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In this movie, Pinhead comes across as surprisingly stupid.

posted 14 years ago by GreatWhiteApeofBarsoom
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His impatience and his arrogance brought about a downfall he needn't have suffered. Rather than let Angelique entice Merchant to develop the design LeMarchand had drawn centuries earlier, Pinhead simply rampaged and caused the Merchants to become active enemies of the Cenobites. Had he been more patient, then the Cenobites may have been able to counter--or at least avoid--the effects on the Minos Station at the end of the film. Then it apparently never occurred to him once aboard Minos Paul Merchant would be a formidable opponent who may actually have found a way to defeat him. He condescendingly expected to torture Paul to death and then run rampant on Earth, never accounting for the possibility of covering himself against a possible defeat. All of this means Pinhead brought his final defeat on himself. A bit more patience and intelligence would have worked in his favor and possibly caused the Cenobites to be victorious in the end. Pride goeth before a fall, I suppose.

Carthago delenda est.

[–] ScarecrowX 14 years ago

Plus msot of these problems / plot holes are caused by the butchery and re-edits of the film by the studio...

- Scarecrow

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[–] Circa1992 14 years ago

Arrogance seems like something that a demon would possess, does it not? As far as the thinking of Angelique goes, I think Pinhead felt that since the configuration was opened, with he as the curio of the box, that he would "take over" so to speak. That meant he would unleash all the grotesqueries of his experiences all the while teaching Angelique what it is that she was lacking in her personal expression of the demonic, due to her 200-year absence from hell.
I think Pinhead was more concerned with exercising his hellish view of suffering than of thinking ways to out-maneuver Paul Merchant.
If it was all a game, as Pinhead had said, then it was more so a staring contest than a chess match. Pinhead was lost in reverie over the image of the earth, rejoicing at the abundance of flesh and possibility, and so lost focus of what was in Paul's heart- his belief in the light. I suppose the Cenobites could have been victorious in this game against L'Merchant bloodline, but self-destructiveness also seems to be fitting of a demon obsessed with pain and suffering...though it almost sounds like you wanted the Cenobites to win!?

[–] eugeneconniff-1 14 years ago

"I think Pinhead was more concerned with exercising his hellish view of suffering than of thinking ways to out-maneuver Paul Merchant"

You're overthinking it. Pinhead comes across as foolish simply because the studio kicked the director off the film so they could shove Pinhead in as many scenes as possible. The more screentime you give a villain like pinhead, the dumber he's going to look.