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Post by spherical on Jun 8, 2008 10:45:46 GMT -5
"Play a last game..."
... what if the Tall Man caused the retcons by himself in the moment the game was turning un-interesting and predictable?
Could he have "accomplished" the changes by operating on time through the gates?
After all, it's just a game. A GAME. He could have killed Reggie a lot of times, but he didn't...
Whta do you think about it?
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Post by spherical on Jun 8, 2008 10:51:48 GMT -5
I'm going to write a piece on this issue.
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Post by TheIceCreamMan on Jun 8, 2008 17:45:55 GMT -5
I'm going to write a piece on this issue. Spherical I can't wait my man
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Post by briggs on Jun 9, 2008 8:52:09 GMT -5
"Play a last game..." ... what if the Tall Man caused the retcons by himself in the moment the game was turning un-interesting and predictable? Could he have "accomplished" the changes by operating on time through the gates? After all, it's just a game. A GAME. He could have killed Reggie a lot of times, but he didn't... Whta do you think about it? Hmm, as playful as he is with his victims it seems doubtful that the tall man would be one to put pleasure before business. Maybe he was forced to change the "game" as Reggie unintentionally did something really bad when he closed the spacegate. Following your theory I would say the first retcon and possibly the only intended one would be the reappearence of Morningside after it vanished in PI.
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Post by mirai on Jun 9, 2008 8:59:19 GMT -5
cant wait to read the article
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Post by spherical on Jun 9, 2008 15:05:57 GMT -5
I'll do my best... Billy Idol will help me, of course.
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Post by spherical on Jun 11, 2008 11:08:20 GMT -5
The article is almost completed now. WOW. It's not so long, but very... satisfying. Dust, are you going to issue it on the Archives? It would be a blast! By the way, I have a question... Is Jody supposed to have been KILLED in the same car crash where his parents died, at the very end of Phantasm 1? Can you report me Reggie's exact "retelling"? Thanks!
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Post by gopher in heat on Jun 11, 2008 11:18:46 GMT -5
I don't believe Jody "died" in the same car wreck as his parents, since we see a flashback of Mike in the car with his parents, either going to or coming from Jody's funeral.
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Post by spherical on Jun 11, 2008 11:47:51 GMT -5
I don't believe Jody "died" in the same car wreck as his parents, since we see a flashback of Mike in the car with his parents, either going to or coming from Jody's funeral. THAT in Phantasm IV. I'm referring to the ending of PHANTASM 1, when Reggie was "re-telling" about Jody to Mike.
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Post by briggs on Jun 11, 2008 12:38:04 GMT -5
I don't believe Jody "died" in the same car wreck as his parents, since we see a flashback of Mike in the car with his parents, either going to or coming from Jody's funeral. THAT in Phantasm IV. I'm referring to the ending of PHANTASM 1, when Reggie was "re-telling" about Jody to Mike. He says " first he took mom and dad, then he took Jody, and now he's after me". He probably would have lumped them together unless something happened where Jody was hospitalized and died from his wounds much later. Either way that would mean he would not have been killed in the same car wreck, when does it imply that if ever?
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Post by spherical on Jun 11, 2008 13:47:09 GMT -5
Briggs, Thanks!
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Post by spherical on Jun 20, 2008 14:10:36 GMT -5
Im fairly sure Jody's death came later in the timeline' Im not sure the Tall Man could change the game to fit his needs. That would give him almost omnipotence. I see the Tall Man as a dimensional opportunist who used a type of dimensional gate to his advantage. However since he no longer really controls the gates anymore he has lost the advantage. Sorry Im kind of baked now This is the most "external" meaningful insight on my Retcon Theory I've ever read. Many thanks, you give me the FINAL input to round out my article.
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