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Of course Brian majored in psychology and then proceeds to become insane. Minoring in video production sure helped him in creating totheark videos.


I'm not even going to take that bait Razz This thread has only just been de-railed, lets not do it again Razz


What are you talking about...I'm pointing out the humor in the descriptions. Brian was hoody, hoody was crazy, Brian majored in psychology.

You don't see the irony?


I think og1764 doesn't want to get into a protracted argument about mental health among college students or about what goes into selecting a major.

I do love that THAC went back and accounted for the explanation of why Brian, a non-film major, would have video editing skills.

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 		That moment when you look at Jay's bio and see that it's empty... Crying or Very sad

Anyway, I'm just gonna be lurking because I can't analyze things as thoroughly as you guys do.
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 		I thought it was funny that Jay didn't even have a proper job title.

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What are you talking about...I'm pointing out the humor in the descriptions. Brian was hoody, hoody was crazy, Brian majored in psychology.

You don't see the irony?

Pretty sure he's (jokingly) referring to the fact that not two pages ago we derailed this thread to discuss TTA's identity and your post could potentially derail the thread into a TTA discussion again.

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 		Alright, I have a theory. It says "Pending investigation, some of this site is not available." And the amount available keeps changing as the "investigation" goes on, I suppose. What if D Scott is Detective Scott? What if the authorities are somehow involved? Now, I dunno how that connects with the whole 44 thing, but I think it's an idea worth putting out there.
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 		I mean, I already sort of assumed based on the "investigation" that D. Scott was somehow connected to authorities or at least a private investigating group of some sort. Never thought of D. being a title rather than an initial, though I'm not sure that's how detectives format their email addresses (I suspect it's still his initial as such.)

You know what's cool though? Assuming these parts of the site remain intact regardless of whatever's coming, this could make the site a great addition to the IG materials for new viewers. Like, imagine starting by reading what's on the site before watching MH, and the ominous mood set by the incomplete website that's "pending investigation." Not to mention it adds a detail about Brian that makes his being TTA easier to digest.

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lonsumtravlr wrote:
wassupbro wrote:
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Of course Brian majored in psychology and then proceeds to become insane. Minoring in video production sure helped him in creating totheark videos.


I'm not even going to take that bait Razz This thread has only just been de-railed, lets not do it again Razz


What are you talking about...I'm pointing out the humor in the descriptions. Brian was hoody, hoody was crazy, Brian majored in psychology.

You don't see the irony?


I think og1764 doesn't want to get into a protracted argument about mental health among college students or about what goes into selecting a major.

I do love that THAC went back and accounted for the explanation of why Brian, a non-film major, would have video editing skills.


Honestly I mis-read it as Alex Razz

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DHawk314 wrote:
Alright, I have a theory. It says "Pending investigation, some of this site is not available." And the amount available keeps changing as the "investigation" goes on, I suppose. What if D Scott is Detective Scott? What if the authorities are somehow involved? Now, I dunno how that connects with the whole 44 thing, but I think it's an idea worth putting out there.


Detectives' usually shorten Detective to Det. at least in New Zealand. I can't say for the USA.

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 		I honestly forgot that he literally called himself D Scott in the email. Actually the email is very strange. It really looks like it's supposed to seem like an investigation by the authorities but there's all this cryptic stuff underneath. I guess we're supposed to believe the authorities were hacked after beginning an investigation? This is pretty confusing.
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I honestly forgot that he literally called himself D Scott in the email. Actually the email is very strange. It really looks like it's supposed to seem like an investigation by the authorities but there's all this cryptic stuff underneath. I guess we're supposed to believe the authorities were hacked after beginning an investigation? This is pretty confusing.


That's why I think this is a private investigator (the abbreviation woulda been P.I. and woulda come after, not before, the name) or some other independent researcher (possibly a historian or psychologist or scientist with interest in paranormal activity). We don't know who or what's doing the investigating. Though we DO know that someone's supposed to be always reliable (I think is the word from that convention promo) and always watching... We don't know that D. Scott is even the individual's real (in series) name; it could be a professional name such as a pen name.

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 		That would be interesting. Okay, I have a structured theory now.

1) This is some investigative group, related to the 44 channel thingy, interested in what happened with Marble Hornets (perhaps they're interested in the paranormal).
2) Through the site the group will create some type of ARG-esc relationship with the audience.
3) To communicate with us further they will hack the channel, hence the new series.
BONUS: Maybe some fake "fan" insert (Noah?) will be given access to the channel by whoever this is (D Scott?) and he will becomes the protagonist.
BONUS BONUS: If they're really paranormal investigators, this opens up an avenue for some non-Operator paranormal aspect of the series.
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I am seriously only thinking of this as Marble Hornets: Season 4 so far.


