Ending? - The Whisperer in Darkness (2011) Discussion

[–] bastasch8647 12 years ago

Just a guess

SPOILERS

The crabs rescue Wilmarth from the crash, put his brain in a canister, and enslave him by that torture dial that killed the other brain. Wilmarth has the Mi-Go's "gun" to his head and will say anything they tell him to say.

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[–] aorduna 12 years ago

Afther poor Wilmarth had been mercifully rescued by the wise ones, he has finally allowed himself to see the truth, for there is no reason to fear, but rejoice in the glory of the external ones. Iä Kokopelli, Iä shub niggurath the black goat of the woods with a thousand young.

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[–] BarneyRubbleNLittleChina 9 years ago

I agree. This was THE best documentary I have ever seen.

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[–] tomaszkordel 9 years ago

lol you`rte funny ;) Iä Iä Cthulhu cthulhu fhtagn

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[–] Raimar_Lunardi 10 years ago

I see 3 scenarios:

They brainwashed him to believe that.
They really take him to places (other planets, etc).
They make him say that becaus they can kill and make him suffer...

Either way, he is a slave, bodyless, and the aliens are not very kind, they killed that one just for talking back... so... do you understand?

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[–] TheSolarSailor 10 years ago

They brainwashed him to believe that.

Well, there is no real indication anywhere in the film that these things actually brainwash the disembodied minds, nor would there be reason to brainwash them once they are in a canister. The man Wilmer spoke with via the device earlier in the film did not seem brainwashed at all, hence why he argued with Mr. Noyes and then was killed. Akeley wasn't brainwashed either. This scenario is highly unlikely.

They really take him to places (other planets, etc).

The film depicts the Mi-go as invaders who will stop at nothing to populate the Earth. The film shows them to be cruel and to be liars, so I can't accept that they'd deliver on the promises of great knowledge and intergalactic secrets. This scenario is highly unlikely.

They make him say that because they can kill and make him suffer...

Well, who would he say this to? There is no one else who knows. Therefore, I find this scenario highly unlikely too.

The problem is that the ending is just dumb, a silly idea that was trying too hard to throw one twist too many at the viewer. Nothing in the film supports the notion that the ending reveals. It's a classic Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes surprise ending, thrown in not because it makes a lick of sense, but just to be a surprise twist! As a standalone film, it isn't a bad homage to old sci-fi B films. It was pretty well-made, well-acted, engaging, and suspenseful. I was just really surprised by just HOW MUCH they added to the Lovecraft tale, and ultimately at what cost. Lovecraft leaves us wondering about the real intentions of the Mi-Go as the story ends. There is definitely some manipulative conjuring on their behalf as they seek to get back the notes, photos, and such from Wilmarth (but maybe it is a genuine desire to remain hidden), and they are deceptive regarding Akeley (but maybe in an effort to avoid shocking him before he is ready). But they are never shown to truly be a threat. It is open to interpretation, as they can be seen as a race who truly does have a great wealth of knowledge to offer, or they can be viewed as something of dubious design that can't be trusted. The film goes out of the way to make sure we know they are evil and showcases cruel actions and even outright dictator-styled murder, then it tries to suddenly apply Lovecraft's flip side of the coin that they aren't really evil at all. It just doesn't work.

I can forgive the added content, as the story as told through letters would be pretty hard to film. But at the same time, I think they went too far with their new content to a point of abandoning what makes the original story resonate so deeply to begin with. It's just too obvious that the Mi-Go are evil, and the ending was just a silly contradictory notion that seemed more like an attempt to pay homage to The Outer Limits.

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Whose idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have an "S" in it?

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[–] Raimar_Lunardi 10 years ago

I SHARE your opinion TheSolarSailor, the scenarios I was talking about was about the film only, not taking the lovecrafts original story...

As the movie goes, they show too much, talk too much about things that were ment to be doubtful...

Still, I liked the movie, the original story is better but I think is an unfilmable, by tecnical means unfilmable...

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[–] xellos49698 7 years ago

The ending didn't make any sense. Putting aside the bad special effect, which I understand a low budget movie has to do.

1st, Once the alien invaders landed on the wing of the plane they could have crash it at any time.

2nd, Saying they want the professor alive, why did they decide to kill the girl? They could have taken control of her brain, just as easily as they did with him. After all, they stop him from crashing the plane into the ritual site.

3rd, Since the ritual site was still there, why wouldn't the aliens just attempt to do the ritual again in a few months? Why have the professor marry and stick his brain into the machine?

4th, If there mind control is so powerful, why didn't they just mind **** the professor when he first shows up? Did they really believe he would join them willingly when the professor spent so much time looking into expose the aliens as real?

5th, The aliens could have read his mind any time to see how he felt about them, and also more importantly where the professor was. If you suddenly state the aliens had to see the professor to do this, then why didn't they read the little girls thoughts.

I could keep going on with this all night. To be frank, the aliens abilities seem to jump from godlike to mortal in a blink of an eye.

Killing there loyal followers made perfect sense too.j/k

After all, why go after the professor; who threw an rock into there magic portal and ruined there ritual. The aliens only missed out on conquering the world and summoning there people to Earth. No let kill all the human helping us evil aliens, so we can start all over again, with a professor who hates our guts.

This movie disappointed me, it had tremendous potential... it's just go too many glaring issues in the script.

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[–] alpha128 7 years ago

why did they decide to kill the girl? - xellos49698

Remember that Hannah Masterson had just thrown a fire extinguisher at one of the Mi-Go.

So that scene reminded me of the following quote from The Untouchables (1987):

Malone: You wanna know how to get Capone? They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. *That's* the *Chicago* way! And that's how you get Capone.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094226/quotes

So there you have it. They hit one of yours with a fire extinguisher, you drop one of theirs from three thousand feet. *That's* the *Yuggoth* way!

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