Re: Open Water (warning-plot disclosure)

Posted by Rob Doorack (A) on January 3, 2005 at 09:16:23

In Reply to: Open Water (warning-plot disclosure) posted by Duilawyer on January 3, 2005 at 08:58:31:

>>If both die, how could anyone have written the plot and ensuing dialogue?<<

I don't understand your objection. At no point was Open Water being told in flashback. Most fiction is written from the point of view of an omnipotent observer.

>>And how they reacted, her taking the plunge<<

That seemed to me to be a horrible but believable decision. Given that rescue was unlikely and since the sharks probably wouldn't have left her alone long enough to die a slow agonizing death from dehydration, her options were either to be ripped apart by sharks which would be unimaginably painful or a relatively easy death by drowning. For a real world analogy consider the unfortunates in the World Trade Center who were above the level of the airplane crashes. Many decided to leap to their deaths rather than wait for the fire to kill them.

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Topic - Open Water (warning-plot disclosure) - Duilawyer 08:58:31 01/03/05 (12)

Hated it.... - mkuller 12:56:17 01/09/05 (0)

Re: Open Water (warning-plot disclosure) - Bolt 09:37:28 01/04/05 (1)

I liked it a little more than you, (not much more) - Duilawyer 22:27:56 01/04/05 (0)

We watched the DVD last week - johnvb 18:51:47 01/03/05 (1)

A still camera? nt - Duilawyer 22:28:31 01/04/05 (0)

Re: Open Water (warning-plot disclosure) - EdM 15:05:02 01/03/05 (1)

Acquitted? Sheesh................. nt - Duilawyer 17:10:24 01/03/05 (0)

Re: Open Water (warning-plot disclosure) - Rob Doorack 09:16:23 01/03/05 (4)

Omniscient POV. nt - AudioHead 09:47:48 01/11/05 (0)

My only point was that whoever wrote this story had no idea - Duilawyer 17:12:42 01/03/05 (2)

Re: My only point was that whoever wrote this story had no idea - Rob Doorack 06:23:01 01/04/05 (1)

You are right; look at all that detail they gathered - Duilawyer 22:31:45 01/04/05 (0)

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Re: Open Water (warning-plot disclosure) - Rob Doorack 09:16:23 01/03/05 (4)

Omniscient POV. nt - AudioHead 09:47:48 01/11/05 (0)

My only point was that whoever wrote this story had no idea - Duilawyer 17:12:42 01/03/05 (2)

Re: My only point was that whoever wrote this story had no idea - Rob Doorack 06:23:01 01/04/05 (1)

You are right; look at all that detail they gathered - Duilawyer 22:31:45 01/04/05 (0)

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