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Post by Oneiros on Jul 14, 2016 8:54:23 GMT
A straightforward, standalone tale from the Archives as folks try to go about their regular business. Nothing untoward here, right? Just the ramblings of a tired old man, keenly feeling the loss of his family and company. Of course it is. Nothing to get in a twist over, other than a sad indictment of the loneliness the elderly often face. I wonder, though, if there are enough breadcrumbs to go looking for a possible statement from Marcus. Just to make sure, of course... (I wonder, if in keeping with the music thread, I should have called this one 'Show me the meaning of being lonely'  ) |
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Post by spooniermist on Jul 14, 2016 9:05:01 GMT
Write up on the wiki: the-magnus-archives.wikia.com/wiki/MAG_27:_A_Sturdy_LockPersonally, I thought this was a little underwhelming. Sorry Jonny, if you read this. Just felt like nothing happened and there was no escalation. All of my favourite ones (Lost John's Cave, Do Not Open, The Piper,... and loads of others now I look at it!) started off fairly innocuously and got creepier and more unsettling with a big twist at the end, or something that changes your perception of the story, like Schwartzwald with the realisation that it was involving Gerard Kaey's (Keay's?) ancestors. If we hear Marcus' story it might bring it all to light, however. I don't want to sound overly critical, I know each episode can't be a rollercoaster, but this felt too much like filler for me. |
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Post by Coil on Jul 15, 2016 14:42:28 GMT
(I wonder, if in keeping with the music thread, I should have called this one 'Show me the meaning of being lonely' ) Haha! I implore you to make up a backstreet boys pun for next week's episode. On the episode, it's an interesting one... On the one hand, it's rather mundane and more sad than it is scary, but I'm not sure that I trust that... MAG 8 seemed to be the result of incipient schizophrenia until MAG 19 and 20 made it clear that something more sinister was at play. Also, this episode shows a softer Jonathan. He usually takes every given opportunity to dismiss a statement, but here he really wants to take it at face value (even though there are loads of reasons that it could be cast aside). Is he becoming more sensitive, or have recent events made him doubt his own scepticism? He explains that he feels sympathetic for Paul, but plenty of other statements have been given by people who have just suffered the death of a loved one or similar and he never seems overly concerned about their feelings. We are also give an interesting cliffhanger regarding the bedroom door... Has the door been changed, or was Paul just delusional? |
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Post by Kate on Jul 24, 2016 21:35:23 GMT
Personally, I thought this was a little underwhelming. Sorry Jonny, if you read this. Just felt like nothing happened and there was no escalation. All of my favourite ones (Lost John's Cave, Do Not Open, The Piper,... and loads of others now I look at it!) started off fairly innocuously and got creepier and more unsettling with a big twist at the end, or something that changes your perception of the story, like Schwartzwald with the realisation that it was involving Gerard Kaey's (Keay's?) ancestors. If we hear Marcus' story it might bring it all to light, however. I don't want to sound overly critical, I know each episode can't be a rollercoaster, but this felt too much like filler for me. I'd have to agree, here. The real fear is the absolute isolation of the frail, the elderly and the socially lost. And a short snippet of a story just does not do justice to that. Whether that snippet uses actual monstrous incursion as metaphor or hallucination or as a tie-in to another's tale, it does not convey the blood-colding sense of loneliness that lies at the heart of the isolated experience. No monster, no horror can compare to what humans can imagine for themselves, and isolation makes the imagination very, very over-active. It turns back on itself, on its maker, and like Ouroboros eating its own tail, it feeds off itself. That is really scary. This time the story didn't quite hit that point of truth, a true terror. |
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Post by archangel1313 on Oct 15, 2016 4:48:47 GMT
Recently watched the 2010 version of 'Whistle and I'll come to you' with John Hurt, and found some similar scenes. I wonder if it was an inspiration for this episode.
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