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Post by scubasteve on Dec 7, 2013 13:14:40 GMT -5
Ok, so I've finally managed to get my other half to sit through Phantasm finally, and I've got a new theory (sorry if this has been thought of before).
So, when Mike asks the girls to take him from the antique store back home, they come across Reggie's ice cream truck and stop to see if everything's OK. Dwarves attack and Mike gets chucked out of the back window and left in the road. It cuts to Jody sitting in his chair and he has a mental vision of what's happening to Mike. Cuts back to Mike in the road and he opens his eyes (and it looks as though his eyes are all white).
This implies there is already a psychic connection between the two brothers (which could be why the Tall Man is after them). This is also later backed up in the later movies where Jody Sphere and Mike have telepathic conversations.
Jody is later "appropriated" by Tally and tries to get Mike through Jody. Now the Fortuneteller tells Mike that if Jody leaves him, then he will take Mike with him. Does this mean that Mike will die in number 5 and Reggie cannot save him at all?
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Post by DustinM on Dec 11, 2013 4:23:39 GMT -5
Very interesting theory, Steve. Don't think I've heard it before either. If we're to believe the words of the Fortuneteller, then you're right - Jody "leaving" and joining the Tall Man is a very bad sign for Mike.
I don't think Coscarelli is subscribing to that particular thread of internal logic, however. None of the Phantasm 5's thus far have connected back to the Fortuneteller's promise. Would be interesting if they did!
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Post by scubasteve on Dec 14, 2013 4:06:59 GMT -5
I know the Fortuneteller has been discussed before, as it's one of the massive questions in the series after you see her with Jebediah. I just need answers, man! Plus after the whole test with the box, Mike leaves and the Fortuneteller and her granddaughter are laughing their asses off. What's that about? And also Does it mean that the granddaughter is directly related to the Tall Man. So, who's her mother and what happened to her? Could they be related to Mike's parents?!
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Post by Kitty on Jan 13, 2014 4:26:17 GMT -5
Good theory - point taken.
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