so i finally watched 2007's ghost rider...
i have a question that i was hung up on for the entire movie - why did the devil kill johnnys dad? how did that make any sense?
johnny sells his soul to save him dad > devil saves him then immediately kills him > devil waits 20 years and tells johnny to deliver the contract > johnny screws over the devil by not delivering the contract and keeps the rider curse instead
wouldnt it have been way more effective to just let johnny have a gf and another 20 years with his dad, that way when the devil tells johnny to get the contract and be rid of the curse johnny just does it? he'd have more incentive because 1. he actually would owe him, and 2. he could get rid of the curse and freely live a normal life with his family?
all it would take is "hey remember how i saved your dads life? you still owe me, go get me this contract real quick and we're even" and i feel like theres a wayyyy better chance johnny would do it
idk how screwing over johnny and killing his dad would NOT come back to bite him in the ass later, which it did, especially after another rider already got the contract and refused to hand it over
am i missing something or is the devil just a moron who does evil things just to be evil even if it's strategically moronic?