The Final Ghouls are back and discovering our mutant powers as we explore the X-Men teen horror film The New Mutants! Holly, Jeremy and L explore what works about this adaptation of the beloved comics (not much), what doesn't work (a lot), learn about its highly unfortunate production history amidst the Disney-Fox merger, and try to suss out exactly what went wrong here.
Get Ready For: Discussion of our history with X-Men movies and comic books, L's controversial takes on the MCU, Jeremy's sustained rant about the racism toward the Indigenous character and the problematic "There are two bears inside you" opening narration, Holly's utter offense at Charlie Heaton's "Southern" accent, our thoughts on how well Ilyana's abuse backstory is handled, the queer love story at the center, the botched use of the Demon Bear, and L completely breaking our outro with their rate and review gag.
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Intro & Outro Music: "Unnatural" by Ghost Stories Incorporated is licensed under CC BY 3.0