Why is that knuckle red in titles?
Mac
I've been wondering why, in the opening credits, at the end there
appears to be an X-ray of a hand (it's a blue screen, too) and ONE
knuckle on the hand (looked like the little finger) is RED.
What does that mean?
defr...@woods.uml.edu
From what I understand, the producers just found the picture and thought
it looked cool. I don't think there is any real significance to it.
Dark Fluffy
Lara Beaton
>I'm sorry if this is a question someone has asked and I missed, but
>I've been wondering why, in the opening credits, at the end there
>appears to be an X-ray of a hand (it's a blue screen, too) and ONE
>knuckle on the hand (looked like the little finger) is RED.
>What does that mean?
Someone I knew in high school made a similar device that showed
pictures like that. It's supposed to register the person's aura. I
don't know what would happen to make someone's aura red in one small
place, like that, but that's what the picture's for.
HTH
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Zerbabus
In article <4lgtnj$k...@saturn.ball.com>, smcc...@ball.com says...
>
>I'm sorry if this is a question someone has asked and I missed, but
>I've been wondering why, in the opening credits, at the end there
>appears to be an X-ray of a hand (it's a blue screen, too) and ONE
>knuckle on the hand (looked like the little finger) is RED.
>
>What does that mean?
If it's what I'm thinking of, it's a Kirlian photograph of a hand.
I'm still trying to figure out the retractable claws (?) that appear on each
side of the screen, and move off before the disolve. What are those, really?
~Z~
Magine
defr...@woods.uml.edu wrote:
>In article <4lgtnj$k...@saturn.ball.com>, Mac <smcc...@ball.com> writes:
>> I'm sorry if this is a question someone has asked and I missed, but
>> I've been wondering why, in the opening credits, at the end there
>> appears to be an X-ray of a hand (it's a blue screen, too) and ONE
>> knuckle on the hand (looked like the little finger) is RED.
>>
>> What does that mean?
>>
>
>From what I understand, the producers just found the picture and thought
>it looked cool. I don't think there is any real significance to it.
>
> Dark Fluffy
It's a Kirlian photograph of a hand, not bones. It's made by having
someone touch a piece of photographic paper in a high frequency
electric field. When developed, the film then shows a pattern of
electrical discharges from the skin that varies with the subject's
mood. This is no doubt due to the fact that skin conductivity varies
with mood (one of the principles that a lie detector is based on), but
many New Age types claim that the photos show the "aura", which is
probably what the X-Files picture is supposed to imply.
As for why one finger joint is red...beats me. Maybe rheumatism? :)
BTW, what I think is funny about the opening sequence is the mirrored,
time-lapse photo of a seedling sprouting...like, is there supposed to
be something paranormal about that?? :)
-Magine, showing off
J
I don't remember where I read this (I think it was the Unofficial X-Files
Guide -- or maybe it was her in this ng?!) but CC said the red knuckle
actually doen't signify anthing -- the just put it in because it 'looked
neat".
Chris Golchert
Lara Beaton (lbe...@ccgate.hac.com) wrote:
: >I'm sorry if this is a question someone has asked and I missed, but
: >I've been wondering why, in the opening credits, at the end there
: >appears to be an X-ray of a hand (it's a blue screen, too) and ONE
: >knuckle on the hand (looked like the little finger) is RED.
I have seen pictures like that before but I forget what is is suposed to
be...(I mean the blue/red..not the x-ray type)
Tina Choy
: : >I've been wondering why, in the opening credits, at the end there
: : >appears to be an X-ray of a hand (it's a blue screen, too) and ONE
: : >knuckle on the hand (looked like the little finger) is RED.
I've always liked to think that it represented a case where the only
evidence that was recovered was a partial print of the suspect's hand. The
section that was recovered was the red section, and it was highlighted in
the full print of the hand of the suspect.
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Tina Choy
Miche
In article <Tina_Choy-270...@dyn2-234.cc.umanitoba.ca>
Tina...@UManitoba.CA (Tina Choy) writes:
> : : >I've been wondering why, in the opening credits, at the end there
> : : >appears to be an X-ray of a hand (it's a blue screen, too) and ONE
> : : >knuckle on the hand (looked like the little finger) is RED.
>
>
> I've always liked to think that it represented a case where the only
> evidence that was recovered was a partial print of the suspect's hand. The
> section that was recovered was the red section, and it was highlighted in
> the full print of the hand of the suspect.
To me it looked like a Kirlian photograph. I can't explain exactly how
they work, but for a while they were thought to represent the 'spirit'
that flows through bodies. They have since proven not be be so, but
that's another story.
Kirlian photographs were coloured images that, as above, were thought
to represent the flow of the spirit through living tissue. Kirlian
images taken of (for instance) hands from which fingers had been
amputated showed the outline of an entire hand, often with the
amputated areas a different colour.
The hand in the X-Files credits looks to me like a Kirlian photo taken
of a hand with part of one finger amputated, hence the colour
difference.
Information about Kirlian images can be found in any reasonably
credulous book about psychic or 'unexplained' phenomena dating from oh,
the sixties/seventies or so.
Miche
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Rod Feak
In article <4ls4gp$6...@www.gatecom.com>, cgol...@gatecoms.gatecom.com says...
>
>Lara Beaton (lbe...@ccgate.hac.com) wrote:
>: >I'm sorry if this is a question someone has asked and I missed, but
>: >appears to be an X-ray of a hand (it's a blue screen, too) and ONE
>: >knuckle on the hand (looked like the little finger) is RED.
