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List of things that would be different if this film was made today.

posted 9 years ago by Purplecover101
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1) Xbox, Nintendo Wii, or Frozen toys instead of Turboman.
2) Howard can shop online for example amazon instead of running from store to store to get the toy.
3) Howard can call Liz on her cell phone instead of using a pay phone, then Ted would've answered it and that whole cookie scene wouldn't have happened.
4)a gun instead of a bomb
5) the ABC disney world parade instead of the one in the movie.

Anything else ??????????

[–] Torni3945 9 years ago

There no point of a movie if Howard uses Amazon to find and buy the toy. The 1990s might of been the last decade of this whole search and find for the popular toy to have under the Christmas Tree for most people.

[–] Utpe 9 years ago

Exactly, even back when this film was made in 1996, I'm surprised the filmmakers didn't at least have the Howard Langston character attempt to try and find the Turbo-Man doll via the internet.

Back in the mid to late '90s, even I used eBay to find rare and collectible items. There were also other ways of obtaining a children's toy if it were sold out like classified ads in the local paper or, even searching ads on the World Wide Web.

Long gone are the days of people fighting to buy a limited item. I sincerely doubt a film like this would work nowadays.

[–] motter25420-153-699254 9 years ago

Find the toy on Ebay......on Christmas Eve? Yeah, not sure even Ebay has that kind of shipping, certainly not in the mid 90's.

[–] Molly-31 9 years ago

You never tried to buy a Frozen doll, toy or costume in 2013 or 2014, did you? Being able to shop online just added another dimension to the insanity.

Well, the city's being built and I'm winning this game. So don't interrupt us with trifles.

[–] pastorjwallen 8 years ago

Molly-31 posted:

You never tried to buy a Frozen doll, toy or costume in 2013 or 2014, did you? Being able to shop online just added another dimension to the insanity.

Exactly. In this case, Howard's trying to find the most popular toy there is, on Christmas Eve. There's no way eBay or Amazon's going to help him here, and every single toy store is going to be empty of the toys and filled with angry people vying over whatever is left.

Just as an aside, Molly: I loved Sir Cedric Hardwicke's portrayal of Sethi in the Ten Commandments. It is still one of my favorite films to this day.

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[–] Thenewnexus 9 years ago

There would be no movie today since you can do all the shopping online

And to the person that made the EBay in the 90s comment,well not everybody had the internet back then,most people nowdays have the internet or at least can get access

I'm gonna show you something beautiful everyone screaming for mercy

[–] armenianmovieman 9 years ago

Actually the movie would still work today.

Its crazy how many people are last minute shoppers (December 24/even the morning of December 25) and have to find a good gift. Like Howard.

[–] Thenewnexus 9 years ago

it would be harder to sell this movie today since tons of people do their holiday shopping online and thats what the op is saying how Howard would get a toy. if thats an optioncthen there is no point of a movie

I'm gonna show you something beautiful everyone screaming for mercy

[–] armenianmovieman 9 years ago

Yes but the catch for Howard is that he forgot, and he seemed like the kind of man who would forget to even order something so conveniently. So in the end he'd still be stuck having to look for a Turboman on Christmas Eve.

[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Also, shopping online may not speed the process of getting the doll, but it would save him from....

-getting his car damaged, towed, and graffitied.
-getting beat up by the Santa Claus men.
-Risking severe injury for him (and his son) by being mistaken for the Turbo Man actor in a realistic costume!
-Getting yelled at over the phone by his son.
-almost missing the parade
- and getting a ticket for breaking the cop's mirror.
-Plus he lied and made an excuse to his wife that he doesn't have the boys b/c the delivery was delayed.

[–] strntz (12736) 7 years ago

No online retailer could get the doll to Howard in half a day even if Amazon existed in 1996. Howard could have gotten the doll locally as easily as he could have pointed and clicked *provided* he didn't forget to get it when Liz told him to, which was the whole point of the movie!!

You're also overlooking the fact that on line retailers often run out of hot items just as fast or even more so than brick and mortars. This movie resonates with me because my wife and I have done both the internet scouring as well as the local mall treks even recently, first for our own kids and then our nieces and nephews. It wouldn't surprise me if we aren't chasing that hard to get gift for our grandkids some day.