Okay, people keep missing the disclaimer before the storyline segment: THE RACE IS STILL GOING TO HAPPEN. But I have delayed this Halloween storyline TWICE now and the race is going to involve a MASSIVE amount of visual effects. The Game Show Reviewer would basically have been put into crunch beyond crunch to make it happen before October, so I decided it was best to just do it out of order, finally do Round 4 like I've been wanting to do for YEARS, and we'll present the race later. The storyline playlist and the eventual compilation will have the events happen in their proper order.
@TevyaSmolka3 жыл бұрын
Okay take your time no rush
@sunnyparthos31773 жыл бұрын
Good on you man, I appreciate you not putting people on crunch time for the storyline while keeping it going! Your fans appreciate it for sure, and hey, getting progression on the Contest is great, even if we’re doing it out of order.
@Valdagast3 жыл бұрын
I mean, the Ring can hardly more horrifying than All-Star Batman and Robin.
@dragonempress83673 жыл бұрын
People ignore my end screen and forget I have other social media, so I can relate.
@mimkyodar3 жыл бұрын
You may want to pin this?
@grantmoore82283 жыл бұрын
"Seven days..." "Until what?" "Until...Until you die. Because you watched my tape. Don't you remember?" "Listen, this video is already several days overdue and isn't going up until four in the morning. I can't keep track of WHEN I watched your B-roll for my review show. Anyways, I have to fight a content ID claim right now so unless you're scarier than KZbin censorship, I'm gonna hang up now."
@dylankersten78733 жыл бұрын
I have yet to find one scarier than the KZbin copyright bot *shivers in fear*
@vwin91123 жыл бұрын
Sadako: Damn....Kayako and Bunshinsaba was right...I got to retire for real...wonder if Kayako's house got room for one more ghost.
@fisheyenomiko3 жыл бұрын
@@vwin9112 ... Ok, now I'm imagine a sit-com-like thing where Sadako and Toshio are rambunctious ghost kids, and poor Kayako has to try to keep them in line... (-:
@vwin91123 жыл бұрын
@@fisheyenomiko and Bunshinsaba is Sadakos rival from next door.
@fisheyenomiko3 жыл бұрын
@@vwin9112 Hee, sure! Oh, and Kayako also a ghost; I'm not sure that was clear.
@notgonnasay093 жыл бұрын
"People only die when your vacation sucks!" Me: [Looks at collection of Jurassic Park Films] Me: Yeah, that checks out.
@Shadethewolfy3 жыл бұрын
Me: [looks at her loved Final Destination films] Yeah, that definitely checks out.
@arcadeassassin71763 жыл бұрын
well i think getting killed is enough to ruin a vacation for most people.
@LordSvzklx3 жыл бұрын
Remind me to thank John for the lovely weekend...
@gracekim19982 жыл бұрын
Wait they were on VACATION?!😅
@citinox17783 жыл бұрын
"'The Line' doesn't have the same Ring to it." That, sir, is how you get a like.
@gracekim19982 жыл бұрын
Yep😂
@ShanaReviews3 жыл бұрын
" to much water play...and the monster will come" OH MY GOD! SADAKO WAS REALLY GODZILLA!!!
@Lh00003 жыл бұрын
The twist we all needed but never knew just how much.
@dylanthebiguy Жыл бұрын
😮
@tamirshimshoni81853 жыл бұрын
Batman: "This would never have happened with a Beta tape. Just Sayin'"
@alexandersturnn45303 жыл бұрын
You know, between this Franchise and the tape Pegasus used to steal the Soul of Yugi's Grandpa, maybe Batman DOES have a point about VHS-Tapes being a tool of evil...
@opjm86643 жыл бұрын
17:40 See, it says you'll die at this time of day, but then no one shows up. So you call customer service again, and they tell you, "the murderer came, but you weren't home, so you'll need to reschedule," even though you took off work just so you could be home all day too be sure not to miss them.
@LilyK3143 жыл бұрын
Me, noticing a short cut to black between live segments and comic panels: Huh, that's weird Linkara: In another version of the story, there were cuts to black in the tape, representing the ghost blinking! Me: Ha ha, I'm in danger
@wildste3 жыл бұрын
So Linkara liked this, possibly means you are into something
@gracekim19982 жыл бұрын
Oh good I’m not LOOSING MY MIND 😅
@Bobsheaux Жыл бұрын
@@gracekim1998 I'm reminded of the little encoding glitches popping up in his videos during the first story arc with The Entity....
@THEKINGSWOOSH3 жыл бұрын
Honestly the weirdest thing about The Ring might be that the actress who played the monster in the American remake was the voice of Lilo in Lilo and Stitch. And I can easily see Lilo doing something like that as a Halloween joke.
@viraltang3 жыл бұрын
That's....I did not know that.. huh neat.
@rebornkusabi72643 жыл бұрын
And for the original Japanese version, Ringu, the male lead of that one- almost 23 years later- goes on to play Scorpion in the recent Mortal Kombat.
@SuperMutant20993 жыл бұрын
That as weird as Ghost Face from Scream voice actor also doing voice of Mojo Jojo. Not kidding. That's real.
@viraltang3 жыл бұрын
@@SuperMutant2099 I am learning so much today.
@darthcinema42623 жыл бұрын
@@viraltang And the lead actress in the American version was also Anne from the 2005 version of King Kong.
@djquinn48253 жыл бұрын
If I had to hazard a guess about the "Sada" in the eye thing, I'd say it might be more about the lack of the "ko". "Ko" is often used as the last syllable for women's name and generally uses the kanji for "child", so it might be a symbolic reference to her being intersex and unable to have children in the original novel and the curse being a substitute way to "reproduce".
@strubberyg74513 жыл бұрын
Was about to say "kO mEaN GiRl!!!", but that's a damn detailed explanation! Good on ya!!!
@bthsr71133 жыл бұрын
Sounds reasonable.
