On Apr 1, 9:54 am, "Franklin Hummel" <hum...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "IsaacKuo" <mech...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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spoilers for The Mist movie
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> > I just realized a bizarre possibility. Mist wouldn't clear away
> > like that unless it was being pushed away by something else.
> > So, what if the Arrowhead project doorway to the mist world
> > were closed, but the doorway were redirected to an even nastier
> > world? This even more horrific dimension is now spilling into
> > the world, pushing away the mist (possibly including airborne
> > toxins and/or disease, based on the equipment of the
> > soldiers).
> As I said, I really wanted an *End-of-the-World* store, but at the
> same time, the doorway might have been redirected to a dimension of
> large butterflies and daisys.
A world infested by viscious Mothras and Trifids wouldn't be
a picnic either.
> > Okay, okay, let's put aside that idle speculation. It does make
> > for an interesting excuse for evacuating the civilians away from
> > the town, though.
> Well, see above. No power, no water, buildings weakened by
> earthquakes, and maybe lots of dead bodies around, but I'll say this
> for the Mist monsters -- they didn't waste food!
Sure, but where are they evacuating to? I'd rather set up
refugee camps where there isn't mist, and where apparently
helicopters can fly around (obviously not practical within
the mist).
> > This assumes, of course, that the monsters can't see through
> > glass. This seems to be consistent with what we see in the
> > movie. My guess while watching the movie was that the
> > monsters see thermal wavelengths or something like that--they
> > can see through the mist that obscures visible wavelengths in
> > their world, but can't see through glass.
> Well, that seems somewhat reasonable within the movie, but it does
> seems really strange they could not *see* through glass.
Why, exactly? Glass isn't transparent to all wavelengths
of light. We use glass because it's transparent to
visible light (visible to us). But it's opaque to thermal
infrared. In the mist dimension, visible light wavelengths
are almost useless--you can't see very far through the
mist. It's logical that they'd use different wavelengths
of light for vision, wavelengths that could penetrate the
mist.
> Also, in the novella while it isn't stated as definet, the Mist
> creatures use *smell* to locate their prey. That is why they bypass
> the people in the supermarket and once they get in the car.
That makes sense also, although smell isn't precise
enough to shoot spidersilk with.
> If they were using infer-red vision, that women going hope to her
> kids *still* would have been prime meat for them.
Glass windows are opaque to thermal infrared.
> I guess, for me, a too way-over-the-top ending, done to be cruel and
> not too logical given all the other events in the film. The military
> appearing *just then* was too much a gimmick. It truly felt fake to
> me.
It was indeed excessively convenient, and it didn't make any
sense for them to not wait longer before ending it all. If they
were desperately suffering from hunger or thirst, that'd be one
thing. But as it was, they were still holed up in a cozy little
safety zone. Sure, it was a wee bit smaller than the
supermarket, but it was something.
But then, I don't buy into the whole idea of being so horrified
as to consider suicide. Well, I know that happens to some
people, but I just don't think it would happen to most people.
Suicidal over feelings of guilt and/or loss? Sure. But just
out of horror? No, I don't buy it.
And yes, I know the main character just lost his wife. But
this is more than counteracted by the fact that he still had
his son.
Isaac Kuo
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