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Bartock
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Joined: 03 Jan 2008 Posts: 237 Location: Guelph, Ontario
Wow a week's absence with little to no internet access and I had a lot to read. I tried to read it all so forgive me if I trout myself at all.
Anyway, I got a package on Thursday Oct 2, and just signed up on the iamblind forums.
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 3:50 pm
clairenor
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Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Posts: 107
Some eye videos have been uploaded again on youtube by chrisgusev8
He has named one "Important Eye Instructions"
Subtitle "Please follow these simple instructions"
The other video he has called Optic Nerve Removal
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:07 pm
Lairosiel
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Joined: 29 Apr 2008 Posts: 401 Location: Berlin/Passau
the first video is really disgusting.. (well, or is it just me, who does not like such videos? o.o)
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:35 pm
clairenor
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Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Posts: 107
They are pretty sick, and I know they have been uploaded to all the various video channels before. But the names of the videos seemed a bit more detailed than the usual "retina" etc.
I have emailed chrisgusev8 just incase he knows anything? Might aswell do something while we wait for something.
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:51 pm
WolfHawk
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Joined: 15 Nov 2006 Posts: 1247 Location: St. Louis
So the movie had no answers at all??!!! Everyone just went blind. No rhyme nor reason??!! Did the blind people regain their sight by the end???!!!
I know, I know, some people want to wait to see the movie and not know how it ends. But there are others of us who will probably have to wait for the video. So spoiler as needed.
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 6:18 pm
Saki
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Joined: 17 Sep 2008 Posts: 278 Location: the Internet
@ Wolfhawk:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
At the end of the movie, the first person who went blind regains their sight without any visible reason.
The movie was more about its impact on society and yadda yadda than the actual disease itself. It was very good and had an indie feel. Also, there were some parts that were actually funny? I'd give it 4.5 of 5.
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:05 pm
amandel
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 4096 Location: Nederland
Quarantine Forum :The percentage on the Infected Persons List has increased to 45.07%.
ARGnet has an updated Article with a link to ARG netcasts where the iamblind ARG will be discussed tonight (8:30 pm CT). This is the better ARG netcasts link. Despoiler has also recieved a package--what we here call "the shipment".
ETA: Rjp posted something interesting on the IG Forum about a C3 gene.
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:17 pm
godofnightmares
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Joined: 10 Jul 2007 Posts: 12
Anyone who saw the movie? Not sure if this has been posted or not. I just saw the film and noticed some braille. I can say with certainty that I saw braille characters twice and almost certain a third time. They flashed so fast and they were colorful, but I couldn't make them out.
The appeared during the earliest parts of the characters' ward stay. Anyone who saw the film notice them and/or made them out? I debated about wearing my iamblind.org sunglasses during the film, dunno if it would have helped.
The braille flashed on people, one in particular that varied in color which included a shade of green, flashed on the doctor.
I would love the idea of more messages. The film had a rather decent and unique attempt at "blindness" stylization. I didn't particularly agree with many of the mainstream reviews, I found the film well done overall and straight to the point. This film also had a 28 Days Later feel towards the end, which I didn't mind as I like that one too. I was a bit surprised to see Danny Glover in it though, never really read about the cast and was a treat to see him in something like this, his character was quite likable.
Intriguing.
-rjp
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 1:28 am
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Efrain
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Joined: 19 Sep 2008 Posts: 71
about the methanol poisoning... i asked audrey if she was a drinker, no answer. I'm pretty stumped and somewhat bored at this point... the C3 gene thing seems like it def should be looked into though...
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 2:39 am
godofnightmares
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Joined: 10 Jul 2007 Posts: 12
This has played out a bit strange. Not sure if the goal is for people to first watch the film and participate or the reverse. If everyone was suppose to participate in anticipation of the film, this has played out poorly without enough time before it hit theaters.
It is almost playing out as the film is another set of clues to help be a better participant in all of this.
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 3:35 am
thebruce
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Joined: 16 Aug 2004 Posts: 6899 Location: Kitchener, Ontario
so I've joined the ranks of the infected it seems... got my braille and glasses today.
I've only really been skimming the thread... is there something to do now? what do I send back in the SASE? Was there really a code under the whiteout on the stamps?
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 3:47 am
MrToasty
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 03 Aug 2004 Posts: 4310 Location: Des Moines, IA
thebruce wrote:
I've only really been skimming the thread... is there something to do now? what do I send back in the SASE? Was there really a code under the whiteout on the stamps?
We haven't heard from Audrey in quite a while, so the only thing we know we are supposed to do right now is find the cure. Only we have almost no clues to go on. No one is quite sure yet what we are supposed to do with the SASE and I don't believe there was anything under the whiteout.
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:49 am
godofnightmares
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Joined: 10 Jul 2007 Posts: 12
Here is some articles and gov info about C3 in terms of genetics.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=retrieve&list_uids=718
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=27804
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070719011230.htm
http://www.eyepathologist.com/disease.asp?IDNUM=302140
http://www.microbiologybytes.com/iandi/complement/Deficiencies.html
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/TOPIC447.HTM
Whether this is helpful or not is to be seen.
-rjp
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:31 am
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godofnightmares
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-this was a dupe post, sorry.
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:32 am
Tresbien
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Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 1436
rjp, the most interesting info in your links was in the summary of the first, which said that people with C3 deficiency are susceptible to bacterial infections. If this epidemic was caused by a bacteria, perhaps only the right antibiotic is needed to cure it.
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:48 am
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