Aetherius

To further confuse things, the book of Lost Memories DOES title the section on PH as "red pyramid thing", but also refers to it as Pyramid Head several times (if I recall correctly...). The Order of SH4 is BASED on the religions of the older Silent Hill. I'm just making connections. I'll agree that the Pyramid Head in Silent Hill 2 is restricted to James' imagination, but I'm not going to rule out the possibility, that having existed at any time in silent hill's history makes the role of pyramid head/valtiel fair game for appearances to the town's visitors in any form. The Red Devil, of SH4 is to me a representation of the Pyramid Helmet-wearing executioners, and indicative of their role/character in the Order. Obviously they're not the same thing as the PH james sees, and as such, would not have the same 'silent antagonist' kind of stigma.

"red pyramid thing" eh? Well, unless you're going to get into a semantics debate, there are two pyramid heads in the second to last battle in Silent Hill 2. they are described as "red pyramid head" and "white pyramid head" but when I was playing they both looked the same to me, so meh. I said 'pyramid heads' not 'red pyramid things.' In my book, Anybody wearing the pyramid helmet/hood = a pyramid head. It's a fixture of the Order's religious heirarchy.

I have an extremely busy week upcoming, and then it'll be smooth sailing for me. I'll check out the wip when I have time, Dafydd.

Because historical documents said that there was more than one of them.

No, of course not. But it doesn't really matter. The PH james sees isn't real. Obviosuly there are piles of other Pyramid Heads.

Well, unfortunately, SirRus has definitively pulled out of the project. That said, I think I'll remove the 'hen house' theme from the tracklisting alltogether, as it is short, repetitive, and not all that integral to the plot.

There are indeed. The "red devil" that is the 01/21 is supposed to have been a pyramid head, I think. The mention him being in the ceremonial robes and wearing the triangle 'hood'.

All that's left for me to do is record the vocals, which I'm procrastinating about because I'm embarrassed to sing loudly about street fighter in my dorm room, where others can hear.

Pyramid is part of the town's mythology insofar as he existed in the past as an executioner, but seeing as he was conjured by JAMES's emotions, I would say he has no place in the world of Silent Hill 1, as none of the characters really have any guilt to feel. Harry/Rose are just parents looking for their children, not tortured souls who did something unpleasant. Furthermore, the lack of pyramid head in any other Silent Hill Game than 2 so far indicates to me that while he is part of the town's history, he is only there because James is aware of him, and applies it to his other-world, not because he exists inherently in the 'otherworlds' of silent hill.

If I'm good today, (I really should not have slept in...) I'll be done or really close to done my remix.

haha, that said, maybe you should just improvise a new piano solo that's in the same chord progression of the song you're remixing, and use that instead.

...I don't think you should add it in unless it...is at all thematically and melodically in synch with your source material.

finally some progress. I know some of us are unable to work on anything right now....some of you haven't even started, (bitch). Anyway, I'm nigh on completed my remix for the SSF2T project...which means that I'll be working on my songs for THIS project finally, which means that since I procrastinated for almost 8 months, you have no excuse.

It just occurred to me that were sean bean not cast in this silent hill movie, he'd make a pretty good match for James Sunderland.

my song sucks, but I'm cooler than people who wear pants.

Actually it's a spenserian sonnet, not a shakespearian.

sweet. A deadline. I can be productive again! p.s. I'm in that list twice...but one of them's spelled wrong.

While I'm interested in how well the film translates the game to the big screen, I could have lived without that information. By the way. Kevin Spacey is Kaiser Sose, jigsaw is the dead guy in the middle of the room, and Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's father.

bumpyourass. It occurs to me that I haven't been in touch withn many of you lately...so...get in touch with me if you're reading this... Someone get actively excited about this project!

Well, I know it's a terrible poem. The fact that I was FORCED to write a sonnet (fixed form) is a little bit responsible. I'm not one for poetry that rhymes, let alone poetry with a fixed number of syllables or in a specific meter. If I'd intended to write a poem about silent hill (I prefer prose, though) It might have come out better. That said, no matter how you slice it, blood is blood. It pisses me off that mention of blood in poetry is immediately branded 'emo' rather than 'graphic realism.' It is a hokey poem, though.

I'm a lazy ass bastard, I swear.

So...yesterday I HAD to write a sonnet, and...it just ended up being about silent hill...which was slightly embarrassing in my poetry class, but a little less embarrassing here. So, without further ado, here's my crappy Silent Hill Sonnet (it's spenserian!): Each moment that I feel the skin peel off, I will savour the taste of iron and salt. Running blood in my mouth comes out in coughs, dissolving on my tongue, as sick’ning malt. In my eyes, I can feel tears filled with salt, commingling with the flow of blood outside. These tears, the blood, they’re mine. They are my fault. My guilt has led me to this place to hide. It’s from this guilt- the crimes I’ve kept inside- that this world comes, attacking me with dread. Denying my own past, I fought and tried to kill the mem’ries of those wronged and dead. For now, I am haunted by those I’ve killed, until fog swallows me in Silent Hill. Feel free to go 'man, that was shitty.'

I am skeptical. I will not give this project a chance.

...I'm pretty sure we've all seen it... Uhm, did anyone read the interview with Chris Gans (with a few little interjections from Akira Yamaoka)in EGM? It's convinced me that this movie will be pretty good, since Gans is actually a fan of the series himself, is working closely with the makers of the games, somehow impressed Yamaoka, and knocked Uwe Boll at the same time. Sounds pretty promising.

probably. We can wait you know, we still need 3 more mixers, or so. Anyone up to it?