I don't know if I should admire Nolan or Swartz after reading this.
Did you see The Dark Knight Rises? You should definitely admire Swartz, not Nolan.
care to elaborate on that?
Aaron Swartz: What Happens in The Dark Knight
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#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
Did you see The Dark Knight Rises? You should definitely admire Swartz, not Nolan.
care to elaborate on that?
It seems like Nolan used to make interesting movies that, while not always great film, at least had something unusual and interesting about them. Memento, for example, wasn't the most amazing masterpiece in the history of cinema, but it was solid, and the backwards-chronology as a narrative device was compelling.
But increasingly, Nolan's films are trending towards the dumbed down, using shallow and boring twists in place of actually interesting writing and direction. It seems to be a profitable strategy, and I can't blame the guy for liking money, but it's also sad to watch.
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#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
care to elaborate on that?
It seems like Nolan used to make interesting movies that, while not always great film, at least had something unusual and interesting about them. Memento , for example, wasn't the most amazing masterpiece in the history of cinema, but it was solid, and the backwards-chronology as a narrative device was compelling. But increasingly, Nolan's films are trending towards the dumbed down, using shallow and boring twists in…
Oh please.
Re: Aaron Swartz: What Happens in The Dark Knight
#15> The Joker scares the city onto its two ferries. Once the ferries are in the middle of the water, he cuts their power and gives them both a button to blow up the other ferry, thereby constructing a prisoner’s dilemma (one boat is filled with real prisoners). The passengers discuss and vote. One of the prisoners makes a Ulysses pact and credibly commits by tossing the detonator overboard. This isn't actually a prison…
It's actually more complicated than that. You value saving the lives of people on the other boat (albeit much less than you value your own), there are "third options" with risks but interesting payoffs that are worth considering (disabling the bomb, stealthily jumping into the water...), and the longer you delay, the more likely it is that a deus ex machina (Batman, a stealth bomb disposal specialist...) will show up and offer you maximum payoff on a silver platter. Indeed that's what ends up happening in the movie.
(Of course this isn't a practical approach, since the problem is likely to solve itself long before I'm done formalizing it.)