Oct '23
I'm talking about the.... um... let's say three-quarters crazy old guy, who gives Dr. Loomis a ride, and a drink, helping him out on his way to Haddonfield in Halloween 4.
I wish they had done something more with that character, either in H4 or in a later sequel. We just get that little glimpse of him in H4, but it's so tantalizing. I wonder what his backstory was.
That could make a pretty decent graphic novel, probably, now that I'm thinking about this. Something about Rev. Sayer in his younger days, going up against some kind of Ancient Evil. He could be portrayed as a little crazy, or possiby just totally normal, in a pre-crazy period of his life.
I guess he could even potentially be a main protagonist in a franchise of his own, like Ash in ED, or Tommy Jarvis in the F13 franchise, with his own adventures battling evil. They could be set in the 1940s or 50s, when he was a younger man than he was in H4.
Well... just a thought. I dunno. Had to share.
I wish they had done something more with that character, either in H4 or in a later sequel. We just get that little glimpse of him in H4, but it's so tantalizing. I wonder what his backstory was.
That could make a pretty decent graphic novel, probably, now that I'm thinking about this. Something about Rev. Sayer in his younger days, going up against some kind of Ancient Evil. He could be portrayed as a little crazy, or possiby just totally normal, in a pre-crazy period of his life.
I guess he could even potentially be a main protagonist in a franchise of his own, like Ash in ED, or Tommy Jarvis in the F13 franchise, with his own adventures battling evil. They could be set in the 1940s or 50s, when he was a younger man than he was in H4.
Well... just a thought. I dunno. Had to share.
Another thought about Rev. Sayer: I posted a comment under a Youtube video of that scene, with what was probably one of the coolest thoughts I have had in a long time, in a way. I'm expanding it slightly here, but basically I said that it would have been great if they had ended the movie somehow with Rev. Sayer and Dr. Loomis driving off together in Sayer's battered old (really old) car, and one of them had turned to the other and said the closing line from Casablanca, "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship," and then they drove off into the sunset together, looking for new forces of evil to do battle with. Actually, driving off into the sunRISE together would make more sense, considering that these movies usually end with a scene late at night.
OK, this is getting ridiculous, but, one more thought: I just noticed that Rev. Sayer's car's license plate says AMEN. That's awesome. It can be seen here, from :59 to 1:12.
This shows the ending of Casablanca, the famous line I was thinking of is at 2:07.