So, the movie Gremlins, showed us creatures known as Mogwai and their offshoots known as Gremlins. The rules are simple, don’t get them wet or they’ll multiply and don’t feed them after midnight.

A lot of people don’t know what constitutes after midnight. I believe it’s the time between midnight and four am. Four am to eight am is dawn. Eight to noon is morning. Noon to five is afternoon. Five to nine is evening. Nine to midnight is night. That’s the concept I’m working with.

But these things aren’t furbies, they have minds of their own. They are ready to come over here and break all the rules.

The question though is why did that racial stereotype give Randall the Mogwai in the first place? Simple, he was a mercenary. He was hired by America’s enemies to test out a new weapon on our shores. We were in the middle of the Cold War. What better than an enemy that would destroy everything without a thought?

Look at them. They’re designed to make you want to take care of them. That’s perfect for infiltrating populations particularly through children. That’s insidious. Billy fell in love with the stupid thing.

How do you get more of them? You pour water on them. The most plentiful substance on the planet. Get them near a shore, say New York City and suddenly you have an army ready to go.

That brings me to another thought, do Mogwai follow Doctor Who rules? For those that don’t know, when the Doctor is fatally injured but not dead, he regenerates into a new form. However, if he’s killed before regenerating. He’s dead permanently.

I wonder if you drowned a Mogwai could you stop the multiplication or would they just burst from the body to go forth.

Anyway, you have these creatures that find ways to eat after midnight. Once they do so, they become the horrible monsters and they’re ready to destroy.

I was terrified of Gremlins as a child. Now I know why. I saw their true face.