Post by Pixi on Jun 21, 2005 12:11:14 GMT -5
admin said:
Nan said:
They're very sensible to show the effects of the Reavers and not the Reavers themselves. What's unseen and imagined is always scarier than what's seen. That the Survivor mutilates himself is more effective than whatever appearance the Reavers display.Good point Nan. And not only that, the whole idea of the Reavers is scary. The scariest things in movies or books arethe menaces that "could happen." Much like Jaws, or the first Halloween... shark attacks happen...insane people do enter homes and kill people. True horror comes form true circumstance. In Buffy, first season, Willow is completely shaken when the boys are all killed in the dayroom... why.. because it hit close to home. It was "real" The boogeyman had entered "normalacy" and made it a nightmare.
Hence the Reavers (which are of course a nod to the horrible redskin menace of the west ) are scary becasue of their humanity. We understand them, the situation, and it "could happen."
Vlad
Good point. And interesting about redskins/west - I so never thought of that.
You know - to me, it just all went to horror story place. I get that these Reavers were once people and I agree that things that could happen are so, so scary.
But it still took me to a scary Alien visual. It also reminded me of a great Star trek novel where there were bands of space creatures who bushwacked ships, came aboard by trickery and then cracked open the brains of the passengers/crew, ate them and suddenly that person was now part of the alien.
The alien could access that person's memories and that person knew they had been killed, eaten and become part of the alien.
Seriously scary and I know I'll think of the title sometime tonight.
But very good points Vlad.