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Re: Jason Lives: FRIDAY THE 13TH
Ah, I see what your saying. But I think what you're forgetting is, only Parts 1-8 had a connective storyline. Jason Goes To Hell seemed to be it's own thing, so was Jason X, and Freddy vs. Jason acknowledged Freddy's Dead, but seemed to ignore JGTH.
What? It was desperately trying to connect the storyline that made the last couple of films so ridiculous. And how can FvJ not acknowledge Jason Goes To Hell when the premise of the film is that he in fact is in Hell?
It's very arbitrary at times, but they've always made an attempt to link the films. In that regard this new one can't be considered a sequel any more than Zombie's Halloween can.
- Gunslinger
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Re: Jason Lives: FRIDAY THE 13TH
People look for easy escapism in tough times. Movies provide that. That's why I think 2009 has been a banner year so far. CD sales were hurt by the collapse of the music industry, an exclusivity deal that hampered its availabilty and alienated a large chunk of its potential fanbase, and the lack of any promotion on the parts of either the band, the label, or the store holding the exclusive.
Well said and I agree 100%! Also Friday the 13th '09 had TONS of press. It was all over the place and it doesn't hurt any that it actually came out on FRIDAY THE 13th. That may sound minor but it DID help in my opinion. That's the problem with RZ's Halloween, yes it did very well but I can assure you had it been released in October rather than July (or August, I don't recall) it would have did MUCH better.
- NY Giants82
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Re: Jason Lives: FRIDAY THE 13TH
Well I went and saw it a second time yesterday. I took my brother to see it, so I'm doing my part!
I think I liked it even better the second time around.
My sister in law and one of her friends went last night to see it. She is by no mean a horror fan, in fact she doesn't like horror all that well. Well, she thought this was a very good movie. In fact, she asked me if she could watch some of the older ones sometime. I was happy to hear that!
Re: Jason Lives: FRIDAY THE 13TH
Axlin08 wrote:Ah, I see what your saying. But I think what you're forgetting is, only Parts 1-8 had a connective storyline. Jason Goes To Hell seemed to be it's own thing, so was Jason X, and Freddy vs. Jason acknowledged Freddy's Dead, but seemed to ignore JGTH.
What? It was desperately trying to connect the storyline that made the last couple of films so ridiculous. And how can FvJ not acknowledge Jason Goes To Hell when the premise of the film is that he in fact is in Hell?
It's very arbitrary at times, but they've always made an attempt to link the films. In that regard this new one can't be considered a sequel any more than Zombie's Halloween can.
I guess you can consider that connective to JGTH.
His corpse was just sitting in a normal grave in FvJ.
As for F132009, I am happy for it's success. Here's to hoping H2 does very well later this year! 
Re: Jason Lives: FRIDAY THE 13TH
Von, BOM's ticket price inflation estimates are better than nominal dollar estimates. Adjusting for inflation essentially makes the comparison come down to ticket sales, which is the most accurate reflection of a film's popularity. The movie industry wants to hide the fact that actual ticket sales have been going down over the years, so they hide it by having ticket prices go up every year and report that every new movie around the block is breaking some kind of record, even though the comparisons are in nominal dollars rather than actual tickets sold. The music industry doesn't hide its album or song unit sales by only announcing the dollar amount instead of the unit amount. Only the movie industry does this and it's because the industry is going downhill from what it was decades ago.
I'm aware of the rise of ticket prices being a main factor behind adjusted box office grosses, but I and many others don't agree with BOM's dollars per tickets sold values when they post their inflated numbers. Ticket prices have not gone up to such a degree that a film in 2003 would have made over $10 million more selling the same amount of tickets today. The average price of tickets has not gone up that much since then. That's what I meant.
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Re: Jason Lives: FRIDAY THE 13TH
I was supposed to go see this over the weekend but the lines were HUGE!! Also my date and I had to wait 45 minutes to have dinner at Olive Garden so I wasn't keen on the idea of waiting in a line AGAIN. She also was wearing a short skirt and a low cut blouse...Jason was no longer on my mind.
- NY Giants82
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Re: Jason Lives: FRIDAY THE 13TH
I was supposed to go see this over the weekend but the lines were HUGE!! Also my date and I had to wait 45 minutes to have dinner at Olive Garden so I wasn't keen on the idea of waiting in a line AGAIN. She also was wearing a short skirt and a low cut blouse...Jason was no longer on my mind.
You know what happens when you have sex... Just please, for the love of GNREvolution, don't smoke any pot, okay?
