The Mighty Ducks
Hey, Do You Remember...?
Christopher Schrader
4.8 • 676 Ratings
🗓️ 24 March 2017
⏱️ 116 minutes
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Summary
The early/mid-90s were sort of a golden age for sports comedies aimed at kids, but The Mighty Ducks was initially conceived as something a little bit more grown up. The tone of the original script was more in line with The Bad News Bears than the family-friendly Disney film it morphed into. We had clearer memories of D2 going into this, so it was surprising to see how many traces of that other version are still evident here - and how dramatically they help differentiate this movie from the next one in the series.
Topics include: some conflicting opinions over the effectiveness of Gordon's back story, the Ducks who carry over into the sequels and those who get left behind, the simple reason that Coach Reilly is the best antagonist in the franchise, how Hans affords that castle, a few ideas about how to streamline a very chaotic second act, an introduction to some new games, the return of an old favorite, and much much more!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, do you remember The Mighty Ducks? |
| 0:06.7 | Hello and welcome to Hey, do you remember, Hey Do You Remember, a show where we reminisce about a movie or TV series we grew up with, then take off the rose-tinted glasses to see how it holds up. |
| 0:32.0 | I'm Chris. |
| 0:32.7 | I'm Donna. |
| 0:33.5 | And I'm Carlos. |
| 0:34.1 | And today we're revisiting The Mighty Ducks. |
| 0:53.5 | Thank you. And I'm Carlos. And today we're revisiting The Mighty Ducks. Just Win proclaims the vanity plate on Gordon Bombay's flashy Corvette, but this hot shot lawyer's winning streak comes to a screeching halt when he's arrested for drinking and driving. |
| 1:03.9 | And what do we do with narcissistic dickbags who make bad decisions that endanger the lives of innocent people? |
| 1:10.2 | Put them in charge of our children, |
| 1:11.7 | of course. Gordon's forced to coach the District 5 Peewee hockey team, a hodgepodge of ill-fated players |
| 1:17.5 | with no equipment, no rink, and no chance. Turns out their misanthropic new coach is pretty |
| 1:23.4 | damn good on the ice, but before he can show them the ropes, he'll have to confront the real |
| 1:27.4 | reason he hasn't laced up his skates for 20 years. It's probably the only Disney movie that |
| 1:32.4 | will ever open with a DUI, but the truth is, The Mighty Ducks was originally intended to be |
| 1:37.9 | even edgier. Screenwriter Stephen Brill's earlier drafts had a lot more in common with the |
| 1:42.6 | bad news bears than it did with more contemporary kids sports comedies like Rookie of the Year or the Sandlot. |
| 1:48.7 | But once the Mouse House bought the script and continued to develop the project, the mandate was clear. |
| 1:53.8 | The humor had to be broader and the more adult elements had to be toned down. |
| 1:58.0 | The attempts to make it more palatable may have made it less interesting to critics at |
| 2:01.6 | the time, but the film was an unexpected success with audiences. Here in the U.S., it grossed five |
| 2:07.3 | times its budget, plus an additional 50 million on home video in its first year alone. In addition to two |
| 2:13.8 | sequels and an animated series, The Mighty Ducks also has the distinction of being the only |
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