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Post by OblivionGoon on Nov 5, 2008 14:26:46 GMT -5
If we are to believe the idea that Jody was taken by The Tall Man and turned into one of his minions, when do you think it happened?
I think it happened in the least likely time. At the end of Phantasm I, when Jody goes to scope out the mine shaft, there is ample time for The Tall Man to abduct Jody. Even though Jody and Mike "defeat" The Tall Man, Tally got to him in the period before and turned him. You may ask, "why did Tally allow them to 'kill' him?", well I would guess that it was all just a part of his plan to trick Mike in a false belief that he had won. So now the problem rises as to how to pass off the death of Jody, this is where the car accident comes into play. It's all just a game that The Tall Man is playing with Mike.
Any thoughts?
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Post by Natalie on Nov 5, 2008 17:33:33 GMT -5
That is an interesting point. But how long is the process to transform the Tall Man's victims into one of his minions? That is the question that keeps me from thinking about your theory of when he took Jody.
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Post by OblivionGoon on Nov 5, 2008 19:25:40 GMT -5
Good point. However, as Don has said himself, when The Tall Man is around time and space distorts and it's very difficult to tell what is real and what is not. That is what got me thinking about it. Obviously the film never really shows how it happened and it was something that was never meant to be interpreted.
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Post by 4barrelhemi on Nov 7, 2008 7:59:13 GMT -5
Good call. The only thing I can think of is the scene in Oblivion where Jody just gets back from......somewhere and the Tall Man is in his room.
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Post by gopher in heat on Nov 7, 2008 8:33:59 GMT -5
4barrel, I think back to that scene as well. I think if Jody WAS indeed really taken, it was then.
Then again, I maintain that almost everything we see in these films is subject to question. I just don't believe/trust anything.
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Post by OblivionGoon on Nov 7, 2008 11:02:48 GMT -5
Well, perhaps my timeline is off. Maybe Tally came back after the mine shaft incident and that scene takes place shortly after Jody and Mike get back to the house. Think of P2 when Tally comes back only minutes after being embalmed with HCL. Or P4 when he comes back after being set ablaze. I think this is almost plausible.
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Post by 4barrelhemi on Nov 9, 2008 3:41:41 GMT -5
Well, perhaps my timeline is off. Maybe Tally came back after the mine shaft incident and that scene takes place shortly after Jody and Mike get back to the house. Think of P2 when Tally comes back only minutes after being embalmed with HCL. Or P4 when he comes back after being set ablaze. I think this is almost plausible. I can go with the Tall Man taking Jody after the mine shaft deal. Jody appears to be tired and looking for something to wipe his brow with when he see's the Tall Man in the mirror.
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Post by OblivionGoon on Nov 10, 2008 10:37:50 GMT -5
I think you hit it on the head, 4B. The only continuity problem is that there is no space gate for him to come through. Very confusing.
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Post by gopher in heat on Nov 10, 2008 10:41:02 GMT -5
Haha, that's Phantasm in a nutshell right there. ;D
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Post by timeparadox on Jan 18, 2009 15:06:50 GMT -5
"mike Jody died in a car accident" Reggie
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Post by MrsLeGros on Jan 19, 2009 20:11:58 GMT -5
i think he took him right after the car wreck.
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Post by The Never Dead on Mar 11, 2009 10:08:28 GMT -5
i think he took him right after the car wreck. Me too. Perhaps sometime after the funeral & whatnot. And I agree that "Very confusing" is Phantasm in a nutshell!
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Post by jeramyallen on Sept 20, 2012 0:50:40 GMT -5
i think he took him right after the car wreck. Me too. Perhaps sometime after the funeral & whatnot. And I agree that "Very confusing" is Phantasm in a nutshell! very true, but i think thats also why i love it lol the whole thing is like a big... WTF???
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Post by Kitty on Oct 13, 2012 1:38:50 GMT -5
i think he took him right after the car wreck. I'm sure it was straight after the car wreck. I was a bit shocked to discover Jody had been killed - I hadn't expected that.
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