That was the only thing that caught my attention with this movie and it would have been a much *ballsier* take on the original concept, imo. When they clarified at the end that he did commit the crimes it was disappointing.
It would have been a ballsy move, but doesn't really set up a franchise, which was obviously what they were trying to do. I can understand Freddy out for revenge on a personal level, but would he really keep killing after his score has been settled? They probably could have gone in that direction seeing is this isn't getting a sequel now anyway. Englund's Freddy was already a psychotic maniac so I could see him continuing acts of murder. As for Haley's Freddy, why would he?
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Perhaps he's just turned into the eternal bad guy based on that one injustice (you gotta admit it would make one hell of an injustice) like a comic book villain. But there's probably not going to be any sequel so I guess it's irrelevant anyway.
Maybe it could have been like the Joker's "One Bad Day" theory.
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as it would then make his victims the real villans of the piece
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That reversal is exactly what I would find so compelling. But I'm a "villain guy", always looking for a way to root for the bad guy.
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I thought thr same thing... thought it would be interesting and put a twist on reboot.
shareOh I agree 100%, even in the original story he should have been innocent. If he really did murder/rape his victims, then the score was settled, eye for an eye. In my opinion having the parents make a mistake and kill the wrong person is more dynamic.
Even better if it was actually one of the parents that committed the crimes and passed it off on Krueger. That way there's sympathy for Freddy, the children who never got justice and opens it up for more sequels. It doesnt mean the children are safe. Freddy could still be a real ***hole using the children as a catalyst and seek revenge on the entire family lineage of the people that were involved in his death.
Even better if it was actually one of the parents that committed the crimes and passed it off on Krueger.
I've thought about that, but it doesn't quite work either. Say you were falsely accused of child molestation and burned to death by vigilante parents. Would you go after the innocent CHILDREN if you weren't ALREADY a mean, twisted bastard? Actually, I think this part of the movie works better than the original where you could hardly BLAME the vigilante parents at all for going after an obviously guilty child killer, but it's done pretty ham-handedly.
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Wow you guys would have made an even worse reboot than what we got