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how does freeze mean...

posted 15 years ago by Finkle-is-Einhorn
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i wish you to freeze me

i mean if anything the guy meant for djinn to freeze .

i hate the way no one has to say they wish in this film they can just tell you what they want and then you geta close approximation.

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[–] Oddark123 13 years ago

By common meaning it's like he was saying "I want you to freeze" or "I wish you to freeze".

It's enough of a loophole to work with. He never clarified what he wanted froze, so the Djinn did freeze, he froze him.

[–] bing-57 13 years ago

> i hate the way no one has to say they wish in this film they can just tell u what they want and then it happens.

Yeah, they were pretty sloppy in this film with the wishes. Many of the wishes seemed like offhand comments rather than actual wishes.

And I also thought that any deal has to have the terms spelled out. The Djinn did tell some people that the price for their wish was their soul, but he didn't tell everyone.

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[–] eggamus 12 years ago

I cant help thinking about the scene in The Mask when the detective says freeze to the mask and he freezes in mid air when I see this scene

[–] mojo2004 12 years ago

i hate the way no one has to say they wish in this film they can just tell u what they want and then it happens.

Most of the people didn't say "I wish "in the first Wishmaster film. He just kept asking them what they wanted.

The old man said "he should only get cancer and die"-talking about the store manager. He never said "I wish".

The morgue attendant was asked if he not wish to see what the Djinn was doing to a body. He only answered u-huh. Not "I wish".

When asked what he'd like the detective said he'd like to nail a habitual criminal(who kept escaping punishment thru loopholes) for murder.Never said "I wish".

The guard said "I want you to leave" then as the Djinn was forced to turn & leave he said he needed to get inside so the guard said "then you'd have to go thru me" and he was fused into the door and the Djinn walked thru it busting it into pieces. The guard never said "I wish".

When he was talking to the auction house owner he asked him if he waned the object he was holding to be a hundred times as valuable. The guy simply said yes and he turned it into pure gold with diamonds inside it. Then he asked him what would make him comfortable and he just said a million dollars. He never said "I wish for a million dollars".

The Djinn simply asked the doorman if he'd like to escape. He said "yeah". Not "I wish".

Mr Beaumont who gave the party only said he'd like to host a party like the Potentate. Not "I wish to".

Just for the record, I'm not a Dude, I'm a Dudette!

[–] CortneyAkana 12 years ago

I noticed that too, but the way I see it the Djinn is only concerned with collecting souls and fulfilling the prophecy so people specifically saying "I wish..." isn't too much of a concern to him. Plus he is pretty strict about his other rules like only giving everyone who isn't the "waker" only one wish.

A boat that floats on water can also sink in it.

[–] hawkychico-1 10 years ago

Technically you don't have to say I wish. Pretty much in all cases he asked them specifically if that's what they wanted and by answering a yes or any form of approval is the wish. The real big issue was in the first one with security guard at her place of work. He asked the Djinn to leave and he started to for the wish then he said he would love to see him walk right through him. He got two wishes and the Djinn specifically told the Russian guy he can only grant 1 wish per customer (unless you are the one that woke him). Grant it it's two different movies but if that's the rules then the security guard should have never died, grant it his soul still would have been collected later.

[–] smirre44 9 years ago

The security guard plot hole always bothered me too.

[–] WermhatsWormHat 9 years ago

Because that's what was in the script. And cuz magic.