yeah, it's, I remembered it being at least one of those movies that I think because it's animated, everybody assumes animations for kids, which it isn't inherently, obviously it's a medium not a genre but I remember this being one

that is certainly skewed as like kid accessible but that is like yeah quite unsettling quite surreal quite strange and at time like you know they flashed the rating up I was like oh thank you because I did think this was like a hard PG

and it makes a lot more sense that it's PG 13 although it is funny to me because like that content wise makes sense for like who the story is about and like what a lot of the themes are it seems like it ought to be like a younger kid accessible movie

I feel like though that's a parent call right like I my parents certainly would have let me watch this at a very young age yeah same so you know I think the only really I mean you know like there's some stuff I guess that's suggestible about like you don't want to encourage kids to like sew buttons into their eyes but I feel like

the only like questionable thing for a child is the friggin, yeah, the cabaret. Yeah, but I felt very lucky to grow up with a family that did not ever question people's bodies being a higher rating. Like, that was not a thing in my

household. Yeah. Yeah, I think that this could have been PG, but what did you say? No. It being PG-13 also makes sense. Yeah, definitely. Which part stuck with you the most? The Y-born stuff. Yeah.

that like really honestly effed me up john like i i i took me like 15 minutes to move forward why were you born yeah and it's the fact that she keeps calling him that i know she she exacerbates it to him yeah she like kind of bullies him a little bit which made me have a hard time with her at some points because and then like when she was like happier that he doesn't speak and it's like oh my god but obviously she learned her lesson yeah i just that was like so sad. We see her true nature. We should take the stitches out of his smile. Oh my God. The Wyborn yeah. I know I didn't just finish my sentence but I can't finish my sentence. It's all good. I understand. There's a lot of stuff in here that's really dazzling. What stuck with you the most? I'm trying

to pick one honestly because there's a lot of stuff that's coming to mind right now. I mean I really enjoyed getting to see the just breadth of imagination on the other side. You know like when she's in the garden first discovering that and all the plants are you know sort of unfurling and you get these little creatures hopping around and they're you know clever little twists on real plant life and then you zoom out and you see her face you know sort of depicted in the foliage and stuff is really beautiful um the cabaret that was really fun i mean like that was a really kind of fun and imaginative sequence and uh you know it's a play within a movie is always kind of a fun prospect to me or getting to see the mice do their thing,

getting to see what's his name, the Russian guys show and stuff like that. Mr. D. D. Yeah, something like that. Yeah, I'm still in a bit of a daze. I feel like usually I'm good at like keeping all the names in line. Yeah, I know. But yeah, there's so many. All I remember, Corline and YB.

Yeah. There's just so many great flourishes and beautiful touches of animation and stuff like that. And when you first, yeah, you're in that garden and you see like the actual moon spinning and they're pulling back and stuff like that. There's so many really wondrous, beautiful shots and things. Yeah. So, yeah, I mean, there's a lot to choose from, though, and I would love to know what you guys, you know, stuck to the most.

Orion's Heavenly Light! What a name! Thank you for gracing us with your Heavenly Light. Stop motion animation has been one of my favorite mediums growing up. Do you all have a favorite stop motion film? This is my favorite. And my husband's favor is The Nightmare Before Christmas. P.S. We are proud.

She, Jeked, Stan's love Gabe and Zeke. Or Gabby. Is that Gabe or Gabby? Either way. Oh, goodness. I also love Nightmare Before Christmas. I believe that... I believe that Marcel the Shell used some stop-motion stuff, and I'm, like, completely obsessed with Marcel the Shell.

I got to see that. Oh, it's the greatest movie ever, but the YouTube series is what I'm talking about. also leading into that. I got to see that, too. But, oh my God. You haven't seen the movie? I haven't seen either. The movie was my favorite movie of the year that it came out,

which I believe was two years ago, three years ago. Hell yeah. I have a shirt that's a, it's the best movie, like, of all time. Okay. It's honestly a top ten movie every ever. It's so good. I don't know. I have to see, I don't know much about how animation is made,

and I know that they switched things at certain points, But yeah, I think Nightmare Before Christmas is like just a true masterpiece. Do you have a number one favorite? It's hard to pick, man. I mean, I adore the Wallace and Grommet stuff. I mean, a lot of those are shorts. I mean, I really do like the movies as well. But, I mean, Wallace and Gromit was something that I, you know, grew up with since I was a kid.

