How is that a binding contract?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Santa Clause
KingCobra686 — 9 years ago(December 10, 2016 02:35 PM)
I know in reading too much into this, but theres no way that anyone with common sense would consider the "santa clause" a binding contract. You cant be held accountable for upholding your end of a contract if you arent aware that it even exists. He put on those pants and suddenly these elves are coercing him into changing his identity, based on illegible print that he did not know existed.
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strntz — 9 years ago(December 15, 2016 07:07 AM)
But by what country's laws was the contract to be enforced? Maybe that's a North Pole legality?
Anyway, I don't think the clause was binding. I think Bernard was running a great bluff. When Scott asked Bernard what would happen if he refused to be Santa, Bernard's answer was that Scott would be disappointing millions of kids around the world who believed in him.
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door_hinge — 9 years ago(December 15, 2016 03:11 PM)
I've always thought the contract and method that is used to select a new Santa in this movie's universe is weird, risky and a horrible way to pick a new Santa. What happens if a complete scum bag becomes Santa and wants to remains a scum bag? If some drug addict, spousal abuser conked Scott Calvin in the head the next Christmas, Bernard and the gang are in for a surprise when the sled and the new Santa descend into the North Pole. Bernard's guilt speech of "then there will be millions of disappointed children" won't work on such a guy. In the alternate universe where this is real, the folks at the North Pole, in possession of all their magic, came up with a really poor system to replace Santa. Every Christmas Eve, when Santa departs, it's anybody's guess as to who is coming back and is the new boss. We also learn that Santa is very human and is just as subject to dying from falls and other violent means as anyone else. Odds are a guy whose job it is to break into millions of homes one night a year would meet his maker in any given Christmas Eve. Especially when the adults in this universe don't believe in Santa and would likely believe that the bumping around they hear at 2:00am is a home invasion and not Santa spreading Christmas cheer! I realize we're discussing logic related to a fictional movie about Santa but it's tough not to think about these points!
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strntz — 9 years ago(December 15, 2016 06:54 PM)
What happens if a complete scum bag becomes Santa and wants to remains a scum bag? If some drug addict, spousal abuser conked Scott Calvin in the head the next Christmas, Bernard and the gang are in for a surprise when the sled and the new Santa descend into the North Pole.
No problem. I called Bernard and he told me there's a "termination clause"
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