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randall 
"I like to watch."
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 Posted - 06/22/2007 : 13:56:15
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Originally posted by Salopian
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Originally posted by Salopian
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You don't want your magical illusions to be impressive? I sure do.
I meant that the film equates to stating that the tricks are impressive - the tricks themselves are not impressive, since there are not any. (Well, there may be some minor ones, but all the main tricks are special effects.) In contrast, the main trick in The Prestige could be recreated in real life.
I'm flabbergasted at this statement. Not that you prefer THE PRESTIGE, that's your opinion and you're welcome to it, but my main beef with it is that the ultimate reveal is not possible and is a science-fictional copout. What trick exactly are we talking about?
That is not the main trick at all - that is an attempt to recreate the main trick, which is the twins. The whole point of that film (which all magic fans should appreciate) is that it presents the 'magic' version of teleportation (i.e. the dedication that takes, the neatness of it and its moral preferability) as superior to achieving it in reality. (The sci-fi aspects are real in the world of the film.)
Your logic is reaching circularity, so, as you probably wish, I quit. Go ahead and take your last word. |
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Demisemicenturian 
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Posted - 06/22/2007 : 14:13:28
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Originally posted by Randall
Your logic is reaching circularity
That is simply not true. The main trick does not involve any of the sci-fi aspects. It only involves things which could also be done in the real world.
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as you probably wish, I quit.
Not true either.
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Go ahead and take your last word.
This has become a favourite trick of yours. People only say it when in fact they want the last word. It is completely unreasonable to do, especially after making a specific point that it is perfectly reasonable to counter. In a previous thread, I went to the trouble of answering your specific point in an earlier post of mine, so that you didn't feel I was having the last word (as if this were anything to care about), only for you to then go ahead and post that I had had the last word! I really hoped the irony was not lost on you, but apparently it was. |
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randall
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 06/22/2007 : 16:10:40
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Originally posted by Salopian
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Originally posted by Randall
Your logic is reaching circularity
That is simply not true. The main trick does not involve any of the sci-fi aspects. It only involves things which could also be done in the real world.
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as you probably wish, I quit.
Not true either.
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Go ahead and take your last word.
This has become a favourite trick of yours. People only say it when in fact they want the last word. It is completely unreasonable to do, especially after making a specific point that it is perfectly reasonable to counter. In a previous thread, I went to the trouble of answering your specific point in an earlier post of mine, so that you didn't feel I was having the last word (as if this were anything to care about), only for you to then go ahead and post that I had had the last word! I really hoped the irony was not lost on you, but apparently it was.
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Sean 
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 06/24/2007 : 00:30:38
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Originally posted by Randall
Looks like Salopian had the last word, given those aren't words.  |
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