| Registered: May 5, 2008 |  Posts: 5 |
| | Posted: | | | | Who bought this on blu-ray and if so, who had problems even seeing any remotely dark scenes? This film is so dark it's almost a joke  |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | | This was talked about somewhat recently but the Search failed me with "Requiem". Basically, the gist of it was to hide the fact how fake the costumes looked.  |
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| Registered: May 1, 2008 | | Posts: 503 |
| | Posted: | | | | I heard it was to disguise how hammy the acting was... pity it didn't work.  | | | DVD
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 585 |
| | Posted: | | | | Ya, I'm fairly certain it was intentional. Same as the Dr. I think I read somewhere, either an interview or it might even be mentioned in one of the Special Features, that the darkness during some scenes was to hide how crappy the "guy in the suit" actually looked. I think they may have also been trying to imitate some of the original movie where you never really get a good look at the Alien and how that amped up the tension. But I think they may have forgotten that by this point we all have a pretty idea what both of the aliens look like and hiding them doesn't make it any scarier. | | | "Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men" - Douglas Bader
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | Yea, this was discussed before. If you watch the featurettes, you will find that it was a choice made by the director. If I remember correctly, it was to build suspense. They felt it would be better if you couldn't see the aliens clearly.
In my opinion, it was a bad choice. For me, it was so obvious that it was a distraction. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
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