And, you know, I love the heart and the spirit of those. Paranorman is one of my favorite movies. I really love. Yeah, it's worth the watch. And I think somebody on here on this channel has reacted to it before, but I'm sure there would be an opportunity if you haven't seen it, and if anybody else hasn't seen it, to watch it again. But, yeah, those come to my.

I mean, Nightmare for Christmas, obviously, is a classic. I grew up on that. I'm trying to think what else. James and the Giant Peach, most certainly. Shout out to Gabe and Zeke for that. Yeah, thanks, Gabe and Zeke. We got to keep it pushing, Donald. I was going to say, I'll name every Rankin' Bass Christmas special.

Thanks Gabe and Zeke though Appreciate you guys Hope you guys are doing well All right Fatal Faye I love this movie But it still kind of creeps me out Anyway

If you could have a peril of fantasy world Like Coralines What would it look like P.S. John, you're one of my favorite Rio Rejects. Thank you so much But there's not one of you that I don't enjoy watching sending love to everyone on the team That includes you

I love when people state their favorites I think that it's so valid to like we're all different we're all that's why Greg put together us Motley crew team so totally fair John's one of my favorites also don't tell the rest oh you're one my favorites it's rare occasion when we get to do a video together and I always cherish it I know um parallel fantasy world like Coralines what would it look like um I like rainbows and glitter and stuff sometimes my taste can get like just so so corny cheesy but like I love like soft clouds and sunshine and glitter and sparkles and

beachy waves and like that kind of vibe pony unicorn it's not a bad vibe it's a good vibe see the thing is like my my alternate parallel fantasy world might not be all together that different from what is here because it's like it's a little bit spooky yeah but There's a lot of beautiful plant life and foliage. I love plants and stuff. It's kind of, you know, it's Oregon. So you feel like you're sort of in an alp, not alpine, but you're in like a mountain-esque setting. You know, throw a lake in there somewhere.

And oh my goodness, like that's a vibe I love. And then you have like, again, the cabaret, you've got a little bit of circus. Like this had a bunch of stuff that appeals directly to me. There would probably be more like rock and roll stuff. See, that's where you and I align. Yeah. That's the weird part about my. My loving of rainbows and glitter is that I'm, like, a true rock and roll girl, as you know.

Yeah, absolutely. A little disco, but mostly rock and roll. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And a little bit of, I've been on a real big, like, Exotica, like old 60s, like, teaky music kick. That's cool. Oh, yeah, some booze. Definitely, yeah. Tiki bar in there, definitely, most certainly.

But, yeah, you know, it's already kind of Halloween. And so, like, half my aesthetic would be that. so yeah i hear you yeah but you know i want to hear what you guys would have in your parallel universe and uh thank you so much for the love fatale fay daph mer hello john and roxy hello to you i hope you're both having a wonderful day we are so far i was wondering what your thoughts on stop motion as a medium are and if it's still viable to do today with all the labor and time involved with making such a film i can't answer if it's viable in terms of financially because that's not my world, and I don't know if it's financially viable to do.

And if something's not financially viable to do, then obviously studios aren't able to do it. Is it viable as fans to watch? Oh, yeah. I mean, I think this just further proves it. It's just, it's so, so incredibly cool to see what they're able to do with stop motion. I love watching things that I know I could never make in a million years. And I could never do it in a million years. I mean, like, in a million years, I could never make this movie, John. So I love stuff like that.

It's like when you're watching a great athlete and you're like, I cannot do what you do. That's crazy. That is crazy to say. So viable as a fan, yes. Yeah, it's tricky because obviously these take a lot of time and are pricey. So any, like I'm sad in the current moment of life because animation, as we used to know, it is very different. And I love a lot of computer generated animation for sure. But, you know, the idea of like a moving, living, breathing piece of art is a lot more rare nowadays.

And I feel like a movie like this represents that to me. So it's tricky because I get the sense that you have to, you have to make a lot back on your investment to make these viable. I wouldn't say that it's not viable at all because, you know, we just had, I think the recent Wallace and Grommet film did pretty well. I don't know. Shout out to your interview. you? Hey, that was, I was, yeah, very chuffed at that opportunity. That was, that was like a child. Yeah, my inner child was, uh, was jumping with glee, uh, for that. But yeah, like, I think it's still viable, but it's probably trickier. And I mean, these kinds of movies, like, you really have to tamp a script down hard because you're going to be working on it for years and years on end and to redo anything is just going to take even longer. Um, that's a great question. I mean, they made robot chicken for a long time and that seemed to be, you know, thriving. It's weird.

