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[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So its like they're living compressed png world chosing 4bit as color depth (it's 16 colors tho). I'm no retro gamer but some old graphics presents unbelievable level of expression with limited colors, so it's possible they're seeing something amazing still.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I'm just imagining the scenes in From Beyond where once Jeffrey Combs' pineal gland pops out of his head everything becomes "so beautiful."

(Is a pixelated blur of rainbow colors where you can barely discern what anything is lol)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Do you have a rough timestamp where that happens in the movie?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

30-40 minutes in, or thereabouts.