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** According to this movie, when he realizes that it's there, Santa Claus simply has that way with anything he can plausibly treat as a "toy".

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** According to this movie, when he realizes that it's there, Santa Claus simply has that way with anything he can plausibly treat as a "toy"."toy".
* Linkara brought this up in his review of the comic, but it bares repeating - how can the martians have pills that taste like hamburgers or chocolate cake if Mars has no cows, cacao trees, etc?
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** Well, it's 1964 not the 23rd century, space rocketry takes time. We're talking months, possibly years, to reach Mars. Best case scenario they'll get Santa back in time for Christmas 1966.
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* Why, exactly, does Torg turn into a harmless toy when he enters the workshop?

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* Why, exactly, does Torg turn into a harmless toy when he enters the workshop?workshop?
** According to this movie, when he realizes that it's there, Santa Claus simply has that way with anything he can plausibly treat as a "toy".
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** Mars doesn't seem very heavily populated. Maybe he's the only help Kimar can get right now.

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** Mars doesn't seem very heavily populated. Maybe he's the only help Kimar can get right now.now.
* Why, exactly, does Torg turn into a harmless toy when he enters the workshop?
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** Maybe being around/serving the ruler of Mars was supposed to motivate him to stop being so lazy. It didn't work.

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** Maybe being around/serving the ruler of Mars was supposed to motivate him to stop being so lazy. It didn't work.work.
** Mars doesn't seem very heavily populated. Maybe he's the only help Kimar can get right now.
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** I kind of assumed he died at the end of his scene. With the smoke and everything.
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** Voldar mentions that Mars is mostly a subterranean society. Maybe Kimar and company lost the Earth ship by going underground.
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* Whatever happened with the Earth spaceship sent to rescue Santa? Even if the Martians blocked their radar, it's not like they didn't know where they were headed.
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** WMG: perhaps Dropo is Kimar's brother

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** WMG: perhaps Dropo is Kimar's brotherbrother
** Maybe being around/serving the ruler of Mars was supposed to motivate him to stop being so lazy. It didn't work.
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** Chochem is an 800-year-old HermitGuru. Pro: his knowledge and wisdom is so broad that he is conversant in the cultural practices of other planets. Con: He has to be told what time of the year it is. Even with his teleportation ability and whatever other powers he has, he seems to be a bit too addled to be up to the task of organising Christmas.

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** Chochem is an 800-year-old HermitGuru. Pro: his knowledge and wisdom is are so broad that he is conversant in the cultural practices of other planets. Con: He has to be told what time of the year it is. Even with his teleportation ability and whatever other powers he has, he seems to be a bit too addled to be up to the task of organising Christmas.
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** Chochem is an 800-year-old HermitGuru. Pro: his knowledge and wisdom is so broad that he is conversant in the cultural practices of other planets. Con: He has to be told what time of the year it is. Even with his teleportation ability and whatever other powers he has, he seems to be a bit too addled to be up to the task of organising Christmas.
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** WMG to the rescue: perhaps Dropo is Kimar's brother

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** WMG to the rescue: WMG: perhaps Dropo is Kimar's brother
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* Why the hell does Dropo live with Kimar? Or if he doesn't, he's certainly around his house all the time. Is he Kimar's manservant? Shouldn't the (apparent) ruler of Mars have a better manservant if that's the case?

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* Why the hell does Dropo live with Kimar? Or if he doesn't, he's certainly around his house all the time. Is he Kimar's manservant? Shouldn't the (apparent) ruler of Mars have a better manservant if that's the case?case?
** WMG to the rescue: perhaps Dropo is Kimar's brother
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** He also seems like he can barely get through a conversation without keeling over. I can't see him shimmying through vents, or building toys even if the production ''is'' automated.

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** He also seems like he can barely get through a conversation without keeling over. I can't see him shimmying through vents, or building toys even if the production ''is'' automated.automated.
* Why the hell does Dropo live with Kimar? Or if he doesn't, he's certainly around his house all the time. Is he Kimar's manservant? Shouldn't the (apparent) ruler of Mars have a better manservant if that's the case?
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** He didn't strike me as particularly jolly. A Santa like that would probably make the martian kids even ''more'' depressed.

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** He didn't strike me as particularly jolly. A Santa like that would probably make the martian kids even ''more'' depressed.depressed.
** He also seems like he can barely get through a conversation without keeling over. I can't see him shimmying through vents, or building toys even if the production ''is'' automated.
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* Why doesn't Chochem volunteer to be Santa Claus, besides the fact that otherwise there would be no movie? He's already a wise immortal being, possibly with supernatural abilities, who cares about the well-being of Martian children. In any case, he probably would do a million times better job being in charge of delivering presents to every child on the planet than the "laziest man on Mars."

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* Why doesn't Chochem volunteer to be Santa Claus, besides the fact that otherwise there would be no movie? He's already a wise immortal being, possibly with supernatural abilities, who cares about the well-being of Martian children. In any case, he probably would do a million times better job being in charge of delivering presents to every child on the planet than the "laziest man on Mars.""
** He didn't strike me as particularly jolly. A Santa like that would probably make the martian kids even ''more'' depressed.
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* Why doesn't Chochem volunteer to be Santa Claus, besides the fact that otherwise there would be no movie? He's already a old wise being with implied supernatural abilities who cares about the well-being of Martian children. In any case, he probably would do a million times better job being in charge of delivering presents to every child on the planet than the "laziest man on Mars."

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* Why doesn't Chochem volunteer to be Santa Claus, besides the fact that otherwise there would be no movie? He's already a old wise being immortal being, possibly with implied supernatural abilities abilities, who cares about the well-being of Martian children. In any case, he probably would do a million times better job being in charge of delivering presents to every child on the planet than the "laziest man on Mars."
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* Why doesn't Chochem volunteer to be Santa Claus, besides the fact that otherwise there would be no movie? He's already a old wise being with implied supernatural abilities who cares about the well-being of Martian children. In any case, he probably would do a million times better job being in charge of delivering presents to every child on the planet than the "laziest Man on Mars."

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* Why doesn't Chochem volunteer to be Santa Claus, besides the fact that otherwise there would be no movie? He's already a old wise being with implied supernatural abilities who cares about the well-being of Martian children. In any case, he probably would do a million times better job being in charge of delivering presents to every child on the planet than the "laziest Man man on Mars."
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* Why doesn't Chochem volunteer to be Santa Claus, besides the fact that otherwise there would be no movie? He's already a old wise being with implied supernatural abilities who cares about the well-being of Martian children. In any case, he probably would do a million times better job being in charge of delivering presents to every child on the planet than the "laziest Man on Mars."

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