Why is it called John Dies at the End?
The 2012 adaptation of David Wong's "John Dies at the End" ends without John dying at the end at all. While the core of the film espouses the belief that time is not linear, the word "end" suggests there is a beginning and an end to things.
Why is the movie called John Dies at the End?
Best Answer
"John dies at the end" initially was a web novel series by Jason Pargin (aka David Wong), one of the editors of cracked.com. This also is the reason why the book is somewhat episodic at times: It was not written and published at once, but one part after another.
Pargin later got a book contract for the story and it was published under the same title, which then finally was filmed into said movie.
So one likely explanation is that when the web series started under the title "John dies at the end", Wong/Pargin may have planned to actually kill him off and simply ditched the idea while the story developed.
An equally likely possibility is that the title is merely a joke. It certainly fits with the book's overall humor and also acts as a great tool to intrigue a possible reader and keep the tension up while reading ("Will John actually die?").
Major spoiler for people who haven't read the book (Not joking! Read the book first, it's great):
The title also cleverly subverts the reader's expectation in the book, because ultimately it is revealed that David is the one who dies. Unfortunately this twist does not make it into the movie.
One last view one could have on the matter is that, because the story explains time as a nonlinear construct (users of the "soy sauce" drift through time), John might actually be dead at 'the end', wherever or whenever that may be.
Robert Marley: Time is an ocean, not a garden hose. Space is a puff of smoke, a wisp of cloud. Your mind... is a flying corn snake hovering through all the possibilities.
However personally I don't find this to be a very good explanation for the title. I prefer to think of it simply as a clever and funny way to name your book/movie and the title is what actually got my attention and make me watch the movie.
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What is John dies at the end based on?
John Dies at the End is a 2012 American comedy horror film written and directed by Don Coscarelli and based on David Wong's novel of the same name.What happens at the end of John dies at the end?
John Dies at the End(2012)John and David actually live through the end and destroy (or maim) Korrok. Arnie turns out to actually be dead, and can't tell their story. John and David still possess the power to travel to other dimensions, though they aren't always particularly helpful to the beings they find there.Is John dies at the end a series?
John Dies at the End2007This Book Is Full of Spiders2012What the Hell Did I Just Read2017If This Book Exists, You\x27re in the Wrong Universe: A Novel2022Does John dies at the end have a sequel?
The book was followed by two sequels, This Book Is Full of Spiders in 2012 and What The Hell Did I Just Read in 2017. A film adaptation by Don Coscarelli was released in 2012. The fourth book in the series, If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe, is scheduled to be released in fall 2022.John Dies at the End (2011) Movie Trailer
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Answer 2
Here's a link to the film and the book
In the film it's implied that John and Dave will not be coming back from their last mission.
The book ends on a similar note.
However, John is in the sequel which is called This Book is Full of Spiders: Seriously Dude, Don't Touch It.
Finally, the genre of the story is billed as horror-comedy-parody so I guess the author is just messing with us by keeping John's status ambiguous and surreal.
I'm leaning towards the title just being ironic
Answer 3
The book repeatedly notes that being mortal, in the end, we all die. Duh. The last chapter is the message: carpe diem.
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