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[Cyan507]

I think Lithp has done the most fair summary of the video above.

[lonsumtravlr]

[SignerJ]

I liked "Blue Room." Just for the record.

OOG:

[Cyan507]

[device]

Why is anyone hung up on the stupid window?
This is HABIT's house.
It's part of his pocket universe now. He controls the exits and entrances.
Remember how Evan and Vinny tried to get out the front door, and couldn't? It would only open at Habit's will (with him nowhere near the door). Perhaps Vinny knows more about his situation now after living with him for so long?

Anyway, I notice that Michael has just woken up in an unknown location... (MLANDERSEN0) Kidnapped by Habit? Was Vinny there when Habit was claiming that Patrick is just another possessing spirit like Habit? Maybe he was planting the seeds of distrust in both Vinny and Sean's minds... so when Michael does show up, they're more likely to try to kill him right off the bat?

[lonsumtravlr]

[Lithp]

I had a much larger rant, but I decided that it shouldn't see the light of day, first because it was so damn TL;DR & second because I thought it retreaded too much of what has already been said. I also wanted to address the various defenses. This is actually the first video I've walked away from thinking I didn't like anything about it, so I damn well hope they have a plan for the Blue Room, or at the very least, they won't continue with anything along these lines.

[lonsumtravlr]

This is actually the first video I've walked away from...

[awakeasaurusrex]

As sure as I am that this isn't *intended* to be the end of EMH - I believe Jeff when he says that we'll know the end when we see it, and I point-blank refuse to believe that the guys seriously planned an ending this weak considering how ambitious the series has always been - at the same time I felt a weird sense of finality watching this video.

Part of it is simply the way the video underscores just how much of a corner EMH has now written itself into. This is a video consisting of literally one character in a room by himself, and that's kind of what the series is reduced to. There's HABIT, of course, but HABIT doesn't really strike me as a character who can carry a series by himself, so at the moment it feels like once Vinny's done, EMH is done.

Part of it is the way the video seems to be implying that time genuinely is running out for Vince, if it hasn't already. Aside from the countdown motif, you have a substantial proportion of the video consisting of him saying what he obviously believes could be his final goodbyes to the fans, and you have those edited-in shots of the main characters from back at the beginning, which is a classic "We're coming to the end of the road so here's one last look back at the people we shared it with" motif. You could literally use those black and white shots as the end credits of the series without alteration.

But what really makes this feel like the end for me is just how sparse the episode is. It involves no special effects, only one cast member, and an absolutely minimal amount of editing and effort. If this is what they are reduced to because they cannot get people's schedules together enough to produce anything even slightly more involved, then the series is basically done: even if they do have more story to tell, it's painfully obvious that the practicalities of the situation won't ever allow them to do it - at least, not in a timescale that would hold the interest of more than a tiny handful of diehards.

I mean, look at the video again. There isn't even any camera distortion or anything like that. There's absolutely space in an amateur-made supernatural horror web series for an episode revolving around just one character sat in a room. At the same time, I can't believe they planned to have no payoff in the video more involved than the lights turning off. I'm sure it's down to more factors than just laziness, but on the other hand if you saw this video out of context - if, say, it was the first video you saw of a SlendySeries you otherwise hadn't heard of and didn't have the reputation of EMH - you'd laugh it off as the laziest excuse for a horror video you'd ever seen.

[Cyan507]

[Lithp]

[Master of Octopi]

[SilentMedusa]

Is it possible he kept thinking he heard Jeff downstairs because it was Jeff's room he was trapped in?

A side note: until multiple people here and at TV Tropes said so, I didn't realize this was Vinny. Due to a) the number of F bombs dropped and b) not remembering what their voices sound like, I thought it was Evan! I thought HABIT had left him trapped in the bedroom of the person inHABITed Evan tortured to death, and was possibly walking around in Vinny's body and causing chaos. Maybe I should do a little rewatching...

[Cyan507]

I really hope we get another video soon. Because if this is the best they can do for next few months then I think I'll move on.

[lonsumtravlr]