Eyes in the monitor


In the beginning when wier walks towards the girl that is in the chair. The with no eyes. The blank monitor has a set of eyes that appear to be in the screen. Was that ever explained. It freaks me out whenever I see it.

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I think the theory was that they are Cptn Millers on like a paused screen before a complete fade out. However, if I remember right they supposedly filmed with all the screens black and added CGI to all of them in post, they missed a couple screens here and there if you can catch them.

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Not sure I follow? Captain Miller's not in the movie at this point, he only turns up later. So they cannot be his eyes?

I've seen EH a good few times over the decades but only noticed this creepy eye reflection last night, have come onto the boards to see if anyone else has discussed them


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They are when Weir is dreaming about waking up from the chryotube and wondering the L&C, Miller had already been in the movie, that is his ship.

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If I didn't know better, I'd say it was just something they put in for your peripheral vision and subconscious to pick up on for creepy value.

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I've seen this movie a bunch of times over the years, but I watched it again today and saw those eyes for the first time. It was incredibly creepy. I always focused on the lady, but right behind her are the white eyes, just staring out at you.

Nice touch, whoever put them there.

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I am pretty sure they are stickers. This screen is full of stickers if you look well, it could simply be part of the set, to give an aspect worn/used of the control panels of the ship. The "eyes" can be seen in the next cut, but they are blurry (like the rest of that screen).

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I've seen this movie so many times and only just noticed them for the first time today. Creepy.

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That was definitely disturbing. Just finished watching it after 10+ years, and had to rewind that part to make sure I wasn't seeing things.

Rats, I was hoping someone would know what was up with that, lol.



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