# Insane but convincing Film theory- Home Alone **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 6, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insane-but-convincing-film-theory-home-alone/833570 "2019-05-06T15:59:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insane-but-convincing-film-theory-home-alone/833570/21 "2019-05-07T01:02:03Z")
…but the coupons were expired the whole time! ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insane-but-convincing-film-theory-home-alone/833570/22 "2019-05-07T03:05:51Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > …but the coupons were expired the whole time! Funny. I like whacky alt theories. But I agree that the one linked to in the OP wasn’t well thought out. Not like, say, the Gilligan’s Island one: [http://www.richardsramblings.com/2002/04/gilligans-island/](http://www.richardsramblings.com/2002/04/gilligans-island/) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insane-but-convincing-film-theory-home-alone/833570/23 "2019-05-07T05:31:12Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Funny. > > I like whacky alt theories. But I agree that the one linked to in the OP wasn’t well thought out. > > Not like, say, the Gilligan’s Island one: > [Gilligan’s Island: Fugitive Drug Dealers | Richard's Ramblings](http://www.richardsramblings.com/2002/04/gilligans-island/) > > 🙂 Cute! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insane-but-convincing-film-theory-home-alone/833570/24 "2019-05-08T00:15:00Z")
When I saw that post, my first thought was “Is that the one about drug smuggling?”. Yup. I don’t know if it’s a _good_ crazy fan theory, but it’s certainly one that’s stuck with me. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insane-but-convincing-film-theory-home-alone/833570/25 "2019-05-08T01:25:57Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I mean, mom and dad didn’t have enough laundry detergent around? Or saran wrap or toilet paper? I mean, I understand wanting to experience “adulting,” but that just seems like an odd choice. Never in a million years would those choices occur to me as a kid Kevin’s age in the movie. You’re right. I can laugh off “Kevin is dead” but this has taken me completely out of the movie! ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insane-but-convincing-film-theory-home-alone/833570/26 "2019-05-08T09:51:35Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I mean, mom and dad didn’t have enough laundry detergent around? Or saran wrap or toilet paper? I mean, I understand wanting to experience “adulting,” but that just seems like an odd choice. Never in a million years would those choices occur to me as a kid Kevin’s age in the movie. You looked? That’s product placement man! When they show the brands, you’re supposed to look away as a matter of principle. (Or maybe they didn’t show the brands. I was looking away.) ---
**Author:** ![Wrenching\_Spanners](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecb155/32.png) [@Wrenching\_Spanners](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenching_Spanners)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insane-but-convincing-film-theory-home-alone/833570/27 "2019-05-08T11:51:02Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Funny. > > I like whacky alt theories. But I agree that the one linked to in the OP wasn’t well thought out. > > Not like, say, the Gilligan’s Island one: > [Gilligan’s Island: Fugitive Drug Dealers | Richard's Ramblings](http://www.richardsramblings.com/2002/04/gilligans-island/) > > 🙂 I prefer the Gilligan is the devil theory. It predates Lost. [http://www.zimbio.com/The+Craziest+TV+Fan+Theories+That+Will+Make+You+Question+Everything/articles/ukEqVnO\_LPn/Gilligan+Island+representation+Seven+Deadly](http://www.zimbio.com/The+Craziest+TV+Fan+Theories+That+Will+Make+You+Question+Everything/articles/ukEqVnO_LPn/Gilligan+Island+representation+Seven+Deadly) ---
**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insane-but-convincing-film-theory-home-alone/833570/28 "2019-05-11T12:29:16Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Funny. > > I like whacky alt theories. But I agree that the one linked to in the OP wasn’t well thought out. > > Not like, say, the Gilligan’s Island one: > [Gilligan’s Island: Fugitive Drug Dealers | Richard's Ramblings](http://www.richardsramblings.com/2002/04/gilligans-island/) > > 🙂 Indeed, fine fun can be had with “whacky alt theories” about artistic works of all kinds – the whackier the better ! I think here, of a – well, interesting – one propounded by a poster in the recent thread on “Cafe Society”, about “what’s the worst ‘classic’ book or author you read or tried to read?” Poster opined that the animated film of _Watership Down_ is clearly an allegory of “the Soviet takeover of East Germany” (the book had not been to their taste, so only an initial small part read – insufficient for forming views re allegories-or-not). I suppose that Woundwort does share some salient characteristics with Stalin; but essentially my “take” is that _Watership Down_ is, simply, about humanised wild rabbits and their doings – and that’s what I would wish it to be about. And, in Tolkien-related matters: I love the theory that Tom Bombadil is in actual fact – despite the jovial facade which he shows – deeply and dreadfully evil; that indeed, he is really the Witch-King of Angmar. For what I can perceive, they don’t come much whackier than that… ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insane-but-convincing-film-theory-home-alone/833570/29 "2019-05-17T00:14:30Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Hm, I see your point. He had a big family; however long a time they originally had toilet paper stocked up for, it would last Kevin by himself a much longer time: Unlikely that they were so close to running out right at that moment that he’d need to go out and get more. And they might have deliberately run out of perishables like milk right before going on a trip, but detergent and toilet paper last forever. > > Maybe he just didn’t know where the reserve supply was stored in the house? I dunno. His jerkass uncle probably shoved a dozen rolls in his suitcase. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insane-but-convincing-film-theory-home-alone/833570.md?page=1)