It bugs the hell out of me at the end, why did Howard say I think I have an idea after his wife thanks him for saving Jamie. What did that even mean?
He is making a remark that he knows how the father of Jamie would feel in that moment, without outright saying that he himself is. Duh.
Okay, then why wouldn't they know that that is his father? How many 6 foot austrians with thick accents were in the movie anyway?
First off, what kind of question is that? Just because you haven't seen any other ones besides Howard, doesn't mean there aren't any. Second off, having Liz and Jamie immediately discover Howard as Turbo Man would have ruined the scene. They find out eventually anyway, and it helps that he was in costume as a super hero and was supposed to look that way. And as for his Austrian accent, i believe the costume had a voice modulator attached so that he sounded like the superhero.
To be fair, it really stretches credibility that Jamie and Liz didn't realise it was Howard dressed up as Turboman.
Yet, there's that Pulitzer winning reporter woman, who didn't know that the 6 foot kriptonian and the 6 foot reporter are the same guy, but with glasses.
Did Jamie think his dad was really Turbo Man? At that age, it wouldn't be unusual for him to think that Turbo Man was a real person. Maybe he figured that his dad had a hard time keeping his promises because he had a double life a superhero.
He clearly didn't think Myron was really Dementor, since he had a change of heart and gave him the doll so he could make his son happy. When he said "who needs the doll, I've got the real Turbo Man at home!", he probably meant that he had finally achieved a meaningful relationship with his dad, and that's all he wanted.
I don't think Jamie really thought his dad was Turbo Man, I think he figured that, since Howard flew around, fired Turbo Discs, threw the Turborang, and fought Dementor and cohorts, he basically was Turbo Man in spirit and attitude.
Why in this world are jetpacks apparently so commonplace that they can have one readily available for a children's mascot in a parade, yet Ahnold's character is so suprised to see a real one?
The techie babbling all the jargon as Ahnold is getting dressed in Turbo Man gear implies that it's experimental, given the accident that happened to the previous stunt man.
So were's all just going to ignore Dementor's Rocket Punch that was also perfectly replicated?
Why do people keep referring to Turbo Man as a "doll"? Dolls are for girls. It's an action figure!
As Myron corrected.
And it doesn't matter.
Not very plot relevant, but at the end when the frightened Ted tells his son Johnny they should go home, Johnny says that Ted smells like barf. Kids Say the Darnedest Things aside, why would Ted smell like barf? He got hit with a carton of eggnog, unless there's a deleted scene where he puked or someone vomited on him.
Why didn't Liz buy the doll? Granted, there is no movie if this happens, but it seems more logical for the competent stay-at-home mom to do it rather than the forgetful workaholic Bumbling Dad who spends almost every waking hour at the office.
As you said no movie but she could just have no time. we don't see her life during the year and presumably when it came to crunch time she was probably too busy.
I always figured it was a kind of Secret Test of Character for Howard. Liz wanted him to be more active in Jamie's life, so she didn't buy the toy thinking that he would do it as a sign that he was committed to giving their son a good Christmas. Getting the Turbo Man doll herself would have been enabling Howard's absent behavior, which she's very much aware of.
A responsible competent stay-at-home mom would have buy the doll... sorry, the action figure. She would have buy the action figure, and enjoy having an "I told you" moment when Howard confessed that he still didn't have the toy "I told you, they have run out. But I got you covered, you 6 foot dummy"
I get no one wanting Booster as the goofy sidekick, but why the hell are the Dementor figures so plentiful? What good is a hero without a villain to fight?
If I recall correctly, villain toys don’t sell as well as hero toys.
