Crosstalk - Revision history

Prince at 20:24, 19 April 2022

2022-04-19T20:24:56Z

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	'''Crosstalk''' is [[Chiaki ~~Konaka\|~~Konaka]]'s word for the phenomenon of when multiple voices can be heard having conversations at the same time. Crosstalk scenes appear several times in [[~~anime\|~~Serial Experiments Lain]], the first time being in [[Layer 03]]. In the anime, crosstalk is used to convey Lain's forays into the Wired, when she does research or eavesdrops on conversations.		'''Crosstalk''' is [[Chiaki J. Konaka]]'s word for the phenomenon of when multiple voices can be heard having conversations at the same time. Crosstalk scenes appear several times in the [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)\|anime]], the first time being in [[Layer 03]]. In the anime, crosstalk is used to convey Lain's forays into the Wired, when she does research or eavesdrops on conversations.

	An event that may be a foreshadowing of crosstalk occurs in [[Layer 01]]. When Lain is on the train, she hears muffled, jumbled-up voices, even though no one on the train appears to be talking. This suggests that the ability to hear net chatter is a passive ability of Lain's, brought to its full potential when she obtains the [[Psyche]] chip in Layer 03. (In the scenario for Layer 01, Konaka compares the voices to those heard by the main character of the 1981 film ''Scanners'' before he learns to control his telepathic powers.)		An event that may be a foreshadowing of crosstalk occurs in [[Layer 01]]. When Lain is on the train, she hears muffled, jumbled-up voices, even though no one on the train appears to be talking. This suggests that the ability to hear net chatter is a passive ability of Lain's, brought to its full potential when she obtains the [[Psyche]] chip in Layer 03. (In the scenario for Layer 01, Konaka compares the voices to those heard by the main character of the 1981 film ''Scanners'' before he learns to control his telepathic powers.)
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	Crosstalk in the anime is usually accompanied by [[typographics]].		Crosstalk in the anime is usually accompanied by [[typographics]].

	In the [[game]], Lain's ability to hear voices coming from phone wires and electromagnetic waves is more explicitly referred to, the first time being in Cou020. When the player idles in the game, it will periodically cut to audio files of crosstalk, accompanied by images of utility poles and power lines.		In the [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)\|game]], Lain's ability to hear voices coming from phone wires and electromagnetic waves is more explicitly referred to, the first time being in Cou020. When the player idles in the game, it will periodically cut to audio files of crosstalk, accompanied by images of utility poles and power lines.

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Cyber-the-password-forgetter at 06:50, 4 August 2014

2014-08-04T06:50:39Z

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	'''Crosstalk''' is [[Chiaki Konaka\|Konaka]]'s word for the phenomenon of when multiple voices can be heard having ~~overlapping~~ conversations at the same time. ~~He states in a footnote of [[Scenario Experiments Lain]] that doing something like this is a big no-no in the broadcasting industry for normal dramas. Despite that, crosstalk~~ scenes appear several times in [[anime\|Serial Experiments Lain]], the first time being in [[Layer 03]]. ~~They seem to be~~ used to convey [[Lain]]'s forays into the [[Wired]], when she does research or eavesdrops on conversations.		'''Crosstalk''' is [[Chiaki Konaka\|Konaka]]'s word for the phenomenon of when multiple voices can be heard having conversations at the same time. Crosstalk scenes appear several times in [[anime\|Serial Experiments Lain]], the first time being in [[Layer 03]]. In the anime, crosstalk is used to convey Lain's forays into the Wired, when she does research or eavesdrops on conversations.

	An event that may be a foreshadowing of crosstalk occurs in [[Layer 01]]. When Lain is on the train, she hears muffled, jumbled-up voices, even though no one on the train appears to be talking. This suggests that the ability to hear net chatter is a passive ability of Lain's, brought to its full potential when she obtains the [[Psyche]] chip in Layer 03. (In the scenario for Layer 01, Konaka compares the voices to those heard by the main character of the 1981 film ''Scanners'' before he learns to control his telepathic powers.)		An event that may be a foreshadowing of crosstalk occurs in [[Layer 01]]. When Lain is on the train, she hears muffled, jumbled-up voices, even though no one on the train appears to be talking. This suggests that the ability to hear net chatter is a passive ability of Lain's, brought to its full potential when she obtains the [[Psyche]] chip in Layer 03. (In the scenario for Layer 01, Konaka compares the voices to those heard by the main character of the 1981 film ''Scanners'' before he learns to control his telepathic powers.)

	~~In ''Lain'', crosstalk~~ is usually accompanied by [[typographics]].		Crosstalk in the anime is usually accompanied by [[typographics]].

			In the [[game]], Lain's ability to hear voices coming from phone wires and electromagnetic waves is more explicitly referred to, the first time being in Cou020. When the player idles in the game, it will periodically cut to audio files of crosstalk, accompanied by images of utility poles and power lines.

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Cyber-the-password-forgetter at 04:48, 28 July 2014

2014-07-28T04:48:56Z

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	An event that may be a foreshadowing of crosstalk occurs in [[Layer 01]]. When Lain is on the train, she hears muffled, jumbled-up voices, even though no one on the train appears to be talking. This suggests that the ability to hear net chatter is a passive ability of Lain's, brought to its full potential when she obtains the [[Psyche]] chip in Layer 03. (In the scenario for Layer 01, Konaka compares the voices to those heard by the main character of the 1981 film ''Scanners'' before he learns to control his telepathic powers.)		An event that may be a foreshadowing of crosstalk occurs in [[Layer 01]]. When Lain is on the train, she hears muffled, jumbled-up voices, even though no one on the train appears to be talking. This suggests that the ability to hear net chatter is a passive ability of Lain's, brought to its full potential when she obtains the [[Psyche]] chip in Layer 03. (In the scenario for Layer 01, Konaka compares the voices to those heard by the main character of the 1981 film ''Scanners'' before he learns to control his telepathic powers.)

	~~Crosstalk~~ is usually accompanied by [[typographics]].		In ''Lain'', crosstalk is usually accompanied by [[typographics]].

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Cyber-the-password-forgetter: that first sentence or two is pretty much just a bad translation of a footnote from the scenarios.

2014-07-27T07:14:59Z

that first sentence or two is pretty much just a bad translation of a footnote from the scenarios.

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'''Crosstalk''' is [[Chiaki Konaka|Konaka]]'s word for the phenomenon of when multiple voices can be heard having overlapping conversations at the same time. He states in a footnote of [[Scenario Experiments Lain]] that doing something like this is a big no-no in the broadcasting industry for normal dramas. Despite that, crosstalk scenes appear several times in [[anime|Serial Experiments Lain]], the first time being in [[Layer 03]]. They seem to be used to convey [[Lain]]'s forays into the [[Wired]], when she does research or eavesdrops on conversations.

An event that may be a foreshadowing of crosstalk occurs in [[Layer 01]]. When Lain is on the train, she hears muffled, jumbled-up voices, even though no one on the train appears to be talking. This suggests that the ability to hear net chatter is a passive ability of Lain's, brought to its full potential when she obtains the [[Psyche]] chip in Layer 03. (In the scenario for Layer 01, Konaka compares the voices to those heard by the main character of the 1981 film ''Scanners'' before he learns to control his telepathic powers.)

Crosstalk is usually accompanied by [[typographics]].

[[Category:Themes]]