What really struck me in this scene is how David Harewood who plays Mr Door suffered episodes of psychosis - hearing other voices and believing in another reality etc. There's a documentary he did called Psychosis and Me where he talks about his experiences. Anyway it is super apt that he was chosen for this role where he is able to discuss these things with Alan Wake - another really cool element of how meta this game can get.

David harewood really stepped into some big shoes filling after lance reddick, but he definitely elevates the role of Mr. door

these scenes BLOW MY MIND. What a masterclass from Remedy

That lady scene with Door stepping out of the darkness is so menacing. Harewood really nailed it.

This game is so amazing. The live action cutscenes are so great.

That last scene gives me chills. Mr Door is so unsettling.

I really need to watch everything David Harewood is in. I hope he becomes a permanent member of the Remedy family

Dude, this is actually the most meta thing ever Door is the player, Alan is the writer. Door is merely a fan askin what's up with the story. This is insanely smart writing.

Just a tiny detail, when Mr. Door asks if all of us is part of Alans story, there is a low bass, static effect fading in, building the tension after what he just said at 3:26. And then in that one moment of silence, it is the loudest as if something dark would just reveal itself right there. Such a tiny but effective detail. Man I love this game!! 😂

This game is such a mindf***

its absolutely insane to me that all of Alans lines are completely dubbed by the VA and i legit cannot tell

Is it just me, or during the musical number, the quick shot of Alan's face when he seems to be lip syncing the "Ahhhhhh" note - that's the picture Alice took, the one that showed up in Control, and initially resembled/seemed to capture a psychopath slasher in motion... Seems to me it actually captured an artist who needed to physically incorporate performance into his work to manifest a tangible quality beyond words on a page, in order to make his "story" real. Additionally, if it is tied to that photograph - and speaking as a musician who knows the balance/difference between manifesting, then processing/changing potent emotion into an "inspired" performance, and, choosing to just feel a certain way while playing (which leads to distraction, mistakes, etc...) - I'd guess that it was this, uh, collective moment, with Alice helping highlight that art is NOT feeling, it is a representation of feeling/of "internal" reality, that the "feeling" is only REAL in your mind, that it is only real externally if you choose to force your internal feeling into being on the world around you... That this is the moment where both seperation and integration meet, and Alan truly chooses the light as the correct, and only ending for his story (a story that would otherwise destroy OUR reality). Music... The true language of emotion since time immemorial... 🙂

SHOW ME THE CHAMPION OF LIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!

"The next time we meet." Could that be the New Game+ ?

these talk show scenes are like a fever dream💀

Very meta

Love this idea

bro tried to kill casey off last game but somehow he returned

Mr. Door 🥰

4:45 Alex Casey is a big fan of Alan Wakes books, Sam Lake is praising his creation.

6:36 kino

Reminds me of John Carpenter's Mouth of Madness

Didn’t they have Matthew voice him during this while Ilkka is out there? How did they do this

This is a live action video or a cutscene made in the game engine? (Damn guys, i'm not saying that the in game graphics quality is similar or indistinguishable comparing to this clip, i just wanted to know if this was a pre rendered cutscene or a live action video lol)

Dont watch this if you want to play the game

Wait so does this imply that Mr Door is Saga's father? 9:26

Bro looks like morbius 💀💀

is this in the game?