User talk:Bignole/Archive/2022/February

Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Can you help me keep an eye on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (franchise) and Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022 film)? Passing editors keep trying to add "It's a direct sequel to the original!" because of Texas Chainsaw 3D and Halloween H40. Even though writer/producer Fede Alvarez has said twice that it's not erasing the other sequels:

https://ew.com/movies/texas-chainsaw-massacre-netflix-first-look-leatherface-is-back/

https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3704045/fede-alvarez-explains-what-leatherface-has-been-doing-since-1974-do-the-other-sequels-exist/

 Dark knight  2149  20:12, 20 February 2022 (UTC)


 * To be fair, it was reported early on that this would be a direct sequel to the original film. However, in the Entertainment Weekly source, Alvarez clarified by saying "direct sequel" only means that Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) is the "50 years later" of the franchise and not necessarily that it's erasing everything else. Although he also points out (correctly) that the timeline of the original sequels is a retcon-ridden mess. The worst ones are in Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation, which claims to take place five years after Texas Chainsaw Massacre III.


 * The opening crawl to III states that a member of the family was caught by the authorities (a "mentioned only" namedrop of someone we've never seen before: W.E. Sawyer) and that he was executed for what happened in the original film. However, The Next Generation rewrites this by saying no members of the family were ever caught and includes W.E. as an actual character.
 * Texas Chainsaw Massacre III also says that Sally died in the mental institution, while The Next Generation retcons this by saying it was an illuminati cover-up.
 * Texas Chainsaw Massacre makes Halloween and Friday the 13th look consistent lol.  Dark knight  2149  02:33, 22 February 2022 (UTC)