Raiders of the Podcast

     This week we take a look at Your Friend to the End's beginnings and the recent remake attempt.
     All Andy Barclay wants is a Good Guys Doll for his birthday. All serial killer Charles Lee Ray wants is a new body to call his own before being forever trapped in a doll. All Karen Barclay wants is for her young son to not be a developing killer. All Detective Mike Norris wants is to quickly and neatly wrap up the case. Only one of these people will get what they want. It might be all fun and games but none of it is.... Child's Play.
Two years after the first film, young Andy finds himself in foster care as his mother was packed off to a psychiatric hospital. While Chucky appears to be taken care of, Andy still doesn't trust Good Guys Dolls.           Unfortunately for Andy, the doll's parent company is secretly working on putting ol' Charles Ray back together again- just to make sure it hadn't evil switched or something. Soon Andy is once again fighting for his life beside fellow foster resident, Kyle. Andy and Kyle will lean navigating the system isn't Child's Play 2.
     Set eight years after the events of 2 and seven years in the future from its 1991 release, Andy is fresh meat at the Kent Military Academy. The school's commandant hopes that Andy can finally find some stability and put his doll fantasies behind him. Tragically, the parent company feels that the bad press from the two murder sprees is finally behind them and, instead of being reasonable and ending the line by replacing it with a new similar doll, they throw the factory door back open and roll a brand new reincarnation of Chucky off the line. The student body is about to learn war games aren't Child's Play 3.
     Taking a look at the receipts of the last original series entry and the current trend of evil doll movies, MGM decides to finally flex their long held remake option and cut off the original creators at the knees after abandoning the franchise way back in 1988. The Kaslan Company is the center of all life in every living space in the world, everything from security cameras to table saws to HVAC systems to mobility services. At the heart of the Kaslan ecosystem is the new Buddi doll. Not just the center interface for your life but also a super AI designed to be your best friend from birth until death. One day a sweatshop worker is pushed too far by his boss and flips a doll's evil switch before killing himself. That doll ends up through a convoluted route into the life of Andy Barclay and Child's Play (2019) ensues.
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Episode 228- Your Friend to the End