@mimkyodar3 жыл бұрын
The issue with that is that Sadako isn't intersex in the manga or the movie. Or at least, it is never mentioned to be. I've not seen anything past Ringu 2.
@ShadowoftheMask3 жыл бұрын
@@mimkyodar Yeah, but lot of things get lost in adaption like they might have been like "let's change this detail" but not change other details because either they didn't realize the connection or just didn't want to change it.
@Sam-jt2rk3 жыл бұрын
That explanation of the virus from the novel was very, “Of course! Don’t you know anything about science?” Also, I love that face Clive makes when Moarte says he isn’t wearing makeup.
@tronmaster57043 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that face just screams "What kind of insanity did I walk into?"
@DuelaDent52 Жыл бұрын
It gets even weirder when they introduce the Matrix.
@devlinburgess24633 жыл бұрын
About Sadako lashing out seemingly at random, that's actually how most Japanese ghost stories work, particularly involving yurei or onryo like in Ringu or Ju-On. Sometimes the ghost's vengeance is targeted to the people responsible, but sometimes it just hurts anyone in contact with it. It probably has to do with Buddhist and Shinto ideas regarding death and regret, and how feelings like vengeance can transform (literally in some legends) people into monsters. Kuroneko is a good example, as the "ghosts" in that story just kill any random samurai hanging around the Rashamon gate, rather than the ones actually responsible for their death. As for why a video? I'm guessing it's just an attempt to bridge traditional Japanese ghost stories with modern Japanese urban legends and the writers never thought too much about the hows or whys.
@shadowldrago3 жыл бұрын
Wasn't expecting Clive, Linkara and Moarte to all interact, but that was decidedly a treat.
@zexalbrony47993 жыл бұрын
An early treat before Halloween and one I enjoyed.
@EmperorSeth3 жыл бұрын
I wonder if Clive was thinking "Oh, it's a Krusty the Clown" situation at the end there. Him being endearingly clueless to actual supernatural phenomenon would be pretty fun. Like Linkara tells him all about the Entity and Contest of Champions and his spaceship and he's like "Okay, whatever you say, weirdo. The imagination on this guy!"
@DeisFortuna3 жыл бұрын
@@EmperorSeth honestly, I kinda wanna see Clive show up in storyline segments as a background joke, like, he clearly thinks it's a skit, no matter how patently absurd or ridiculous things get and he's just immune to all the shennanigans because he doesn't believe they're real.
@ShawnSandiego3 жыл бұрын
Reminded me fondly of the Faces of Foley skit.
@CherryCheetah3 жыл бұрын
As someone who read the novels - it get's even more crazy than "modified smallpox virus that kills people". It's almost like each sequel finds a whole new shark to jump.
@MeliesCinemagician3 жыл бұрын
"Too much water play and the monster will come." Coming this summer: The Ring vs. Jaws!
@THEKINGSWOOSH3 жыл бұрын
Jaws 20 is gonna be wild, guys!
@gracekim19982 жыл бұрын
I’m glad you remembered to say ‘too’😂
@GrandArchPriestOfTheAlgorithm3 жыл бұрын
The Church of the Algorithm gives this video its blessing, and must it stay clear of the blasphemers from The First Algorithmic Temple (and the many people impersonating their members).
@zimattack99943 жыл бұрын
Blessed be the like Blessed be the sub Blessed be the comment Blessed be the share We chant the chant of suede Like share an subscrib
@texcorps94323 жыл бұрын
I'm so curious what I just read lmao
@Xoncron3 жыл бұрын
What's the difference
@josephwatkins11903 жыл бұрын
Amen Blessed be the liker and subs
@tonystark1064223 жыл бұрын
We had my dad's funeral today. This was a genuinely nice little gift. Thanks, Linkara.
@danielbrant67403 жыл бұрын
Sorry for your loss, man.
@Alejandroigarabide3 жыл бұрын
Sorry for your loss!
@thatcomicdad16873 жыл бұрын
Sorry for your loss.
@JohnDoe-uf3lj3 жыл бұрын
Hour long videos are always a nice gift. Especially on tough days. Hope things are working out.
@blingsing53832 жыл бұрын
Might be a tad late but hope you're keeping well
@TheHeroOfTomorrow3 жыл бұрын
I can't believe Pilo lost! We were ROBBED!
@ShadowWingTronix3 жыл бұрын
Hey, I had my credits on Jenny Everywhere. You were closer.
@thedoif25403 жыл бұрын
How do you think I feel. I put all my money on destrogaliga winning the contest!
@caseygibson72663 жыл бұрын
42:57 Oh so that's why this series is called The Grudge! Wait...
@andrewgifford10073 жыл бұрын
We got Rick Rolled By Linkara... We are truly blessed.
@alexandersturnn45303 жыл бұрын
You know, the Rick Roll Video being cursed and forcing it's Viewers to copy and paste it's link to show it to others if they don't want to die would explain a LOT, actually...
@willku90003 жыл бұрын
Indeed. To both the main comment and the first response
@eman28633 жыл бұрын
I have to say, this thumbnail is Viga’s best so far! Love the way emptiness draws the eye to the well and how the background trees actually spell out the title.
@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes3 жыл бұрын
Not sure but part of the reason the text doesn’t translate out of standard Japanese perfectly could be chalked up to the fact Izu Island really does have its own distinct dialect with unique vocabulary. It’s not just standard Japanese. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachijō_language
@iceryu663 жыл бұрын
"To much water play...and the monster will come." So Yugi has to duel Mako again?
@goodpeople253 жыл бұрын
Not that Freaky Fish Guy again.
@charlirenner1933 жыл бұрын
Love the new theme song for Halloween. Edit: By the way, I looked up the word Sada meanings. In Japanese it's a name that means, "pure one". So ironically, Sadako's name I'm pretty sure would mean "pure child", though I'm not really a hundred percent sure on that. On the other hand, in Sanskrit, an Indian language, Sada has a few different meanings. Namely, “ever,” “eternally,” “always” or “continually”, in a way going back to what Linkara said about the "ring" in the story. It can also mean “exhaustion,” “loss,” “weakness” or “decay", a reference to Sadako's life in a way.
