Inception May Seem Original But Uncle Scrooge Did It First

Cinema Blend ^ | 08.03.10

[Perdogg]

Sure Inception seemed original and for the most part it was. But Chris Nolan wasn’t the first person to think of a movie about invading people’s dreams. It’s been done before, just never in quite the way he imagined it. Well except for that time the Beagle Boys did

[Perdogg]

http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?num=1&loc=D2002-033&s=date

[Darkwolf377]

I don’t know of anyone who thought invading another’s dreams is an idea original to this movie, even the moviemakers.

[enraged]

Isn’t that what Freddy Kruger was all about?

[piytar]

Yup. And then there was the B-movie Dreamscape, which was actually pretty decent.

[Darkwolf377]

I guess, though I’ve only seen a couple of the wretched Elm Street movies. Dreamscape comes to mind right away, but since the article quotes a comic strip, one can find endless examples in horror and fantasy literature of the dream invasion story.

I look forward to seeing this movie. it looks cool.

[BenLurkin]

Only seen the trailers — just from that it looks REALLY dumb. Like some Hollywierd sharpie concocted a goofy plot as a cheap vehicle for nifty special effects.

[Ultra Sonic 007]

I highly recommend seeing it. I’ve seen it thrice.

[GreenLanternCorps]

Dreamscape is ok, until the final scene with the villain, which is great.

[SunkenCiv]

Doesn’t that mean you’ve got to come back up through *nine* layers when the van hits?

[Ultra Sonic 007]

Depends on who I am.

If I’m Saito, that would make it twelve. :O

[SunkenCiv]

:’)

[Jo Nuvark]

Hi Perdogg...

I just saw Inception last night. Hope you don’t mind
but I must document my interpretation. Tell me what
you think.

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1. Cobb murdered his wife and his children, went
insane and is now under psychiatric care.

2. Cobb is insane and has put his wife and children
in jeopardy (wife left a letter saying she felt threatened
by Cobb). Psychiatrists are using drugs to find
them before they die.

Remember, Mal told Cobb the children were with her
(dead). When he spoke to his children on the phone,
the top (which was Cobb’s all along) was spinning.
He is in therapy to confront his crime and/or reveal
where he hid the bodies.

His dream world is actually his confused mind. How
else could he find experienced dream crashers/sharers
at will? The first architect was actually a psychiatrist.
When he failed, Ariadne replaced him as the architect /
psychiatrist. I believe this because Ariadne was far
too skilled and knew way too much too soon to be anything
other than a shrink. Like a pshychiatrist, Ariadne says
she will help him confront Mal, that she won’t leave him,
that she will go with him.

Mal may or may not be Cobb’s wife, but it is interesting
that the word Mal means bad or sick. Thus Mal is an
evil part of Cobb’s subconscience that Cobb needs to
confront with the help of psychotropic therapy. A
psychiatrist would know the answers are hidden in the
basement, so that is exactly where Ariadne fearlessly
goes in her first dream. Ariadne also symbolically “broke
thru” the mirrors in her first dream.