Comments on: defining the creep factor http://digressica.com/2008/08/10/defining-the-creep-factor/ i'm out of order, you're out of order, this whole interwebs is out of order Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:40:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Sideshow Tuper http://digressica.com/2008/08/10/defining-the-creep-factor/#comment-725 Sideshow Tuper Sun, 10 May 2009 07:33:21 +0000 http://www.digressica.com/?p=18#comment-725 When I was a child, I thought the Wheelers where awsome. Hush is one of my favorite Buffy episodes. I don't know, I guess stuff just doesn't creep me out. I see stuff like that and just get excited. What can I say, I love creepy stuff. When I was a child, I thought the Wheelers where awsome. Hush is one of my favorite Buffy episodes.

I don’t know, I guess stuff just doesn’t creep me out. I see stuff like that and just get excited.
What can I say, I love creepy stuff.

]]> By: shinykatie http://digressica.com/2008/08/10/defining-the-creep-factor/#comment-724 shinykatie Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:43:15 +0000 http://www.digressica.com/?p=18#comment-724 Good choices! The Gentlemen scar the holy bejesus out of me. Ditto the Wheelers. I've got lots of Return to Oz memorabilia back at my mum's house and I'm sure it's worth a bob or two by now! Good choices! The Gentlemen scar the holy bejesus out of me. Ditto the Wheelers.

I’ve got lots of Return to Oz memorabilia back at my mum’s house and I’m sure it’s worth a bob or two by now!

]]> By: Wednesday miscellany XIV « Parlez-vous moo? http://digressica.com/2008/08/10/defining-the-creep-factor/#comment-723 Wednesday miscellany XIV « Parlez-vous moo? Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:52:33 +0000 http://www.digressica.com/?p=18#comment-723 [...] Jo gets scared Annie becomes a product slut Rosiero makes a clean start Mud has a plan Digressica gets scared J-Money does Maccy Ds BloodRedRoses survives a wedding Reluctant Memsahib comes home English Mum [...] [...] Jo gets scared Annie becomes a product slut Rosiero makes a clean start Mud has a plan Digressica gets scared J-Money does Maccy Ds BloodRedRoses survives a wedding Reluctant Memsahib comes home English Mum [...]

]]> By: nuttycow http://digressica.com/2008/08/10/defining-the-creep-factor/#comment-721 nuttycow Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:49:00 +0000 http://www.digressica.com/?p=18#comment-721 *shudder* The gentlemen scare me too. But dammit, I love that episode. Might have to go home and watch it (I'm such a buffy geek) *shudder* The gentlemen scare me too. But dammit, I love that episode. Might have to go home and watch it (I’m such a buffy geek)

]]> By: Nick http://digressica.com/2008/08/10/defining-the-creep-factor/#comment-722 Nick Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:02:51 +0000 http://www.digressica.com/?p=18#comment-722 >>Who is the scariest villain of all time? Velociraptors, that bloke from No Country for Old Men, Heath Ledger’s Joker and Mick Taylor (John Jarrat) from Wolf Creek. Not Darth Vader. He’s misunderstood, loveable and squishy. >>Why is he or she so damn scary? Raptors were scary because they were methodical, relentless and not human. Bloke from No Country for Old Men was scary because he was like the raptors, only human. Heath Ledger’s Joker was scary because he was inconsistent: his stories about his origin were never the same; he said one thing then did something else, then did the thing he said he was gonna do; and they way he licked his lips all the time was creepy… predatory. Mick Taylor was scary because he used to hang with Big Ted and Jemima and now he’s there in front of on a big screen, threatening rape and committing torturous murder. And the snicker. And you know that that is what has most likely happened to real people. >>What makes a good villain? Something you haven’t seen before. But especially something that you identify with or can understand, but still find reprehensible. >>Is it more important that a villain has a story behind their villainy, or that they are unpredictable? See Heath Ledger’s Joker. A backstory is only likely to generate sympathy. Unless that’s what you want (see previous comment). >>Do men make scarier villains than women? Men. Women are squishy and loveable too. Like Darth Vader. Also misunderstood… at least by me. >>What’s scarier in a book: the unseen/unknown, or something that’s physically confronting? The unseen is always scarier. That’s why Lucas should never have put the Wampa in the Special Edition of the Empire Strikes Back. Although, Ringwraiths were scarier than Sauron (yes, I did actually read the book). >>Who is the scariest villain of all time?
Velociraptors, that bloke from No Country for Old Men, Heath Ledger’s Joker and Mick Taylor (John Jarrat) from Wolf Creek. Not Darth Vader. He’s misunderstood, loveable and squishy.

>>Why is he or she so damn scary?
Raptors were scary because they were methodical, relentless and not human. Bloke from No Country for Old Men was scary because he was like the raptors, only human. Heath Ledger’s Joker was scary because he was inconsistent: his stories about his origin were never the same; he said one thing then did something else, then did the thing he said he was gonna do; and they way he licked his lips all the time was creepy… predatory. Mick Taylor was scary because he used to hang with Big Ted and Jemima and now he’s there in front of on a big screen, threatening rape and committing torturous murder. And the snicker. And you know that that is what has most likely happened to real people.

>>What makes a good villain?
Something you haven’t seen before. But especially something that you identify with or can understand, but still find reprehensible.

>>Is it more important that a villain has a story behind their villainy, or that they are unpredictable?
See Heath Ledger’s Joker. A backstory is only likely to generate sympathy. Unless that’s what you want (see previous comment).

>>Do men make scarier villains than women?
Men. Women are squishy and loveable too. Like Darth Vader. Also misunderstood… at least by me.

>>What’s scarier in a book: the unseen/unknown, or something that’s physically confronting?
The unseen is always scarier. That’s why Lucas should never have put the Wampa in the Special Edition of the Empire Strikes Back. Although, Ringwraiths were scarier than Sauron (yes, I did actually read the book).

]]> By: Gemma http://digressica.com/2008/08/10/defining-the-creep-factor/#comment-720 Gemma Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:31:37 +0000 http://www.digressica.com/?p=18#comment-720 Are you me, by any chance? I can't even watch The Hush any more. The Gentlemen freak the hell out of me. As do The Wheelers. Return To Oz was created by someone with a lot of emotional issues. Must add a couple of Doctor Who villains, I suppose. The moving statues in Blink are horrible, and the clockwork robots in The Girl in The Fireplace. Daleks, however, are just big talking pepper pots. (my novel is chick lit, by the way. What else could it possibly be?!) Are you me, by any chance?

I can’t even watch The Hush any more. The Gentlemen freak the hell out of me. As do The Wheelers. Return To Oz was created by someone with a lot of emotional issues.

Must add a couple of Doctor Who villains, I suppose. The moving statues in Blink are horrible, and the clockwork robots in The Girl in The Fireplace. Daleks, however, are just big talking pepper pots.

(my novel is chick lit, by the way. What else could it possibly be?!)

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