Saw’s Hoffman Was A Bad Replacement For Puzzle (Who Should’ve Been)
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Hoffman took over as Jigsaw in the Saw films, but turned out to be a poor replacement, while another John Kramer apprentice would have been much better.
Hoffman was the original successor to John Kramer’s puzzle al saw franchise, but that role should have been filled by another character. saw It shouldn’t spawn a sequel, and if it had, creators James Wan and Leigh Whannell probably wouldn’t have given that it made the character terminally ill. Puzzler Tobin Bell constructed death traps designed to test his victim’s will to live and resistance to pain, but by the end of Sierra III, killed himself. His replacement was revealed to be Detective Hoffman (Costas Mandylor), a secret apprentice who acted as the main villain of Serres IV a VII.
While Kramer still appeared in flashbacks later saw films, his absence was greatly felt. It didn’t help that Hoffman was a boring character. He didn’t have the emotion or pathos of Kramer, and aside from apparently enjoying the pain he inflicted, there was little reason to continue in the Jigsaw mantle. If the series it had to continue beyond Kramer’s demise, he should have made Amanda (Shawnee Smith) the new Jigsaw. Despite her love for John, she was shown to be conflicted when testing victims, feeling that they all deserved to die. This would have created a more interesting dynamic going forward.
Saw’s Amanda might have been a rare female slasher icon
Sava III instead, he killed both John and Amanda, with the twist revealing that Bell’s John Kramer had been secretly testing his willingness to spare his subjects. With Hoffman, the saw The series basically had to start over and try to add layers to a villain that didn’t have that many. His recruitment by Kramer paid off Saw V’s more compelling subplot, but was given no real development beyond that. Having Amanda inherit the mantle of Jigsaw would have required a rewrite of the third film, but it would have been to the franchise’s benefit.
After appearing briefly in the original film as one of Jigsaw’s surviving victims, the next two saw the exits built amanda’s role. The strangely warm paternal relationship he built with John was rich dramatic material Sava III too. If I had continued it Savia IV, seeing her struggle with her own sense of justice while designing Jigsaw traps and trying to honor John’s legacy would have made for a more compelling narrative. Hoffman’s late filing hurt the latter sawsthough not only would Amanda have made a natural fit, becoming Jigsaw would have made her an all-too-rare female slasher icon.
Hoffman’s Unsolved Fate
Savia VII saw Hoffman on the run after being exposed as the new Jigsaw and practically becoming the Terminator in the process. It met its end when Dr. Cary Elwes’ Gordon, also revealed to be Kramer’s secret apprentice, locked him in the original’s bathroom. saw, leaving no possibility of escape. Although the character presumably starved to death, his fate was not confirmed in any of 2017. Puzzle or spiral. That means there’s a small chance Hoffman survived. With Bell returning for saw Xmaybe the sequel will also reveal that Hoffman is still alive, as he at least deserved a more dramatic ending.
