Rewatching Jingle All The Way As A Parent

[PliotronX]

When it originally came out, I was a teenager and so thought it was a bit corny and felt for the kid. Now giving it another spin with kids, it actually stresses me out. Anyone else experience the same?

 

[Kaido]

Phil Hartman would get booted out of my house so fast it wouldn't even be funny. Also, RIP.

 

[Kaido]

When it originally came out, I was a teenager and so thought it was a bit corny and felt for the kid. Now giving it another spin with kids, it actually stresses me out. Anyone else experience the same?

It's funny how you experience things as a kid differently, and it shows how good some writers are in catering the story to the worldview of a child instead of an adult. A lot of shows I loved as a kid are horrible as an adult, but in my kid frame of mind, the logic made perfect sense. A few of them, like A Christmas Story, have held up pretty well, although now instead of the angry dad being funny, I emphasize with him a lot more...having to fix horribly-designed crap like the smokey furnace, the dog eating your special dinner, etc. etc.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

When it originally came out, I was a teenager and so thought it was a bit corny and felt for the kid. Now giving it another spin with kids, it actually stresses me out. Anyone else experience the same?

Idiotic holiday movies like that are another in the long list of reasons to not have kids.

 

[purbeast0]

Pretty much all of the holiday movies I loved as a kid I still love as an adult.

National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
Home Alone 1
Home Alone 2

Those are really the only movies I watched as a kid. My wife and I watch them every holiday season and also watch Elf and 4 Christmases. I was never a big fan of Christmas Story, just bored me. I may grab Jingle All The Way as I do remember enjoying that too.

 

[nakedfrog]

Idiotic holiday movies like that are another in the long list of reasons to not have kids.

YMMV, my kids don't have interest in idiotic holiday movies.

 

[purbeast0]

Just ordered Jingle All The Way on amazon for like $7.

 

[Kaido]

Pretty much all of the holiday movies I loved as a kid I still love as an adult.

National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
Home Alone 1
Home Alone 2

Those are really the only movies I watched as a kid. My wife and I watch them every holiday season and also watch Elf and 4 Christmases. I was never a big fan of Christmas Story, just bored me. I may grab Jingle All The Way as I do remember enjoying that too.

Home Alone & Elf are classics for sure.

 

[Kaido]

Just ordered Jingle All The Way on amazon for like $7.

IT'S TURBO TIME!

 

[shortylickens]

I always thought the movie was dumb. I'm not likely to think better of it decades later.

 

[darkswordsman17]

WTH, X-mas movie talk and no mention of Scrooged? Its sappy and weird but still good (plus it has some Robocop esque social commentary).

I always thought the movie was dumb. I'm not likely to think better of it decades later.

I did too around when it came out but find it ok now. Its not great, but its watchable.

 

[Kaido]

Kickstarter Bringing Back Jingle All The Way's Turbo Man Craze:

http://io9.gizmodo.com/kickstarter-bringing-back-jingle-all-the-ways-turbo-man-1790247044

 

[ViRGE]

Kickstarter Bringing Back Jingle All The Way's Turbo Man Craze:

http://io9.gizmodo.com/kickstarter-bringing-back-jingle-all-the-ways-turbo-man-1790247044

For reasons I cannot comprehend, the back part of my brain wants one of those, for absolutely no good reason.

 

[purbeast0]

I watched it the week I got it from Amazon and yeah, it wasn't too great. Not terrible, but not really good. Definitely on the bottom of the list of Xmas movies I've watched so far this year.

 

[brianmanahan]

Home Alone 1

merry christmas, you filthy animal

 

[Kaido]

merry christmas, you filthy animal

The science of Home Alone:

http://www.sciencealert.com/the-science-of-home-alone-could-marv-and-harry-survive-their-injuries

And of course, some videos:

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/what-would-happen-if-funny-christmas-movie-accidents-ha-1790154741

 

[Ruptga]

I was amused by it at the time. I was 8, haven't seen it since.

 

[purbeast0]

The science of Home Alone:

http://www.sciencealert.com/the-science-of-home-alone-could-marv-and-harry-survive-their-injuries

And of course, some videos:

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/what-would-happen-if-funny-christmas-movie-accidents-ha-1790154741

Part 2 was A LOT worse as far as the damage done to them. Watched that last night (also watch that movie annually) and damn, those dudes take some beatings and electrocution.

 

[Kaido]

Part 2 was A LOT worse as far as the damage done to them. Watched that last night (also watch that movie annually) and damn, those dudes take some beatings and electrocution.

Marv has done a couple good AMA's recently:

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3y4d8l/im_daniel_stern_you_might_know_me_as_marv_from/

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/57nil5/whats_happening_you_filthy_animals_daniel_stern/