"For the benefit of the viewing audience, a special filter will be applied so our fans may see all the action... in total darkness. Thank you."
—Narrator, Super Secret Secret Squirrel
"Later, in the cover of blue-filter night..."
—Mike Nelson, Mystery Science Theater 3000
"There has to be enough light to see the darkness by."
"Insta-night. When you need your night... right now."
— Mike Nelson (from MST3K), parodying a scene from Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
"The castle has a nice internal lighting motif."
— The Nostalgia Chick, on a "dark" setting in Dragonheart
Q:"Where is the light coming from?"
A:"Same place as the music."
A:"Same place as the music."
— Sean Astin, asking the cinematographer about the bright, bright nights of Middle-earth, The Lord of the Rings
Woman: "Look at all the stars..."
Bill: "'What the hell are they doing out in the middle of the day?'"
— RiffTrax, The Crater Lake Monster
"Maybe if they actually shot this at night it'd be a little easier."
— Obscurus Lupa on Eyes of the Werewolf
"We're losing power! ...We're losing backup power! ...We're down to mood lighting here!"
— Moe Szyzlak, on board a nuclear submarine
The absolute blackness of Uli-Oa's oceanic depths can only be approximated with the use of black ink. Filling panels with black effectively illustrates the weakness of the 400nm-800nm spectrum underwater, but we'll use blue so we can illustrate the sea monsters.
"Oh, great day-for-night shot, guys. Where the fuck are they camping? It looks like they're in Mordor! Somehow, their campfire is blue and emits no light whatsoever."
— Spoony, on Night Claws.