Haha same, and no one can stop me Razz


Honestly I can't help but feel the same way. Or like, a reboot.

But anyway, I emailed DScott, we'll see if anything comes of it.

Also the Cast and Crew page on the Marble Hornets website is actually really awesome. Easter Eggs and strange shit abounds, such as-

- Has anyone considered that the picture of Alex looks a bit like there is just static behind him? This could account for the minor photo-shopping OOG - they took this picture of him in front of a green screen, then shop in the static behind him. Like old school TV snow type static. It doesn't look like a normal wall, and as some have said, the picture really just looks... off, weird.

- "my dog rocky" indicates to me that this is clearly originally Alex's site content, IG

- "Dislikes: Fakery" Strange, since he's into film, and that involves actors who are typically total "fakes", as one could say. Also shows his mental state before being slenderized, possibly hinting at why his psychosis manifested as it did, i.e. total distrust in everyone around him. Like they're a bunch of "phonies", ala Catcher in the Rye.

- Brian was going to earn a Bachelor's in psychology, and would earn a minor in video production... well, there's your absolutely ridiculously specific IG explanation for how Brian could be TTA - both the ruthless manipulation and also the weird footage edits. Not just the series implying its him over time subtly and visually... this throws the skeptics a bone to ease their troubled minds.

- Sarah being Celia in As You Like It is a massive in-joke, and also a confirmation: Sarah didn't matter to the plot of the Marble Hornets web series. Just an ancillary character. This is literally as close to spelling it out as they can get, but in their classic witty, trolly THAC way.

- Seth as the "Camera / Co-Editor" confirms that he would have had complete access to the footage shot for the film, and could have indeed been the first to notice and point out to Alex regarding Mr. Tall. This explains them adventuring together in Entry #22. Also, this is a nice little way of throwing a bone to the "OMG GUISE SETH IS TTA!" crowd as well. THAC being trolly... they just had to give a little Seth rope for us to hang ourselves with, speculation wise.

- Jay didn't even have a title, and must have been barely involved with production. Maybe he was just good friends with Alex? Just totally volunteered to be around to kinda do whatever.. you know, that guy. "I'll be an extra!" in a film without extras. Helping to "location scout" and "supervise the script" (which Alex already wrote, has been "polishing for years" and wouldn't approve many changes of). So really, Jay was hardly involved in this project at all in the start. Its a little weird how the channel starts when you think about it, isn't it? Jay just gets this OBSESSION suddenly. Can't stop. Go into scary places at night, don't give up after apartment burns down.... kind of weird for someone who was barely involved with the film in the first place, and then totally FORGOT ABOUT IT COMPLETELY for like 3 years. Possibly relevant.

GG THAC I'm losing my shit over here. Can I please haz new series now pls <33334

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Sha Noran wrote:

- Has anyone considered that the picture of Alex looks a bit like there is just static behind him? This could account for the minor photo-shopping OOG - they took this picture of him in front of a green screen, then shop in the static behind him. Like old school TV snow type static. It doesn't look like a normal wall, and as some have said, the picture really just looks... off, weird.


Some THAC Forum users have been looking into this. Someone suggests that there's something written in back that's been blurred out, but apparently the metadata shows (unless it's just off) that the photo was edited in about a minute, and some say that's too fast to do much in Photoshop (having no fluency in this shit, I have no way of suggesting an alternative, but here's the thread: http://forums.thac.tv/forum/main-forum/44/204-marblehornets-com-thoughts/page14).

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- "Dislikes: Fakery" Strange, since he's into film, and that involves actors who are typically total "fakes", as one could say. Also shows his mental state before being slenderized, possibly hinting at why his psychosis manifested as it did, i.e. total distrust in everyone around him. Like they're a bunch of "phonies", ala Catcher in the Rye.


Or just that he's one of those pretentious film types who thinks he really has an "authentic" vision that is "true" because it's how he sees the world, never mind the apparent lack of talent in conveying it so that others can see it. Reminds me of the BS I heard in my creative writing classes and from some film school and drama school friends. It's not so hard to wonder why some engineering types can't understand why all humanities funding isn't cut. (It shouldn't be, it shouldn't be, but even I, an almost strict humanities guy, can empathize with the detractors when I read something that looks like a junior high school kid's journal transcribed into OpenOffice, then "versified" by some frequent application of the cursor and the Enter key, and then praised for being "true" even if it's not very artistic [or good].) I see this more as a furthering of the joke about Alex writing the "pretentious film student fare" that Jay characterized the script of "Marble Hornets" as in the series introduction.

