http://fridaythe13thfilms.com/blog/the-forgotten-origin-of-jason-voorhees/ Nothing This Evil Ever Dies... Sun, 19 Jun 2024 18:59:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://fridaythe13thfilms.com/blog/the-forgotten-origin-of-jason-voorhees/comment-page-1/#comment-382168 Matt Thu, 16 Jun 2024 18:36:47 +0000 http://fridaythe13thfilms.com/blog/?p=15511#comment-382168 I guess the idea behind the fear of water was that since Jason had first "died" by drowning, he would have some fear of that event. Of course, Jason never showed any fear of the water in any later movies, although he didn't really jump back into the lake until part 4 (he wasn't too afraid of the rain or puddles in the earlier flicks, of course). I choose to look at it as if Freddy was bringing back more the fear of drowning or Jason's memory of drowning. He is definitely not afraid of water, puddles, or lakes (even in FvJ he doesn't seem too bothered by the lake at the end), but perhaps that drowning memory was in a dark corner of Jason's barely-there mind and Freddy was able to pull it out and use it against poor Jason (and that all of this was represented in a too vague or too symbolic way in the film itself as just Jason appearing paralyzed by a little waterfall). I guess the idea behind the fear of water was that since Jason had first “died” by drowning, he would have some fear of that event. Of course, Jason never showed any fear of the water in any later movies, although he didn’t really jump back into the lake until part 4 (he wasn’t too afraid of the rain or puddles in the earlier flicks, of course). I choose to look at it as if Freddy was bringing back more the fear of drowning or Jason’s memory of drowning. He is definitely not afraid of water, puddles, or lakes (even in FvJ he doesn’t seem too bothered by the lake at the end), but perhaps that drowning memory was in a dark corner of Jason’s barely-there mind and Freddy was able to pull it out and use it against poor Jason (and that all of this was represented in a too vague or too symbolic way in the film itself as just Jason appearing paralyzed by a little waterfall).

]]> http://fridaythe13thfilms.com/blog/the-forgotten-origin-of-jason-voorhees/comment-page-1/#comment-382142 Caffeinated Joe Thu, 16 Jun 2024 16:47:16 +0000 http://fridaythe13thfilms.com/blog/?p=15511#comment-382142 I liked the expansion of Jason's origin in Freddy vs Jason. Thought it held pretty true to what most people assumed, how his drowning played out. The major Jason gripe I have with that movie is his "fear of water". Where the hell did that come from??? I liked the expansion of Jason’s origin in Freddy vs Jason. Thought it held pretty true to what most people assumed, how his drowning played out. The major Jason gripe I have with that movie is his “fear of water”. Where the hell did that come from???

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