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I'm New to This Whole Troll 2 Phenomenon...


...so if this has been covered, forgive me. But when Grandpa Seth is telling the story to Joshua at the beginning of the film, the main character Grandpa Seth talks about is named "Peter". However, the title of the book from which he is supposed to be reading clearly says "Davy and the Goblin". I can think of several reasons why a "Peter" would be mentioned from the book (such as being a secondary character in the story) but would it not have been much easier on everyone, including the audience, to simply tell the story using the name "Davy"? The name that appears on the cover of the freakin' book? Look, I know by now that any and all rules of logic and reason do not apply to Troll 2, AT ALL, but this issue, appearing right at the start of the film, really does annoy me.

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I think the fact logic nor reason didn't come anywhere near this film is the reason why. It's part of it's strange charm though. But maybe because the crew didn't know English too well it got over looked?

"Never bite into an apple without knowing what lies within..."

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Yeah, that was pretty much what I was thinking, ultimately. Given the stories about how the director was acting, he probably wrote "Peter" in the script. Then maybe the art director or an English-speaking crew member found the book "Davy and the Goblin" and said, "Hey, let's use this and just change the name here in the script from Peter to Davy" and the director said, "Assolutamente no! Io non ho intenzione di cambiare la situazione!" Which loosely translates to "Absolutely not! I'm not going to change that!"

So yes...you're probably on the right track, or pretty darn close.




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It's one of those ineffable mysteries that are the beauty of Troll2.

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Heh-heh. Yep. I've come 'round to thinking the same thing.

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That's the spirit! You have to just let go of logic and let the art flow over you.

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