The Santa Clause 2
Added 2021-12-01 05:00:10 +0000 UTCBC:SF is back with more Santa Clause commentary to kick off the holiday season. Topics include: #CoalGate, stanning Molly Shannon, alternate international titles, the Council of Legendary Figures and more!
Movie starts at...12:41
Remastered by AJ McKeon (2022)
Comments
The fact that we don't have an Extended Santa Claus Universe is proof that libruls hate Christmas.
D
2021-12-27 10:28:33 +0000 UTCMy dads fave chocolate bar is Crunch, been sneaking them into the moviesh since day 1
caitlin taylor
2021-12-14 19:04:48 +0000 UTCThe more I think about The Santa Clause universe (a truly chilling way to begin a sentence), the more I think that there's a recurring theme of technological anxiety running through the whole thing. Reading between the lines of the first movie, the elves clearly had a lot of ideas about incorporating modern tech into the Santa approach that Santa had been resisting until he died, and they took advantage of the 1-year power vacuum at the North Pole (and Scott Calvin's clear disinterest in the job) to push through a lot of those ideas: jetpack sled, cookie dispenser, fireproof suit, etc. The movie even lightly makes fun of it, showing how none of these innovations solve the problem that killed the last Santa (though this reading also implies that the elves *want* Santa to periodically die so that they can make whatever improvements the previous Santa was resisting). In the second movie, the elves have clearly taken this techno-innovation and run with it, as the new Santa is a 90s dad played by an actor who is famous for liking dangerous/bizarre gadgets, and they overreach with the mecha-Santa. Fortunately, Santa saves the day and restores order, and there is the suggestion that he will take more active leadership while Mrs. Claus teaches the elves to be more responsible in their application of technology. This false hope is undermined by the third entry, which I won't get into in too much detail here--suffice it to say that the sort of technocratic, corporate vision the elves have for Santa again falls into the wrong hands, and we're treated to a glimpse of the sort of North Pole where all this inevitably leads. The three films together make a sort of doomed triptych about the inevitable encroachment of techno-corporate America onto the Christmas spirit, and suggest that, while resistance in individual moments is possible, the assimilation is inevitable. In short, damn you for making me think about these movies this much, Blank Check.
Douglas Wykstra
2021-12-11 18:14:27 +0000 UTCGreat, guess I'm getting into Hollywood Stock Exchange now. My first move was buying 1000 Hollywood bucks worth of Jessica Rothe. She's a star to look out for, baby
Zach Terrell
2021-12-09 20:11:19 +0000 UTCI thought the same thing
Taylor Johnson
2021-12-08 03:28:27 +0000 UTCRIP to Art LaFleur, king of Griffin’s heart
Bobby Cook
2021-12-07 22:35:09 +0000 UTCHave you ever been in a snow war?
Kevin Sharon
2021-12-07 01:24:05 +0000 UTCIt was a little shocking to me how much worse this movie was than I remembered. I think I had blocked out everything but the scenes with Elizabeth Mitchell, who obviously should have been nominated for an Oscar and a Nobel Peace Prize. Still, A+ episode, everyone. I laughed a lot. When it comes to BlankCheck doing episodes on shitty movies, this was much preferable than listening to your life essence drain away as you watched Crocodile Dundee 2.
OG McDuck
2021-12-03 18:18:39 +0000 UTCAn all-time great Ben ep. I lost it in the car hearing about "immediately"
Michael Hashizume
2021-12-03 17:58:37 +0000 UTCRest in peace, Art LaFleur
Jacob Bowman
2021-12-03 00:21:51 +0000 UTCGreat Ben energy this episode
Jenny Potter
2021-12-02 19:16:53 +0000 UTCElizabeth Mitchell killed me with a machete in an episode of NBC's Revolution. While I was wrestling with the dad from Twilight.
John Blood
2021-12-02 17:08:44 +0000 UTCDoes this movie explain in any way what happened to the last Mrs. Claus when the previous Santa fell off the roof? Like, did she just also evaporate as well? What a nightmare!
Nicholas Sorice
2021-12-02 15:26:40 +0000 UTCDavid lived in London?!
John Blood
2021-12-02 14:01:19 +0000 UTCTrix the Bun
Jenny Potter
2021-12-02 09:39:41 +0000 UTCJojo Siwa is a Dance Moms survivor turned YouTuber, turned teen influencer. She’s also one of the first kid-centric celebrities who is openly gay, and it’s really heartwarming to see :’)
Krista
2021-12-02 08:54:42 +0000 UTCGrowing up, Chet the Reindeer was one of the few characters in media with the same name as me. Always felt a little special
Chet Kazalski
2021-12-02 05:23:24 +0000 UTCThis was my first time seeing this movie. I saw the first and liked it a lot and figured this would be fine but not as good. Truly one of the worst movies I’ve seen 😅 I am firmly in Camp David with this. Which as I type it out I realize is the Presidential retreat and I like it. Enjoyed the commentary lol
Andrew Jansson
2021-12-02 03:49:31 +0000 UTCY’all doing commentary for the Jackass franchise just became my dream Special Features series.
Jacob Prante
2021-12-01 22:23:10 +0000 UTCThought I was watching a director’s cut. Turned out I had the podcast running at 1,25 speed
Filip Boratyn
2021-12-01 21:18:15 +0000 UTCBest part was David quietly roasting Go Fish as the stupidest card game of all time.
Stephanie
2021-12-01 20:11:40 +0000 UTCSpencer, sign off in these comments!
Anthony Regina
2021-12-01 18:44:58 +0000 UTCIt's beginning to look a lot like Elizabeth Mitchell Everywhere you go Take a look at the Griff and Ben, they are glistening once again With (euphemism alert!) candy canes and silver lanes that glow
OG McDuck
2021-12-01 16:39:37 +0000 UTCSpencer Breslin, if you're seeing this, you were really good in that one episode of Wonderfalls
Nate Shu
2021-12-01 16:13:01 +0000 UTC“Sometimes you’ve got to be on island time and have some tropical skills.”
Manish Agarwal
2021-12-01 16:06:48 +0000 UTCI like those puns way better than the Claus/Clause puns in English.
Mike Ostrov
2021-12-01 12:41:40 +0000 UTCIn Quebec, it's called "Sur les traces du Père Noël 2", going off the title for the first one.
Marty TC (child-sized Cardassian)
2021-12-01 12:29:23 +0000 UTCNot sure this of interest to anyone, but the French titles are a play on words. Santa is 'Père Noël' (Father Christmas) so HyperNoel is pronounced Hy-Père Noël. Get it? French titles are lame. Also, there's a distinction between super and hyper in general terms. A regular city market would be a 'supermarket' while a big surface store like Costco would be a 'hypermarket.' So the sequel is sizing up. Get it? Anyway, there's your pedantic French minute.
Elizabeth Brahy
2021-12-01 09:49:25 +0000 UTCI love when Griffin learns that David lived in London or learns a fact like HyperNoel and turns into Lil Jon 😂
Jessica B
2021-12-01 05:54:20 +0000 UTCis Spencer Breslin here?
Jordan B. Anderson
2021-12-01 05:21:22 +0000 UTCWait, is that why they call the toothpaste that?
Ray
2021-12-01 05:05:09 +0000 UTCThis episode is going to be good 😄🎅
Jacob Dominguez
2021-12-01 05:02:36 +0000 UTC
