One of my bigger gripes with Inception is that I believe their use of totems is inconsistent.
Totems are (according to my memory of the movie) defined as "an object that has properties only you know about, such that no one else can construct a dream reality where your totem will behave correctly." (I don't remember the details well enough to say anything about how your dream versus someone else's dream would interact with a totem.)
However, the totem that Leo uses doesn't actually fit with that definition. That totem is introduced as something that behaves oddly if and only if you are in a dream... which is the inverse of the behavior a totem should have. On top of that Leo tells other people the secret property of his totem.
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dancing_serpent
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Date: 2010-09-15 11:55 pm (UTC)Totems are (according to my memory of the movie) defined as "an object that has properties only you know about, such that no one else can construct a dream reality where your totem will behave correctly." (I don't remember the details well enough to say anything about how your dream versus someone else's dream would interact with a totem.)
However, the totem that Leo uses doesn't actually fit with that definition. That totem is introduced as something that behaves oddly if and only if you are in a dream... which is the inverse of the behavior a totem should have. On top of that Leo tells other people the secret property of his totem.