You never saw 2, 3, or 4? Wow, no wonder your confused, you should watch them, they're as good as the first, well 4 comes at a close second, but still part of it.
The Mythology wasn't held very well due to the absence of Chris Landon in the development of Ghost Dimension
but I think it's because Toby's energy can only be seen and heard by young children and animals, and it wouldn't be smart if Toby showed his true colours to the children when he just met them, right? that's also part of the reason why he told them his name is Toby,
that's something that you would call your imaginary friend, and he befriended them in the same nature as an imaginary friend, but we've also seen that Toby has no patience.
This is a common trait of Horror Movie Paranormal/Demonic occurrences.
Well even though no one except for the children and animals couldn't see or hear him, Toby's presence was heard and known through physical interaction with their world.
And I think they were able to 'feel' him as well, like that feeling of someone watching you or 'around' you, Toby would of needed to hide his negative nature to the children before he could gain their trust, once Kristi refused to do what he told her and said
'I don't want to talk to you anymore' Toby was done and attacked her.
The next day Kristi had a high fever which was likely caused by Toby inflicting his negative energy onto her, AND he threatened to harm Katie if she refused.
And related to Toby's speech, It's possible that he communicates in a way that is completely different to humans, I noticed something in the movie that could help answer your question, the first night when Kristi gets up to talk to Toby,
you can hear high pitched ringing in the background, and as it gets louder Kristi tells him to be quiet otherwise he'll wake Katie up. Maybe he communicates through different vibrations and frequencies that are only perceivable through small children and animals, Katie was older than Kristi, so she likely wasn't able to see or hear him, just like the adults.
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thulk01
9 years ago
Cool, I'll watch 2, 3, and 4 then.
What do you think could explain why only children and animals can perceive him directly? Just bigger imagination, adults have learned to shut out things like that, etc; or is there a better explanation offered?
Also, what do you mean by "negative nature"? If this is explained in the other movies just let me know instead of spoiling it and I'll see it when I watch them, but I'm just curious what makes him "negative." In Ghost Dimension it seemed like his only goal was to create a physical body so he could live in the world rather than floating around doing nothing all the time, and he only did negative things to people who tried to stop him, which from his point of view is pretty understandable.
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gladoscake
9 years ago
Yes, I think that's definitely apart of it.
This is explained in the other movies.
Ha ha, yeah... you really need to watch the others, that's all I'm going to say.
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pennilayne
9 years ago
wtf??
why does the demon kill the rest of the families? why if the portal opened once..she came back once they already had her? why is the child not afraid of the demon?? if it looked like that id be terrified. does it make itself look like a kid? was she talking/playing with the kids from the other side all the other scenes shes talking to herself like with imaginary friends? where were the adults from the very beginning? in the house at the end it was just the two girls.. not even Hunter. if she was apart of this whole thing because of her bday...howcome stuff only starts happening because of a "spirit" camera when its not even a spirit its a demon. if it needs kids born on that day wouldnt it just be able to get to that kid? im sorry but this movie was a mess, as is all the others but the first. they just make all this stupid shi* up so that it makes sense why there is a camera in all of them. why even call it the ghost dimension when its a demon in all of them? if they could supposedly see into lee's time/space, the demon friends with her somehow?? were playing games with her, whatever, none of it really has a solid explanation, then they easily could have just stolen Lee. the end. and i get it then there wouldnt be a movie but howbout making the movie make sense and giving better explanations/story telling as to why all the creepy stuff is happening and in that order and why things have to happen the way it does. to me it just seems like a bunch of random crap thrown together to explain why it has to be filmed. this movie was sort of creepy at parts, and it was watchable. but its a mess. its too complicated for its own good... and when it kinda did have a flow going and a cool explanation they ruin it with poor execution. there is no reason theyd have to kill all the parents, and keep all the kids once they become human. and if there is a reason then explainnnn ittt. it doesnt make it creepier by not explaning it just makes it frustrating. im done with these paranormal activity movies. the first one was rad, the second was OK, the rest are jokes....this one is a mess.
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gladoscake
9 years ago
First I'll have to strongly disagree to your opinion that 2 was okay and 3 to 4 were jokes, I mean 4 wasn't as good as the first ones, but it's incomparable with GD, but anyway.
Yes, I agree with everything, and one thing you forgot was the fact that Toby was in 1992 in human form, but if he reached human form in 1992, the other movies where he's invisible and unseen can't happen because he's HUMAN!
The only things that TRIED to connect it with the others were Hunter, Katie and Kristi, Coven, but it's just the mere names, the Mythology that includes Lois making a deal with Toby to gain wealth and fortune in exchange for the first-born male or the ritual that needed Hunter to sacrifice Alex to prove himself to Toby, the ending of 3 where the girls minds are wiped and replaced with memories of their house burning down and seeing dark shadow at the foot of their beds, one second before the credits you can see the house burning down so it did happen, but not in the way they remembered it.
I hope it ends Gregory Plotkin's career, he screwed with us fans BIG TIME.
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