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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt
TV or film can be subtle and suggest things rather than shove them in your face too. 'Alien' (the first one) was one of the scariest movies I saw, and you hardly saw anything of the monster. It's much more effective when you are scaring yourself in fact 
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oh yes, i completely agree !

and it's true, tv or film can be subtle, i don't disagree. but nonetheless it's a different rapport to the media ; even when it's subtle, it's still visual, so you have a whole dimension which is already "decided" for you, rather than created in your head.