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Conventionally unsettling when necessary (the "I saw her face." scare is still surprising, and it chills the blood), but the main tension is found in the attachment to what we watch, and how the screens of entertainment and information soon become the primary viewing devices of our lives. The Ring is precedent in that it's essentially about individuals influenced by the images and messages they consume, thus revealing the analog stimuli they're being fed and causing a final stand…

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Setting: Marvel Board Meeting

Kevin: "And then I said, we already put in 3 end-credits scenes, how about 2 more?!?"

*eruptive laughter*

Marvel Exec #2: "You're such a card, Kevin."

Kevin: "These movies don't make themselves!"

Marvel Exec #3: "Well I mean they kinda do. That's why we installed that conveyer belt in northern Idaho and everything."

Kevin: "You got me there!"

*Meeting Room door opens*

Kevin: "Well look who it is, our crazy director intern, come in James."…