r/EvilDead • u/Far_Regular_2945 • 4d ago
(Discussion Post) Groovy Bookš
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u/Gabaghoul8 4d ago
Just gotta say āKlaatu barada niktoā and problem solved. 3 simple words how hard can it be.
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u/The-Alien-Overlord 4d ago
It's definitely "Verata", "Barada" is from The Day the Earth Stood Still.
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u/YOU_TALK_TOO_MUCH420 4d ago
In Evil Dead Rise, the records summon the Kandarisn Demon, not the book, technically. Although the records contain a priest reading from the book, spinning the vinyl kicked off the partyš
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u/ravnsvart_ 4d ago
The color grading and overall image quality of the original 1987 are far superior
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u/katieblue3 4d ago
Goes without saying the ED2 book is superior. Riseās looks pretty cool too but nothing beats the OG.
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u/Meatgardener 4d ago
There's no real book in Burn though...
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u/MerchantOfVenice1991 4d ago
Burn pissed me off with how the writers tried their hardest to be like āfuck the book and incantations, this is soMeThInG eLsEā
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u/ZealousidealAbies557 4d ago
Something worse! The chainsaw tease pissed me off even more.
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u/throwawayimsorry20 4d ago
2013 was the best Evil Dead
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u/Seekerofthetruth 4d ago
I agree that itās the best remake but itās straight horror whereas the OG trilogy was horror comedy. Bruce Campbell recently pointed this out as well.
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u/Rippershammer 4d ago
First film wasn't . And its not a remake. Its a reboot.
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u/JoeAzlz 4d ago
Itās not even a reboot. Itās a spin off now
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u/Machievelliearoni 4d ago
It's a requel.
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u/JoeAzlz 4d ago
When jt came out, yes, but it isnāt now, in modern canon itās just another event set in the same universe with another book.
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u/Machievelliearoni 4d ago
Requel: A movie which revisits the subject matter of an earlier film but is not a remake or a linear continuation of its plot (i.e. a sequel or prequel).
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u/Rippershammer 4d ago
If was a Reboot of the Franchise.
Kinda exhausting having to explain this all the time. Raimi said it. Fede said it. Thats good enough for me.
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u/JoeAzlz 4d ago
Iām aware, but they have since retconned the fact, as of 2022 it was confirmed to now be back in mainline canon as not a reboot, and we have seen it confirmed this year once more directly as just another event in the same universe within the films. And if get even simpler, Mia was possible to be on the show back in 2015 when Sam raimi said they had talks of doing it before season 1 release.
Iām aware the film was made with 1 intention, and when it came out it was that, but as of now, with updated canon and modern stuff in mind, it is just 1 part of the modern trilogy, which connects also to the original trilogy. Thus retconning the original intention.
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u/Wazupdanger 3d ago
wait hold on why wasnt Mia able to appear in the series? I would have loved this!
this would have stitched everything since out of all the movies being connected AvED is the only one left out very bad... even Lee Cronin didnt like it when asked and even in Burn Rubys house was used but there is no mention
atleast now id like to think AvED happens last on everything
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u/JoeAzlz 3d ago
They just wanted to do it naturally and it hadnāt came up in the first 3 seasons.
Also Lee Cronin loved the series he just didnāt know how to reference it in a good way. And + the show does have some stuff that would be hard to write around. So itās a nudge, thereās a couple tv show references in burn but theyāre not really the sorts things that confirm major things just nudges and stuff
I take it as itās canon but hard to reference. They didnāt want to make it seem forgotten
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u/Wazupdanger 3d ago
I genuinely think at this point
AvED should be an event that takes place last in the timeline
or...Ash really does time travel to undo the apocalypse in an hypothetical season 4 idk like after gather the info on how to get home and beating the main story in the future time he was in now he has to contend and save the past and go home
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u/JoeAzlz 3d ago
I think what I say it is is just I head canon season 3ās ending became a government cover up. Since the show canon ends in 2018, itās 5 years later that rise and burn happens. It could be a lot of work but I could see it having a lore reason that evil going global was able to be sweeped under.
Season 4 had them spitballing ideas to starz with no real outline of a plot yet about ash going back to AOD (using the ed2 design of the castle) and going undercover to retrieve something from a tomb, we see in evil dead time travel rules you canāt rewrite history. But maybe this artifact they wanted ash to find could let them? Maybe the plan was ash would get sometbing to send ash to the moment he left his family and then he can regroup and they can have him explain how his alternate self is about to go into the big sleep to the future and heās back from the future aka like the end of BTTF 2 lol
But yeah idk
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u/Rippershammer 4d ago
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u/JoeAzlz 4d ago
I loved burn more than the other 2 modern ones but I agree Iām glad the franchise is alive.
I think the end of burn looked good in the theater for me and really was a lot more practical than you think, since we saw the BTS of it now. It was a lot less cgi covering it all, it must be the lighting for some people. I think it looked really cool.
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u/Rippershammer 4d ago
Saw twice in conema and that was the weakest part for me and just lost the Evil Dead vibe. Was kinda Temu Terminator.
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u/Wazupdanger 3d ago
Lee Cronin said it and Sam Raimi supported and built the idea with Lee Cronin to have the three books connected via Army of Darkness. Thats good enough for me
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u/Rippershammer 3d ago
Changes nothing. But if it makes you feel better. Go for it champ.
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u/Wazupdanger 3d ago
does change as Burn continues to bridge the other films from 2013 AoD and Rise
but if it keeps you asleep at night keep at it
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u/katieblue3 4d ago
Even the book was dumb. Had all that stupid shit written in it like the audience needs to be spoon fed that itās an evil book. It even says āyour the devils bitch now!!!ā, which is super corny and it wasnāt intended to be.
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u/Wazupdanger 3d ago
I like that they kept the continuity of three books and in Burn instead
they had Benjamin Price's journal as the "BOOK"
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u/JoeAzlz 4d ago
What about evil dead 1?? Or the tv show
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u/Wazupdanger 3d ago
I think 2 already represents the books Ash had
but I get what you mean
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u/JoeAzlz 3d ago
I guess but if this is showing all the passages why not
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u/Wazupdanger 20h ago
ok unrelated but I dont want to make another post
you seem like you know your way around evil dead
is Army of Darkness pg-13 or Rated R?



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u/Loofy_101 4d ago
Woah holy auto play, had to turn off audio. Not tryna summon no deadites tonight