@ayaanshah24173 жыл бұрын
it's fun to see Linkara interact with Moarte and Clive
@jaredohlstein73553 жыл бұрын
Props to Viga for the font on the title card really great use of the trees
@felipetuson3 жыл бұрын
the video was explained somewhat in the novels. It's the idea that "when you die you see your life pass by" so the images are mostly what impacted sadako the most in her life. And why a VHS? well, it was established that Sadako and her mother could imprint images in fotograph film, though not the same medium, I guess the author though where similar enough for it to be an extension of the same ability. So yeah, Sadako's memories and psychic powers were dormant in the well until someone tried to record something and those memories where imprinted in the VHS. I don't remember the warning in the end, unless someone added it after... And, I don't recall the idea of the video being a measel's mutation, and while it was described as a virus, I remembered it being described as Sadako's child, since she was intersex, she couldn't had childern, so she used the VHS as surrogate. What's worse, it was implied that Sadako psichicly (?) pushed the guy to rape her before killing her...
@playererror40443 жыл бұрын
Okay so it's interesting to learn about the actual Ring films because I'm a fan of the Webcomic Erma; essentially the premise is 'What if Sadako was a mom to a kid that can do all the things she can' and it's really funny, stuff like her giving her kid a forgotten lunch by crawling out a screen in the middle of class; lots of playing on iconic elements like that (also a ton of references to other horror stuff, like Erma playing with a lament configuration like it's a rubix cube) stuff like that. To Clarify; it's not actually about Sadako; her mom is just a demon who looks and acts a bit like her; but it's a really funny series... has completely ruined my ability to take the actual Ring story seriously though.
@Xeno-The-Wanderer3 жыл бұрын
I've heard about that webcomic, a lot of people in the one webcomic circle I frequent talk and post about it and heck the artist for those webcomics apparently did some fanart for it (either as commission or for fun idk), maybe I'll give it a read. speaking of a Ring like ghost appearing in web comics there was a holliday page in a webcomic I read that had the main character a skeleton boy have a crush on a girl sitting by a well that I assume was supposed to be Sadako.
@alitaniak74043 жыл бұрын
I checked out the comic (great recommendation!) and you weren't kidding. It's adorable af, and funny to boot. Horror comedy like this is right up my alley. Thanks lol
@MadFaceMage3 жыл бұрын
I could see the videotape being a method of her wanting the story behind not just her tragedy but also the events of her mother’s life being more well-known. The curse could be a byproduct of her also seeking vengeance so it’s an “either spread the truth or die” ultimatum. Hence why it’s kind of clever that the main character is a journalist who would be able to cover such a story. It doesn’t seem like it takes advantage of her being a journalist or actually dealing with spreading the knowledge of Sadako but whatever.
@tokubrony94473 жыл бұрын
I like Dr. Crafty's title cards, but the way Viga does them is also very impressive. This one for The Ring Vol. 1 feels very much like a movie poster, it's so cool.
@FruityGroovy3 жыл бұрын
Huh, maybe the phone in other adaptations is another reference for "ring". As in the ringing of the phone.
@GiubileiFernando3 жыл бұрын
That's why in the latia-american version it's called La Llamada (The call / phonecall)
@Hanyoumaru3 жыл бұрын
I think the "Why?" question is pretty simple to answer: The thing that "motivates" (for lack of a better term) a Spirit is their last connection to earth mainly through their Emotions at the time since Emotions are (at least in THEORY) the Strongest connection you can have to your life. And thus I assume that the emotion tied to Sadako's last moments were Anger, thus why the spirit bonded with the tape is Lashing out in anger as anyone who is (willingly or unwillingly) "Opening Themselves" to her Influence (via the tape). As for the "how to avoid Dying" thing for the end of the tape, I suppose you could argue that it's a slight moment of (for lack of a better term) Regret over subjecting innocents to her Grudge And thus (like in other cases) you can't Forcefully reject your emotions, only redirect them. Or in other words: give the Anger a new Target. That's at least how I understand this curse to work. (although due to massive ignorance of this franchise I'm probably wrong.)
@jordanhunter33753 жыл бұрын
My guess for the "If you don't want to die" bit at the video's end is, assuming the tape at the cottage resort was a copy itself, the last person to copy it ended recording a few seconds early, cutting off right where the next instructions would have appeared..... But again, as Bruce Wayne said, "It just raises too many questions."
@troin39252 ай бұрын
@@jordanhunter3375 Also, with the tape cutting off, a commercial was recorded over it in the book and Ring: Kanzenban.
@kingkarp24393 жыл бұрын
I loved the amount of background info you gave this time around. Both for the societal context of the story regarding things like the fledgling broadcast industry, and for all the differences between adaptations. I learned a lot and it definitely made the video even better!
@LanceOmikron3 жыл бұрын
"The thing to understand about Japan is that it is LOUSY with ghost stories." Suddenly I find myself hoping that way more viewers than just me know that "lousy" can also mean "full of" or "teeming with".
@JaelinBezel3 жыл бұрын
I think that's a modern day extension of the Shinto belief that all things have their own spirits, animating or otherwise.
@LanceOmikron3 жыл бұрын
@@JaelinBezel ...Huh? That has nothing whatsoever to do with what I was saying.
@jeremytung16323 жыл бұрын
That’s basically how I use it.
@taikowolf3 жыл бұрын
This was a really cool review Lewis. Lots of research, great gags and critique that was well presented. One of your best reviews yet, coming from a non-horror fan at that. Thanks for all the hard work!
