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Title: Miracle on 34th Street
Post by: Perd Hapley on December 23, 2011, 10:09:20 PM
It starts now.
Title: Re: Miracle on 34th Street
Post by: cosine on December 23, 2011, 10:13:42 PM
"You're making a mistake with the reindeer."
Title: Re: Miracle on 34th Street
Post by: Perd Hapley on December 23, 2011, 10:47:07 PM
This film teaches you how to be a monkey. Awesomesauce!
Title: Re: Miracle on 34th Street
Post by: cosine on December 23, 2011, 10:55:35 PM
"You're not scratching!"
Title: Re: Miracle on 34th Street
Post by: Perd Hapley on December 23, 2011, 11:24:08 PM
The wife and I are sleepy now, and going to bed. Sorry. You've got to keep the magic going tonight, cosine. We'll carry on tomorrow night. Thanks.
Title: Re: Miracle on 34th Street
Post by: cosine on December 24, 2011, 08:43:52 AM
I wasn't even watching the movie. It was a yearly classic when I was growing up so I have huge parts of it memorized.  ;)
Title: Re: Miracle on 34th Street
Post by: Perd Hapley on December 24, 2011, 08:46:42 AM
I don't know it that well. That may have been my second time watching it all the way through. Or trying to, anyway.

Good thing I went to bed early, though. I have to get out and split some firewood this morning.
Title: Re: Miracle on 34th Street
Post by: Hawkmoon on December 24, 2011, 12:31:20 PM
I don't know it that well. That may have been my second time watching it all the way through. Or trying to, anyway.


The original or the remake? Like most such, the remake doesn't hold a (Christmas) candle to the original.
Title: Re: Miracle on 34th Street
Post by: Perd Hapley on December 24, 2011, 02:03:30 PM
The one from 1947, though our copy is colorized.

According to Wiki, there are three remakes. I wonder if anyone actually watches those.
Title: Re: Miracle on 34th Street
Post by: Gowen on December 24, 2011, 02:11:06 PM
I remember pieces parts but I don't know if I ever sat down and watched it all the way through.
Title: Re: Miracle on 34th Street
Post by: cosine on December 24, 2011, 05:52:49 PM
Huh. I wasn't even aware that there were multiple remakes.
Title: Re: Miracle on 34th Street
Post by: Perd Hapley on December 24, 2011, 06:20:25 PM
Huh. I wasn't even aware that there were multiple remakes.

And there you were, suffering through the original all these years, when you could have watched the remakes.  :'(
Title: Re: Miracle on 34th Street
Post by: Tallpine on December 24, 2011, 07:04:22 PM
All these movie remakes ... next thing you know they'll be doing a remake of True Grit  ;/






 =D
Title: Re: Miracle on 34th Street
Post by: GigaBuist on December 24, 2011, 09:50:32 PM
Never seen the movie, however, I am a fan of "Miracle off 28th Street" -- a local beer made by a brewery just off our local 28th street.

It's a 9.5% ABV dark old ale.  There's a reason the label features Santa face down in the snow.
Title: Re: Miracle on 34th Street
Post by: Perd Hapley on December 24, 2011, 10:12:04 PM
  There's a reason the label features Santa face down in the snow.

That does have some relevance to the opening scenes of the film.
Title: Re: Miracle on 34th Street
Post by: seeker_two on December 24, 2011, 10:58:47 PM
My wife & I have been at my parents' house with every pathetic, cliche Christmas movie playing on the TV....Jingle All The Way is on now....


....someone please kill me now....
Title: Re: Miracle on 34th Street
Post by: Angel Eyes on December 24, 2011, 11:59:57 PM
 :O
My wife & I have been at my parents' house with every pathetic, cliche Christmas movie playing on the TV....Jingle All The Way is on now....


....someone please kill me now....

Then you won't want to miss the 24-hour marathon of A Christmas Story.

Someone keep seeker_two away from the razor blades.
Title: Re: Miracle on 34th Street
Post by: Boomhauer on December 25, 2011, 12:04:21 AM
I think with the shakeup in NK right now...we should have put giant psyops speakers on the border playing every *expletive deleted*ing christmas song eleventybillion times 24 hours a day, with trashy giant inflatable yard decorations and christmas lights everywhere along our side of the border. Because if we have to endure torture of the ear and eye are lucky enough to get to enjoy Christmas, our blessed friends elsewhere in the world should, too.


(I predict that within 72 hours every NK soldier along the DMZ would have eaten the muzzle of his rifle)