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The funny thing is...

posted 16 years ago by david_mcdonald86
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If this movie was realistic, USA's real opponent would be Canada. Iceland sounds real bad ass and all, but they don't have sh.t when it comes to hockey. Canada would be the real big bad rival.

[–] guer0071 15 years ago

Probably wouldn't be seeing Trinidad & Tobago in competition either...

[–] Dr_Van_Nostrand 15 years ago

Probably wouldn't be seeing Trinidad & Tobago in competition either...

That really was a strange opponent for a hockey tournament.

E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!
GET FLYERED UP!
LETS GO SIXERS!

[–] guer0071 15 years ago

Then again you wouldn't be seeing USA represented by the Twin Cities peewee champions from a few years ago...

[–] ADN14 15 years ago

I did not understand Iceland either. Nobody knows Iceland for good hockey. Being an American movie they couldn't have used Canada because they probably were a huge chunk of North American profit. A European country like Sweden, Finland or Norway would have worked better. This tried to replicate the USSR vs. USA victory in the Olympics.

[–] blgt2002 15 years ago

This movie is extremely based on the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" Olympic team. So if you all wanna get real technical, they should of played Russia not Iceland nor Canada. Keep in mind that this movie is way before Canada has won the Gold Medal in 2002, and before that it had been well over 50 years since they were even considered a huge threat in IIHF world.

[–] Joletta 15 years ago

I guess if it had been Russia, it would have been TOO blatantly obvious where the plot came from. And maybe it would have been reminiscent of Cold War politics that by 1994, we supposedly had put behind us. It should have been Sweden or Norway or Czechoslovakia or even Germany or something. It's easier to see our rivals as tall, cold and stoic Europeans than as Canadians and fellow North-American brothers who most in the US feel a strong affinity to.

[–] fairyqueen 14 years ago

I think Team Iceland was meant to be a Nazi sort of thing. All those guys (plus the woman) looked like Super Aryans; tall, blond hair, Nordic features, cold and emotionless demeanors.