@sleepysystem3 жыл бұрын
Honestly I think the majority of the questions with Sadako's curse goes back to her being a variant or narrative twist playing on the concept of an onryo (in the movie this is more blatant, int he books they're clearly playing on this idea); one of the things about onryo is that even if *the spirit* is appeased, *their grudge* is not. The grudge effectively becomes a separate entity, a curse that has a mind of its own and creates apparitions and spreads even long after the spirit has been put to rest properly and appeased. The curse was willed into existence by their emotions at the time of death (or in some cases, after death; some of the more famous stories are of women whose husbands remarried after their deaths, causing the spirit to grow so jealous that her strong love mutates into a grudge that kills them both and lingers in the area for decades after doing so), but the grudge is not under their control. This is usually because these stories are about people who were wronged very heavily in life and died horrible deaths as a result (social outcasts, abused or abandoned wives and children, members of poor families who were killed by wealthy lords, former military or political figures who died in exile, etc), stewing in their own anger at a world that could allow this injustice to occur. They die mad at the world for treating them so poorly and as a result, their fury takes on a life of its own, propelling the spirit through acts of vengeance with newly-achieved or greatly-strengthened spiritual powers... which is a frequent theme in japanese ghost stories; gaining great power after death is nearly as common as the concept of animals such as tanuki or foxes having immense magical powers just by virtue of existing. This is the *real* staple of the onryo: the uncontrollable grudge created and fueled by their strong burst of negative emotion and hatred toward the world at large. (Quick sidenote regarding the last point... this is also why I have to object to Linkara (and wikipedia, seriously) saying the kuchisake-onna (slit-mouthed woman) is an onryo. While her story is very similar to that of an onryo, and she is a vengeful spirit... she's more of a generalized vengeful spirit than a true onryo, and as a result is classified as an entirely separate yokai. Some variations of her story turn her *into* an onryo, or assert that her random appearances on the street are a manifestation of the grudge... but the original urban legends that inspired the movies do not paint her as an onryo and the lack of nuance and resulting inaccuracy on wikipedia of all places agitates me specifically, but that's mainly bc I'm so interested in the topic, lol.) "Why the clues to her mother's identity", "why these specific images", "why choose the video tape format", etc.... bc she didn't. The grudge attached itself to something else as a means of spreading and continuing her vengeance, and with it carried a part of Sadako's identity (which is so closely tired to her mother's), but Sadako cant control it. As for the "why include instructions on how to trhow off the curse? I'm just gonna say bad storytelling bc there really is none, lol. Others have posited that "maybe she felt some regret", but again... she does not control it. This was jsut bad storytelling choices in action.
@sleepysystem3 жыл бұрын
Also: "why does it include her psychic powers as a big deal????" A lot of ppl in japan connected psychic powers to spiritual power, so Sadako's psychic powers being theorized as what turned her into Scary Ghost in absence of any real explanation does kinda make sense. A lot is lost without cultural context, including small nuances and there's most likely some stuff even I missed here.
@sleepysystem3 жыл бұрын
Also relevant to this review but not really the story, more something mentioned in passing: a lot of manga translations come off so formal bc they used the more formal form of the Tokyo dialect. This dialect is fairly common in all Japanese media bc Tokyo is such a major area, being the country's capital and the area where lots of national TV broadcasts (including anime), books, and manga are made... so it's usually what's taught to foreigners as "standard Japanese" (although Japanese is just like any other language and has no real standard, just a gathering of different forms and dialects). Other dialects are typically used to denote a single character as distinct and "not from around here". For example: Kansai dialect is used similar to a southern american accent to denote a small-town character, while Osaka dialect is sometimes used for boisterous and flashy characters who are very open about discussing money and are super informal, etc, as those are what those areas are known for. Because of this, direct manga translations often come off as formally as they were written, unless serious work is done to localize the dialogue.
@michaelconnell10103 жыл бұрын
Pilo, the only Pillar Man to learn true enlightenment can only be achieved as a pile of rocks. It’s unknown if Santana has learned this yet.
@zeroryoko9993 жыл бұрын
If the final round comes down to Linkara and Bandit Chief, I've got something special for that... music-wise, anyway.
@michaelkostas67173 жыл бұрын
Like what?
@zeroryoko9993 жыл бұрын
@@michaelkostas6717 It's a surpise.
@michaelrhett49582 жыл бұрын
@@zeroryoko999 A
@gracekim19982 жыл бұрын
@@zeroryoko999 wait you’re a composter?
@zeroryoko9992 жыл бұрын
@@gracekim1998That I am.
@simonpilgrim60363 жыл бұрын
Just found this chanel and I can't stop watching it. ...awesome work dude also the man has the best sense of humour
@kendromeda423 жыл бұрын
Oh man, I'm so jealous. You have over 10 years of amazing content that you get to watch for the first time. Welcome! Hope you enjoy!
@gracekim19982 жыл бұрын
@@kendromeda42 mate, I’ll probably never be able to catch up on EVERYTHING 😂 despite the compilations
@lewisbarclay91133 жыл бұрын
It's nice to see that after so many years of him getting increasingly more paranoid about Halloween, that Linkara isn't being blindsided about whats to come for once.
@Mario_Angel_Medina3 жыл бұрын
I saw a lot of memes back in the early 10's about how to prevent Sadako (and/or Samara) to attack you. Place the TV screen facing the window on the upper floor of a building, put a washing machine in front of it, just stay away from TV sets, etc. Aside for the obvious fact that a ghost haunting you probably will find you no matter what, those people missed the point of what made the scene creepy. We are surrounded by screens, running away from a TV screen (or a monitor) is basically trying to run from the modern world itself. That's the subtext that made the scene iconic, technology is everywhere and if it ever becomes our enemy there will be nowhere to run or hide from it.
@Ravensgale3 жыл бұрын
To be fair, when I saw Two Girls, One Cup the first time I felt like I'd been cursed.
