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HumanOrAlien t1_iwv4y8n wrote
Disney+ would be so successful if these shows were movies. Turner & Hooch, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Boba Fett, Falcon and The Winter Soldier, Hawkeye and probably a lot of other shows I haven't watched. They have a problem of taking shallow ideas that would work as a movie and turning them into shows.
GarlVinland4Astrea t1_iwv65kx wrote
I don’t know who decided this would be a worthwhile series. The original and best film came out in 1994, and while it’s a fun Christmas film, it’s not like it’s some major cultural watershed that needed to be a franchise.
Groundbreaking_Ship3 t1_iwxezsf wrote
Which disney plus series is not a drag?
SamuraiJackBauer t1_ix0phey wrote
Hocus Pocus 2
SquishyMon t1_ix5qkje wrote
Hocus Pocus series: the sisters get youthacized again but went too far and are played by the kids from the flashback scene in HP2.
tregorman t1_ixd62rr wrote
I mean those movies definitely were a big part of my Christmas growing up. I'm very excited to see it revisited.
CubistMUC OP t1_iwtrx0b wrote
> "The basics of “The Santa Clauses” go like this: 28 years into his run as Santa, a 65-year-old Scott (Allen) finds himself at a crossroads. His wife Carol (Mitchell), once an ambitious school principal, is restless and bored in the more anonymous role of Mrs. Clause; their teenaged kids Buddy (Austin Kane) and Sandra (Allen’s own daughter Elizabeth Allen-Dick) are growing up isolated and “weird,” having known no other world than the North Pole. Then, head elf Betty (Matilda Lawler of “Station Eleven,” doing her very best with what she has) finds a new loophole clause granting Scott the option to retire. Reluctant and resigned, Scott takes it, moves the family back to Chicago, and hands the keys over to single father Simon (Kal Penn), who promptly sees the North Pole as more of a business opportunity than a responsibility."
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> "If “The Santa Clauses” were “The Santa Clause 4: The Santa Clauses,” its tendency to indulge the silly and saccharine could be forgiven. As a “Disney+ original series,” it’s simply bit off more “nutty fudgy teacakes” than it can chew."