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[Neonivek]

Goodness something surprising happened

Now the #1 pet peave I have with Christmas movies is whenever Santa is kidnapped or stopped and people uttar "Ohh no they stopped Christmas!" or "Now Christmas is ruined!"

Which only prompts me to look into the tv with a look of intense disdain and anger on the sheer amount of stupidty I just heard. Since obviously Santa not only is not required for Christmas he is the least important part.

This brings me to this

So I was watching the Ice Age Christmas movie and they ruined the North Pole and claimed that there would be no Christmas because Santa couldn't make his deliveries.

I was starting to say "There would still be Christmas" but then I remembered that, "Wait a minute, this is over ten thousand years in the past This really WOULD end Christmas"

and then I changed the channel because it was still a bad movie.

[Zangi]

Christmas is all about getting gifts.  Nothing other then the fellow that provides all these gifts matter.  amirite?

Yea... christmas time isn't really the best for toons and stuff.

[Neonivek]

Christmas is all about getting gifts.  Nothing other then the fellow that provides all these gifts matter.  amirite?

Yea... christmas time isn't really the best for toons and stuff.

Oddly enough I have seen Santa specials where Santa did supply ALL the presents, however that isn't always the case.

Somehow that ONE present makes or breaks Christmas.

[MrWiggles]

You know whats an underapperciated X-Mas movie is?

Bill and Opus Chirstmas: A Wish for Wings that Work

Its great because its x-mas centric, but avoids the terribly over used x-mas stories, even though Santa is in it.

[Sirus]

I remember a X-MAS-centered movie that went in a totally different direction than the average Santa-staring film. Santa was actually an abandoned human child, cared for by various magical creatures (elves, dwarves, and the like). When he grew up, he visited the nearest human town (which, of course, was basically a mud pit). He began making toys and clothes for the children of the town, eventually being granted immortality by the gods themselves for his good deeds (just before he died of old age, too!).

[RedWarrior0]

"I've lived a long, satisfying life... I should retire."
"NOPE!"

[Sirus]

It wasn't portrayed that way of course, but thanks for the laugh

[Neonivek]

I remember a X-MAS-centered movie that went in a totally different direction than the average Santa-staring film. Santa was actually an abandoned human child, cared for by various magical creatures (elves, dwarves, and the like). When he grew up, he visited the nearest human town (which, of course, was basically a mud pit). He began making toys and clothes for the children of the town, eventually being granted immortality by the gods themselves for his good deeds (just before he died of old age, too!).

I really liked that movie, it actually was a stop motion movie first, but the differences between the animation and the stop motion are few. (though the stop motion somehow is more epic.)

[Sirus]

I didn't know there was a stop-motion version. I just saw the animated one.

Do you happen to remember the name, by any chance?

[Sergius]

Turns out they are adaptations of a book.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_and_Adventures_of_Santa_Claus

I saw the stopmotion version too. IIRC Claus' "mom" was a fairy or somesuch, and the one who kept begging for the Cloak of Immortality.

I also remember thinking even back then, sheesh, what dicks, you'd think they wouldn't have waited for him to become as decrepit as humanly possible before making him live forever...

[penguinofhonor]

It seems Adventure Time is on a break. Any word on then it'll be back?

[Sirus]

Turns out they are adaptations of a book.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_and_Adventures_of_Santa_Claus

I saw the stopmotion version too. IIRC Claus' "mom" was a fairy or somesuch, and the one who kept begging for the Cloak of Immortality.

I also remember thinking even back then, sheesh, what dicks, you'd think they wouldn't have waited for him to become as decrepit as humanly possible before making him live forever...

That was it! Damn, it's been a while since I've seen that.

ETA: And it's not like he stayed decrepit forever. I distinctly remember him claiming that he felt strong enough to wrestle something (a bear?) after becoming immortal.

[Neonivek]

It was actually a really depressing movie for me. Even the ending didn't feel like a glorious finish but sorrowful.

[Neonivek]

So I think I found the worst episode of Mystery Incorperated

The Episode with Andy Warsaw the modern artist.

The jokes are there, but not that funny, but there are plenty of episodes with flat jokes... I think what hurts the episode is the investigation itself.

It just isn't there. The episode is such filler that they actually barely go out of their way to even investigate only bringing in any level of deduction right at the very end.

People are statues? What are they made of? We don't know. Why don't they check the junk for electronics? I don't know.

I really cannot think of a worse episode given how good most of them are. I've seen episodes where investigation barely happened but they were always a parody of the very formula (like the Graveyard Ghoul where they investigated a sweet lady and her children because she was the least likely person to be the Graveyard ghoul).

[kaijyuu]

Ah yeah, I didn't much like that one either. I felt the monster was a bit TOO ridiculous for one thing, and they skewered modern art a bit more than they probably should've.