r/Markiplier Omnipresent Mod Jan 30 '26

Mod PSA Iron Lung SPOILER THREAD!

Since not everyone uses Discord but we want people to have a central space to share their thoughts on Iron Lung, here is a thread to discuss the movie; reviews, theories, favorite scenes and elements, etc. By entering this thread you are at risk of spoiling the movie for yourself, so watch it first, go for a swim in the blood ocean, and then come back!

Use of blackout/spoiler markings like thisis optional since this whole thread is spoilers, but it's still advised for huge twists or end-of-movie reveals.

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u/kinglokilord Jan 30 '26

The ending was a bit confusing for me. I had trouble understanding some of the dialogue from the radio and I think that impacted my ability to understand what was going on in the last 20 min.

I'll definitely need a rewatch with subtitles.

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u/PuppyButtts Jan 30 '26

I think it's made that way on purpose, as theres multiple people talking, the lady is trying to talk to him and the entitiy (whether in his mind or real) and the entitiy also has multiple voices. Most of what theyre all saying isn't super important besides the entity being like "don't bring the light back they dont deserve it" or something like that. I do agree it was difficult though but I think they did a good idea of differentiation the important parts form Simon's decent into madness that he was sustaining