Poll of the Day > Why are movies like Gremlins and Diehard considered Christmas movies?

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Muscles 12/25/19 10:53:47 PM #1:	They aren't about Christmas, they just happen to take place during Christmas, the stories aren't about Christmas. --- Muscles Chicago Bears \| Chicago Blackhawks \| Chicago Bulls \| Chicago Cubs \| NIU Huskies <cite>Muscles posted [p:932061720] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>They aren't about Christmas, they just happen to take place during Christmas, the stories aren't about Christmas. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
dancer62 12/25/19 11:18:22 PM #2:	Yippee Ki Yay! And, yes, I saw the original Die Hard in a theater at Christmas. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less <cite>dancer62 posted [p:932062475] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>Yippee Ki Yay! And, yes, I saw the original Die Hard in a theater at Christmas. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
_AdjI_ 12/25/19 11:48:46 PM #3:	Because they take place during Christmas and people consider that to be enough of an excuse to watch something other than typical Christmas fare. <cite>_AdjI_ posted [p:932063354] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>Because they take place during Christmas and people consider that to be enough of an excuse to watch something other than typical Christmas fare. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mead 12/26/19 12:05:57 AM #4:	In my opinion gremlins is a Christmas movie, but die hard is not --- Lemonheads <cite>Mead posted [p:932063852] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>In my opinion gremlins is a Christmas movie, but die hard is not </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Keebs05 12/26/19 12:29:13 AM #6:	Muscles posted... They aren't about Christmas, they just happen to take place during Christmas, the stories aren't about Christmas. There are a lot of Christmas movies that aren't about the holiday itself but are still considered Christmas movies. --- "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away" R.I.P PFC Dusty Seidel <cite>Keebs05 posted [p:932064442] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>Muscles posted... </cite> <quote>They aren't about Christmas, they just happen to take place during Christmas, the stories aren't about Christmas.</quote> There are a lot of Christmas movies that aren't about the holiday itself but are still considered Christmas movies. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mead 12/26/19 12:32:34 AM #7:	Keebs05 posted... There are a lot of Christmas movies that aren't about the holiday itself but are still considered Christmas movies. should Iron Man 3 be considered a Christmas film? --- Lemonheads <cite>Mead posted [p:932064519] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>Keebs05 posted... </cite> <quote>There are a lot of Christmas movies that aren't about the holiday itself but are still considered Christmas movies.</quote> should Iron Man 3 be considered a Christmas film? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smiffwilm 12/26/19 1:05:45 AM #8:	Why do people consider Home Alone a Christmas movie? It's just a kid defending himself and his home from some criminals. It just happens to take place during Christmas time. --- My Mario Maker 2 ID is 6RG-5XK-JCG <cite>Smiffwilm posted [p:932065260] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>Why do people consider Home Alone a Christmas movie? It's just a kid defending himself and his home from some criminals. It just happens to take place during Christmas time. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 12/26/19 1:27:50 AM #9:	Muscles posted... They aren't about Christmas, they just happen to take place during Christmas, the stories aren't about Christmas. Christmas is central to Gremlins, considering Gizmo was purchased as a Christmas gift and the movie was a deconstruction of holiday commercialism. It's more devoted to Christmas than a lot of movies starring Santa --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:932065721] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>Muscles posted... </cite> <quote>They aren't about Christmas, they just happen to take place during Christmas, the stories aren't about Christmas.</quote> Christmas is central to Gremlins, considering Gizmo was purchased as a Christmas gift and the movie was a deconstruction of holiday commercialism. It's more devoted to Christmas than a lot of movies starring Santa </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Keebs05 12/26/19 1:36:44 AM #10:	Mead posted... should Iron Man 3 be considered a Christmas film? Might as well be if Die Hard is being considered one. --- "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away" R.I.P PFC Dusty Seidel <cite>Keebs05 posted [p:932065898] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>Mead posted... </cite> <quote>should Iron Man 3 be considered a Christmas film?</quote>Might as well be if Die Hard is being considered one. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smarkil 12/26/19 2:23:15 AM #11:	If, in the logic of the movie, the event wouldn't have happened without Christmas. It's a Christmas movie. Die Hard, Home Alone, Gremlins all occur directly because of Christmas. Ergo, they're Christmas movies. --- I promise that if the game stinks I will make a topic about how I hate it and you can all laugh at me - Mead on Fallout 76 <cite>Smarkil posted [p:932066779] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>If, in the logic of the movie, the event wouldn't have happened without Christmas. It's a Christmas movie. Die Hard, Home Alone, Gremlins all occur directly because of Christmas. Ergo, they're Christmas movies. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BUMPED2002 12/27/19 9:35:53 AM #12:	Muscles posted... They aren't about Christmas, they just happen to take place during Christmas, the stories aren't about Christmas. You answered your own question. --- SpankageBros <cite>BUMPED2002 posted [p:932112151] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>Muscles posted... </cite> <quote>They aren't about Christmas, they just happen to take place during Christmas, the stories aren't about Christmas.</quote>You answered your own question. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 12/27/19 9:41:56 AM #13:	_AdjI_ posted... Because they take place during Christmas and people consider that to be enough of an excuse to watch something other than typical Christmas fare. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:932112318] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote><cite>_AdjI_ posted...</cite> <quote>Because they take place during Christmas and people consider that to be enough of an excuse to watch something other than typical Christmas fare.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 12/27/19 9:43:13 AM #14:	Zeus posted... Christmas is central to Gremlins, considering Gizmo was purchased as a Christmas gift and the movie was a deconstruction of holiday commercialism. It's more devoted to Christmas than a lot of movies starring Santa To be fair, Santa is in Gremlins as well. ~~He's in Phoebe Cates' chimney.~~ --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:932112361] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>Christmas is central to Gremlins, considering Gizmo was purchased as a Christmas gift and the movie was a deconstruction of holiday commercialism. It's more devoted to Christmas than a lot of movies starring Santa</quote> To be fair, Santa is in Gremlins as well. He's in Phoebe Cates' chimney.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
jerky_666 12/27/19 10:00:47 AM #15:	dancer62 posted... Yippee Ki Yay! And, yes, I saw the original Die Hard in a theater at Christmas. Pretty impressive for a movie that came out in July. --- The bisexuals historically got it from all directions. - Kohlrak <cite>jerky_666 posted [p:932112878] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>dancer62 posted... </cite> <quote>Yippee Ki Yay! And, yes, I saw the original Die Hard in a theater at Christmas.</quote>Pretty impressive for a movie that came out in July. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 12/27/19 11:34:47 AM #16:	jerky_666 posted... Pretty impressive for a movie that came out in July. Because there's no such thing as theaters that show movies at times other than official first release. I mean, I saw Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back in a movie theater in 1983. And I used to have a theater near me that would show movies months later but for like 1/4th the price. And there's a theater near me that recently showed Godfather I and II one after the other. And I think they did a Back to the Future night with all three movies as well. And I know one theater near me that shows Rocky Horror Picture Show every Halloween. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:932115847] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote><cite>jerky_666 posted...</cite> <quote>Pretty impressive for a movie that came out in July.</quote> Because there's no such thing as theaters that show movies at times other than official first release. I mean, I saw Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back in a movie theater in 1983. And I used to have a theater near me that would show movies months later but for like 1/4th the price. And there's a theater near me that recently showed Godfather I and II one after the other. And I think they did a Back to the Future night with all three movies as well. And I know one theater near me that shows Rocky Horror Picture Show every Halloween.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Krazy_Kirby 12/27/19 12:11:23 PM #17:	Smarkil posted... If, in the logic of the movie, the event wouldn't have happened without Christmas. It's a Christmas movie. Die Hard, Home Alone, Gremlins all occur directly because of Christmas. Ergo, they're Christmas movies. die hard could have just as easily been a normal office party on a friday night or something. home alone just used it as a plot device to explain leaving him alone... it could have just as easily been thankgiving, or even just a normal vacation. take out the christmas part, and the movies are the same --- Kill From The Shadows. