Ok, I watched this for a second time today

And now I'm more convinced than ever of Tesla's device being a scam. All the clues are there. Algier didn't murder anywhere near 100 body doubles. More like a dozen. He was gone for two years and easily coulda rounded up and trained that many look-alikes. He just needed the show to run until he could frame Borden. At the end, Michael Cane's voiceover is basically telling you that you don't want to solve the trick. And he's right. Every person who watches this switches off and thinks it's really "cloning" even though we never see one person, hat or cat actually materialize out of thin air (because it's impossible and the movie is about what is possible).

The Prestige is a really amazing story, and captivating film. The real message once you distill everything down, is that the people close to us are important, not the reactions of strangers.
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Topic - Alright, The Prestige has been out long enough. Let's talk ending SPOILERS - Jazz Inmate 02:20:47 09/12/07 (19)

Ok, I watched this for a second time today - Jazz Inmate 23:06:29 09/16/07 (0)

Gosh, well... - dave c 14:30:20 09/12/07 (1)

RE: Gosh, well... - Jazz Inmate 14:44:40 09/12/07 (0)

Why... - ArdRi 08:32:33 09/12/07 (15)

RE: Why... - Jazz Inmate 09:26:29 09/12/07 (14)

WAY more implausible that he found dozens if not hundreds of exact look-alikes - sjb 09:34:36 09/12/07 (7)

He needed exactly 100, for each of his final 100 shows - Jazz Inmate 10:22:18 09/12/07 (6)

RE: He needed exactly 100, for each of his final 100 shows - geiss 09:17:41 09/13/07 (5)

RE: He needed exactly 100, for each of his final 100 shows - Jazz Inmate 09:37:05 09/13/07 (4)

In the book it was clones... sort of... - sjb 11:21:22 09/13/07 (2)

...but the book is supposed to be just a series of journal entries - Jazz Inmate 13:32:28 09/13/07 (0)

That's a much different ending. You're right though. NT - Jazz Inmate 12:58:13 09/13/07 (0)

"My interpretation is that Algier's first test of the device was not shown... - sjb 11:16:37 09/13/07 (0)

of limited plausibility but does conform to the story - ArdRi 09:30:22 09/12/07 (5)

RE: of limited plausibility but does conform to the story - Jazz Inmate 09:38:00 09/12/07 (4)

What if it wasn't a ... - ArdRi 09:41:15 09/12/07 (3)

RE: What if it wasn't a ... - Jazz Inmate 10:27:16 09/12/07 (2)

Or Tesla knew Mankind wasn't ready for this kind of technology... - oscar 16:05:58 09/12/07 (1)

Well, he offered to build a death ray machine for the US War Dept and Europe - Jazz Inmate 17:22:09 09/12/07 (0)

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Ok, I watched this for a second time today - Jazz Inmate 23:06:29 09/16/07 (0)

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