Setting down the ground rules
05-01-2009, 02:18 AM
There is usually a turning point of a series, in which it turns from something original and unpredictable, to a sort of formula it can rely on for future sequels. This can be a good or a bad thing; On one hand, it does in fact limit plot and stuff when you are sure of what a villain is made of... On the other hand a more familiar mythology is soemthing more marketable, and something fans can discuss easier.
Many of these rules were laid down hard in certian installments, such as:
Friday the 13th, in part 4 - Jason always comes back, he is near invincible, he wears a hockey mask, he can move quite slow, and he has a variety of killing methods...
A Nightmare on Elm Street, in part 4 - Freddy comes back through fear, he tells jokes, he is more than a resurrected killer but something of an evil spirit...
Halloween, in part 6 (Or different depending on what you see as canon) - Michael was employed by the cult of Thorn to kill his family
Child's Play, Part 1 really - Chucky loves to kill, and wants a human body again
Phantasm, in Part 3 - The Tall Man is raiding towns in order to capture Mike for the sphere in his head
Hellraiser, in part 2 - The Cenobites were people who opened the box to expereience pleasure, and become demons seeking to inflict pain on others due to what happened
Pumpkinhead, part 1 - Pumpkinhead is a vengeance demon who claims the soul of he who awakes him
Saw, part 2 - Jigsaw plots well-planned-out deaths for those who are not fit to live, and employs accomplices.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, part 2 - The family is made up of crazy cannibals who are actually like a pretty normal, bickering family
Puppet Master, Part 3 - The puppets were made with good intentions to fight Nazis, and do what their master tells them to
What are some of these that you can think of? What do you think of the whole concept in general?
Many of these rules were laid down hard in certian installments, such as:
Friday the 13th, in part 4 - Jason always comes back, he is near invincible, he wears a hockey mask, he can move quite slow, and he has a variety of killing methods...
A Nightmare on Elm Street, in part 4 - Freddy comes back through fear, he tells jokes, he is more than a resurrected killer but something of an evil spirit...
Halloween, in part 6 (Or different depending on what you see as canon) - Michael was employed by the cult of Thorn to kill his family
Child's Play, Part 1 really - Chucky loves to kill, and wants a human body again
Phantasm, in Part 3 - The Tall Man is raiding towns in order to capture Mike for the sphere in his head
Hellraiser, in part 2 - The Cenobites were people who opened the box to expereience pleasure, and become demons seeking to inflict pain on others due to what happened
Pumpkinhead, part 1 - Pumpkinhead is a vengeance demon who claims the soul of he who awakes him
Saw, part 2 - Jigsaw plots well-planned-out deaths for those who are not fit to live, and employs accomplices.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, part 2 - The family is made up of crazy cannibals who are actually like a pretty normal, bickering family
Puppet Master, Part 3 - The puppets were made with good intentions to fight Nazis, and do what their master tells them to
What are some of these that you can think of? What do you think of the whole concept in general?
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