Quote Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
Dude. I'm the king of nitpicks, but this takes it to another level. First, this is almost exactly what happened in the Ring, which is universally praised. And second, you're questioning THIS when the main premise is [
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First, I think The Ring is just OK and second I still got a point so I'm allowed to bring it up right.

It's unclear to me why a kinda out there premise would be a carte blanche for other aspects of the movie to be kinda implausible.