Is it a school? More specifically, is it an architecural school?
It just seems... odd. They didn't really go into it, and it honestly seemed more like a psychology class, or a Professor Xavier's School for the Gifted thing. I mean, Cobb told the teacher that he taught him how to explore minds... not really something an architect does.
It just seems... odd. They didn't really go into it, and it honestly seemed more like a psychology class, or a Professor Xavier's School for the Gifted thing. I mean, Cobb told the teacher that he taught him how to explore minds... not really something an architect does.
I don't know what Michael Caine was teaching, but I doubt it was Dreaming. More likely, IMO, it was simply a regular psychology class. Or architecture and design. Or even a mathematics class. Heck, I'd even believe some type of philosophy.
I think Caine just knew how to recognize which students of his had the right talents and smarts to be good Architects.
This is all my opinion, but I think Dreaming and Extraction are not very widespread, nor even widely-known. I'd imagine there are all kinds of rumors and hysteria ("THE GOVERNMENT CAN READ YOUR MIND!!"), but we saw that not even all the high-level corporate executives seemed to quite believe it. The team never seemed to think it was unusual that Fischer was never trained to defend against Extraction (though he was).
There are probably some semi-black market shops that offer to take you to whatever type of dream you want, but they are probably along the lines of fortune-tellers today.
"And it breaks my heart to look around, and see the unimpressed; who can't believe the emperor is dressed"~Fastball
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Inception *No Spoilers!* - Discussion thread
- 17/07/2010 02:57:23 AM
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Saw it. Loved it. Won't mind seeing it again.
- 17/07/2010 04:24:06 AM
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Cotillard was amazing.
- 17/07/2010 07:58:08 AM
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Wikipedia says Nolan almost ditched the Piaf song when Cotillard was cast.
- 22/07/2010 09:38:56 AM
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Everybody in the theater groaned at the ending. It was perfect. 
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- 17/07/2010 09:49:01 AM
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- 17/07/2010 09:49:01 AM
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Everybody clapped in mine. Of course, there were some scattered groaning as well. 
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- 17/07/2010 06:21:29 PM
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- 17/07/2010 06:21:29 PM
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Yeah, I saw it last night with my fiancee. We both loved it.
- 17/07/2010 03:19:11 PM
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Yeah, I walked out of there thinking, "I need to check out Memento."
- 14/08/2010 04:12:06 AM
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Gets my vote for best of the Summer.
- 17/07/2010 10:15:51 PM
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THAT's what I'd seen him in...
- 17/07/2010 11:36:34 PM
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He was in G.I. Joe as well. Did an excellent job as the Cobra Commander. *NM*
- 18/07/2010 02:58:33 AM
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- 18/07/2010 02:58:33 AM
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I felt there were two ways they could have gone with this movie
- 20/07/2010 06:26:34 AM
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I thought it was smart of Nolan to use architects in manipulating/exploring the mind instead of
- 20/07/2010 08:03:42 AM
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nice theory
- 21/07/2010 12:20:21 AM
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Re: nice theory
- 21/07/2010 06:47:39 AM
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It makes sense, but eventually feels like over-thinking the entire film.
- 21/07/2010 06:37:20 PM
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The place where Cobb meets Adrienne (minor spoilers)
- 21/07/2010 04:18:41 AM
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One thing I thought was interesting
- 21/07/2010 05:51:38 AM
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If Dreaming was mainstream enough to be taught in schools, Ariadne would have known about it.
- 22/07/2010 10:12:50 AM
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IMO, it's a regular college or university.
- 14/08/2010 06:55:36 PM
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There was Inception for real - I mean for REAL real
- 22/07/2010 03:45:15 PM
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2 questions
- 21/07/2010 12:22:20 AM
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Re: 2 questions
- 22/07/2010 07:40:34 PM
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We get it, and the thought occurred to me in the movie. It is, however, just a movie. So... yep. 
- 22/07/2010 09:02:56 PM
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- 22/07/2010 09:02:56 PM
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Classic sci-fi for the ages - My Theory + Plot Twist Elements Used
- 22/07/2010 05:01:26 PM
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Enough people should have seen the movie by now, so here is a spoiler question for people to answer!
- 23/07/2010 12:45:18 AM
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Objective answer=Neither. Subjective Answer = Spin
- 23/07/2010 03:15:43 AM
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Um... No. The drop theory is perfectly sound.
- 23/07/2010 09:23:56 AM
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Nope. Here's why....
- 24/07/2010 02:28:03 AM
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No. It's just a movie. It can drop within the context of the movie. End of discussion. *NM*
- 24/07/2010 10:47:06 PM
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the kids
- 23/07/2010 07:41:37 AM
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Yeah but they turned and he saw their faces
- 29/07/2010 02:03:53 AM
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But is that not the point of the film
- 29/07/2010 02:21:11 AM
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I can accept that theory, even if I don't agree with it (yet?), but it's just a theory
- 02/08/2010 02:01:34 PM
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It doesn't matter what happened to it, because it wasn't his. It was his wifes.
- 25/07/2010 12:45:29 AM
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Loved it, but still trying to figure things out. Here were some of my biggest problems.
- 25/07/2010 07:22:53 AM
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Bookwyrm, to the rescue! Here are the As to your Qs
- 25/07/2010 06:05:35 PM
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I haven't even heard of this movie until now. Maybe I'll see it when I don't have to pay... *NM*
- 28/07/2010 04:39:53 AM
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Every single moment of Inception is a dream.
- 29/07/2010 02:52:39 AM
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Here's my problem with this and other theories advanced in this thread.
- 29/07/2010 10:19:55 AM
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What the Costume designer has to say about the ending and the kids. Also: The ring.
- 03/08/2010 08:25:19 AM
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Just scored free tix on a radio contest. Time for a re-watch! 
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- 03/08/2010 08:09:36 PM
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- 03/08/2010 08:09:36 PM
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