Comments on: What happened to suspension of disbelief http://meanderingpassage.com/2007/05/30/what-happened-to-suspension-of-disbelief/ Life is seldom simple so we must make sense of the twist and turns Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:52:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: paul http://meanderingpassage.com/2007/05/30/what-happened-to-suspension-of-disbelief/comment-page-1/#comment-16851 paul Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:16:29 +0000 http://meanderingpassage.com/2007/05/30/what-happened-to-suspension-of-disbelief/#comment-16851 Aaron: I agree. I can overlook a lot of things if the story is captivating, but I can honestly say that this story was not in the least bit captivating. Aaron: I agree. I can overlook a lot of things if the story is captivating, but I can honestly say that this story was not in the least bit captivating.

]]> By: Aaron http://meanderingpassage.com/2007/05/30/what-happened-to-suspension-of-disbelief/comment-page-1/#comment-16847 Aaron Fri, 01 Jun 2007 13:41:20 +0000 http://meanderingpassage.com/2007/05/30/what-happened-to-suspension-of-disbelief/#comment-16847 Paul. I absolutely can agree with you about Firewall. I never got to see the whole movie, mostly because it just never caught my interest, but that part was one of a couple I saw just from walking in. Completely unrealistic. But like Dad said, those without the computer background won't notice something like this as easily as those with the computer experience. I've got a couple of friends back in NC that had they seen the movie would probably be amazed that an iPod can do so much. For the most part though I've always found that I can enjoy a movie much more if I go in "dumb". For the time I'm in that theater watching the movie I know nothing but what they show me. I guess it's all a matter of how deeply you can immerse yourself in the story being shown to you on the screen. I can usually get very deep into the movie so I suppose I have a little different view of things. Even when a movie isn't made perfectly, as long as the story really catches me I can overlook a fair amount of bs. Paul. I absolutely can agree with you about Firewall. I never got to see the whole movie, mostly because it just never caught my interest, but that part was one of a couple I saw just from walking in. Completely unrealistic. But like Dad said, those without the computer background won’t notice something like this as easily as those with the computer experience. I’ve got a couple of friends back in NC that had they seen the movie would probably be amazed that an iPod can do so much.

For the most part though I’ve always found that I can enjoy a movie much more if I go in “dumb”. For the time I’m in that theater watching the movie I know nothing but what they show me.

I guess it’s all a matter of how deeply you can immerse yourself in the story being shown to you on the screen. I can usually get very deep into the movie so I suppose I have a little different view of things. Even when a movie isn’t made perfectly, as long as the story really catches me I can overlook a fair amount of bs.

]]> By: Earl Moore http://meanderingpassage.com/2007/05/30/what-happened-to-suspension-of-disbelief/comment-page-1/#comment-16846 Earl Moore Thu, 31 May 2007 17:50:47 +0000 http://meanderingpassage.com/2007/05/30/what-happened-to-suspension-of-disbelief/#comment-16846 Paul, Then I guess one's belief sysem is tied to one's knowledge base, as in your IT knowledge making the Firewall movie totally unbelievable. For some who knew nothing about electronics or computers that scene you described was probably totally believable. I would agree with you both in general and in the fact that the movie Firewall was terrible. :-) Of course my son, Aaron, would have to directly comment to this. This post was his. He's living in Florida but is a contributing author here sometimes, as indicated by the by-line at the end of the post. Paul,

Then I guess one’s belief sysem is tied to one’s knowledge base, as in your IT knowledge making the Firewall movie totally unbelievable. For some who knew nothing about electronics or computers that scene you described was probably totally believable.

I would agree with you both in general and in the fact that the movie Firewall was terrible. :-)

Of course my son, Aaron, would have to directly comment to this. This post was his. He’s living in Florida but is a contributing author here sometimes, as indicated by the by-line at the end of the post.

]]> By: paul http://meanderingpassage.com/2007/05/30/what-happened-to-suspension-of-disbelief/comment-page-1/#comment-16845 paul Thu, 31 May 2007 17:31:43 +0000 http://meanderingpassage.com/2007/05/30/what-happened-to-suspension-of-disbelief/#comment-16845 I can certainly understand their point, Earl. They are watching from a very critical perspective. I'm not a movie maker, but I watch some movies with a critical eye on the technology that are used in the movies. I just groan sometimes when I see the 'liberties' that they take with what a computer can do, how fast it can do it, and how easily. Of course, it depends on the context. If it is in Star Trek, then it's OK because that is Sci-Fi; however, if I am supposed to suspend my disbelief, they better make it close to reality. The worst offense that I've have seen of this was in the movie Firewall. Harrison Ford takes out the scanner bar from a fax machine, hooks it to an iPod, tapes it a screen, downloads information to the iPod, and then uses OCR to read the information to get the account numbers that he needs. Sheesh! That's more than bending things! I almost left at that point. The movie was horrible anyway, but that was just plan offensive to expect for me to believe that rubbish! :-) I can certainly understand their point, Earl. They are watching from a very critical perspective. I’m not a movie maker, but I watch some movies with a critical eye on the technology that are used in the movies. I just groan sometimes when I see the ‘liberties’ that they take with what a computer can do, how fast it can do it, and how easily.

Of course, it depends on the context. If it is in Star Trek, then it’s OK because that is Sci-Fi; however, if I am supposed to suspend my disbelief, they better make it close to reality.

The worst offense that I’ve have seen of this was in the movie Firewall. Harrison Ford takes out the scanner bar from a fax machine, hooks it to an iPod, tapes it a screen, downloads information to the iPod, and then uses OCR to read the information to get the account numbers that he needs. Sheesh! That’s more than bending things! I almost left at that point.

The movie was horrible anyway, but that was just plan offensive to expect for me to believe that rubbish! :-)

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