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Rian Johnson responds to a podcast commentary on Looper
@rianjohnson talking @loopermovie on @Twitter in response to a podcast commentary by @downinfront
@Loopermovie @downinfront @5tu you can listen to this if you’re scared of the DIF guys :) fxguide.com/thevfxshow/the…
@Loopermovie @jasondiamond @5tu Well, thanks for listening anyway. : ) Didja make it through the whole thing?- @downinfront @jasondiamond @5tu I made it about 3 minutes in. Not that it was bad in any way, you guys were speaking your mind, which is
- @downinfront @jasondiamond @5tu what your show's all about. It's just a personally hard thing to listen to, if you've spent 4 years putting
- @downinfront @jasondiamond @5tu everything you've got into crafting the thing being discussed. Does that make sense?
- @Loopermovie @jasondiamond @5tu Completely understand. Remain a big fan, can't wait to see what you come up with next. Be well!
@Loopermovie @downinfront We're nitpicky, but if it's any consolation, we come down on the side of liking the movie and being fans of yours.- @DorkmanScott @downinfront Thanks - I could already tell if I listened I'd have answers for all the nitpicks, and would be compelled to say
- @DorkmanScott @downinfront them, and that conversation would get boring really quick.
- @Loopermovie @DorkmanScott We'd just end up in a forum all day laying out structure notes with straws.
- @Loopermovie @DorkmanScott Heh, right after the unpause point, the very first thing we discuss is your reasoning for keeping the TK.
- @Loopermovie @DorkmanScott A listener clued me into to a podcast interview you had done where you discussed it.
- @downinfront @dorkmanscott Once Cid was essential, I wanted the potential threat of who he'd turn into to be actively manifest in an
- @downinfront @dorkmanscott immediate and frightening danger. (See? I'm doing it already)
- @downinfront @dorkmanscott (An active threat vs. a theoretical one, in other words)
- @Loopermovie @DorkmanScott Yep! We actually discussed exactly that, I had heard you discuss the "pieces of magic" theory on some podcast.
- @Loopermovie @downinfront Totally get that. My issue personally was less that it was there and more that the justification felt contrived.
- @Loopermovie @DorkmanScott Don't take that as an endorsement to keep listening to the Looper commentary, I imagine it would be painful...
- @downinfront @dorkmanscott I wasn't happy I had to do it, I knew anyone who lived & died by the screenwriting 101 "1 magic thing per movie"
- @Loopermovie @downinfront Like suddenly people have this (generally weak-ass) power for no reason, in one generation.
- @Loopermovie @downinfront Trey is of the opinion that it didn't need to be justified at all. Just the big revelation is Cid is psychic.
- @downinfront @dorkmanscott rule would have something to take umbrage with. But I felt it was necessary, so I worked it in as best I could.
