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What was so great about the soldiers?

posted 13 years ago by PurpleProseOfCairo
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All they could do was march in a straight line - their weapons looked like they were made out of balsa wood and snapped when they came into contact with a doorframe or whatever. How did they get the better of those fearsome bogeymen, who really looked like they were hopped up on something?

Not to mention the pigs laying a trap for the bogeymen and then hitting them on the head with a...balloon on a stick.

Awight we're The Daamned we're a punk baand and this is called Carn't Be Appy T'day!

[–] NYJimbo 13 years ago

You're over thinking it.

[–] mit800 13 years ago

Sad to have little to no imagination!!

Dorothy stop that, Mr. Ha Ha`s lookin at you!!

[–] PurpleProseOfCairo 13 years ago

Who, me? Why would I be WATCHING this if I had no imagination? Why would I be wondering about six-foot wooden soldiers and their abilities if I had no imagination? I'm amazed that an obviously light-hearted query about a fantasy Laurel and Hardy movie would attract such po-faced responses!

Awight we're The Daamned we're a punk baand and this is called Carn't Be Appy T'day!

[–] lroy77 12 years ago

I've seen this a bajillion times (a holiday staple in THIS house), and I can never figure out if in the action sequence they're extra actors or mechanical or what.

[–] PurpleProseOfCairo 12 years ago

I'm 99% sure they're actors. I think there's some stop-motion work as well (I can't watch it again till Christmas Day, sorry).

Awight we're The Daamned we're a punk baand and this is called Carn't Be Appy T'day!

[–] Two-Spacer 12 years ago

The deal with the soldiers, you see, was that they were mechanical. So they couldn't feel fear or pain. They just kept on marching and rounding up the Bogeymen.

"I'm not the king. There's only one King." -- Elvis

[–] hutch97405 12 years ago

I remember one time when a soldier whacked a bogeyman over the head with a rifle, stepping on face, and hitting one into the alligator pond at the gate.

[–] mblotd 11 years ago

I just thought their acting was incredibly wooden and stiff.

[–] PurpleProseOfCairo 11 years ago

LOL

Awight we're The Daamned we're a punk baand and this is called Carn't Be Appy T'day!

[–] Ironman54 9 years ago

This WASN'T 'Saving Private Ryan' for petes sake.... it was made for kids !!