This looks like a lot of fun. I've never heard of the book but I think I'm going to check it out now.

this is giving me some vibes of the wizard with the whole game tournament idea, i'll look forward to watching it as well!

Nothing like a good retro-themed movie.

Long live the 80s!!!

Yeah, this looks like it'll be a great nostalgia bomb. I'll most definitely watch and keep my fingers crossed that it will be good enough to justify adding to my yearly Christmas watch list.

One interesting note. I follow someone on Facebook that pointed out a few anachronisms, inculding the TV being used in one scene, the graphics on the screen being too "arcade quality" for the NES. This was his full comment:

"I love Nostalgia. Really do.

But can we quit ****ing up how obsolete media is represented in these '80s period-set projects? That is not a VHS recording, that style of TV is mid-90s and the NES didn't support arcade-level graphics. Unless there's an element in the story where the Dad is mixing time-periods, which is an actual good concept to deal with those blatant issues."

I don't usually get too nitpicky about this sort of thing, but I thought it was an interesting point. It does seem that they may be playing around with mixed up time periods though, between his, "'87, no '88, ummm, late '80s" bit, on top of the cutaways to his daughter questioning the reality of the story. 

eh, i mean in the end it's just a movie, even in movies from the past years there's been a mistake or two, especially in back to the future with that jar of candy being like half eaten in a different shot.

Yeah, can't say I would have even noticed had I not read his comment. 

No matter what today's kids might say, the retro times outmatch today's times.

Looks like a fun twist on, "Jingle All The Way", with something more interesting than Turbo-Man.

Arnold Schwarzenegger was a giant action figure that flies. What's more interesting than that? 

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Looks like a fun twist on, "Jingle All The Way", with something more interesting than Turbo-Man.

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I was getting a Christmas Story vibes from it - I think I'd be more interested if I read the book first. That child actor kind of creeps me out for some reason. I watched the Netflix original he was in (Night Books) and I dunno...seems like he was developed in a lab, genetically engineered to star in preteen disney flicks.

Despite the possible timeline discrepancies, this does have my interest piqued. Will it be A Christmas Story for the Gen-Xers or a flop?