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot <cite>Krazy_Kirby posted [p:932117119] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>Smarkil posted...</cite> <quote>If, in the logic of the movie, the event wouldn't have happened without Christmas. It's a Christmas movie. Die Hard, Home Alone, Gremlins all occur directly because of Christmas. Ergo, they're Christmas movies. </quote> die hard could have just as easily been a normal office party on a friday night or something. home alone just used it as a plot device to explain leaving him alone... it could have just as easily been thankgiving, or even just a normal vacation. take out the christmas part, and the movies are the same</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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SunWuKung420 12/27/19 12:28:48 PM #19:	In Die Hard, Bruce Willis ~~flies to LA to spend~~ CHRISTMAS with ~~his family and his wife's~~ CHRISTMAS ~~party gets hijacked~~. That's pretty clearly a Christmas themed action movie. --- Align your chakras, it starts with your breathing. http://www.arfalpha.com/ScienceOfBreath/ScienceOfBreath.htm <cite>SunWuKung420 posted [p:932117687] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>In Die Hard, Bruce Willis flies to LA to spend CHRISTMAS with his family and his wife's CHRISTMAS party gets hijacked. That's pretty clearly a Christmas themed action movie.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WizardofHoth 12/27/19 1:00:24 PM #20:	Movies like Gremins and Batman Returns are Christmas movies since they take place during Christmas. Duh. Even Thanksgiving movies tend to end up more as Christmas movies like Dutch and Planes, Trains and Automobiles. I just dont see the Thanksgiving atmosphere in Planes, Trains and Automobiles anyway <cite>WizardofHoth posted [p:932118798] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>Movies like Gremins and Batman Returns are Christmas movies since they take place during Christmas. Duh. Even Thanksgiving movies tend to end up more as Christmas movies like Dutch and Planes, Trains and Automobiles. I just dont see the Thanksgiving atmosphere in Planes, Trains and Automobiles anyway </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 12/27/19 3:24:50 PM #21:	Krazy_Kirby posted... die hard could have just as easily been a normal office party on a friday night or something Yeah, but then you lose the entire subtext that he's estranged from his ex-wife, and that he doesn't really interact with her or the family much, and that she's extending an olive branch to him because "it's the holidays". You also lose some of the subtext of why he's so nervous (hence the whole subplot where he loses his shoes and is barefoot the whole movie, which Hans then exploits later). There's actually a lot of Christmas elements in the movie. They don't need to be there, no, but they're still there. And saying you can take them out and still have a movie is true of most Christmas movies as well, so it's not really a valid argument (A Christmas Carol doesn't have to be about Christmas, it could just be about any old miser being misery at any point during the year, etc). --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:932124358] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote><cite>Krazy_Kirby posted...</cite> <quote>die hard could have just as easily been a normal office party on a friday night or something</quote> Yeah, but then you lose the entire subtext that he's estranged from his ex-wife, and that he doesn't really interact with her or the family much, and that she's extending an olive branch to him because "it's the holidays". You also lose some of the subtext of why he's so nervous (hence the whole subplot where he loses his shoes and is barefoot the whole movie, which Hans then exploits later). There's actually a lot of Christmas elements in the movie. They don't need to be there, no, but they're still there. And saying you can take them out and still have a movie is true of most Christmas movies as well, so it's not really a valid argument (A Christmas Carol doesn't have to be about Christmas, it could just be about any old miser being misery at any point during the year, etc).</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
kukukupo 12/27/19 7:19:00 PM #22:	Krazy_Kirby posted... die hard could have just as easily been a normal office party on a friday night or something. home alone just used it as a plot device to explain leaving him alone... it could have just as easily been thankgiving, or even just a normal vacation. take out the christmas part, and the movies are the same Bruce isn't flying out just to visit an office party. Flying out for Christmas, however, is an entirely different thing. I suppose it could be Thanksgiving, but most offices don't have thanksgiving parties. <cite>kukukupo posted [p:932132927] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>Krazy_Kirby posted... </cite> <quote>die hard could have just as easily been a normal office party on a friday night or something. home alone just used it as a plot device to explain leaving him alone... it could have just as easily been thankgiving, or even just a normal vacation. take out the christmas part, and the movies are the same</quote> Bruce isn't flying out just to visit an office party. Flying out for Christmas, however, is an entirely different thing. I suppose it could be Thanksgiving, but most offices don't have thanksgiving parties. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
