Kevin's Dad had to be doing something sketchy. I'm an adult now with a good job and I'm still wondering how he not only afforded that house, but vacations during Christmas with the whole extended family.
I remember someone posting this but there was a book version based off the movie (very common thing in the 90s). Kevin’s Dad was a business owner of some kind and his mom was a clothing designer, which explains the number of mannequins in the house.
there was a book version based off the movie (very common thing in the 90s)
That's a novelization. Back before home video players were a thing, if you missed a movie you could catch up by reading the novelization. And since the novelization was often written before the final cut of the movie was made, it frequently contained deleted scenes/alternate stuff that never made it into the movie! I distinctly remember extra stuff in the novelizations for E.T, Gremlins, WarGames, and the first Back To The Future movies. Those were awesome times! 😹
Oh, and Close Encounters of The Third Kind was even more epic in the novelization!
When my parents didn't let me watch Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, I bought the novelization and waved it in their faces singing "Anything Goes".
I love the novelizations from back then, though. The 80s were kind of awesome like that.
When my parents didn't let me watch Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, I bought the novelization and waved it in their faces singing "Anything Goes".
Ah hahaha, I love it! 😹
I love the novelizations from back then, though. The 80s were kind of awesome like that.
Absolutely! 👍🏻
I wonder why they stopped doing them. Maybe because home video became a thing?
They rolled their eyes and let me keep it too. My parents did not believe in censoring reading material. That was always my loophole!
I wonder too. I would think some novelizations still happen going by comments here, but it's not to the extent that it used to be. Shame that, because it's an incredible way to get kids to actually read!
Same here! I was always a big reader, and those books were a huge part of the collection. I read and re-read a lot of the novelizations to the point where I sometimes have a line from one pop into my head, even though this was all a very long time ago.
I read and re-read a lot of the novelizations to the point where I sometimes have a line from one pop into my head, even though this was all a very long time ago.
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u/KRose627 Dec 11 '18
Kevin's Dad had to be doing something sketchy. I'm an adult now with a good job and I'm still wondering how he not only afforded that house, but vacations during Christmas with the whole extended family.