The Ring

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Watch the ring for teh first time last nite

strange things I dont understand

How the hell was the video made if it was back in 1978??? videos wern';t even around then

whos voice is it on the phone that says 7 days

and I totally dont get the ending!! when she burns the tape!!

why does she and the boy live???

Anyway great movie coudnt sleep last nite after it either

edit spelling must stop typing with those boxing gloves on!

[3RA1N1AC]

Originally posted by adthomp@24 June 2003 - 17:47
How the hell was the video made if it was back in 1978??? videos wern';t even around then

videotape has been available since the late 60s/early 70s. it was just too expensive in the very beginning for average people to own it. in the late 70s, it was expensive, but a lot of people did own video recorders by then.

it's samara's voice on the phone.

they lift the curse from themselves by showing the tape to someone else. not sure exactly why that works, since the "curse" is supposedly actually a virus. i guess it's just a supernatural thing that defies logic. but that is how it works.

[Z]

actually, they lift the curse by making a copy of the tape, not just by showing someone else. that is why her husband dies but her son does not, b/c she made the son make a copy.

[BigBank_Hank]

Originally posted by adthomp@25 June 2003 - 01:47
Anyway great movie coudnt sleep last nite after it either

And I didn't answer the phone

[Busyman]

Also the Ring is remake of the Jap movie Ringu (they are almost exactly alike shot for shot).
Feardot.com is a rip-off of the Ring

[Riddler]

I'm with adthomp on this one. It was scary as hell but I spent the whole friggin' time trying to understand HOW the tape got made in the first place. I know vhs tapes were around back then, but someone tell me how the images were RECORDED and by whom.

[Rip The Jacker]

How the hell was the video made if it was back in 1978??? videos wern';t even around then

3RA1N1AC answered that.

whos voice is it on the phone that says 7 days

Samara's Voice.

and I totally dont get the ending!! when she burns the tape!!
why does she and the boy live???

She burns the tape cus she gets very angry. But to lift the curse and live, you have to make a copy of the tape (cus it was said that all Samara wanted was to be heard). The mom made a copy (the one under the couch) and she made the boy make a copy, so they lived. But the other guy doesn't make a copy, and he dies.

Does this make things clearer?

[crazy_billy_bats]

Ring aka Ringu, the japanese original, is a classic and very scary too.

there was sequels out, the Ring 2 and the ring virus and shit, but they were crap.

anyone know if there is a 700mg divx of the american ring?

[3RA1N1AC]

i thought the Ringu sequels were alright-- but the thing is, they're more like detective dramas than straight horror films. they're more about exploring the Ringu legend, than scaring you.

[crazy_billy_bats]

Originally posted by 3RA1N1AC@25 June 2003 - 08:14
i thought the Ringu sequels were alright-- but the thing is, they're more like detective dramas than straight horror films. they're more about exploring the Ringu legend, than scaring you.

yeah ok they were all right, but nothing on the original or the american version.

I love the ring myth and legend - but i want to be scared more!!