Comments on: Review: The Signal

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:15:26 +0000

The differing symptoms of madness were a welcome touch, I’ll agree. The most impressive integration of it all was the first chunk of Transmission 2; How each person shifted in and out of reality. That worked…at first, but then they never developed that specific tool of dementia. Instead it just became a more real time ‘it was all a dream!’ gimmick that allowed for some reversible horror, which is a gimmick I don’t care for. I am no fan of off’ing a character for audience shock, only to have reality back track 20 seconds after the shock wears off.

Granted, THE SIGNAL, had more of an excuse to do so, but they took that license of reality perception and only took a jog with it, instead of jumping in a rocket car and shooting off with it.

Bummer to hear DIARY was crap; it never even came anywhere near me.

By: R.J. Sayer

R.J. Sayer — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:24:18 +0000

it kicked the shit out of the limp and juvenile DIARY OF THE DEAD… that much is for damn sure.

By: R.J. Sayer

R.J. Sayer — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:23:03 +0000

wow.

couldn’t disagree more.

i personally felt that the sparring inconsistencies between “transmissions” made the whole thing creepier, accentuating the apocalyptic themes of the whole.

i also really, REALLY enjoyed the fact that each individual character demonstrated different symptoms of the “infection” according to their own traits.

hell of a lot more interesting than blanket insanity and the like.

By: Walrus

Walrus — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:52:24 +0000

Don’t forget 2 of the 7 walked into it, say 1/3 of the way in, seemingly like they were just wandering in from another movie. Then they didn’t stay longer than 10-20 minutes, and then left instead of finishing the free movie.