@Mysteryof893 жыл бұрын
Moarte would like a word with you trying to steal his laugh 😉
@PrincessAshley9723 жыл бұрын
Eh, Moarte does it better
@stevenstice66833 жыл бұрын
He will make Linkara's cats his familiars and make them claw his eyes out.
@Krosbryd3 жыл бұрын
[SPOILERS for story segment stuff] GOD FRIGGIN' DANG IT! I had *five thousand credits* riding on Pilo! Ugh! Teach me to not bet on the favorite... At least the review was good. Like, really good, very funny and insightful! Only seen the first Japanese film, and really enjoyed it. Looking forward to more Ring content!
@jeremyadler96203 жыл бұрын
I KNOW, RIGHT?!? Pilo was robbed! He didn't blink! He just moved his chin! He should still be in the race! Seriously though, I love how Lewis has managed to create a fandom around a pile of rocks in his show! I love the concept of this character and how he's taken a life of his own :)
@TheLandofObscusion3 жыл бұрын
If I had to make a guess, the use of the word "superhuman" probably comes from how the manga likely used the word "chojin", or "superman", in the original Japanese, so DMP just went with a straightforward translation of that word. As for the "water play" line, I imagine that DMP just went too literal of a translation for a prediction that was likely meant to be vague, as you sometimes get with predictions in stories like these. Essentially, the seer was likely predicting that Sadako would die via drowning (i.e. "too much water play"), and in doing so will unleashe a "monster" (i.e. her ghost) that can never be stopped (i.e. the video tape).
@NoahDaArk2 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh… I just figured out what “too much water play and the monster will come” means! As everyone knows, when a woman goes into labor, her water break… and it’s pretty clear that Sadako is very much a monstrous entity thanks to the curse. The whole thing was a prophecy for Sadako’s mom, a warning that if she wasn’t careful and kept on with the affair she was having… she’d wind up giving birth to a monster
@DawnOfTheOzz3 жыл бұрын
You keep making Transformers references and now I have this image of Megatron watching the cursed tape and getting the phone-call, except it's from Starscream going, "Seven days... until I am the new leader of the Decepticons!"
@solumanblevins59063 жыл бұрын
For the aliens comics i remember Aliens: Labyrinth being downright disturbing with its interpretation of a Queenless Hive. Also I really love the 1st 4 stories, especially how they add an almost eldritch horror about how the Xenomorphs can basically brainwash you with spores. Really wish we got their adaptations instead of the Prometheus/Covenant disaster. Edit: Three was also a pretty neat low horror story called "Aliens: Music of the Spears" wich has a man becoming obsessed with including Xenomorph sounds in his music, sound wierd I know but it's Honestly surprisingly good, one of my favs.
@alexanderstavroulakis3353 жыл бұрын
I never realized just how big The Ring franchise is.
@SiRenfield3 жыл бұрын
FINALLY we have the amazing crossover of the horror roommates. 10/10 could watch for hours
@teddyhaines66133 жыл бұрын
Just remembered Jaeris mentioning that he got fourth place in his contest, which implies that they have a fight for third. So I guess Billy Tor will face the Blue Knight concurrently with the finals. On an unrelated note, is Lewis' dad playing Billy?
@joshuaingobo15592 жыл бұрын
Yes
@gracekim19982 жыл бұрын
Yay
@dylanlewis51133 жыл бұрын
I kinda like the idea that the characters have about Sadako creating the tape/ curse as a way to get her story and identity out so that she can be given a proper burial and be put to rest. An angry spirit that ultimately just wants to rest. In many cultures, the lack of a proper burial is what leads to angry spirits.
@Psykolord1989 Жыл бұрын
The best explanation I can think of for the imagery, is this. A lot of people say that when you're about to die, your life flashes before your eyes. Most of these images are snapshots from Sadako's life; others may be fragments of premonitions she's having of what will happen after she dies. As for why she has written steps for how to get out of dying? For this, we might be able to look at Chinese philosophy/ancient Chinese religion. One of the ideas in Chinese folk religion(s) is the idea of duality of the soul. Essentially, every person has two parts of their soul: the *hun*, which is infused with "Yang" (as in yin and yang, and I'll get to that shortly), and the *Po* , which is infused with *Yin* . The idea is that at the moment of death, the *hun* ascends to Heaven, while the *po* remains within the corpse. Depending on the source/interpretation, there's an idea that the *Hun* is basically the higher, nobler aspects of one's soul, and the *Po* the lower, more bestial or wicked aspects. If we apply this idea to the concept of an Onryo, then the angry ghost is the *Po* , and not the entire soul. It is the malice, the hunger for vengeance, perhaps even the need to destroy. And I believe that they were going for that in particular with Ringu. Why? Yin and Yang are defined by their contrast to one another, but both are needed for the universe to exist. Creative energy divides into yin and yang, and when the forces fuse in physical matter, the phenomenal world is brought into being. "Yang" which suffuses the *hun* is defined on Wikipedia as such: In Chinese philosophy, the masculine or positive principle (characterized by light, warmth, dryness, activity, etc.) "Yin,:" which suffuses the *Po* , is defined on Wikipedia as such: In Chinese philosophy, the feminine or negative principle (characterized by dark, wetness, cold, passivity, disintegration, etc.). Sadako, the Onryo, is the ghost/ *po* of a *girl* who died alone in the *cold* and *dark* at the bottom of a well, surrounded by *water* . Further, she *passively waits* for a week before finally deciding to come kill you (this last bit is a little tongue in cheek). (If you go with the *novel* specifically, then the Onryo is the *po* of an intersex person. I don't know if Chinese folk religion(s) does/do/did this, but some mythologies consider an intersex individual to have both male and female "energy." It...feels like that makes it a bit more likely that the author based this in at least some small part off of these ideas, but I'm having a hard time expressing *why* in words...) Now, you might ask "But what about the *Hun* ? Well, if the yin-infused Po is the *Onryo* known as Sadako, the manifestation of her rage and hatred, then one can presume it is what is in charge of the curse. But if the videotape is indeed basically a "dying dream" (for want of a better term) that Sadako was having, then perhaps her *Hun* was what left the idea for how to avoid the curse. Sadako was precognitive after all; she may have known what her *Po* would do after her death, and tried as best she could to act against it in her last moments. The anger was nearly overwhelming, but her *hun* was still able to give them at least a fleeting chance. EDIT: I said I'd explain the tape and only did like half the work. My bad, I'm tired. So, the idea is that Sadako *initially* just wanted someone to come help her. These images were what filled her mind as she was dying, and she was trying to reach out telepathically and get people to rescue her. Now, if you want to know why these only finally showed up on a recording rather than in someone's head? Maybe you have to actually *be* a psychic to receive that information directly, and if you're not, it can only be picked up on certain frequencies? I'll admit I'm kind of grasping at straws in this part.
