Even though Jason is more popular, I still think he's inferior to the original Myers. Early Jason was mostly cardboard, and later Jason was either a zombie or a machine. And he had physical stature like with Kane Hodder.
Myers was just this guy with medium build but had supernatural strength. He was human, but mostly an animal. I think they were also going for the boogeyman, though I prefer the idea of him being kind of this silhouette.
Edit: Carpenter's idea of including a dog Michael had just eaten really hit that home.