In Reply to: The trick in The Illusionist wasn't explained either -- and I don't think it possible. Although... posted by clarkjohnsen on March 6, 2007 at 12:04:02:
Everything was explained, at least in my viewing.SPOILER ALERT:
It was accomplished through the experiments that were done with the light projections. Whether you find that plausible or not, that was certainly the method intended to explain the spectral projections. And many of the spectres, such as the little girl, show up in other contexts as real people. So the spectres were optical projections of real people.
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Follow Ups
- yes, it was - tunenut 14:17:47 03/06/07 (9)
- Yes that was the explination. The problem was - Analog Scott 10:15:12 03/07/07 (0)
- Wouldn't work; they had to drum up a fake explanation to do a trick demanded by the plot. - clarkjohnsen 14:29:18 03/06/07 (7)
- as far as plausibility I would not argue, - tunenut 14:44:21 03/06/07 (6)
- Another optical point -- - clarkjohnsen 08:08:20 03/07/07 (5)
- once again, I think that's not the point - tunenut 09:31:48 03/07/07 (4)
- Ten or so years ago there was a great TV show -- forget its name -- modelled after Mission Impossible. - clarkjohnsen 09:36:34 03/07/07 (3)
- If you remember the name please post... - tunenut 09:37:32 03/07/07 (2)
- Started with an "M"... name of a car... nt - clarkjohnsen 10:10:43 03/07/07 (1)
- Re: Mercury, Maybach, Mercedes, Mitsubishi, Mini (series?) - grinagog 23:29:53 03/08/07 (0)