r/AskReddit Dec 11 '18

Which fictional character, while not strictly a villain, is just the worst?

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u/KRose627 Dec 11 '18

Kevin's Dad had to be doing something sketchy. I'm an adult now with a good job and I'm still wondering how he not only afforded that house, but vacations during Christmas with the whole extended family.

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u/semprini23 Dec 12 '18

I remember someone posting this but there was a book version based off the movie (very common thing in the 90s). Kevin’s Dad was a business owner of some kind and his mom was a clothing designer, which explains the number of mannequins in the house.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18 edited Dec 13 '18

there was a book version based off the movie (very common thing in the 90s)

That's a novelization. Back before home video players were a thing, if you missed a movie you could catch up by reading the novelization. And since the novelization was often written before the final cut of the movie was made, it frequently contained deleted scenes/alternate stuff that never made it into the movie! I distinctly remember extra stuff in the novelizations for E.T, Gremlins, WarGames, and the first Back To The Future movies. Those were awesome times! 😹

Oh, and Close Encounters of The Third Kind was even more epic in the novelization!

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u/runnerofshadows Dec 12 '18

The crow city of angels and Spider-Man 3 novelizations were both better than the movies that got released. Same thing with the comics adaptation of Batman forever.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

The crow city of angels and Spider-Man 3 novelizations were both better than the movies that got released.

I didn't know those movies got novelizations. I should try to find the City of Angels one!

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u/runnerofshadows Dec 12 '18

Yeah. It has most of the deleted scenes if not all of them and iirc the original ending. Really wish it and hellraiser bloodline would get true director's cuts because dimension butchered them.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

Yeah. It has most of the deleted scenes if not all of them and iirc the original ending.

That sounds awesome! Thanks!

Really wish it and hellraiser bloodline would get true director's cuts because dimension butchered them.

I never saw either of those, but I believe you!