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Something That's Nagged Me

posted 9 years ago by DorkKnight1987
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This bit has always nagged at me for some reason. In the scene when Kristen talks with Joey and Kincaid and then walks off with Rick,the locker has the glowing claw marks on it. Why did we get that visual if A)Nobody was sleeping and B)Freddy wasn't even resurrected yet?

[–] brendon-lowe 9 years ago

True freddy can't come into real life only in dreams and no one was dreaming then, just a cool visual I guess not to be taken seriously that's how I looked at it

[–] DorkKnight1987 9 years ago

I enjoyed it visually and it doesn't detract from the movie which I would say may be my 2nd favorite in the series.

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[–] Apollo89 8 years ago

I always interpreted it as Freddy lurking just on the other side of reality. Kristen is walking through the school and Freddy is right there following her through the hallway in the dream realm, waiting for the moment she sleeps. We also see how close the dream realm is to reality through Alice's daydreams. Freddy is never far.

"We've spent our entire adult lives lying to each other. Why spoil it with the truth now?"

[–] bossdog677 8 years ago

I say Freddy was resurrected the second that window exploded in the opening

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[–] ActionJunkie007 8 years ago

Why did we get that visual

It looked cool is really the only explanation for it. No one was dreaming and regardless if Freddy was resurrected or not, he would have been very weak to start off. Every film has him gaining kills and increasing his power, so there is really no way to spin this. (Though it's entertaining to read how others did! And I applaud them for the effort!)

Many things in this film actually don't make logical sense, but Ill make a thread about those haha...

Who's strangling the cat?

[–] lindseyd310 7 years ago

I always saw it as more of a warning that he was coming back

[–] ActionJunkie007 7 years ago

I always saw it as more of a warning that he was coming back

And I agree with you, that is definitely the intention of showing the claw marks. But still, it just doesn't make sense in regards to how dream logic works in the series. It's still a cool effect though!

Who's strangling the cat?

[–] hurricane (1932) 5 years ago

Maybe one of the characters had a micro-nap?

[–] rateater (9411) 3 years ago

it might have been just a visual to keep the audience from being bored

[–] Kingswood (1241) 3 years ago

Someone is always dreaming somewhere.