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DaveK
Greenhorn
Joined: 15 Oct 2011 Posts: 5
Operator not a physical entity? SPEC Hi, first post, so sorry if I'm not following conventions properly.
One thing I thought about while watching this series that I haven't seen mentioned is the idea that the Operator is some sort of non-corporeal entity. The only time anybody clearly sees it without a camera occurs early on in the filming of marble hornets when they mistake him for a guy in the park (I think). This would explain why the operator needs proxies like the masked guys. He can't directly effect anything, can only mess with/appear on video or influence people/ posses them.
For example, perhaps the video where Alex is bleeding is him realizing that he had been possessed and committed an act of violence.
And maybe Alex is trying to kill off everyone "tainted" by the operator, so they can't be used against him.
And maybe this is also the operator's plans, to have these kids wind up killing each other. Notice how all of the people involved seem to get increasingly paranoid and lie/neglect to share information with each other.
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:53 am
pravado
Unfictologist
Joined: 22 Apr 2011 Posts: 1833
Well you mention people seeing him at the park, which is on film. Alex sees him when he's walking his dog. Since none of the characters are really looking at the footage while they're filming, you can tell by their reactions to Slendy appearing that they can see him without having to look into the camera for him if that's what you're implying.
IMO the paranoia/lying is human nature and has nothing to do with the operator. Alex lies to people to protect his own identity. Not necessarily that he wants to not get caught for killing people, but moreso to watch his back that he doesn't end up dead himself at the hands of someone like a masky. The operator just being some figure that posesses people and nothing more completely ruins the character for me.
All in all, this has been speculated before and didn't need it's own topic. I wish people would give substantial theories that were based on facts and not predictions when making an entire topic about them :\
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 11:20 am
ieisuk
Decorated
Joined: 07 Oct 2011 Posts: 179
pravado wrote:
Well you mention people seeing him at the park, which is on film. Alex sees him when he's walking his dog. Since none of the characters are really looking at the footage while they're filming, you can tell by their reactions to Slendy appearing that they can see him without having to look into the camera for him if that's what you're implying.
But what about the slendy appearance in entry 51 where Alex fucks off? He's there, then the last frame shows him right in front of the camera, then he's gone and Brian is trying to find Alex seemingly not knowing what just happened.
The problem with fact vs theory right now is that the facts aren't concrete enough. Speculation on something like has to take thought and different people's views. By posting a theory like this on the forums, people can read and criticize it based on the holes in the their theories.
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 3:23 pm
Zarggg
Unfictologist
Joined: 23 Dec 2010 Posts: 1660
DaveK, can you clarify whether or not you feel the Operator is real ? If you're trying to argue that the Operator is a creation of Jay, Alex's, or someone else's imagination, I will disagree with you. However, I am intrigued by the notion that there is no physical body to the Operator, but rather his appearance is an impression forced into the minds of the viewer by whatever-the-fuck-he-is.
Unfortunately, that last theory can't work on the sole merit that we (the audience) are seeing him in a recorded video... which isn't fooled by tricks of the mind. In order for digital film (or even analog film) to capture an image, there must be matter there for light to bounce off of into the lens -- or something that projects photons that are absorbed into the lens.
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 3:26 pm
SecretPerson
Entrenched
Joined: 27 Jul 2011 Posts: 1020 Location: Nowhere
Well, the Operator does have some physical force. It apparently knocked over the camera during the blackout between Entry #40 and Entry #41.
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Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 3:35 pm
Geneaux486
I Have No Life
Joined: 17 Mar 2011 Posts: 2423
SecretPerson wrote:
Well, the Operator does have some physical force. It apparently knocked over the camera during the blackout between Entry #40 and Entry #41.
It also pushed open Alex's door.
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 9:24 pm
darkharlequin
Boot
Joined: 06 Sep 2011 Posts: 16
Just watching back the TTA videos which i do sometimes cause I enjoy them and I notice there are a lot of reference to water. Do you think there's something to that? This for example is from the Operator video.
Lakes
In Stillnesss will
Take
Every
life
of the
Night
Is the Operator a water based entity?
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:41 pm
Camero
Decorated
Joined: 05 Apr 2011 Posts: 234
darkharlequin wrote:
Just watching back the TTA videos which i do sometimes cause I enjoy them and I notice there are a lot of reference to water. Do you think there's something to that? This for example is from the Operator video.
Lakes
In Stillnesss will
Take
Every
life
of the
Night
Is the Operator a water based entity?
Maybe water kills him...no forget I ever said that. If this series ends like goddamn Signs...
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:45 am
darkharlequin
Boot
Joined: 06 Sep 2011 Posts: 16
Lol, yeah. That was totally weak.
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:59 am
AngryDeepground
Entrenched
Joined: 25 Jun 2011 Posts: 764
Camero wrote:
darkharlequin wrote:
Just watching back the TTA videos which i do sometimes cause I enjoy them and I notice there are a lot of reference to water. Do you think there's something to that? This for example is from the Operator video.
Lakes
In Stillnesss will
Take
Every
life
of the
Night
Is the Operator a water based entity?
Maybe water kills him...no forget I ever said that. If this series ends like goddamn Signs...
Well here at least the weakness to water was not spur of the moment. Still, no just, no.
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:13 am
czaaaaaa
Boot
Joined: 05 Apr 2011 Posts: 69
I wonder if he'll drop an enderman pearl
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 2:53 am
darkharlequin
Boot
Joined: 06 Sep 2011 Posts: 16
czaaaaaa wrote:
I wonder if he'll drop an enderman pearl
Dude, you're going to make me jealous cause my new computer won't run Minecraft.
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:00 am
Tharol
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 02 Oct 2011 Posts: 4805 Location: Muncie, Indiana
Has the Operator been seen by normal people in video.
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:25 am
hughesta74
Veteran
Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Posts: 126
He was seen by a plane-full of people in TribeTwelve's 'Northern Trip,' but I guess that's unrelated. MH-wise, I don't believe anybody outside the cast of MH (and Amy) have seen him.
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 6:57 am
sjhartsfield
Veteran
Joined: 30 Mar 2011 Posts: 111 Location: Oklahoma City
hughesta74 wrote:
He was seen by a plane-full of people in TribeTwelve's 'Northern Trip,' but I guess that's unrelated. MH-wise, I don't believe anybody outside the cast of MH (and Amy) have seen him.
Well, and Jay. Unless you're counting him as part of the cast of MH.
At this point, there's no way to know for absolute certain how people see him when they're not looking through the viewfinder of a camera. Entry 12 seems to indicate that when they're not, he appears non-threatening. But we don't know how he looks in, say, Entry 46. Does Alex see him as Jay does, through the viewfinder? Does Jay even NEED the viewfinder to see how damn creepy he is? It's hard to know, at this point.
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 7:19 am
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