@Missing-Peace3 жыл бұрын
I feel that the whole "Superpowered human" thing in this was a translation foible when the original intent was meant to be Sadako and her mom being either an esper or a psychic. Especially considering the whole "Psychically-enhanced Small Pox" thing. Feel free to tell me if I'm wrong or making assumptions.
@ShinNovaheart3 жыл бұрын
"Superhuman" is often the closest translation for the Japanese word "Choujin" they use to describe extra- and para-normial humans, including espers and psychics since they still have powers beyond normal humans, and thus Superhuman is commonly used when it's translated to english, like in Betterman and it's "Superhuman Federation"
@ToHoldNothing3 жыл бұрын
@@ShinNovaheart Isn't chounouryokusha used more often for psychics and espers? Maybe it varies by generation and author, but choujin seems more often associated with stuff that's very physical, like the recent Choujin X manga or Kinnikuman's choujin
@Xeno-The-Wanderer3 жыл бұрын
@@ToHoldNothing I believe Choujin likely just refers to people with humans with abilities beyond humans, a catch all term for both physical, mental and possibly spiritual powers that most people wouldn't have. the literal translation if I'm understanding it correctly is Super Person so I guess something like Person with Beyond normal abiliies could be an apt definition
@ToHoldNothing3 жыл бұрын
@@Xeno-The-Wanderer It's possible that could be a meaning, translation is odd in general, but Japanese especially tends to have variable meanings or similar meanings among various words that can share common kanji (chou in choujin and chounouryokusha is the same one, for transcend/super/ultra)
@ShinNovaheart3 жыл бұрын
@@ToHoldNothing it's as you said but it really depends on the setting and such. Really Choujin is the equivalent to "Super Hero" which is a catch all dispite some not really fitting the super side: eg Concrete Revolutio, with chounouryokusha being more a specialized term.
@DefaultGray3 жыл бұрын
That squish sound effect from Terror's Realm gets me every time.
@wakeangel20013 жыл бұрын
sometimes I wonder if Sadako would be stopped by some methods that stop supernatural entities, you show an exorcism failing but I'm wondering if other stuff like destroying the mortal remains, purified salt, iron, and other stuff that can trap or dispell ghosts would work on her. Maybe I've watched too much Supernatural but I was wondering what would happen if Sadako got tricked into stepping in a ring (lol) of salt.
@New3DSLuigi3643 жыл бұрын
FINALLY; I've been Eagerly awaiting an episode of ASHOCK THE FOURTH WALL!!
@johnschou21723 жыл бұрын
Nightmare on Elm Street also did some examination on society and culture during the 1980s. And on the note of novels, the author was actually inspired by Poltergeist!!
@HumaneEntertainment3 жыл бұрын
First off, let me just say that I REALLY appreciate you looking over the Ring franchise, because I'm a huge fan of the franchise and I just don't see people talking about it a lot lately. So please don't see this comment as me being ungrateful. I truly am happy to see this franchise covered, especially since I have the Manga Volumes myself. (Cw for Sexual Assault) But about the "Sada" character on Sadako's eye, the reason the character was given for her name in the first place is that "Sada" stands for "Chaste", which ties into the fact that she is intersex. She basically is incapable of having a child. This then ironically ties in with the smallpox virus in the novel, because she ended up "giving birth" to the Ring Virus by mutating the smallpox virus that entered her body through Nagao. Basically the smallpox virus replaces the "sperm" in this equation. The reason Sadako visualized the character "Sada" on her eye in the tape is because her being unable to have children is in fact one of the things she constantly thinks about *because* she is intersex and can't have children. Yeah I'll admit that the 1998 film really made the backstory a lot more neat, but I figure I might as well explain what the book meant with all of this, since you asked the question in the first place. I also have more stuff to add that you may have misunderstood about the novel's side of the story, but I'll just keep it at this specific point because that's what you asked about in the video itself. Also a very minor point by comparison, I'm glad you pronounce Sadako correctly (Sada-Ko), but you kinda put the emphasis on Shizuko's name wrong. You say Shi-Zuko rather than the correct Shizu-Ko. REALLY hate to have to be "that guy", but I figure that Shizuko is going to appear again in the story of the Ring mangas and you may be mispronouncing her name through the entire run if I don't point it out ^^; Again, though, really appreciate you covering this franchise. Keep up the good work.
@AT4W3 жыл бұрын
Nah, you're fine and I'm glad so many commenters have been talking about this and explaining the symbolism and whatnot. ...Mind you, the fact that they KEPT the Sada character in the eye despite dropping the desire for a child thing in the film is baffling, then. XD
@HumaneEntertainment3 жыл бұрын
@@AT4W Oh yeah, there's definitely a lot of Grandfather Clause (as TvTropes puts it) going on in every adaptation, which leads to a lot of stuff that people find questionable in the adaptations while it actually had more purpose in the novel (you already mentioned the blinking for example, which is meant to be Ryuji's main contribution to having watched the video tape, so it's not that the Izu Dialect thing was the ONLY thing he contributed). Of course then it's a choice on an adaptation-by-adaptation basis whether they keep one thing from the novel or whether to leave it out altogether, which I think is sometimes difficult during the adaptation process to figure out. I mean, the novel came with the whole Nagao plotline to begin with, which a lot of adaptations took out. And with good reason, as you point out, but the novel DID tie everything together. Basically, the adaptation process from one medium to another will always be messy.
