D2: The Mighty Ducks

Hey, Do You Remember...?

Christopher Schrader

Tv & Film, Comedy

4.8 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2019

⏱️ 125 minutes

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Summary

When we covered the first Mighty Ducks two years ago, we acknowledged that there was a pretty strong consensus that D2 was the superior film. It had also been at least twenty years since any of us had seen this movie. So it was time to find out how well this one held up to a more objective viewing and whether or not this is indeed the high water mark of the series.

Topics include: why we liked this one better as kids, the missing Ducks that no one even mentions, why 60% of Team USA being made up of ONE team from Minnesota is a little bonkers, a really simple change that would have prevented the plot from essentially being a retread of the first one, Jan's dark backstory, why a third installment was always going to feel underwhelming, and much more!

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0:00.0	Hey, do you remember D2, The Mighty Ducks?
0:24.6	Hello and welcome to Hey Do You Remember,
0:28.1	a show where we reminisce about a movie or TV series we grew up with,
0:31.1	then take off the rose tinted glasses to see how it holds up.
0:32.0	I'm Chris.
0:32.6	I'm Donna.
0:33.4	And I'm Carlos.
0:37.1	And today we're revisiting D2, The Mighty Ducks.
1:02.3	Terminator 2, aliens, the The Road Warrior. Dawn of the Dead. The Dark Night. The Godfather, Part 2. The Pantheon of Great Sequels has a select few titles that don't just simply measure up
1:08.6	to their predecessors. They inspire spirited debates about whether
1:12.0	or not they might actually surpass them. But if you were a 90s kid, there was one franchise where
1:17.5	there was really no debate at all. A series whose creative peak was undeniable, the rare example
1:23.3	of a sequel that surpassed the original. D. Damn, 2.
1:29.6	After the first Mighty Ducks exceeded everyone's expectations at the box office, a follow-up was inevitable,
1:35.4	and screenwriter Stephen Brill already knew where he wanted to take the story.
1:39.3	International.
1:40.7	But if budget constraints meant that the ducks couldn't travel the world,
1:43.6	then they would just have to bring the world to them via the Junior Goodwill Games.
1:48.6	The result was a film that was bigger, brighter, and a lot broader than the original.
1:53.7	Like, much, much broader.
1:58.5	But it worked. D2 was a big hit, and like I said, most people who grew up with these
2:02.8	films tend to single this one out as being the best of the bunch. But when was the last time
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