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And what happened to his psychic powers? Yeah, he's still able to control cyberspace and be a master hacker, but he seems to be about as smart as everyone else.
That's why the original version has an extra scene of Laurie attacking Alex when they reach the dock. She explains she lied about being the truth teller, rendering the riddle null.
It looks flashier if she's free and out of the tank in a flash. Of course the audience can figure out she got out of the rope and the tank, but the point is showmanship.
You needed all 7 or the antichrist can reincarnate again according to the novels anyway. There were plans to do at least a film version of the fourth novel, but it was shelved. Using only one dagger was done in part 3 to leave it open.
They didn't have a specific medical officer. Dallas was captain, Kane executive officer, Ripley warrant officer, Ash science officer, Lamber navigational officer, and Parker and Brett were engineers.
It was more kid friendly without being quite so goofy as Batman and Robin. Then there was the casting; Jim Carrey was a big selling point in the 90s.
The novels honestly feel like a more complete story even though the fifth one is just kind of tacked on since Damien Thorn II is stabbed with all seven daggers in book 4 and it felt like enough of an ending.
It was hallowed ground so Damien could be killed on it. The newborn was just bait basically. The novel deviates from the film quite a bit on the ending. Kate stabs Damien while he attacks DeCarlo, Peter's death is even more tragic as he confesses his devotion to Damien again before dying, The bright light shows like in the film, but they don't see an adult Jesus in it, rather it's more like the day starting to dawn. That text about Jesus returning not as a child isn't present though it still has the Revelation verse. In the Omen 4 novelization, DeCarlo mentions this event as a false dawn when he admits they made a mistake in only using 1 dagger and not extinguishing Damien's spiritual life.
I think he's confused. Robert had stabbed the nanny, but not Damien.
One just had to be enough in the context of the film. Plans were in place to make Omen IV Armageddon 2000 into a movie which had Kate Reynolds birth Damien's son who was the result of not correctly using all seven daggers, but the film never happened. The novelization for it and part 5: Abomination still fill in the gaps though.
The novel said so. It was the site for the final showdown.
No, Damien says "it's over father, receive me back into thy paradise." He was talking to Satan for his return to hell.
DeCarlo sent Kate to lead Damien out there so DeCarlo could dispatch him. The baby was bait.
All the interesting plot points got pushed aside for a romance story that didn't go anywhere. That's my main issue with it. Armageddon shouldn't be boring.
DeCarlo had found the Christ baby since the observatory could narrow down the location of the alignment and taken it to the area we see at the end.
Looking at Final Conflict as the end of the story, Christ was returning to defeat Damien anyway. All they were concerned with was killing Damien with at least one dagger to guarantee the Christ baby's safety. Outside of that, if you count 4 and 5, then yeah, they messed up but the needing of all seven is still addressed.
No, they had always planned to do Omen 4 Armageddon as a movie, but issues with finding a director ultimately led to it being shelved. You can find the screenplay online by Stanley Mann. Mcgill wrote the novel for 4 and later 5 that tied up the whole 7 dagger issue.
The novel answered this question. The Christ baby was born to a group of gypsies and went unregistered so Damien couldn't track him.
Not much. Other than personal confrontations, nothing could really come of it. Ziktor already has the mayor in his pocket and it's not like they can prove he's a mutant from another dimension to the authorities.
They were called back for that promo shoot after filming. Skeet grew the facial hair for a different role and was contracted not to shave it.