jerky_666 12/27/19 7:47:36 PM #23:	ParanoidObsessive posted... Because there's no such thing as theaters that show movies at times other than official first release. I mean, I saw Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back in a movie theater in 1983. And I used to have a theater near me that would show movies months later but for like 1/4th the price. And there's a theater near me that recently showed Godfather I and II one after the other. And I think they did a Back to the Future night with all three movies as well. And I know one theater near me that shows Rocky Horror Picture Show every Halloween. Seeing an old school movie like that during it's re-release in 2018 might be the most pathetically fucking uninteresting thing ever. And not sure why the fuck you're drooling out all those other movies. Try to stay on topic. --- The bisexuals historically got it from all directions. - Kohlrak <cite>jerky_666 posted [p:932133918] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>ParanoidObsessive posted... </cite> <quote>Because there's no such thing as theaters that show movies at times other than official first release. I mean, I saw Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back in a movie theater in 1983. And I used to have a theater near me that would show movies months later but for like 1/4th the price. And there's a theater near me that recently showed Godfather I and II one after the other. And I think they did a Back to the Future night with all three movies as well. And I know one theater near me that shows Rocky Horror Picture Show every Halloween.</quote>Seeing an old school movie like that during it's re-release in 2018 might be the most pathetically fucking uninteresting thing ever. And not sure why the fuck you're drooling out all those other movies. Try to stay on topic. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Krazy_Kirby 12/27/19 7:53:25 PM #24:	kukukupo posted... Bruce isn't flying out just to visit an office party. Flying out for Christmas, however, is an entirely different thing. I suppose it could be Thanksgiving, but most offices don't have thanksgiving parties. it could have been his kids birthday, and the office was having a party the day he arrived --- Kill From The Shadows. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot <cite>Krazy_Kirby posted [p:932134094] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>kukukupo posted...</cite> <quote> Bruce isn't flying out just to visit an office party. Flying out for Christmas, however, is an entirely different thing. I suppose it could be Thanksgiving, but most offices don't have thanksgiving parties. </quote> it could have been his kids birthday, and the office was having a party the day he arrived</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SunWuKung420 12/27/19 7:55:43 PM #25:	Krazy_Kirby posted... it could have been his kids birthday, and the office was having a party the day he arrived A Christmas party, at Christmas, which is why he was there to be with his family at Christmas. --- Align your chakras, it starts with your breathing. http://www.arfalpha.com/ScienceOfBreath/ScienceOfBreath.htm <cite>SunWuKung420 posted [p:932134163] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>Krazy_Kirby posted...</cite> <quote> it could have been his kids birthday, and the office was having a party the day he arrived</quote> A Christmas party, at Christmas, which is why he was there to be with his family at Christmas.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Revelation34 12/27/19 8:30:32 PM #26:	Would a movie be a Christmas movie if it started on Christmas but the main plot took place on the 26th? --- Gamertag: Kegfarms, BF code: 2033480226, Treasure Cruise code 318,374,355, Steam: Kegfarms <cite>Revelation34 posted [p:932135492] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>Would a movie be a Christmas movie if it started on Christmas but the main plot took place on the 26th?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Metalsonic66 12/27/19 8:39:11 PM #27:	Just as much Christmas movies as Rudolph and Frosty --- PSN/Steam ID: Metalsonic_69 Big bombs go kabang. <cite>Metalsonic66 posted [p:932135793] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>Just as much Christmas movies as Rudolph and Frosty </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 12/27/19 8:53:33 PM #28:	ParanoidObsessive posted... To be fair, Santa is in Gremlins as well. ~~He's in Phoebe Cates' chimney.