Since I'm watching a Friday the 13th marathon right now on AMC I have a question:
Since I'm watching a Friday the 13th marathon right now on AMC I have a question:
Is Jason Voorhees technically a zombie or is he just a really pissed off hick with strong regenerative properties?
Pros for zombie:
1- He has died, and come back to life (weird that he died as a child and came back to life as an adult, though)
2- He can take a beating, but nothing seems to kill him
3- His clothes are all ratty
Pros for being a really pissed off hick with Wolverine-like healing:
1- He lives in the backwoods of New Jersey -- alone.
2- Bad hygiene (I'm guessing)
3- Doesn't talk a lot
4- Ratty clothes
I'm sure there's more to consider but I really don't want to put too much brain power into this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Voorhees
Is Jason Voorhees technically a zombie or is he just a really pissed off hick with strong regenerative properties?
Pros for zombie:
1- He has died, and come back to life (weird that he died as a child and came back to life as an adult, though)
2- He can take a beating, but nothing seems to kill him
3- His clothes are all ratty
Pros for being a really pissed off hick with Wolverine-like healing:
1- He lives in the backwoods of New Jersey -- alone.
2- Bad hygiene (I'm guessing)
3- Doesn't talk a lot
4- Ratty clothes
I'm sure there's more to consider but I really don't want to put too much brain power into this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Voorhees
Comments
Also, "Jason Vorhees reminds me of a little girl trying to put a hotdog through a donut." (Best line in "Goes to Hell," trying to type it from memory, so forgive me if it's off a bit.)
Alan Gerow, you make a good point about being contagious. I wonder if that's a requirement for zombies or if that's just a pop-culture thing to scare people.
Then, far in the future, he's frozen and reformed by nano-bots in "Jason X."
And apparently in the books (who knew?) people who put on the hockey mask are possessed by Jason.
There are continuity issues.
Unless stated in the individual movies, I have no idea how much time passes between resurrections.
Very plausible.