@docette20153 жыл бұрын
As someone who is only passingly familiar with The Ring franchise in all its forms, the manga certainly did its job in keeping me invested and worried about what would happen to Reiko. And cripes, Sadako's skeleton. . .that is some top-tier horror artwork. And you explaining all the weirdness and whatnot and getting pedantic over the details is always good. And the Clive/Moarte/Linkara stuff was great. XD
@gallifreyanknight13553 жыл бұрын
The fact that this was released yesterday, and that I was already planning on cosplaying Sadako the next weekend at a convention is amazing. Especially when you throw in Nostalgia Critic's recent review of The Ring.
@TLSoulDude3 жыл бұрын
Never thought I'd get Rick Roll'd by a Linkara video. New experiences every day. XD
@dragonempress83673 жыл бұрын
Never gets old 😂
@darthcinema42623 жыл бұрын
That's scarier than the comic.
@dabwiso7843 жыл бұрын
Having never watched this franchise, the twist ending is surprisingly good. Like the only way to escape the curse is by comitting a truly wicked act and cursing someone else.
@AT4W3 жыл бұрын
Yuuuuuup.
@DirectorOfChaos92923 жыл бұрын
Theres no good ending huh...
@markberghel2753 жыл бұрын
Looking like Bandit Chief is going to end up as the final boss of this storyline. Considering the focus he's gotten in the past, not too surprising.
@cowboyquebecanimations30682 жыл бұрын
I was recently binge watching Dena's Hellraiser compilation and I love her running gag with "7 days" in those videos and I'm kinda hoping she does a small cameo this year
@93MANIAC3 жыл бұрын
I really hope that Dominic Noble makes a Lost in Adaptation about The Ring in the near future
@AzureIV3 жыл бұрын
Now I want to see a big free for all with The Ring Girl vs. every major horror franchise ever created. I wonder which horror franchises would ally with each other?
@OverlyPositiveFanboy3 жыл бұрын
Between Pilo from here and Geode from Star Wars: The High Republic, the 2020s are shaping up to be the decade of the ambiguously sentient rocks.
@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes3 жыл бұрын
They look like they’re from the Boondocks. Wait how was she able to find a written record of a kid accidentally forgetting what he thought was a blank VHS tape in the cabin? I guess the owner of the camping site might have written down receiving the tape but there’s no way they’d know the exact circumstances of how it was recorded. That sounds like something completely unremarkable that everyone involved would forget. Did the owner call the family that left it to see how it got there after the rumor started? If so why was it left to be rented with all the other tapes? Is there a family out there who knows their son accidentally made a killer tape who are like “oh well, accidents happen”.
@JaelinBezel3 жыл бұрын
20:27 So it happened in September... "Bit of a missed opportunity if I'm being honest, I mean the scary month's just one over." (flips calendar page to October and smacks it lightly)
@Cdr20022 жыл бұрын
To add on to the Godzilla reference and the psychic powers theme: psychics are a recurring (if somewhat background) subplot within the Heisei Series Godzilla movies, mostly centered around the character of Miki Sageusa
@nawf43723 жыл бұрын
30:31 Yeah, it looks like what you have there is an Omnibus edition of the manga, which is usually three volumes of a manga put into one book, but depending on how many volumes a series has can just be two volumes put together. They're usually for series that have been around for like twenty years and are the cheaper alternative to looking for all the old volumes that may or may not be in print. They used to be a lot less common, nowadays you can find a big omnibus volume being sold even if the original volumes are still in print. Though an omnibus does usually have the advantage that pages that were colored in the magazine are colored again, would the original volumes were all in black and white.
@Daisy_Galvez7133 жыл бұрын
Holy cow, I'm so early that it's 360 quality right now. Looking forward to this episode, I LOVED watching the Ring in my Japanese class.
@DinoDave1503 жыл бұрын
They let you watch that in Japanese class? I wish I knew that! I would have taken it as an elective!
@JaelinBezel3 жыл бұрын
What is that even supposed to mean?
@PoisonClaw43 жыл бұрын
I just realized... the "Circulate the Links" comment at the end of the credits kinda takes on an unintentional double meaning in this context, since the whole point of avoiding The Ring curse is to circulate the tape to more people to keep the curse going...
@tyrant-den8843 жыл бұрын
Sadako: "Ugh, yes, the idea is that they make a copy and show that, but it turns out that can be loopholed."
@pronounsinmybio2 жыл бұрын
As a kinkster, "Too much water play and the monster will come." is just . . . a whole sentence . . .
@lordzeppelin38243 жыл бұрын
I'm glad that you got the episode up eventually. I was almost afraid it would be pushed into next week. I just hope this doesn't interfere too much with Secret Origins Month, since that's my favorite time of year on this channel, even above Event Comics/Retrospective Month. I was kinda disappointed that you only managed to do three Origins last year (Which is understandable; last year was a dumpster fire, to say the least). I hope for the best and eagerly await your next review.
@bleakautomaton48083 жыл бұрын
These horror manga characters are some of the cutest drawn that I've seen.
@NeoDragonCount3 жыл бұрын
Reason for Sadako being so eager to kill: An onryo is basically the Japanese equivalent to a poltergeist; a spirit so enraged that they can affect the physical world, in the cases of onryo being the result of extremely violent or horrific deaths. It's all about blind anger directed at everyone from beyond the grave. Wait... Dr. "Akuma"? Aside from the Americanized Street Fighter reference; who willingly names themselves the Devil?
