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tumblr reading comprehension: electric boogaloo (i.redd.it)
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[–] 120 points 2 years ago (15 children)

I see this a lot in media criticism. People complaining about "plot holes" or something just not making sense, meanwhile it was explicitly pointed out or explained. I'd blame people being on their phones or something, but the truth isn't that sympathetic.

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  • [–] 75 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    A good example is Titanic where people keep saying Jack could fit on the door, despite the film showing him trying to get onto the door and almost capsizing it, so he leaves it alone to ensure Rose's safety.

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  • [–] 69 points 2 years ago

    Even if he could fit on it, calling it a plot hole still doesn’t make sense to me. I’d way sooner assume the character is just a chivalrous idiot that died for no reason, which does fit his characterisation and the plot of the movie.

    Also clearly people who have never fallen out of a two person canoe/kayak and tried to get back in without tipping the whole thing over.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    Cool. A good example of a solution to this is a child's kick board.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Oh, you mean those things where you hold on and they keep you afloat? Because he was holding on, and the icy cold waters put him to sleep. Your solution is what killed him in the movie.

    The entire point of the scene is to show the sacrifice of those who died to ensure the survival of those who lived. If you try to think up a solution, you have missed the point.

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  • [–] 49 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    People weren't on their phones when they saw the Stormtroopers let the rebels get away from the death star so they could track them, heard one rebel say "they let us get away from the death star so they can track us," and then spent 50 years joking about how awful stormtrooper aim is

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