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Reel Layers Ep. 103 - The Horror of the Santa Clause

The Santa Clause (1994) is a critically acclaimed holiday family comedy film but when you dig deeper a horror is revealed...

From Executive Producer Janina Gavankar, creator and film academic Bryan Stills take the audience on an odyssey through the magic and deeper meaning of cinema.

Apr. 20 2022

Posted by: Giant Bomb

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Take me to Santa Town Bryan

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Time for another emotional read of Tim Allen’s memoir.

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janman  Staff

Interesting

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Thought provoking

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finally some actual journalism from this site. thanks, bryan

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Provocative. Gets the people going.

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Edited By monkeyking1969

I have always liked Tim Allen as an actor...not the most spectacular of men; but he can act.

  • Toy Story 1-4
  • Galaxy Quest
  • Big Trouble

That, is a great resume for anyone in Hollywood. He was successful at standup too, and made a name for himself on stage even before TV and movies. If you have no seen Big Trouble, it worth a watch.

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Interesting

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More incredible work from real person Bryan Stills

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Return of the king! Welcome back, Bryan!

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Can't believe Disney is going to sue GB out of existence for this, Janina really screwed Bakalar this time

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And now we'll have angry freemasons in the forums for a month. Great.

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I have been looking forward to this more than any game movie or certainly other content on this website. I need Bryan Stills.

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Just going to nestle into the comments section here and get real comfy for this one.

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Another terrifying tale from the Allenverse.

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Edited By GxC

Tim Alen is an anagram for ailment... I can only hope Bryan is safe during these times

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Really makes you think.

Can't wait for the apology video!

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@gxc said:

Tim Alen is an anagram for ailment... I can only hope Bryan is safe during these times

I think I finally figured it out. "Reel Layers" is an anagram for "Arse Yellers." Makes perfect sense given that the feature is (a) a random person talking out of his ass and (b) the comment section inevitably devolves into a bunch of a-holes shouting at each other.

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I haven't seen this movie since I was a child but this is exactly how I remember it now.

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Yesss more Reel Layers. Honestly the fact that I can't find quality film criticism like this anywhere else is so disheartening, but at least I can get it here.

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This provoked many thoughts. I always thought Tim Allen just wanted to be surrounded by white powder on set, but now I know the truth. Thank you, Bryan.

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Finally someone had the courage to bring their Tim Allen Idea Exchange forum thread to Giant Bomb.

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Wow

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But what about Wilson behind that fence

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@gxc said:

Tim Alen is an anagram for ailment... I can only hope Bryan is safe during these times

holy shit..... bryan you gotta stay safe

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I didn't watch most of it because I didn't have time but this was a hell of a way to find out Tim Allen isn't dead yet.

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Thank you, real human person Bryan Stills, for this biting exposé!

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"body horror" and "indentured servitude" in the first 20 seconds. Thank you real human person, Bryan Stills. This is what I needed on a dreary Wednesday night.

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Trenchant. Insightful.

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This continues to be a completely inert experience for me, so it's appropriate that I have nothing of substance to add.

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Ohh.. Ever since i saw this movie my life has been horror-able. This explains it all. Thanks mr Stills.

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I shudder at the thought of what must be the stacks and stacks of documentation and research that went into deciphering this heinous plot. Magnificent.

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Whoa. It's all so obvious now. And they made three of these movies?!

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Happy to have you back Bryan

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I don't remember this from Tim Allen's idea exchange.

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If they don't mention tge Doom sounds used in this movie, I will be very disappointed.

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I was thinking about this series today and really really wanting this. THANK YOU

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Tim Allen is a snitch. Fuck Tim Allen.

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Damn it, this comment section is entirely too positive! I was expecting some laughable horrible drivel making preposterous claims with hardly even a veneer of credulity applied, but INSTEAD I watched 9 minutes of insightful, well-researched, and thought provoking cinematic analysis.

Bryan, you sold out!!

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Hell yes

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Beautiful champ

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This actually sold me on the movie. Even with the Disney tampering. I'll have to give this one a watch. Thank you Bryan for the thought provoking analysis.

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There’s a ton of parody movie analysis on YouTube already. This show feels like a shot in the dark to get a viral hit and is out of place on the site. If it’s the the hottest thing here, then apologies for old man shaking fist at cloud…

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Now all I can think about it the human trafficking that is Jungle 2 Jungle.

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No meta-video depicting a distraught Jeff Bakalar and Jeff Gerstman talking to and confused by an oblivious Janina Gavankar about her "art?" Disappointing!

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. This show feels like a shot in the dark to get a viral hit and is out of place on the site. If it’s the the hottest thing here, then apologies for old man shaking fist at cloud…

Don't worry, if anyone is fishing for a viral hit, they wouldn't be making content on GB but do it on Tiktok.

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@ultimaxe said:

No meta-video depicting a distraught Jeff Bakalar and Jeff Gerstman talking to and confused by an oblivious Janina Gavankar about her "art?" Disappointing!

Honestly, these are the parts of the Reel Layers stuff that I like the most. Bummer, but I reckon she's probably wild busy nowadays.

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Hail Santa!

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Yes! I'm so glad this dumb show is back. I love it.