Board Thread:Movie discussions/@comment-252417-20190205141753/@comment-1894786-20190209201634

Yellowlightning1996 wrote: Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: Laughingcow6 wrote:

And that's ignoring the plotholes, bad characterizations, and general WTF. Hell, we didn't even get a real 13th ghost (who we see Vincent capture in the opening yet was apparently....Not real?). The 13th Ghost from the beginning of the movie was the real Asmodeus, and he was released with the other ghosts during the original show. But the Asmodeus in the present is simply Mortifer in disguise, so Asmodeus is still out there, especially since Velma made up the story about Asamad redeeming himself by protecting Vincent.

Also, if Asamad was the original ghost captured in the chest, why was the chest imprisoned in Solomon's Tomb, which dates it to well over 2,000 years ago? Paintings and portraits as we know them today have only been around like what, 1200 years, so how is there a portrait of Asamad and why does his garb look vaguely Middle Ages or more recent, dating him at least around 1000 years old? And Asamad was shown with the Chest of Demons before being imprisoned in it, so did he create it? Was it just an ordinary box? So many unanswered questions and inconsistences concerning this reveal. The only King Solomon I know is from the Bible and I'm a Christian, so I hope this movie didn't poke fun in it. Also you're right, so many "unanswered questions." It's definitely the Biblical Solomon, but that doesn't mean they're poking fun at religion. Just like them using Cleopatra's ghost as a villain didn't mean they were mocking Ancient Egyptian culture.

Also, I vaguely remember watching or reading something years ago that claimed that Solomon's tomb was home to various imprisoned demons (Sleepy Hollow, maybe?), so they're just taking a legend and tying it into their own lore.