There is no way
that they could have a daughter that old. In the first movies the Olympics they skated in was in 1992.
shareDoes the 2006 film ever mention a specific year or location for the first film? If not, than you could just assume that according to the second film, the first film was actually set in either the 1988 or 1984 Olympics instead of the 1992 Olympics.
Winter Olympics:
• 1980 Lake Placid, New York, USA
• 1984 Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
• 1988 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
• 1992 Albertville, France
• 1994 Lillehammer, Norway
• 1998 Nagano, Japan
• 2002 Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
• 2006 Turin, Italy (second film)
The 1992 film specifically occurs in 1992 though. The Calgary games were in 1988 and even banners in the background say '88. Considering they were training for the next Olympic games, it would have been 1992.
The only rationale I could muster is maybe the 2006 movie is in...2012?
I think the characters of Kate and Doug would actually be around 34-35 but are portrayed in their forties.
I know that the 1992 movie is clear internally on it being 1992, and the Albertville Olympics.
But if the 2006 film never mention the 1992 date, or Albertville, then from the point of view of the second film the first one has been moved to either 1984 or 1985 depending on the daughters age. its called Retroactive Continuity.
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Given that there is open alcohol consumption, and it is set in the U.S., I would have to say that the 2006 film's timeline is based on moving the first film to the 1984 Olympics instead of the 1992 Olympics. This makes the main character 21 years old.
Well it's just a movie and it shouldn't be a big deal but... here's what the Plot outline said:
"Jackie Dorsey is the daughter of 1992 Winter Olympics Gold medalists Kate Moseley and Doug Doursey. She grows up with ambitions of winning her own Olympic gold but that ambition seems to come to an end when she has a career threatening injury. Enter Alex Harrison as her new pairs skate partner and a new chance at Olympic Gold. But can they set aside their stubbornness long enough to actually win the game?"
Based on the interview, I suppose you could argue that they did not move the first film and that the second film was actually set during the 2014 Olympics.
More likely the person who wrote the summary was unaware of the inconsistency and the resulting RetCon.
The Second film itself never says 1992, nor names the location of the Olympics where the parents won. My guess is that they didn't think most viewers would notice, but had an answer for those that asked.
The first film specifically mentions Calgary (1988, when Kate screws up) and Albertvile, France (1992). The second movie specifically mentions Turino(2006)
"I think I'll try defying gravity..."
Exactly what I said above.
But the second film never repeats or gives dates for the events of the first film. According to the producers of the second film, they moved the first film to start with the 1980 Olympics and end with the 1984 Olympics. Therefore Jackie was born in late 1984, and turned 21 a few months before the 2006 Olympics.
It's called Retroactive Continuity (the deliberate changing of past events to fit a new story). It may be stupid and/or annoying, but it was not a mistake; it was a deliberate change.
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the second film is diffrent in a ton of ways!!
lets just call this the alternate universe...
#1 the retroactive continuity they changed the timeline MASSIVELY...
jaquie is 21 in this universe when she should be 13 atleast in the original universe!!
unless your gonna tell me doug and kate *beep* like rabbits after they won gold in jan/feb of 92 which would giver her the birthdate of 10/92-11/92 to make her 14 otherwise shes 13 which is more realistic with a huge family wedding a few months later... then again it could of also been been an emergency wedding.. which seems to happen a lot these days (weddings that couples have when they find out their pregnant and they dont wanna have a kid outside wedlock)
#2 doug wasn't even remoltly close to being the same doug.. he lost everything that made hm who he was in the orignal story there was no drive to succeed to prove himself it was if he and is 2 completely seperate people... (tho he did show up for a few seconds towards the end in the resort but thats it)
the same goes towards kate... the rich snobby bitchy brat is gone shes simply become her daughters coach and was happy about it... theres no bitchy pressure for her to push her daughter to be the absolute best which would be the drive in original kates universe...
there was no drive to succeed to prove himself it was if he and is 2 completely seperate people... (tho he did show up for a few seconds towards the end in the resort but thats it)
Gotta love "Ramjet the Rookie," lol. Loved that scene!! There's no question the movie could've been improved by D.B. Sweeney and Moira Kelly reprising their roles. share