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[wassupbro]

[Lessa]

[Zarggg]

Why would the Operator need to stalk anyone, when Jay is constantly showing up at places it already has an affinity for?

[Serum]

I still like the idea of Doug Jones playing the Operator. He could really put a cool angle on it.

[wassupbro]

I don't think rejuvenating the essence of stalking would be a refreshing thing for marble hornets as of now since the series is almost over.

What would be even better is if we actually got some hints or answers as to what the hell the friggin thing wants. At least we got progress on Masky/Hoody's origins/conflicts and the whole Jessica Situation, but after what 4 years we still have absolutely no idea what it wants.

[Lithp]

[wassupbro]

well that was refreshing

[JustJim]

[Spritey]

The Operator is so mobile in #76. I love it. He seemed really threatening for the first time in years.

[TheJoker]

Agreed. Everything about his posture, etc. was perfectly menacing.

[Xman]

The Operator was at his pinnacle in Return.



His height is perfect, his face is completely blank, and his walking is creepy.

I hate how with Season 2 and onward, you can make out facial features. It really takes me out of it. Does this have to do with it being HD, or did they change how they did the Operator altogether?

Can they just please go back to how they used to do it? Make him walk again. Make him move again. I love how he walked into Alex's room in Entry #14. How he slowly moves in, pushing his hand on the door. And in Entry #4, when you briefly seem him running. Why was he running, and where did he go? Or that head turn in Entry #1. Why was he just standing there with his hand leaning on that beam? Those were all eerie. Did they regret doing those or something? Is it extremely difficult OOG to make him move like that, so they decided to stop?

I'm really interested to know why they moved away from that style.

[TheJoker]

They stopped doing those because making him move and making it look good is freaking difficult. They were able to pull it off in the entries they did through some camera trickery and such, but pulling it off on a regular basis, especially in scenarios where he should be more aggressively pursuing Jay and Tim (ie running rather than dramatic slow walk), would be impossible without it looking ridiculous. Much easier to just have him teleport or have the camera off him whenever he's moving (I prefer the latter when possible because timing and posture can imply motion and make him seem mobile without actually showing him move at all).

It's funny, really- the more aggressive his behavior becomes, the less practical showing actual motion is.

I would love to see him walk again, but there's only certain contexts it could work without seeming silly. It would work best if his prey is a little less mobile than Jay tends to be when he sees TO.

[wassupbro]

Just the tilt of the head was all they needed. He felt very much alive.

[Xman]

[TheJoker]

Fair enough. I agree that it can be a problem (though again, the contexts in which he appears can make even leg or arm movement difficult sometimes, I would imagine), but I'm not so sure about the facial features- I've only seen any noticeable ones in a couple of entries (which I think is the result of the camera being used, and they're still not particularly pronounced), and certainly not in 76.