~~ O snap! SunWuKung420 posted... In Die Hard, Bruce Willis ~~flies to LA to spend~~ CHRISTMAS with ~~his family and his wife's~~ CHRISTMAS ~~party gets hijacked~~. That's pretty clearly a Christmas themed action movie. Not at all, unless he was just killing people with Christmas shit. Like he said, the movie could have been about Thanksgiving or Easter. ParanoidObsessive posted... There's actually a lot of Christmas elements in the movie. They don't need to be there, no, but they're still there. And saying you can take them out and still have a movie is true of most Christmas movies as well, so it's not really a valid argument (A Christmas Carol doesn't have to be about Christmas, it could just be about any old miser being misery at any point during the year, etc). They could, but then the title would be really weird and kinda out of place. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:932136330] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>ParanoidObsessive posted... </cite> <quote>To be fair, Santa is in Gremlins as well. He's in Phoebe Cates' chimney.</quote> O snap! SunWuKung420 posted... </cite> <quote>In Die Hard, Bruce Willis flies to LA to spend CHRISTMAS with his family and his wife's CHRISTMAS party gets hijacked. That's pretty clearly a Christmas themed action movie.</quote> Not at all, unless he was just killing people with Christmas shit. Like he said, the movie could have been about Thanksgiving or Easter. ParanoidObsessive posted... </cite> <quote>There's actually a lot of Christmas elements in the movie. They don't need to be there, no, but they're still there. And saying you can take them out and still have a movie is true of most Christmas movies as well, so it's not really a valid argument (A Christmas Carol doesn't have to be about Christmas, it could just be about any old miser being misery at any point during the year, etc).</quote> They could, but then the title would be really weird and kinda out of place. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SunWuKung420 12/27/19 8:57:48 PM #29:	Zeus posted... Not at all, unless he was just killing people with Christmas shit. Like he said, the movie could have been about Thanksgiving or Easter. It also could have been about a solar ellipse only viewable from Nakatomi Plaza but it wasn't. It was a movie written to be about an action hero saving his wife at Christmas. "Could haves" have no merit here. --- Align your chakras, it starts with your breathing. http://www.arfalpha.com/ScienceOfBreath/ScienceOfBreath.htm <cite>SunWuKung420 posted [p:932136478] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote> Not at all, unless he was just killing people with Christmas shit. Like he said, the movie could have been about Thanksgiving or Easter.</quote> It also could have been about a solar ellipse only viewable from Nakatomi Plaza but it wasn't. It was a movie written to be about an action hero saving his wife at Christmas. "Could haves" have no merit here.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 12/27/19 8:59:43 PM #30:	jerky_666 posted... Seeing an old school movie like that during it's re-release in 2018 might be the most pathetically fucking uninteresting thing ever. And not sure why the fuck you're drooling out all those other movies. Try to stay on topic. Oh, sorry, I didn't realize you were a moron. Had I known I wouldn't have wasted either of our time bothering to respond to you. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:932136545] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote><cite>jerky_666 posted...</cite> <quote>Seeing an old school movie like that during it's re-release in 2018 might be the most pathetically fucking uninteresting thing ever. And not sure why the fuck you're drooling out all those other movies. Try to stay on topic.</quote> Oh, sorry, I didn't realize you were a moron. Had I known I wouldn't have wasted either of our time bothering to respond to you.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mead 12/27/19 9:01:54 PM #31:	ParanoidObsessive posted... Oh, sorry, I didn't realize you were a moron. lmfao --- Lemonheads <cite>Mead posted [p:932136624] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>ParanoidObsessive posted... </cite> <quote>Oh, sorry, I didn't realize you were a moron.</quote> lmfao </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Krazy_Kirby 12/27/19 9:14:54 PM #32:	SunWuKung420 posted... It also could have been about a solar ellipse only viewable from Nakatomi Plaza but it wasn't. It was a movie written to be about an action hero saving his wife at Christmas. "Could haves" have no merit here. and the movie plot doesn't change if it's not christmas. how the grinch stole christmas is christmas. a christmas carol is christmas. --- Kill From The Shadows. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot <cite>Krazy_Kirby posted [p:932137118] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>SunWuKung420 posted...</cite> <quote> It also could have been about a solar ellipse only viewable from Nakatomi Plaza but it wasn't. It was a movie written to be about an action hero saving his wife at Christmas. "Could haves" have no merit here.</quote> and the movie plot doesn't change if it's not christmas. how the grinch stole christmas is christmas. a christmas carol is christmas.