how did the pilot mistell the origin?
how did the pilot ep mistell how freddy died in the film series? i thought it was exactly right (he getting killed in the bioler place by the angry parents).
am i wrong?
how did the pilot ep mistell how freddy died in the film series? i thought it was exactly right (he getting killed in the bioler place by the angry parents).
am i wrong?
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Was he in a house or a boiler room?
sharehe was in a boiler room.
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The parents in NOES 1 say that they spread gasoline all around the boiler room and made a trail out the door, but in the series they just throw gasoline on him and light him up.
shareI compiled a lengthy list for an episode guide elsewhere about the inconsistencies between the films and the No More Mr. Nice Guy episode. I've probably overlooked something, but this is what I was able to come up with:
In A Nightmare on Elm Street, it was stated that Freddy was released because "somebody forgot to sign the search warrant in the right place." In No More Mr. Nice Guy he was released because the arresting officer didn't read him his rights.
Lt. Blocker is never mentioned in the films, and the Thompsons from the first movie, who were part of the lynch mob, aren't mentioned here.
Marge Thompson said of Krueger's death that the parents left a trail of gasoline through the boiler room and "out the door, lit a match and watched the whole place burn." Here, however, Lt. Blocker douses Krueger himself with gas and lights the match and the mob watches Freddy sizzle.
In Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, the mob is seen throwing a malatov cocktail into Krueger's lair, which is also inconsistent with his death here. In that film, he's merely surrounded by flames when the dream demons arrive to offer him immortality, he's not actually on fire.
In the first film, Marge Thompson revealed that she took Freddy's glove as a souvenir after they murdered him. No reference is made to anyone doing this here.
In this episode, it's officer Gene Stratton who hides Krueger's remains, but in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, Donald Thompson was revealed to be the only one who knew where Krueger's corpse was hidden. There's been some speculation as to whether or not Stratton was supposed to be Thompson (which would've made a lot more sense), but Stratton wasn't present when Krueger was murdered, as Thompson was alluded to have been.
Additionally, the time period No More Mr. Nice Guy takes place in throws the rest of the Elm Street timeline completely askew. In A Nightmare on Elm Street, Nancy watched Evil Dead on her TV and has a poster of the band The Police on her wall. Since Nancy and her friends were unaware of Freddy (and a deleted scene reveals the kids who were being terrorized in the first ANOES each had siblings who were murdered by Krueger), Freddy's death would have been in the late '60s or early '70s. No More Mr. Nice Guy is supposed to be a prequel to the first film, however, the look is very late '80s and (in addition to the vehicles) Lt. Blocker winds up wearing a Walkman style of headphones that weren't around in the '60s and '70s. The timeline is thrown into further disarray by the sequel to this episode, Sister's Keeper, where a poster for Madonna's "True Blue" adorns the wall of the Blocker girls' bedroom. "True Blue" was released in 1986, three years after Evil Dead. That sets the events of these episodes after the first film. And that's without even mentioning the clothing and hairstyles in Sister's Keeper....
(This is, of course, overlooking the fact that the posters in Grady's bedroom in A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, which is supposed to take place 5 years after the first, can be dated back to 1985. And say what you will about Freddy's Dead, but at least they kept pretty consistent with stories and timelines in that film...)
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