towne32 said:
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towne32 said:
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Akton said:
Just wanted to add that I also love the unabashedly un-pc tack they've taken in eschewing the mealy mouthed vaguery currently in vogue by announcing the film will be released not "This Holiday Season," but rather "This Christmas," just how the first film would have been advertised if it had met its original release date in December 1976. But then, I love pretty much any show of defiance against 21st Century America's despicable repudiation of Christmas as a cultural touchstone.
Great point. And I could not agree with you more. I'm surprised I didn't even think about this when seeing it the first time. Love it.
I hope they go one further and give Jesus a god damn cameo. They'll probably just try to be all PC and make it Life Day, again.
Fact: The Star Wars Holiday Special first aired on November 17, 1978. It was, at best, a Thanksgiving event, although it aired the weekend *before* the holiday.
Anyway, you're wrong in thinking that no one says movies are coming out on Christmas because of PC culture or whatever.
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ALSO, now that I'm spending so much time writing this post, where the heck did you see "Christmas"? The trailer says "December"
In case it wasn't obvious, I was just pointing out how god damned absurd the alleged War On Christmas is. Started to feel like I was on the O'Reily Factor forums over here.
Right. Because expressing gratitude that the season surrounding the one and only Federal holiday in the month of December is actually being referred to by name and not by euphemism is a sentiment exclusive to neocons.
At least you managed to express yourself rationally, without, you know, resorting to shrill hyperbole and histrionics.