Wtf was up with the boy's mask (the real kid, not the clone). He hardly took it off. It seemed to be a part of him. Was there was deeper signifance or was it just some childish quirk? He seemed obsessed with it, even when the lives of him and his family were in danger.
Also, was he a tad... on the spectrum, or something? Then again, all kids in horror movies seem very odd. Weird quirks, hardly speaking, never smiling...
he was a clone
shareShould've been more specific, I meant the real kid. I'll edit my OP.
shareNo, I am talking about the "surface" kid if that's what you were referring to. The one that had a family. There are a lot of theories out there that he was actually a clone switched out the previous year. He had been replaced with help by the original (weird voice mom.) That would be why he didn't talk a lot. He also didn't know how to do a magic trick he once knew how to do and when he makes a comment in the car his family asks "where did you learn that" and he doesn't have an answer. There's some other parts to the theory, but yeah it's out there and something to consider.
shareJason was NOT a clone. He was NOT switched. He spoke English perfectly well and there is NO way he could have learned it all in just one short year, without his parents and sister recognizing that he was a mute and needed to be taught English (the way Adelaide was when she switched places with Red). You do realize that Adelaide is a clone right? Therefore, her offspring are also HALF clone. Furthermore, Pluto (Red's son) acted like an animal, crawling all over the floor. The theory is just ridiculous if you actually stop and consider it for more than 2 seconds.
shareI think it had to do something with him having some sort of mental issue. His sister had said he can't focus when they were at the beach so I imagine he had ADD or ADHD at least. I think that's why he was able to control his clone. That being said though, kids are just like that sometimes. There's plenty kids that go around with a favorite toy or stuffed animal. It might just be a comfort thing.
shareI think it was because his clone always had a mask on since his face was burnt so the surface kid always wanted the mask around him cus he “felt” he always needed it since his clone did
shareThis is actually a really good point - that Pluto, the underground kid, wore a mask due to his facial burns, and this implanted in Jason an impulse to wear a mask.
Jason is the son of a tethered, so it makes sense that his link with Pluto is more "mutual" than the one-way links the full-tethered share with their above-ground copies
It was used for two reasons to hide the fact the kid could not act and also because the kids stand in was a lot lighter skinned than the main actor. As for the story they glossed over the fact he had emotional problems and it was a security type thing for him.
sharewhat?? lol
shareDon’t do drugs, kids. Or be hateful.
shareP.S.
Thanks for the feedback over at the other board. Sounds like I’m the one who... is projecting? For calling out the snotty “cinema is dead” crowd that’s committed to criticizing all things modern and blindly trash certain mainstream films they are unwilling to give a fair chance in the first place? And if they DO give them a chance and don’t see their appeal, they go on to smugly claim we’re living in an age where talent and creativity is sorely lacking? (Oh, like ignorant humans have said for centuries.) And on top of that, they feel the need to put down the audiences that like these films? First of all, everyone that feels this way... let’s see YOU do better. Second of all, if you share these sentiments as well (I’ve noticed a pattern), then my retort absolutely goes to you.
I have seen the same ol’ ad nauseam from that other poster and know exactly where said poster is coming from, so if responding to their tired baseless criticism and making fair (impolite) assumptions about them bothers you so much (hits home perhaps), then that’s on you. Read and weep, grinches.