Things only adults notice in The Mighty Ducks franchise – Looper

After the success of the first Mighty Ducks film, Disney immediately ordered up another serving and cranked it through production at amazing speed. InD2: The Mighty Ducks, the stakes are upped to a national level when the team is recruited to represent all of the United States. Now, we know this story is about our favorite youth hockey team, and they're the bee's knees, but it's a big leap to have recruitment for Team USA consist of grabbing an entire team whose only major victory is a single peewee hockey title.

The writers do a decent job of explaining the whole process by wrapping the recruitment in public relations. In that regard, it makes a bit of sense: People do love a feel-good story, and the miracle of the Ducks is a tearjerker. Still, it's unlikely that the reputation of the entire country would be placed on the shoulders of a team comprised mostly of some random kids from Minnesota.

Added to the lack of logic is the shortcomings of all the new additions. The speedster has trouble stopping. The puck handler won't stop showboating. The muscle is a testosterone-loaded bully. It's hard to believe that recruitment surrounding Team USA would consist of the Ducks and a few random players from Texas and the Olympic figure skating awards stand.And we obviously have to keep Goldberg on as the goalie because, well, it's Goldberg. Any kid will tell you to not look too much into it.

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Things only adults notice in The Mighty Ducks franchise - Looper