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Revelation34 12/28/19 12:27:43 AM #33:	Krazy_Kirby posted... and the movie plot doesn't change if it's not christmas. how the grinch stole christmas is christmas. a christmas carol is christmas. So they're only Christmas movies if they have the word Christmas in them? --- Gamertag: Kegfarms, BF code: 2033480226, Treasure Cruise code 318,374,355, Steam: Kegfarms <cite>Revelation34 posted [p:932143485] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>Krazy_Kirby posted...</cite> <quote> and the movie plot doesn't change if it's not christmas. how the grinch stole christmas is christmas. a christmas carol is christmas.</quote> So they're only Christmas movies if they have the word Christmas in them?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ASlaveObeys 12/28/19 12:51:55 AM #35:	John literally mocks the bad guys with a Santa themed kill. <cite>ASlaveObeys posted [p:932144197] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>John literally mocks the bad guys with a Santa themed kill. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SunWuKung420 12/28/19 7:58:46 AM #36:	@Krazy_Kirby Are the "Home Alone" movies Christmas movies? --- Align your chakras, it starts with your breathing. http://www.arfalpha.com/ScienceOfBreath/ScienceOfBreath.htm <cite>SunWuKung420 posted [p:932150947] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>@Krazy_Kirby Are the "Home Alone" movies Christmas movies?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Krazy_Kirby 12/28/19 9:06:50 AM #37:	Krazy_Kirby posted... home alone just used it as a plot device to explain leaving him alone... it could have just as easily been thankgiving, or even just a normal vacation. --- Kill From The Shadows. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot <cite>Krazy_Kirby posted [p:932152006] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>Krazy_Kirby posted...</cite> <quote> home alone just used it as a plot device to explain leaving him alone... it could have just as easily been thankgiving, or even just a normal vacation. </quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Miroku_of_Nite1 12/28/19 9:30:58 AM #38:	https://i.imgur.com/VfTGasc.png --- https://imgtc.ws/i/UMJAz4P.jpg <cite>Miroku_of_Nite1 posted [p:932152437] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>https://i.imgur.com/VfTGasc.png </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 12/28/19 7:06:29 PM #39:	Krazy_Kirby posted... and the movie plot doesn't change if it's not christmas. a christmas carol is christmas. Like I mentioned earlier, you could do A Christmas Carol pretty easily without the Christmas elements. It's not really about Christmas as much as it is about a miser learning to open his heart and become generous. Make the ghosts angels instead, take "Christmas" out of the title, and you've basically got a movie that can easily work on its own. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:932171253] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote><cite>Krazy_Kirby posted...</cite> <quote>and the movie plot doesn't change if it's not christmas. a christmas carol is christmas.</quote> Like I mentioned earlier, you could do A Christmas Carol pretty easily without the Christmas elements. It's not really about Christmas as much as it is about a miser learning to open his heart and become generous. Make the ghosts angels instead, take "Christmas" out of the title, and you've basically got a movie that can easily work on its own.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mead 12/28/19 7:07:55 PM #40:	Im the ghost of Thursdays past! --- Lemonheads <cite>Mead posted [p:932171314] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>Im the ghost of Thursdays past! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ParanoidObsessive 12/28/19 7:34:43 PM #42:	Mead posted... Im the ghost of Thursdays past! "Make the ghosts angels instead" That's pretty much the plot of It's a Wonderful Life - an angel shows someone a parallel universe where he never existed, and how everyone's life is worse for it, justifying his own existence. It's not such a stretch to assume you could have angels (or even just one angel) who can show the past, present, and future. Hell, you could even make it non-Judeo-Christian, and have it be the Norns. They literally represent the past (Urd), present (Verthandi), and future (Skuld). Or go with the Greek Fates and have Clotho show visions of youth, Lachesis visions of the present, and Atropos shows the grim future. You could even go poetic with it, and have it be something like visions of the Past Remembered, the Present Unfolding, and the Future Foretold. There really is very little inherent in the premise that is tied all that strongly to traditional aspects of Christmas as a concept. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:932172265] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote><cite>Mead posted...</cite> <quote>Im the ghost of Thursdays past!