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Zoner · 07-07-2004, 07:39 AM

Todd Farmer and Sean Cunningham pitched the Jason X idea to New Line. I've read Todd's original draft of the script and it's a shame they didn't make THAT movie. It didn't have all the stupid one-liners that the theatrical release had. That ruined the movie for me (I still loved it, tho). The "Jason in Space" idea would've went over a lot better if they didn't fuck with Todd's script.

I've actually chatted with Todd through a friday the 13th forum I go to and he's a really cool guy. He was really frustrated with the whole process. Todd's in the movie actually...he's the bald marine who gets his head smoked into a wall.

As for revisiting Tommy, I think that the right script would work wonderfully, but the wrong script would be a disaster. The character needs the right circumstances to return. Anything too hokey would fall REALLY flat.

And, yup, the fat dude getting axed in part 5 was teh creepy! rock:

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Zoner is Offline Administrator Posts: 17,739 Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Camp Crystal Lake	07-07-2004, 07:39 AM Todd Farmer and Sean Cunningham pitched the Jason X idea to New Line. I've read Todd's original draft of the script and it's a shame they didn't make THAT movie. It didn't have all the stupid one-liners that the theatrical release had. That ruined the movie for me (I still loved it, tho). The "Jason in Space" idea would've went over a lot better if they didn't fuck with Todd's script. I've actually chatted with Todd through a friday the 13th forum I go to and he's a really cool guy. He was really frustrated with the whole process. Todd's in the movie actually...he's the bald marine who gets his head smoked into a wall. As for revisiting Tommy, I think that the right script would work wonderfully, but the wrong script would be a disaster. The character needs the right circumstances to return. Anything too hokey would fall REALLY flat. And, yup, the fat dude getting axed in part 5 was teh creepy! rock: