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- Yes, especially for D’Angelo, with a Sea of Love-style scene imagined.
Categories & segments
What’s Aged the Worst?
Quaid’s later behavior; TV sequel; Wonderful Life’s diminished reach; Clark’s finances
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- Quaid’s later behavior and the 2003 Eddie-centered television sequel are cited; the original Audrey’s return and supporting cast surprise the panel.
- It’s a Wonderful Life may no longer dominate shared Christmas viewing. Its artistic power is defended while distance from 1946 and abundant private viewing choices explain diminished cultural centrality; Elf may now fill that role.
- Clark’s financial overextension and dependence on an uncertain bonus are criticized; kidnapping bosses is an unexpectedly recurring franchise device.
Is There a Better Title for This Movie?
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
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- Keep National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, though the shorter form is commonly used.
Casting What-Ifs
Chris Columbus left; Home Alone followed
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- Chris Columbus left the directing job after a personality clash with Chase and subsequently made Hughes’s Home Alone; Hughes reportedly felt the series had become a Chase vehicle.
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- Sam McMurray and Nicholas Guest are chosen; Brian Doyle-Murray, Doris Roberts and William Hickey are considered too recognizable. McMurray’s Raising Arizona and Simpsons connections are recalled.
The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance
Julia Louis-Dreyfus; Cousin Eddie disputed
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- Cousin Eddie is nominated but disputed as too substantial a role; Julia Louis-Dreyfus is preferred. Nicolette Scorsese and John Randolph also receive attention.
Recasting Couch
Ferrell; Chappelle; Reynolds; Hamm; Affleck; Gosling; Evans; Sterling K. Brown
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- Contemporary Clark options include Ferrell, Chappelle, Reynolds, Hamm, Affleck, Gosling, Evans and Sterling K. Brown. Age, goofiness, physique and lack of ordinary-guy quality complicate choices; Brown’s American Fiction comedy is particularly praised.
Apex Mountain
Jelly-of-the-month club; Christmas lights; street septic dumping; Christmas films, personally
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- The cast is collectively rejected. Being trapped in an attic and the jelly-of-the-month club are proposed as unsurpassed, Christmas lights explicitly affirmed, and Christmas in suburban Chicago considered before the city’s 1985–86 peak is favored. Emptying septic tanks into the street receives a definite yes.
- Christmas movies remains a personal yes despite growing competition from A Christmas Story and other titles.
Sequel, Prequel, Limited Series, or All-Black Remake
Madea’s Christmas Bonus; Blair Underwood as Clark
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- Madea’s Christmas Bonus with Blair Underwood as Clark is proposed.
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- Wayne Jenkins leads the SWAT arrival, threatening Clark over the kidnapping and mocking the elderly family.
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- Chevy is chosen; Quaid gets a supporting nomination case but beating Washington’s Glory performance would be absurd. The 1989 Oscar field and Pfeiffer’s loss prompt a broader tangent.
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- The original Vacation, Home Alone and Four Christmases are selections.
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