Marty Palmer, from 976-EVIL

I was just thinking, one of the reasons that 976-EVIL doesn't quite work is that on some level, watching it, you sort of have to expect that Marty Palmer will turn out to be the main character. He's the investigator from Modern Miracles magazine, who shows up to investigate the rain of fish, but ends up investigating the evil Mark Dark and his company that runs 976-EVIL, along with some other scam 976 numbers.

On some level, watching the movie, I think it is easy to get a little torn and confused about whose story it is, Hoax's or Marty's, or even Spike's. Hoax is a very sympathetic character, and we find ourselves on his side sometimes... as he does really yucky things to the bullies at his school, for example. But, if you think about it, Marty Palmer easily could have been the main character. He's basically an occult investigator. If the movie had focused more on him, maybe it would have been more successful? Maybe not.. the main reason most people watch the movie at all is to see Stephen Geoffreys, so, that's a factor. But, if you think about it, the Marty Palmer character probably had the most potential out of anyone in this movie. They could have built a whole film series around his investigations... or at least a TV show.

Oh well. Shouldacouldawoulda.