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Reported Problem for Friday the 13th Collection
posted by RNLSTAFFMOD on July 22, 2022 at 3:38 PM
Item: Friday the 13th Collection
Language: en-US
Type of Problem: Incorrect_content
Extra Details: I looked around to see if there was any discussion of this but couldn't find any.
Since "Freddy vs Jason" has to be placed in either the Friday the 13th collection or the Nightmare on Elm Street collection, it should definitely be the latter.
It's much more fundamentally a Nightmare movie. The story is set in Springwood, the protagonists are all Elm Street kids, Freddy is the main antagonist (he manipulates Jason for his own ends, and Jason is repositioned as a sort of antihero in the third act), and the back story is all about Springwood's efforts to suppress the community's knowledge of Freddy, etc.
The narrative connections to the Friday franchise are very superficial by comparison.
You also have actor continuity with the Nightmare franchise, with Robert Englund reprising his role as Freddy for the eighth and final time, whereas a new actor has been cast in the role of Jason.
Reply by Rebecca
on August 20, 2022 at 8:57 AM
I agree with your reasoning, but I'd like a second opinion before I move it.
Reply by RNL
on August 20, 2022 at 1:07 PM
Another point in favour of Nightmare is that it's a New Line Cinema project. New Line licensed the Jason character from Paramount in the early '90s specifically for the purposes of producing this crossover film.
Reply by Rebecca
on September 24, 2022 at 10:22 AM
Bumping for a second moderator opinion...
Reply by RNL
on January 25, 2023 at 12:21 PM
Bumping again
Reply by RNL
on May 3, 2024 at 5:07 PM
I think this is a pretty cut-and-dry thing. If there was any thought behind this movie initially being put in the F13 collection I'd be interested to hear the case for that.
Reply by rstevenson1976
on September 24, 2024 at 3:54 PM
I think it should belong in neither, it's a crossover, also it starts in Springwood, but ends in Crystal Lake
Reply by RNL
on October 26, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Well that's one way to put it. Another would be that about 75-80% of it takes place in Springwood.
It's a obviously a crossover, but, as I outlined in more detail above, it is unquestionably far more rooted in the Elm Street franchise than the Friday franchise (which is unsurprising considering it's a New Line film), and it's for those same reasons I don't believe "neither" is a good option.