</quote> "Make the ghosts angels instead" That's pretty much the plot of It's a Wonderful Life - an angel shows someone a parallel universe where he never existed, and how everyone's life is worse for it, justifying his own existence. It's not such a stretch to assume you could have angels (or even just one angel) who can show the past, present, and future. Hell, you could even make it non-Judeo-Christian, and have it be the Norns. They literally represent the past (Urd), present (Verthandi), and future (Skuld). Or go with the Greek Fates and have Clotho show visions of youth, Lachesis visions of the present, and Atropos shows the grim future. You could even go poetic with it, and have it be something like visions of the Past Remembered, the Present Unfolding, and the Future Foretold. There really is very little inherent in the premise that is tied all that strongly to traditional aspects of Christmas as a concept.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Metalsonic66 12/28/19 7:52:57 PM #43:	Life of Brian is a Christmas movie --- PSN/Steam ID: Metalsonic_69 Big bombs go kabang. <cite>Metalsonic66 posted [p:932172939] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>Life of Brian is a Christmas movie </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 12/28/19 10:42:20 PM #44:	SunWuKung420 posted... It also could have been about a solar ellipse only viewable from Nakatomi Plaza but it wasn't. It was a movie written to be about an action hero saving his wife at Christmas. "Could haves" have no merit here. And your post could have been good. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:932179176] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>SunWuKung420 posted... </cite> <quote>It also could have been about a solar ellipse only viewable from Nakatomi Plaza but it wasn't. It was a movie written to be about an action hero saving his wife at Christmas. "Could haves" have no merit here.</quote> And your post could have been good. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Molitheus 12/29/19 12:24:12 AM #45:	Why don't they just go ahead and make a Friday the 13th movie that happens during Christmas time? That'll show em. --- There will be death Harv-5 You wouldnt wanna eat me anyways, you'd only get the runs. Got it Fools? <cite>Molitheus posted [p:932182872] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>Why don't they just go ahead and make a Friday the 13th movie that happens during Christmas time? That'll show em. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Miroku_of_Nite1 12/29/19 1:22:33 AM #46:	Molitheus posted... Why don't they just go ahead and make a Friday the 13th movie that happens during Christmas time? That'll show em. Jackfrost is kind of like that. --- https://imgtc.ws/i/UMJAz4P.jpg <cite>Miroku_of_Nite1 posted [p:932184539] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>Molitheus posted... </cite> <quote>Why don't they just go ahead and make a Friday the 13th movie that happens during Christmas time? That'll show em.</quote> Jackfrost is kind of like that. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SpaceBear_ 12/29/19 3:33:24 AM #47:	Who caaares --- - God bless, downtime and TheSlinja. YNWA GameFAQs' Favourite Sons. - Official Barman Of Champion Pub <cite>SpaceBear_ posted [p:932187361] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>Who caaares </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Dikitain 12/29/19 10:52:56 AM #49:	ParanoidObsessive posted... Because there's no such thing as theaters that show movies at times other than official first release. I mean, I saw Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back in a movie theater in 1983. And I used to have a theater near me that would show movies months later but for like 1/4th the price. And there's a theater near me that recently showed Godfather I and II one after the other. And I think they did a Back to the Future night with all three movies as well. And I know one theater near me that shows Rocky Horror Picture Show every Halloween. Not to mention the fact movies used to be in theaters for a long time before they would get released on home video. I remember watching Jurassic Park in a theater 4 months after it first released, and it was still another 3-4 months before it was released on video. --- I am a Contract Software Developer. What does that mean? I don't know, let me know if you figure it out. <cite>Dikitain posted [p:932193633] in Why are mo... [t:78282566]...</cite> <quote>ParanoidObsessive posted... </cite> <quote>Because there's no such thing as theaters that show movies at times other than official first release. I mean, I saw Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back in a movie theater in 1983. And I used to have a theater near me that would show movies months later but for like 1/4th the price. And there's a theater near me that recently showed Godfather I and II one after the other. And I think they did a Back to the Future night with all three movies as well. And I know one theater near me that shows Rocky Horror Picture Show every Halloween.</quote>Not to mention the fact movies used to be in theaters for a long time before they would get released on home video. I remember watching Jurassic Park in a theater 4 months after it first released, and it was still another 3-4 months before it was released on video. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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