Yeah. For instance, I didn’t think the Mel Gibson version of Life of Brian was as funny as the original.
I’m sure the producers of this drek appreciate the free publicity; in fact, I’m willing to bet that was part of their calculus. The fact that they’re making a Christmas-themed horror movie doesn’t offend me; my problem comes more from the obvious fact that Hollywood can’t seem to come up with many original ideas anymore, that they insead lean heavily on mining the past and swamping us with remakes. I’m not anti-remake, but there’s such a thing as too much of a good thing, you know?
That someone made Silent Night, Deadly Night shows that there was someone with some originality back in the mid-1980s. I went to the theater and saw this picture then, and I enjoyed it. I doubt I would now, but then, I’m no longer a teenager.
I don’t get these complainers. I mean, if someone made a movie about a homocidal maniac killing people while posing as Jesus Christ, I could see their point. But Santa Claus? C’mon! These Christian groups aren’t even Catholic!
See you all on line for Bible Camp Massacre. And merry Christmas, one and all!
You are all missing the key question here, the answer to which should determin whether or not the movie should be pulled from the theaters. That question is:
Does Michelle Trachtenberg get nekkid in this movie?
If the answer is “Yes,” then to blazes with the protests. I’ll be first in line at the opening. If the answer is “No,” then “meh.” 
Where the hell have you been? Hollywood hasn’t done anything original in at least the last 10 years.
You spelled her name wrong. The correct spelling of the hot girl in this movie’s name is “Lacey Chabert.” 
You have no appreciation for physical comedy.
I still maintain, as I have since I stood in line for 90 minutes to see the 2+ -hour POS “The Last Temptation of Christ,” that these people are working in the Distributors’ PR departments. The pastors have got to be on the take
Maybe there’s a scene where they are both nekkid, clinging to each other in terror. Their eyes meet, and they decide to take one last chance at defeating the Evil Force out to get them by distracting it by making out with each other while suggestively rubbing chocolate sauce all over…
I’ll be in mah bunk.
What, Judas doing a reprise of “I Don’t Know How to Love Him” wasn’t enough for you?
No, it’s the lesbian porn remake of Jesus Christ, Superstar that would do it.
Jesus Christ: Melissa Ethridge
Judas: Mary Cheney
Mary Magdalene: Anne Heche
Pontius Pilate: Rosie O’Donnell
Cameo: Janet Reno as King Herod
Don’t miss the big “Hosanna” orgy scene with Marguerite Cammermeyer.
Tell me about it. I couldn’t make out the words of “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” at all.
Hey! Nobody specified that Lynn and Tubadiva werre in charge of casting! 
NO, NO, NO. Michelle, who I knew when she was 11, will never, ever be naked in a movie. Never! That’s just so wrong. :eek: :eek: :eek:
But it feels sooooooooooo right!!!
Little girls grow up, move on, and eventually get nekkid in movies. Sorry to have to break it to you.
I guess you’ve missed this version with Amy Ray and Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls as Jesus and Mary Magdalene, respectively.
As previously stated, the real travesty here is remaking a freakin’ CLASSIC, man! Why can’t they leave all the good shit alone? And for us women folks (or the fellows who lurves them some hot beefcake), why can’t anyone ever update something with an all-male hunky cast? I’d be sweating some Christmas good cheer over…
Barbie (Brandon) Coard: Johnny Depp
Jessica (Jared) Bradford: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Mrs. (Mr.) Mac: Kevin Bacon
Phyllis (Peyton) Carlson: Zach Braff
Clare (Cam) Harrison: Owen Wilson
Mr. Harrison: Denzel Washington (what? his offspring was adopted!)
Sergeant Nash/Lieutenant Kenneth Fuller (whichever comes away with the most screen time: Hugh Laurie
Peter (McDreamy) Smythe: Patrick Dempsey
As for love interests, meh, y’all can decide. However, if there’s any room for Daniel Craig or Jesse Spencer, the entire world would undoubtedly thank you.
Oh, and the problem here isn’t the Santa or the use of the holiday aspect, it’s the juxtaposition of the two in the media blitz. Yanno, in case some unsuspecting 6 year old buys a ticket to view the movie alone. They’d never have a Merry Christmas again because they’d forever be waiting for ol’ Saint Nick to slaughter them over extra cookies.
/the Mr. Claus Nazi says “No presents for you!” and heads roll!
I’ll be in silenus bunk now. :o
Thank heaven for little girls.
They grow up in the most delightful way.
This is all so typical of the adolescent, puerile American mindset, craving nekkid young women in various displays of wanton and debauch! Without so much as a thought to character development, motivation, relevance to the story line, etc. Why didn’t Mr Coppola use such tactics himself, you might well ask. Why not a scene of hot lesbo action between Connie and Kate, wherein Connie cries out “Michael killed Frodo!” in orgasmic abandon as Kate licks her Hot Button? Because it would have been wrong! Wrong!
I bring a higher sensibility to these things, being schooled in the nuances of deconstruction and semiotics, so that I can view these sorts of scenes with the proper detachment and abstract analysis. I may need to view them several times, in order to fully grasp the subtle interactions of a teeny-bopper group grope. It may even be necessary to view them in the privacy of my own home, it order to absorb every lick of meaning. Several times. Over and over, the same way I have rigorously examined the entire Girls Gone Wild film cycle, in order to fully grasp its impact on American culture. Perhaps the only way to fully understand the impact of lesbian culture on American film is to immerse oneself in the cinematic experience of young hotties gobbling the honey pot, their pink tongues flashing and slashing Tenderness Junction, again and again and…
Fredo. Michael killed Fredo. I knew that. Just testing. See if you were paying attention. You perv.
DNFT Wackass Christians.