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"I bought the airline"

posted 5 years ago by MrFilmJunkie (857)
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one of my biggest issues with the movie (or possible evidence that the whole movie is a dream?) is the "airplane trick". so saito managed to sabotage his main competitor's private jet and buys a public airline, in which fisher is now forced to fly with. sounds like a plan, but...
1. regardless of how much money you have, you can't just buy and take over an airline in the blink of an eye. the process would take at least weeks or so and be all over the news.
2. wouldn't fisher be suspicious if his private jet is suddenly broken and at the same time his main competitor has bought the public airline he now has to fly with?
3. wouldn't he be further suspicious if his main competitor's company boss himself takes the same flight?
4. why would he fly without bodyguards, considering he knew about the threat of shared dream corporate espionage and flying in a public airline that belongs to his main competitor would be the most obvious occasion for such a thing?

[–] Ace_Spade (9343) 5 years ago

It's been awhile since I've seen the film, but...

1. Yup
2. Maybe...? It depends on what kind of guy Fisher is. He might still take the flight, feeling it was his only option to get where he was going fast enough. It does seem like a guy in Fisher's position could afford another private flight.
3. It's been too long since I watched it: does Fisher know Saito is on the plane?
4. It does seem like he'd have a bodyguard, even if there weren't dream corporate espionage. That said, one of the features of the film's plot is that the team are attempting something that is nearly impossible, which also suggests that they might be the first to do so. Again, it's been a long time so I don't remember exactly, but I seem to recall some doubt about the possibility of inception being used at all, and particularly in this situation. So, while, yes, I think he might have had a bodyguard, I don't think it would be for that reason.

[–] MrFilmJunkie (857) 5 years ago

not sure if fisher knows that saito is on the plane, but sharing the same room, it's likely they have seen each other.
fisher should have been accompanied by a bodyguard because of the threat of extraction. it's revealed he had some training to fight off intruders in his dreams, so he knew about the dream espionage.

[–] Ace_Spade (9343) 5 years ago

Cool. Thanks. Yeah, if he's had countermeasure training then it's not super-implausible and precautions should be taken.

I think the world of Inception could be a great setting for a TV show. The movie couldn't give enough time to get into the details of dream exploration and its ramifications. For instance, how you deal with a world where somebody can hack your mind.

Maybe he's not paranoid about it for the same reason we aren't paranoid about people stealing our emails. It happens, but very few people walk around sweating about somebody breaking into the cloud and stealing all their nudes (until it happens, then they're always, "I didn't think this could happen!")

So, maybe the technology is so ubiquitous that he doesn't think about it enough. He gets antivirus software (training) and goes about his life. He also isn't expecting somebody to try it in public (even if they bought the airline).

I mean, ultimately, you're right, there's some script issues there.