Jason X sent the Friday the 13th series to space because what else was there to do?
The Simpsons went to space, even Friday the 13th, one of the most improbably enduring franchises in movie history, had to go to space at some point. Where else could he go? He'd already taken Manhattan, after all. Thus, 19 years ago, on April 26, 2002, the Friday the 13th franchise sent Jason Voorhees some 455 years into the future with Jason X. I mean, why not, right? As the poster put it: "Evil gets an upgrade." Why was it a big deal at the time? Once New Line Cinema bought the franchise in the late '90s, its thought was that Jason Voorhees had to end up in space because, seriously, there...
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