>
>be...(I mean the blue/red..not the x-ray type)
>
Kirillian (sp?) photography, which was supposed to be able to pick up the "aura" of
individuals. For example, if you photographed a person this way, a multi-colored
aura would surround the person's image. It even was supposed to be able to show an aura
around ( or on) things a person came into contact with for extended periods. Perhaps the
red color is the indication of where someone else touched the hand in the photo, or the
remnants of the aura on a ring....
Just guessing of course :-)
Rod
Geoffrey Martin
>: >I'm sorry if this is a question someone has asked and I missed, but
>: >I've been wondering why, in the opening credits, at the end there
>: >appears to be an X-ray of a hand (it's a blue screen, too) and ONE
>: >knuckle on the hand (looked like the little finger) is RED.
This is what I think it is:
If you put your hand on a plasma ball it makes an outline, lightly
touching
makes a blueish outline while pushing hard will make it red/yellow,
anyway
thats the closest thing I've seen in reality to that pic
Then again I could be wrong...
Geoff.
RanaRoyale
> >: >I'm sorry if this is a question someone has asked and I missed, but
> >: >I've been wondering why, in the opening credits, at the end there
> >: >appears to be an X-ray of a hand (it's a blue screen, too) and ONE
> >: >knuckle on the hand (looked like the little finger) is RED.
I believe it's supposed to represent what some call "hot spots" on the hands of
healers -- those that claim they can heal by transporting energy from their hands
to an ill individual and heal them.
Rana
Claire Farrelly
>
> >: >I'm sorry if this is a question someone has asked and I missed, but
> >: >I've been wondering why, in the opening credits, at the end there
> >: >appears to be an X-ray of a hand (it's a blue screen, too) and ONE
> >: >knuckle on the hand (looked like the little finger) is RED.
>
> If you put your hand on a plasma ball it makes an outline, lightly
> touching
> makes a blueish outline while pushing hard will make it red/yellow,
> anyway
> thats the closest thing I've seen in reality to that pic
>
> Then again I could be wrong...
>
representation of "Aura photography" it is a science that has been
developed to "photograph" the auras emitted by the body. Therefore the
hand has great significance as it is related to the extra ordinary
phenomena of the x-files. This is a weak description and and is only
meant as guidence. But Mulder is Great! FAR...@VAX.SBU.AC.UK
Tina Choy
The question really is: what is that map like thing in the credits. There
seems to be a hand pointing at things.
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Bernardine
In article <319385...@VAX.SBU.AC.UK>, Claire Farrelly
<FAR...@VAX.SBU.AC.UK> wrote:
Claire is correct. I was just browsing through an _Alamanac of the
Uncanny_
(Reader's Digest book) the other day and saw _THE_ picture. The hand
is one of the examples of Kirlian photography, used to photograph auras.
Not sure why the index finger appears red in the pic however, I think it
has something to do with the pressure applied through the hand as it
touches the surface that is taking the image.
(But now I'm guessing)
Bernardine
Pat Gallagher
RanaRoyale <rana...@flash.net> wrote:
>> >: >I'm sorry if this is a question someone has asked and I missed, but
>> >: >I've been wondering why, in the opening credits, at the end there
>> >: >appears to be an X-ray of a hand (it's a blue screen, too) and ONE
>> >: >knuckle on the hand (looked like the little finger) is RED.
>
>
>healers -- those that claim they can heal by transporting energy from their hands
>to an ill individual and heal them.
>
>Rana
It's actually what's called a Kirlian Photograph. I'm not entirely sure
of the specifics, but the photos are achieved by placing an electrically
charged plate either between or beneath the photograhic plate and
pressing the subject (such as the hand) against them. This in turn gives
the effect of an aura when the photo is developed. Red spots, like on the
hand, are supposed to indicate injured or ill areas.
Mark Leach
>Geoffrey Martin wrote:
>>
>> >: >I'm sorry if this is a question someone has asked and I missed, but
>> >: >I've been wondering why, in the opening credits, at the end there
>> >: >appears to be an X-ray of a hand (it's a blue screen, too) and ONE
>> >: >knuckle on the hand (looked like the little finger) is RED.
>
I believe it to be an x-ray, mri scan or such of the hand of Eugene
Victor Tooms showing his defects or that of an alien and the red is just
an effect added for 'artistic' reasons.
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Mark Leach
rhar...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
Mark Leach (mle...@aleach.demon.co.uk) wrote:
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Mark:
I think what is shown is a KERILIAN (spelling ????) photograph.
Way back in the '70s they used used to use this phenomena to take
"pictures" of a tree leaf that was cut in half lengthwise so that only
half of the leaf would be photographed. When the photograph was developed the whole leaf would be seen. This was supposed
to prove the existance of "aura". The red is probably a ring on the finger.
Reg
Andrew Gardner
Mark Leach (mle...@aleach.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: >Geoffrey Martin wrote:
: >> >: >I'm sorry if this is a question someone has asked and I missed, but
: >> >: >I've been wondering why, in the opening credits, at the end there
: >> >: >appears to be an X-ray of a hand (it's a blue screen, too) and ONE
: >> >: >knuckle on the hand (looked like the little finger) is RED.
: >
: I believe it to be an x-ray, mri scan or such of the hand of Eugene
: Victor Tooms showing his defects or that of an alien and the red is just
: an effect added for 'artistic' reasons.
With Tooms, they compared his fingerprints with the stretchy fingerprints
by unstretching each segment individually on a computer. I always thought
this was what it referred to (it was one of the first episodes, wasn't
it), but I suppose it could be that aura thing instead/also.