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Killing Ralph was a mistake from the director's part


I think he could have been in Part III holding that eye ball.

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Naw, I think it was ok. The issue was the part 3 director wanted to keep him and instead created a new version for that film, but I don't fault the director of part 2.

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They kill crazy Ralph to early in the series.

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Maybe, but think of the continuity in the series... there isn't any! He was a minor character. We really didn't need him. The mistake was in the director of part 3 for bringing him back, not for killing him in part 2 to pad body count.

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The mistake was in the director of part 3 for bringing him back???

He was not in part III

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Sorry, incorrect wording. You are correct, he was not, but A harbinger was. The director brought the essential role back, but not the same actor. We should have just left the role of the harbinger out of this entirely. The part 2 director was fine in padding the body count, but the part 3 director / writer should have left the eyeball-carrying harbinger out.

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Steve Miner directed Part 2 and Part 3.

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He wasn't a major character. Just a left over from #1. They took advantage of the actor's willingness to add one more body to the count and clean up loose ends.

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