"The Ring" Spoiler Discussion American version

I heard Salton Sea was awesome. I need to get one more plug in for Donnie Darko while I'm here though. Ahem... "Go buy Donnie Darko! It's brilliant!" Ok, now that that's out of the way...


Bio, I like your explanation for the distortion.

As far as Samras/Sadakos origin, there is a whole movie (in Japan) that deal with that called Ringu 0. I own the VCD, but haven't had a chance to watch it yet. Whether or not they adhere to that in the US is anyones guess, but Naomi Watts is contractually obligated to star in a sequel if they decide to make one.

Yeah, weird stuff was happening before she died, certainly, but everyone involved with this project has always decribed it as a "ghost story" and I agree with them. Of course, the only reason her ghost has such power is because she had some sort of "power" when she was alive. Why she had that power, who the specialist was, etc. Those are questions to be answered in the sequel. This movie was the story of Rachel and Aidan, more so than it was the story of Samara and the Morgans. I sure hope they show us Samaras story in the future though.

As far as her showing more to Aidan, I don't know that there was too much evidence to support that, as it seems Katie (his cousin) was shown things also, as evidenced by her sketchbook, but if he did indeed see more, perhaps it was because he has a lot more, should I say, "leisure time". As soon as Rachel found out was going on, she went right to trying to fix it, and didn't just chill out at all. She was always somewhere researching or something.

I will see the Japanese version first, then see the American version.

Nemesis, I made that mistake. You should see the US version first. Unless you have access to a high quality DVD version of the Japanese one, I think the experience will be watered down for you. My biggest dissapointment going into the US version was that I already knew what was gonna happen, since the plot is almost exactly the same. The ending would have had much greater impact on me if I didn't already know it was coming. Plus, I think the US version is superior in every way except for the jarring way that they cut out of the action during the ending.

And, what the fuck are you doing in this thread if you haven't seen the movie. It says explicity not to come in here if you don't want shit spoiled for you.

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Originally posted by Korly
Nemesis, I made that mistake. You should see the US version first. Unless you have access to a high quality DVD version of the Japanese one, I think the experience will be watered down for you. My biggest dissapointment going into the US version was that I already knew what was gonna happen, since the plot is almost exactly the same. The ending would have had much greater impact on me if I didn't already know it was coming. Plus, I think the US version is superior in every way except for the jarring way that they cut out of the action during the ending.

And, what the fuck are you doing in this thread if you haven't seen the movie. It says explicity not to come in here if you don't want shit spoiled for you.

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:rolleyes: I'm don't care:rolleyes:

I'm don't care about what? Ruining the movie? Then, if you already know the ending, why do you want to see the movie?

Before he dies, he's going to choke on a dick.

:lol:

Now back to the movie.

We finally saw US version today, and liked it. I didnt find it to be very scary though. Creepy - Yes, but not scary. I havent watched the original Japanese version yet, so I cant comment on that one.

Films ideas were interesting ones, and I agree that Samara had a certain powers since birth, and those powers were affecting people living on the island, as mentioned by the island doctor. They also had a very bad effect on Samara's surroundings(Anna going crazy, Horses killing themselves), and at the end caused Anna to murder her.

Phone ring was an early message that would notify of your upcoming demise, but even if you wouldnt answer it, you would still die(case with Noah). I think Samaras father was still affected by visions, after her death, anf tried to cover up the fact, hoping that it would cause nightmares to go away, but it didnt stop Samara from creating Ghostly tape.

But were there other deaths prior to the hight school kids, who watched the tape? Was it the First appearence of the tape, or other people died before, after watching it? Since there were quite some time passed since Samara's death(I assume about 15-20 years), why would she waited that long to start killings now? Or she did it before, but there are no documented evidence of it?

As for only way to survive the curse is to make the copy of the tape, and pass it one to someone else to watch. That brings the question - What if the person who gets the tape from, for example Aidan, will make a copy in 7 days she/he have and passes it to the next receipient, and next person does the same? Repeat the process needed number of times, would that mean that they all would survive the curse, and Samara wont kill any of them? Granted, until the last person who will see it.

Also, Every time Samara came out from the tv, it was a big, or medium sized screen. What if the person only had a small 20 inch or less screen. Does that mean she would be able to squeze through, or get stuck, or become smaller?

This thread illustrates the one aspect of the movie I didn't like: the loose plot points. Everyone here has all these questions because the film makers were too fucking lazy to tie up the plot at the end. It's like MGS2:The Movie. Other than that, though, I liked it. Oh yeah:the ending was a little bit weak. All you have to do is make a copy of the tape and you don't get killed? That's fucking retarded. It really doesn't bring the story to any kind of conclusion...the girl is still going out and killing the people that watch the tape. I wish they had reached some conclusion with Samora. Here's my main question: why was it so bad to help Samora?

Well, They really didnt explained why it was bad, to find Samara's body. Based on the facts, we can assume, that it will somehow give her ghost more freedom, since she wont be trapped in the well anymore. Other than that, she would continue killing people who watched the tape, so the burrial of the body, wont change the outcome.

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Originally posted by Sidez

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That's from the Biohazard Online thread