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I cannot second this enough. Suspension of disbelief isn't some accidental aspect of fiction, it is essential to enjoying it. When even a casual viewing (as opp
by wlievens 16y ago
I cannot second this enough. Suspension of disbelief isn't some accidental aspect of fiction, it is essential to enjoying it. When even a casual viewing (as opposed to rigorous pseudo-scientific analysis) can't maintain suspension of disblief, then you have a problem if your target audience is geeks.
- sliverstorm 16y agoSuspension of disbelief is an active choice- an agreement even, not a state of mind created and maintained by the movie producer. With the exception of glaring violations (like the time I watched some character penetrate a firewall (a wall of fire) by cutting through it with a sword), any geek who elects not to ignore the strange idiosyncrasies is simply missing out by his own volition. There's plenty of movies full of huge technical flaws I could point out an enumerate in an instant during only the first run through. They jump out at me, I see they are there, but I ignore them. This is what Suspension of Disbelief is. The only time it breaks, at least for me, is when the flaw is so bad as to be comical, and so comical as to make me loose my composure.