Because hand-drawn animation you so rarely see now because of the cost and it seems like stop motion is doing slightly better than hand-drawn animation because you still actually see it once in a while.

You would know more than me. But yeah, I don't know. I hope so. I feel like my prognosis on that skews pessimistic just because of how things go now and there's a lot that CG has done to make things

look stop-motiony, to add jitters and add little knicks and thumbprints and stuff like that but I hope we never lose this entirely

because it's one of my favorite you know artistic media yeah thank you daff mare all right

Jay Rushden like who is your favorite character and was this very Alice in Wonderland my favorite character is the cat in the film

love the cat love Keith David Y-born I believe that was Keith David. Wymie was super cool, all right? His little, like, camera lens mask and his, you know... He marched to the beat of his own drum. He was quirky.

He was weird. He was helpful. Yeah. I liked the way that he looked the most, too. I just... I really liked him. I felt for him off the jump. So good. And I even shouted out about halfway into this movie that it reminded me of Alice in Wonderland. Yeah. Yeah, it's definitely like an inverted, twisted. I mean, now it's in Wonderland's already trippy and kind of twisted.

I, you know, this has more. plot than that because Alice it struck me when we watched it recently Aaron and I. The animated? Yeah I was like I forgot that I completely did not remember that like that it's a movie that isn't almost all about a plot.

It's like literally Alice in the real world being like I just want to have fun and engage with whimsy and then she goes to Wonderland and everything's just frustrating as hell and she's just like guys please I need some order here and that's kind of what the movie's about Druggy movies.

I love it. I love it. I love acid trip movies. Yeah. Which, like, is how I would describe that. And honestly, a little bit this. Some of the visuals were like, oh, yeah, this is a shroomy shrooms movie. Yeah, yeah.

It doesn't mean you have to be on drugs to enjoy a movie or that anybody making the movie is on drugs. It's just how I refer to movies that have that kind of aesthetic where it's like Wonderland or even like Oz or anywhere where it's like, whoa, we are not in Kansas anymore. When it does have that kind of, like Alice in Wonderland has a coming of age quality because, you know, by the end she realizes like, okay, you got to take something seriously in life. And in this version, it is about, yeah, partly anyway, about, yeah, like not getting enticed by the greener looking grass because there's always thorns waiting on the other side in some capacity or another. And, you know, she does sort of come of age in a sense that she learns to appreciate what she actually has and who her real parents are for all their flaws. and sometimes, yeah, it's not always the best thing in life for people to be just offering you everything that you want, you know, and nothing else. And while her parents, especially her mom, you know, certainly seem like they could have been kinder, warmer, you know, there's something kind of real on the normal life side that I thought was an interesting thing. It's like, you know, you've got to make the best out of what you have.

And even though you hate this situation, you know, see what you can do. do in your own backyard to make it something lovely and worthwhile versus yeah just immediately rejecting it and trying to go search for the exact opposite thing but also I don't know it's a very nice kind of like the way

the onset happens it's so gradual it's just sort of like oh there's this weird door here oh hey there's this fantasy world how fun stumbling and then yeah it starts innocuously enough and then it becomes this whole ordeal and yeah it's very interesting and yeah there's definitely some Alice in Wonderland paralleling happening

Baby Cables Thank you for chiming in I had the privilege of seeing this movie as a child when it was released in 2009 and I have loved it ever since 2009, there you go, not even the 2010s How do you think you would have responded to this movie as a child?

Would it have scared you or would you like me have found it immensely entertaining I think as a child I would have found some of it creepy but I would have been very engrossed by it I would have been like yes let me look at this some more

you know I was definitely like big into stuff like a night bear before Christmas and anything I was always the kid drawing jack a lanterns in June so this is the kind of thing I would like to imagine I would have been enticed by even as a kiddo I wasn't scared of much as a kid I had an older brother who was afraid of like everything he was I think that that's a very common second child thing is that you're not afraid of much that's like a common thing yeah I love to roller coasters. I loved scary stuff. You know, the day that the Sixth Sense came out, that was my favorite movie. Like, I loved things. And I loved nightmare. So I don't think I would have been scared. But I also wasn't a child in 2009. So when it came out, I think I would have not appreciated it as much as I appreciate today because I would have been a senior in high school. And that is when I cared the least about this kind of movie. Okay. That's good to know. I feel like I want to say

I originally would have seen this when it came out I was probably more about this than maybe I don't know I don't know if there's a time in life when I wouldn't have been about this honestly Yeah yeah I just There's other stuff I know I wasn't about before But yeah

