The "Inception" Thread

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Alex

But fanwanking is a sign of how well something is liked.

Agreed. I'm only bringing this stuff up because I really liked it. It's fun to discuss and I'm sure I missed or forgot quite a few things.

As I said to GD on the way back to the car, if I were a teen I'd see it again in a week, and possibly a third time after that.

Originally Posted by Alex

The brain problems I believe were tied to the fact that you'd be there a very long time in isolation, the space would possibly be unconstructed nothingness (total sensory deprivation) or whatever you made of it, and worse you quite possibly wouldn't even know that you were in limbo.

It makes sense then that Mal and Cobb, having each other, could have survived it.

(though why that level had dreaming equipment would be a mystery, unless she made it up out of whole cloth).

Yes, which is fine. They had to make Fischer's dad reconciliation moment on the fly as they figured him out.

That leaves just Ariadne that had an easy time of it. It could be argued that this was a combination of having intentionally sent herself to Limbo and having Cobb there from the very beginning explaining where they were.

Reasonable enough.

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

When the credits roll we were all treated to another, "This was a stupid movie."

He stood and announced this loudly, as if he could either convince the rest of us or at least solicit pity for his wasted time. Too funny. Reminds me of my dad's fav Israeli cultural points of comparison from the 70's....Star Wars and Superman were flops there, but Rocky was a runaway hit. They don't care much for dream worlds, but a hard-working man is the ultimate.