Standing in the dark, rainy shadows of a city alleyway, I spied the
Replicant Evil Sponge covertly transmitting a message to renegade
friends in alt.fan.blade-runner. Tracking...
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>"Alric Knebel" <alric@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>news:q7mdnRBFyYugQFranZ2dnUVZ_ovinZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Evil Sponge wrote:
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>>> "Bernie Dwyer" <b_duibhirz@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>> news:47C1FB82.D7637B52@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>http://www.lep.co.uk/entertainment/Films-39robbed39-of-an-Oscar.3810166.jp
>>>>
>>>>Yes, that's 'jp' at the end, not 'jpg' - no idea why.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> The Sixth Sense? WTF? Maybe if they created a new prize category for
>>> "most obvious plot twist". Jeez.
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>> I didn't think it was that obvious. In fact, I went to see it twice to
>> see if they were true to their conceit, in every scene.
>>
>
>I've had this discussion with many people now, and I still don't get how
>anyone fails to work it out. I have to apologise here, because it's
>impossible to say this without sounding patronising - but I guessed it
from
>the trailer. And about 10 mins into the film, it was so painfully obvious
>that I found myself sneering at it and hating it, and even more so at the
>people who walked out of the cinema saying "wow, that was amazing!" I've
>spoken to a few other people who feel the same way, but it seems the
>majority love it. Er.... anyway... nothing personal. To each his own,
>there's no accounting for taste, horses for courses, etc.
>
If I may say, this is somewhat of a circular argument (speaking
logically). Because you guessed the correct plot twist, it then
became obvious that that is what it was. And then logically, because
it was then obvious to you it is natural to deduce it was inherently
obvious. The fact that you've had a lot of people say to you that it
was not obvious to them, and probably many who didn't figure it out
before it was revealed, should at least make you consider that it was
not inherently obvious. Given your film interests, I would say you
were probably already amongst those likely to figure there even was a
plot twist long before it was actually suggested in the film.
What about Fight Club or The Usual Suspects? I can see why guessing
one film could make you sneer at that film, but sneering at the people
who didn't get it straight away reflects upon you in a negative way.
I didn't get around to seeing it until it was on telly, but hadn't
bothered to find out much about it. As I happen to find all of
Shyamalan's films rather irritating - this one included - I probably
wasn't paying full attention, but know the twist didn't occur to me
until they were at a party some way into the film and even then I
didn't "know" it.
Netrunner
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