I was so into like Comp like that was the era of the stupid comedies Like that's all I cared about Was watching that kind of Stepbrothers Mean Girls bridesmaids that was a little later I think but yeah for a second I think you're going to say cop movies

I was like all right get your law enforcement on big cop movie face oh goodness but yeah I think that this would have probably have been my my jam even if it did you know creep me out a little bit Janice Bragg

thank you so much for chiming in one of our recent patron I hope you got your shout out there also because we've retired that tier but you got in at the very end so I appreciate you I have been amazed by stop motion animation ever since seeing the 1964

Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer if you were to be placed into any stop motion film as the main character which would you choose hope y'all have a great day I mean I would love to be like I feel like the world of a Wallace and Gromit type movie

for me would be a joy because A you're not going to get into too much like you know crazy life-threatening situations or no one's going to sew buttons into your eyeballs in that world and there's like fun and crazy inventions there are you know

penguin bandits and stuff that's definitely a world I would be happy to jump into but what about what you got? I was looking I need to look up a whole list of stop motion but yeah they say that Marcel the Shell is combined stop motion with because it's part of its live action too

it's like a combination of all different stuff and I just want to be with Marcel all the time James the Giant Peach would be pretty sick James the Giant Peach would be pretty sick actually yeah yeah that seems like it would be really fun to jump into get to know all the

Marcel the show I'm not kidding you like I don't care what it takes you have to watch it even if it's not for the channel because like I need you in the next month to commit to that John sure okay I'm down. I personally agree to this. Whatever other circumstances need to align, you know,

we'll see when we get there. It would also be, you know, it would be very scary, but to go into like a Ray Harryhausen kind of movie or something, I see Jason and the Argonauts up here. You know,

that's like classic stop motion creature design and stuff like that. That would be pretty cool. I always want to see the little prints. There you go. Anomalisa, that'd be the movie to jump into. Get real depressed

and deal with your deal with your crippling existential and romantic woes there's so many of these I've never heard of I was going to say Sean the Sheep is very fun what's another Ardman I don't know

never heard of it it looks like it might be a Japanese movie or something like that all right but yeah there are so many to choose from we'd love to hear what you guys would like to jump into animated movie wise

and before we oh dude Gumby can jump into some books damn yeah that seems oh I want to see the Guillermo del Toro, not Pokemon, Pinocchio, too. The Guillermo del Toro

Pokemon would be wild. Oh, and I want to see Mad God, too. Anyway, these are just movies I want to see now, but yes, I would jump into a Wallace and Gromit. I feel like that would be very fun. It would be very lovely, but yeah, what movies would you guys jump into? Leave in the comments down

below. Hope you all have a great day as well. Any stray thoughts before we hit the road? No, I want to see this movie a second time. Same. Well, or, you know, in tight succession so I can remember what details I want to actually look at again. Yeah, I want to watch it again because this movie affected me. Yeah, absolutely. It's very unique and it gets under your skin. It's sweet. It's fairy taleish, but it's also like very prickly.

You know, it's very much a nightmare as much as it is a fantasy. And as, you know, again, you know, youthful as it feels, it is very sort of, I don't know. I missed this almost. I remember there's often little discussions that'll pop up especially in like horror circles about like, you know, kid accessible horror and stuff that's like actually a little bit scary. It's not like fully padded edges

and it's stuff that can kind of like, yeah, gateway you into this genre. And I feel like Coraline is like a perfect example of that where it's like it's not so scary and violent as to be upsetting. But it is like markedly creepy and I could see it being scary depending on your sensibility.

And that being, yeah, that right gateway And if you're a wuss-puss or whatever. That's right. Like, it's just this side of scary enough, but it's not going to, like, traumatize you. So, like, I appreciate that flavor very much. I feel like it's an underserved flavor. And I feel like movies, especially animated movies, used to have a greater, more palpable sense of peril, you know, in Kids Fair and stuff like that. Not that this is just for kids.

But, yeah, I really like this. This was beautiful to look at the artistry. The voices were really great. Dakota Fanning, especially, like, really great. work I want to look up the rest of the voice cast just because everybody did such a nice job and yeah the imagination and the contrast between our world and the you know other mother's world and the way that that construct keeps running out all the different like patterns and the way things are desaturating and there's so many great details and yeah love that cat love YB love the neighbors this is a really fun little world a lot of great really fun characters and a lot of big imagination and the right amount of macabre you know flavoring for me so I'm with you all right well gang leave us your thoughts on Coraline thank you so much for joining us and we will catch you on the next one much love and don't go sowing anything into your eyes now

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