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- Brian was going to earn a Bachelor's in psychology, and would earn a minor in video production... well, there's your absolutely ridiculously specific IG explanation for how Brian could be TTA - both the ruthless manipulation and also the weird footage edits. Not just the series implying its him over time subtly and visually... this throws the skeptics a bone to ease their troubled minds.


It wasn't really that big a stretch to think that any of the other cast members could have acquired editing and cinematography expertise. Although (and I realize I seem to undercut this here a bit) it did seem odd that Tim was editing videos, etc., when he said he wasn't "the movie guy." (There's also the question of who edited and posted Entry #79, when Jay's laptop was left in his car--can this shit all be done on a smartphone? I have no experience with this.) So he musta been holding back these skills. But Brian--I don't see why if Tim could take over Jay's chronicling and tweeting the remainder of the series after Alex shot Jay that Brian couldn't have had some editing experience.

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- Sarah being Celia in As You Like It is a massive in-joke, and also a confirmation: Sarah didn't matter to the plot of the Marble Hornets web series. Just an ancillary character. This is literally as close to spelling it out as they can get, but in their classic witty, trolly THAC way.


Does it help to make your point by saying that I can never even remember Celia's name?

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- Seth as the "Camera / Co-Editor" confirms that he would have had complete access to the footage shot for the film, and could have indeed been the first to notice and point out to Alex regarding Mr. Tall. This explains them adventuring together in Entry #22. Also, this is a nice little way of throwing a bone to the "OMG GUISE SETH IS TTA!" crowd as well. THAC being trolly... they just had to give a little Seth rope for us to hang ourselves with, speculation wise.


And also possibly adding a bit more credibility to the theory held by some of us (including me) that Seth, as co-editor, must have noticed someone odd about the dailies and possibly started his own investigation, maybe even being the person who recorded the footage of Jay returning to the car in "Exit". Also, if Alex realized early that TO was transmitted to others through cameras, then Alex probably woulda wanted him out of the way earlier to stop the "infection" from spreading. But, yeah, another bone, definitely.

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- Jay didn't even have a title, and must have been barely involved with production. Maybe he was just good friends with Alex? Just totally volunteered to be around to kinda do whatever.. you know, that guy. "I'll be an extra!" in a film without extras. Helping to "location scout" and "supervise the script" (which Alex already wrote, has been "polishing for years" and wouldn't approve many changes of). So really, Jay was hardly involved in this project at all in the start. Its a little weird how the channel starts when you think about it, isn't it? Jay just gets this OBSESSION suddenly. Can't stop. Go into scary places at night, don't give up after apartment burns down.... kind of weird for someone who was barely involved with the film in the first place, and then totally FORGOT ABOUT IT COMPLETELY for like 3 years. Possibly relevant.


Jay could actually have had much to do with the film's production--more than even he remembered. What if Entry #71 (that's the one with the real story of what happened on the night he got the tapes, right?) was an incident similar to Entry #51, and it's a failed attempt at eliminating all of the infected cast members and others involved in the project? Jay didnt' remember certain aspects of filming at all or completely. But also, the footage shown, at least, shows that he was present for quite a bit. He scouted directions. He was "script supervisor." He stood in for Brian to help Tim go through his lines. He was doing something during filming in the tape shown in Entry #54, where the shoot was disrupted because of a rainstorm and Brian, Tim, and Alex went to Tim's apartment. And then he was present for some filming of Entry #13. Jay seems like a pretty modest guy, so he may have left out much more of his involvement, but my suspicion is that he may have been a sort of stabilizing force that brought coherence to the film for however much of the time he was involved--even if he just helped Alex to get it finally going. He may have helped Alex to restrain some of his more pretentious impulses at the start. (And then TO triggered OTHER impulses.)

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 		The imagine of Alex doesn't have static behind him, but the imagine does have some form of grain or noise that's been common in the teasers..

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Strange how the site has been signed by Alex Kralie, unless there's another A.K. out there.


If I remember correctly, early versions of the site before the changes to it had the "A.K." sig.

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lonsumtravlr wrote:
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Strange how the site has been signed by Alex Kralie, unless there's another A.K. out there.


If I remember correctly, early versions of the site before the changes to it had the "A.K." sig.


But the A.K. has only been added again recently, event though we know he's no longer running the page. So you have to wonder who DScott is making the site for.

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