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WJK said: *For instance, what's up with the mental powers? I mean, sure, they got it from going into that pool back in 1966, but what purpose does it serve?*
At first, I thought it had to do with a military application, and maybe it does, but I eventually figured that Arboria was just trying to create some type of super being connected to its spirituality or some such crazy thing.

WJK said: *Why is it that the girl was put into the pool,
She wasn't, I don't think. I'm pretty sure she was the daughter of Nyle and that one other girl in the 1966 scene. She just inherited her powers.*

WJK said: * and whatever happened to Arboria? Was he the mummified man in that random room?*
I think we just leave out Arboria as he's whacked out on drugs. Maybe he overdosed or something, but I don't think it's that big a deal. The mummified man is credited as "Mutant" in the credits, and he's played by a different guy, so I figure he's just some discarded experiment.

WJK said: *What is the Black Rainbow?*
My working theory while watching it was that it was the pyramid device that inhibited psychic powers. After Nyle said it in a quote, though, I'm not really sure.

WJK said: *What was with the voices Barry heard in his head?*
Not sure about that either.

WJK said: *What was the purpose of all these secondary characters? The employee, the caretaker, the two guys out in the wild, they realistically serve no purpose and all end up dying anyway.*
I think their purpose is really just to die. The employee dies to illustrate what Elena (the girl) can do with her powers, the caretaker (who it says on the internet is Nyle's wife, but I didn't really gather that) dies to show what Nyle's become, and, according to an interview, those two metal heads just die because the director felt like putting a cliche horror movie scene like that into his movie.

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"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part.

"There's a cello in your house now."

I should've seen this already.
I downloaded as soon as I saw WJK said he was watching it.
But everytime I get a moment alot, my life comes barging in on me.

Dammit life! Chill!
A new girlfriend, a new job! back the hell up.
I need to watch a movie!

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Make her watch it with you.


She might break up with you, though, and then you can start watching more movies

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She's actually really cool about movies.
She loves 2001, A Clockwork Orange, Drive, and is willing to give the UC of Watchmen a shot.

=)

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Sentionaut:

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"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part.

"There's a cello in your house now."

^I still don't understand the purpose of those.

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They're like sentinels or guards, I guess.

The real reason they exist, though, is probably two-fold.

1) Dr. Arboria is fucking insane.

and 2) Cosmatos thought they were cool and just wanted to put more insane stuff in his movie.

I really like them myself.

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"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part.

"There's a cello in your house now."

Obviously I do too...
*stares at my picture*

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Eh, I think they're more along the lines of failed experiments, I mean they have a fuckin' baby's head on an adult's body for Christ's sake!

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Yeah, I'd probably put that under the first category.

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"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part.

"There's a cello in your house now."

Fantastic review and analysis of the film.

http://www.chud.com/68457/beyond-the-black-rainbow/

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"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part.

"There's a cello in your house now."

A very stylish little movie. Style over substance? Only if you read it in terms of current lame-o Hollywood dictums of attention span and pace.
Still, dropped the ball badly in the last 15 minutes with some cheap laughs and cop-out yuk-yuks. Edit out the whole stoners-in-the-corn sequence, and the stupid death scene, and you have the evil doc driving around looking for the girl and not finding her, and her walking towards the suburban houses and 'normalcy'. Fixed!

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...evidently chicken-town.

Exactly. The movie had tons of substance and I'm surprised more people don't see that.

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"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part.

"There's a cello in your house now."

The movie finally gets a DVD release for September Eleventh as well as special feature details.

http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/m ... rtment-143

I'll definitely be buying it as soon as possible.

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"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part.

"There's a cello in your house now."

ill have to rewatch this

it just felt like enter the void, too experimenty and not direct enough, y'know?

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I thought that was part of the charm.
there was an eerieness oozing from its ambiguity.

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Interesting podcast episode discussing Beyond the Black Rainbow at length.

http://mutantville.com/blog/mvp-mutant- ... ck-rainbow

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"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part.

"There's a cello in your house now."

It's on netflix instant now.
Bout to watch that shit.

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Oh, really? Is it like DVD or Blu-ray quality?

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"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part.

"There's a cello in your house now."