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Post by Orange on Dec 25, 2010 3:37:50 GMT -5
For those that may not know, MarbleHornets just recently put up Entry #30
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Dec 26, 2010 10:58:23 GMT -5
A'right, I watched most of the everymanHYBRID videos, and I love it as much as Marble Hornets.
Here's the thing, as far as sheer terror goes, Marble Hornets is, in my opinion, better. It does a more efficient job of making you feel like YOU may be threatened as well and to generally make things look very creepy and thrilling, and messing with the viewer's head.
However, as far as storytelling goes, I think everymanHYBRID is better. I love how they often go very subtly about it, showing Slendy just for a fraction of a second, for a short enough time that you could miss him if you blink at the wrong moment. This makes it particularly creepy, and makes the less subtle moments when Slender Man actually shows up before the characters and other crazy stuff happens all the more striking. I also loved the idea of having the characters admit that they put up a fake Slender Man in their vids... at first. There also a lot of cool details like the door to an abandoned house's basement leading to... an urban street by night?! But in my opinion, what makes this story is that there are a lot of things that makes no sense or just seem random at first which eventually make sense once you discover new elements of the story (not to mention not all videos are in chronological order), and you often wish they still didn't make sense.
So if you want to discover the Slender Man and don't know which one to choose, keep in mind that Marble Hornets is more atmosphere-driven and has a Ringu/Blair Witch feel to it, whereas everymanHYBRID is more story and characters-driven and has more of a Silent Hill feel (they even pick up notes and have to solve riddles to figure out where to go and stuff like that ;D).
Also, anyone else thinks everymanHYBRID would make a kick-ass video game?
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Post by Predator McBroski on Dec 26, 2010 14:27:14 GMT -5
When I fear that Slenderman is going to bag my intestines, I just think of him doing everyday things, like walking his dog, and watching movies with the Missus. PS: Splendorman
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Post by HMARK Center on Dec 26, 2010 15:20:43 GMT -5
EverymanHYBRID is ok, but it's more of an ARG; it's less terror oriented, more game-driven. They have stuff where people watching/reading along get to interact and participate and whatnot, and I can understand why some people like that. I keep tabs on it casually, but I think Marble Hornets, and recently TribeTwelve, have got it beat for sheer creepiness and what have you.
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Post by BoilerRoomBrawler on Dec 26, 2010 17:13:21 GMT -5
Okay, Splendorman got a chuckle out of me.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Dec 27, 2010 4:35:19 GMT -5
Okay, Splendorman got a chuckle out of me. As far as Slender Man parodies go, I'll take that over "gimme 20 dollars" any day of the year.
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Post by Orange on Dec 27, 2010 4:36:43 GMT -5
Where did the "gimme 20 dollars" thing come from btw? I've seen it referenced in Slenderman video comments (pretty much every one outside of the disabled Marble Hornets videos) but I don't know what it is
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