@joshuaobryan48963 жыл бұрын
7:30 linkara you made me spit my drink from laughter good on ya
@samuelneese4823 жыл бұрын
While I have never seen any of the Ring movies or their Japanese counterparts I do find the creepy little girl concept fascinating. Largely due to the sheer amount that I have played F.E.A.R. The game did an equally amazing job with the concept and just how terrifying it can be. As a result I think that I'm going to finally check out the American version of the Ring. Thanks for getting me further interested Linkara.
@bthsr71133 жыл бұрын
"Strange makeup-ed person." "It's not makeup" and a slow turn to the side. Well that answers a few things.
@Alejandroigarabide3 жыл бұрын
Moarte fell in the same chemicals as the Joker?
@wstine793 жыл бұрын
Even today, a cursed VHS tape are still creepy today.
@New3DSLuigi3642 жыл бұрын
@5:33-6:34 Theme song & Intro for ASHOCK THE FOURTH WALL: Welcome to Ashock the Fourth Wall, Where Dead Comics Rise Linkara's gonna bring you all A HALLOWEEN Surprise Monsters from Scary stories; and Adjacent Categories If you step into his Laboratory; You won't believe your eyes! Linkara He is a Man **Punch** or is he something else? Linkara For the last few days; He hasn't been himself Linkara Brains, Gore, Skeletons & Guts Linkara This Comic Sucks Linkara
@evilpii3 жыл бұрын
Excellent video! I am looking forward to the next installment. To share a bit of trivia, Ryuji's area of study can be determined by the chalkboards in the background. Specifically, the calculations on the board arise from "ring theory", a subdiscipline of abstract algebra. I'm sure the filmmakers were amusing themselves with that pun. Does the novel or any other adaptations mention this? 🤔
@tronmaster57043 жыл бұрын
Huh, just from the part of the rumor of the cursed video being something broadcast late at night makes me think of the Midnight Channel from Persona 4.
@VincentMariethe4th3 жыл бұрын
This. Was. Awesome! Pardon my enthusiasm but RINGU is one of my favorite movies. Definitely a favorite to watch around Halloween. I could geek out about it for hours. Can't say the same for the rest of the franchise, however. Haven't seen any of the sequels for their reputation for just getting weirder & weirder, & I have mixed feelings on the American remake. Namely that I think it added things that just raised further questions, but I am glad it exists cuz then I wouldn't have known about the Japanese film.
@acebear47103 жыл бұрын
This is less horror and more an isolated case about normal people making contact with superpowered people during the early days before caped heroes becoming the norm.
@joserobertosolismerlin55272 жыл бұрын
I mean superhero horror is a thing like brightburn
@OtakuJuanma23 жыл бұрын
"oh my god what are those two girls doing with that cup?" *Slaps Linkara* We NEVER talk about that... It's a moment in time that never happened... Things have to be forgotten sometimes....
@SubjectDelta13953 жыл бұрын
Never thought AT4W would have a jump scare, let alone with a Monty Python clip!
@MegaOrwell19843 жыл бұрын
With The Ring Vol.1, it was actually the first manga I ever read, I saw it at the public library in my hometown, and I decided to check it out. It was tricky to read it at first but now I'm more used to it.
@BlackKnightOfTheWind3 жыл бұрын
If there's one thing that I've learned from watching this show, it's that nothing is ever as it seems in October.
@kratoselricsuzumiya83453 жыл бұрын
Hopefully through linkara's coverage of this series we will finally learn the truth behind Dalad Jelly.
@NotesFromTheVoid3 жыл бұрын
The real at4w storyline is Clive's slow realisation of the fact he's roommates with a ghoul and a guy that fights eldritch abominations from another dimension
@atlanime3 жыл бұрын
48:08 ENRICO, IS THAT YOU???!!!
@AT4W3 жыл бұрын
... ... ... ...yeah
@l0stndamned3 жыл бұрын
Interesting to see this as I'm a massive fan of this franchise (tied with Alien for my fave horror franchise). I actually first watched it on a dodgy old video, having recorded it because it was on after something I was trying to record. Thanks for doing the research into the books, so many folks forget that. I think the "frolic in brine, goblins be thine" bit is supposed to be a reference to kappa, a sort of turtle-goblin creature from Japanese folklore that was often used as a "stay away from deep water, kids" message. There were hints that Sadako had some kappa heritage in some adaptions.
@AudioDragon513 жыл бұрын
Great work on this one. I can't wait to watch the next episode and "late night double feature".
@Arrobane3 жыл бұрын
Did we get Rickrolled by Linkara? Wow. Never would have expected that. lol
@TeamGhostRyderINC6 ай бұрын
19:55 "WELL..... I be DAMN about that detail" thank you for this review, now I must never watch a VHS tape ever again in case I die in 7 days
@readingtoomuchintothings8343 жыл бұрын
33:20 Japanese media is often fixated on the prospect of a new generation developing some form of psychic or superhuman abilities, with the end results ranging from My Hero Academia to Akira. This is, like a lot about modern Japan, in part due to the cultural effects of the atomic bombing, a society grappling with a lot of fluffing up about their importance in the world from the Imperial days mixed with the devastation of not just the explosion but all it left in it's wake. Years of invisible poison, scaring flesh and mind. Even when put into the context of there being old ghosts and psychics, it warps into this idea of powers beyond their ancestors, of powers that exist outside of the control of a person by themselves. Of powers, literally controlling the person, lashing out, wanting to be used, wanting to scar again, like the scars created them to start. 44:50 While it doesn't explain specifically 'why a video tape?' what I, recall about this is (leaning in to the part about Sadako being intersex), is that spreading the tape, spreading her legend, telling everyone who she was and where she came from, is all a part of her, metaphorically, reproducing. Like, some people see having a child as continuing a bloodline or continuing their own legacy, that is what Sadako is attempting, through these clues about who she was. And if the person refuses, if they are incapable of learning, of spreading her, then the rage instead takes control, and strikes them down. ...or well that's how I read those two points. I dunno, could be reading too much into things.