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So is Michael Myers magical or just really tough to kill?

posted 3 years ago by grhqofb5 (327)
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Not really sure how Myers' and the Halloween universe is defined, or what the rules are. For example, we now know after multiple sequels that Jason Voorhees is magical because he's reincarnated, dug up from the underground and revived by lightning, can survive underwater for weeks in a harbor, and can live through being frozen for hundreds of years by liquid nitrogen.

Same thing with Freddy. He actually exists in a parallel dream universe and can influence reality. No debate about that one, the writers got right to the point.

What about Myers? He's been shot multiple times, stabbed, hit with blunt objects repeatedly, fallen out of windows, and been burned alive in a basement cage. I guess its possible to survive all of that. I do not recall magic being involved, just that he is the essence of evil.

[–] kuatorises (7467) 2 years ago

He's shot 6 times in the original and walks away? That's before he's set on fire (multiple times), blown up with dynamite, beaten, stabbed, shot some more, and burned again. What do you think?

[–] grhqofb5 (327) 2 years ago

Maybe resilient?? My point is that there was no clear magical component to his survival, hence the question. Seems like he just got a bunch of flesh wounds, which is possible, and fell out of a bedroom window Which wouldn’t kill most people anyway.

[–] kuatorises (7467) 2 years ago

I don't think you know what the words "resilient" and "flesh wounds" mean.

[–] Tongue (446) 2 years ago

I really don’t think David Gordon green even knows that about his version of Michael. He claimed his version of Michael isn’t supernatural yet we’ve seen a 60 year old Michael eat bullets and take down an entire fire department.

Carpenter wrote Michael as a ‘force of nature’. Obviously he was a human being but had slight touches of supernatural added in. He acted different though, alien like in ways and this made him fascinating. Carpenter never expected or wanted to make sequels - Michael is not a character that can fit into multiple movies. More than one or two and you ruin the magic and mystery