The Year Without a Santa Claus 12/11/06
12-11-06 | 01:45 PM
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The Year Without a Santa Claus 12/11/06
NBC has taken to remake, in 2 hour live action form, one of my favorite childhood Christmas specials and it airs tonight 9/8.
Check out this page for the stars and start flipping through the pictures. I would think most fans of the original should start getting horrified at about slide 7 at the latest.
http://www.nbc.com/The_Year_Without_A_Santa_Claus/
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Check out this page for the stars and start flipping through the pictures. I would think most fans of the original should start getting horrified at about slide 7 at the latest.
http://www.nbc.com/The_Year_Without_A_Santa_Claus/
12-11-06 | 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Chew
Check out this page for the stars and start flipping through the pictures. I would think most fans of the original should start getting horrified at about slide 7 at the latest.
The whole "live action remake" of a classic makes me nervous. The cast makes me a lot more nervous. Slide #7 seals the deal.
Holy crap... I won't be watching this.
12-11-06 | 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by bboisvert
The whole "live action remake" of a classic makes me nervous. The cast makes me a lot more nervous. Slide #7 seals the deal.
Holy crap... I won't be watching this.
Holy crap... I won't be watching this.
No way I'm watching this train wreck. 
12-11-06 | 09:36 PM
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All the charm of a Michael Bay remake of "It's A Wonderful Life"
12-12-06 | 06:54 AM
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I TiVo'd and went through it, looking for specific scenes this morning. Wow, that was bad. USAToday was right, the famous song went from cute to just plain creepy. I'm going to have to watch the original about a hundred times to get this Heat Miser out of my brain. -shudder-
Also, it's sad when a 30+ year old animated feature has better sets for the Misers than it's modern day remake.
Also, it's sad when a 30+ year old animated feature has better sets for the Misers than it's modern day remake.
12-12-06 | 04:28 PM
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I got a definite "Muppets Wizard of Oz" vibe from just looking at the stills.
It's almost like they've forgotten how to make quality family entertainment in the past couple of decades. Aside from Pixar's films, there's little I can stomach any more. Even stuff like Dreamworks animation is so stuffed with all kinds of double-entendres and pop culture references that they seem to forget how to entertain.
It's almost like they've forgotten how to make quality family entertainment in the past couple of decades. Aside from Pixar's films, there's little I can stomach any more. Even stuff like Dreamworks animation is so stuffed with all kinds of double-entendres and pop culture references that they seem to forget how to entertain.
12-12-06 | 04:39 PM
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Yeesh.
Remember back when John Goodman had to be desperately talking into playing Fred Flintstone? He didn't want to be typecast? I didn't ever think he's stoop to playing Santa in such pathetically bad crap as this. Really sad.
Remember back when John Goodman had to be desperately talking into playing Fred Flintstone? He didn't want to be typecast? I didn't ever think he's stoop to playing Santa in such pathetically bad crap as this. Really sad.
12-12-06 | 06:45 PM
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WTF?
I just saw in the ratings thread that this aired from 9-11pm. NINE to ELEVEN. I realize that I'm probably being an unrealistic fuddy-duddy here, but... isn't that running a bit late for the target audience? Or is the target audience 20-30 somethings who watch it to deconstruct its post-modern wit?
I just saw in the ratings thread that this aired from 9-11pm. NINE to ELEVEN. I realize that I'm probably being an unrealistic fuddy-duddy here, but... isn't that running a bit late for the target audience? Or is the target audience 20-30 somethings who watch it to deconstruct its post-modern wit?
12-12-06 | 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by bboisvert
WTF?
I just saw in the ratings thread that this aired from 9-11pm. NINE to ELEVEN. I realize that I'm probably being an unrealistic fuddy-duddy here, but... isn't that running a bit late for the target audience? Or is the target audience 20-30 somethings who watch it to deconstruct its post-modern wit?
I just saw in the ratings thread that this aired from 9-11pm. NINE to ELEVEN. I realize that I'm probably being an unrealistic fuddy-duddy here, but... isn't that running a bit late for the target audience? Or is the target audience 20-30 somethings who watch it to deconstruct its post-modern wit?
12-13-06 | 08:13 AM
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Wow, I watched this last night. Actually the entire thing. The wife was insistent that it was going to get better, so we stuck with it.
The first 40 minutes were painfully horrible, but it actually somewhat picked up during the last half. Still, overall it was a terrible, terrible Christmas special, and a terrible remake to boot.
The first 40 minutes were painfully horrible, but it actually somewhat picked up during the last half. Still, overall it was a terrible, terrible Christmas special, and a terrible remake to boot.
12-13-06 | 06:31 PM
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It's sitting on my TiVo right now. I skipped ahead to see the miser brothers and now I'm not sure I have any interest in watching the rest. It was pretty aweful.
