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The Theatrical Ending was bleak and apocalyptic anyway

posted 8 years ago by Knowby_Warrior
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The TV series just gave us 30 years of peace.

According to the canonical ending of "Army of Darkness":

1- The Kandarian Demon has been unleashed again, and it is roaming on Earth as before. America will soon turn into 1300's England.
2- The Kandarian Demon has located Ash as well and would try to annihilate him over and over. The S-Mart Lady was just the first attempt.
3- The Book of the Dead has APPARENTLY been burned in TED/ED2, and the pages to defeat the Kandarian Demon have been sucked by the Time Vortex or so anyway.
4- Nobody knows Sumerian incantations in America. Annie Knowby is dead.

So trust me, the canonical ending of AoD was being apocalyptic anyway.

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[–] Midnight_Blues 8 years ago

Yep, something like that. Even if the s-mart lady had just managed to come through the portal because of the mispronounced words and didn't exactly mean that Evil had been again awake in the XX century, I imagine Ash's life wouldn't have been exactly quiet and peaceful. Honestly, no one cares to find out what happened to his missing girlfriend? Or, even worse, if you take into consideration the first film, his girlfriend, sister and friends? I imagine the police would be all over the case and would eventually find out the dismembered bodies. Poor Ash, after all he went through I'd hate to imagine he spent his life in prison or in an institution for the criminally insane, but that's what makes sense to me.

[–] Knowby_Warrior 8 years ago

My scenario dealt with it. After the Morristown events, he was investigated. And of course he dealt with madness and mental problems. A lot of bad things happened inbetween TED (1979) and ED2 (1987) for Ash.
It makes a lot of sense to me.

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[–] Kruleworld 8 years ago

3- The Book of the Dead has APPARENTLY been burned in TED/ED2, and the pages to defeat the Kandarian Demon have been sucked by the Time Vortex or so anyway.

but Ash had the book at the end of AOD, he grabbed it off skele-ash just before setting him off like a firework.

A lot of bad things happened inbetween TED (1979) and ED2 (1987) for Ash.

ED2 is more of a remake, than a sequel. it doesn't follow the continuity of TED.

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[–] Marmadukebagelhole 8 years ago

But there is no "inbetween TED and ED2".

Glasgow's FOREMOST authority Italics = irony. Infer the opposite please.

[–] Kruleworld 7 years ago

After the Morristown events, he was investigated.

They can't have investigated very well, since AvED shows a skull still in the vice in the tool shed.. as in, NOBODY has been there since.

apparently they were just listed as 'missing' and everyone forgot about it.

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[–] Karl Aksel 8 years ago

I don't think any of the plot points in any of the films should be taken too seriously. After all, the end of ED2 has Ash in the 1300s, surrounded by people who hail him as a hero. In the beginning of AoD, he is surrounded by people who take him prisoner. These are not films that care very much if they override plot points of previous movies. So anything goes.

[–] Knowby_Warrior 8 years ago

Yes...

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[–] Necronomicon2016 8 years ago

I don't think any of the plot points in any of the films should be taken too seriously. After all, the end of ED2 has Ash in the 1300s, surrounded by people who hail him as a hero. In the beginning of AoD, he is surrounded by people who take him prisoner. These are not films that care very much if they override plot points of previous movies. So anything goes.

Well, I found an excellent explanation for this.

[–] Necronomicon2016 7 years ago

Bump.