Inception talk - Spoilers inside - Do not read if you have not seen...

[CharlotteBeer.com]

I think a person should be told what this movie is about before going. For starters, half the things the Japanese guy says in the beginning are inaudible.

Ha! I actually had some trouble at parts understanding his dialogue.

[faultlessjoint]

Something that I feel like no one is talking about that plays an integral role is the machine. The brief case that they all hook up to. Obviously nothing would be possible without this.

What we know: You cannot share dreams unless all parties are hooked up to this thing. It administers a "compound" which may or may not contain some level of sedatives. Other than that there is no explanation of the compounds or machine. There is also a timer function, this timer is the sure-fire way of waking someone up. When the timer runs out, you wake up, end of story. Right?

Why do they use the machine inside of dreams? To me it seems they only need it in the real world, but they use it in the van to get to the hotel, and then use it in the hotel to get to the snow world. But Saito, Scarecrow, Leo, and Juno are all able to meet up in the limbo level without being connected to a machine. This makes me think that the machines used in all the previous levels are unnecessary.

I'd really like to know more about the machine and compounds and how they work.

[Matt Foley]

I'd really like to know more about the machine and compounds and how they work.

For a fee.

[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

Why do they use the machine inside of dreams? To me it seems they only need it in the real world, but they use it in the van to get to the hotel, and then use it in the hotel to get to the snow world. But Saito, Scarecrow, Leo, and Juno are all able to meet up in the limbo level without being connected to a machine. This makes me think that the machines used in all the previous levels are unnecessary.

Well how else would they get to other levels in the dream?? It seems like it shouldn't work, but there really is no other way to hit the 2nd or 3rd levels in the dream without the machine.

As for limbo, Fischer and Saito died, so they got sent to limbo. I can't remember how Ariadne and Leo got sent to limbo, but they didn't need to be connected to the machine to go there.

[Swarly]

mind = blown

honestly all I have to say about it

[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

Lol EXACTLY what I thought the second it finished.

[faultlessjoint]

Well how else would they get to other levels in the dream?? It seems like it shouldn't work, but there really is no other way to hit the 2nd or 3rd levels in the dream without the machine.

As for limbo, Fischer and Saito died, so they got sent to limbo. I can't remember how Ariadne and Leo got sent to limbo, but they didn't need to be connected to the machine to go there.

In that case, shouldn't they have all been sent to independent limbos and not the collective one that they were sent to. Limbo is not a place, it doesn't exist independently outside of an individuals subconscious. So if they can all go to the same limbo without a machine, they should be able to go to deeper levels of the dream without one.

Maybe it's just a placebo to make them all "go to sleep" and enter the new level together?

[rodeo]

In that case, shouldn't they have all been sent to independent limbos and not the collective one that they were sent to. Limbo is not a place, it doesn't exist independently outside of an individuals subconscious. So if they can all go to the same limbo without a machine, they should be able to go to deeper levels of the dream without one.

Maybe it's just a placebo to make them all "go to sleep" and enter the new level together?

they explained at one point that limbo is nothingness. unless you go there with someone who has been there before. then it's populated with what they built when they were there.

[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

they explained at one point that limbo is nothingness. unless you go there with someone who has been there before. then it's populated with what they built when they were there.

Which would explain why Cobb's city and Saito's "empire" both existed within limbo while they were both there.

[Delhommey]

Doesn't his totem topple in the first scene? That would suggest that where Watanabe's character is old is reality.

[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

The first scene is the same scene as a scene near the end of the movie. Basically, the entire movie is a flashback. Cobb was trying to remember why he needed to come find Saito, then when Saito said "I need to honor our arrangement", it all came back to Cobb.

[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

And if you have yet to see it a second time, it's definitely worth it. It clears up anything that was hazy or confusing the first time around.

[Delhommey]

No the first time they spin the totem. I'm pretty sure it toppled.

They showed more of the first scene the first time and skipped over a bit the second time they showed it.

[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

Holy poo it was an amazing movie.

Ive never had one leave me with so many questions and yet so completely satisfied.

Exactly. It's brilliant.