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by steveportee
Forum: Inception
Topic: How does Arthur stay asleep in the van?
Replies: 76
Views: 15550

Re: How does Arthur stay asleep in the van?

I was going to argue about the effectiveness of a kick but then I realized that Cobb resisted one in the opening scene. He had two kicks, one was the chair initially falling backwards and the second was him hitting the water. The problem here is that Cobb should have been in freefall for the short ...
by steveportee
Forum: Inception
Topic: How does Arthur stay asleep in the van?
Replies: 76
Views: 15550

Re: How does Arthur stay asleep in the van?

This is an interesting idea, and I'll think about it. The movie doesn't ever tell us that a kick can be ignored. Maybe someone highly trained like Arthur can postpone waking up? The movie always gave me the impression that waking up from a kick was unavoidable, an involuntary action. I don't remembe...
by steveportee
Forum: Inception
Topic: How does Arthur stay asleep in the van?
Replies: 76
Views: 15550

Re: How does Arthur stay asleep in the van?

Ok I think I figured this one out. Just as the van goes over the bridge, they show of Arthur with the headphones on, from the warning music earlier. The headphones most likely messed with Arthur's perception of motion as the 'sensation' of falling comes from your inner ears. I not sure how wearing ...
by steveportee
Forum: Inception
Topic: How does Arthur stay asleep in the van?
Replies: 76
Views: 15550

Re: How does Arthur stay asleep in the van?

I believe the avalanche was caused by the first bomb set off by Arthur in the elevator. Technically speaking, Saito's injury in level 3 is transferred from level 2, and his injury in level 2 from 1, hences the severity of his injury wasn't as bad initially on every deeper level. Under the same logi...
by steveportee
Forum: Inception
Topic: How does Arthur stay asleep in the van?
Replies: 76
Views: 15550

Re: How does Arthur stay asleep in the van?

Doesn't the van in level 1 effect level 3 by causing an avalanche? And Saito's injury carries from level 1 to level 3 as well. I am a little confused as to why the van landing in the river was the kick, but the falling sensation wasn't the kick. I thought the feeling of falling would wake someone u...
by steveportee
Forum: Inception
Topic: How does Arthur stay asleep in the van?
Replies: 76
Views: 15550

Re: How does Arthur stay asleep in the van?

Doesn't the van in level 1 effect level 3 by causing an avalanche? And Saito's injury carries from level 1 to level 3 as well. I am a little confused as to why the van landing in the river was the kick, but the falling sensation wasn't the kick. I thought the feeling of falling would wake someone up.
by steveportee
Forum: Inception
Topic: How does Arthur stay asleep in the van?
Replies: 76
Views: 15550

Re: How does Arthur stay asleep in the van?

Can you elaborate on why time differences would prevent the level 3 dream from being in zero g? Level 3 is Fischer's dream, and in level 2, he's weightless, so wouldn't the body feel that and transmit it to the level 3 dream? Also, how does Arthur stay in the level 2 dream as the van is falling off ...
by steveportee
Forum: Inception
Topic: How does Arthur stay asleep in the van?
Replies: 76
Views: 15550

How does Arthur stay asleep in the van?

My one major confusion with the movie. The sensation of falling is supposed to be the kick to wake someone up from a dream. The sedative used does not interfere with inner ear function. With this in mind, how does Arthur stay stay asleep in the van as it is either flipping over itself, or as it is i...