3. Don't Let Secondary Characters Get Too Involved In The Final Fight
Offending 'Vs' Movies: Freddy Vs Jason, Alien Vs Predator There's a 'vs' in the title for a reason: the main selling point is these two mighty figures doing battle. When an additional figure joins the fray, it can derail things a tad. Freddy Vs Jason and Alien Vs Predator are both most guilty of this by bringing their new female leads into the thick of the fight. In Alien Vs Predator, this is easier to accept: whilst seeing a human and Predator join forces might make the extra-terrestrial hunters seem a little less formidable, it had been established (particularly by the finale of Predator 2) that the creatures have a sense of honour, and respect strength wherever they see it. In any case, a human fighting side by side with a Predator was also a key element of the Dark Horse Alien Vs Predator comic from which the movie took some cues. With Freddy Vs Jason, though, it's a different story. In the final scenes, the two slasher titans are fully preoccupied in tearing each other up, giving the teens little reason to intervene, except in order to give some closure to a rather uninteresting subplot about Freddy having killed Monica Keena's mother. So it is that the film allows Keena's Lori to deal the final death blow (well, as much as it's ever final with Freddy or Jason), hacking the Springwood slasher's head off with Mr Voorhees's trusty machete. Okay, it doesn't necessarily sour the movie completely, but it's Freddy Vs Jason, not Freddy Vs Jason (And Lori). Of course, it looks like Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice will most definitely be guilty of this as well, as on the evidence of the trailers it should really be called Batman V Superman Then Batman and Superman and Wonder Woman V Lex Luthor and Doomsday, Possibly With Other Future Justice League Members Involved. But that probably wouldn't be as catchy.