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IMO, it's a regular college or university. Gher Send a noteboard - 14/08/2010 06:55:36 PM
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.


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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Unison groaning at mine too. Highly amusing. *NM* MikeyMikeyMikey - 22/07/2010 11:00:26 PM 729 Views
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Matrix meets Dark City meets Ocean's Eleven? *NM* Dannymac - 17/07/2010 10:17:42 PM 743 Views
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I thought it was smart of Nolan to use architects in manipulating/exploring the mind instead of Bookwyrm - 20/07/2010 08:03:42 AM 1329 Views
nice theory Foxhead - 21/07/2010 12:20:21 AM 1308 Views
Re: nice theory Bookwyrm - 21/07/2010 06:47:39 AM 1372 Views
It makes sense, but eventually feels like over-thinking the entire film. Zalis - 21/07/2010 06:37:20 PM 1312 Views
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One thing I thought was interesting Darth_Katie - 21/07/2010 05:51:38 AM 1508 Views
Dream sharing tech and Architects explained ... Bookwyrm - 21/07/2010 06:23:02 AM 1496 Views
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...or did he? Aemon - 25/07/2010 07:24:22 AM 1477 Views
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IMO, it's a regular college or university. Gher - 14/08/2010 06:55:36 PM 1160 Views
There was Inception for real - I mean for REAL real Sports_Gambler - 22/07/2010 03:45:15 PM 1350 Views
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it was so awesome! *NM* Foxhead - 21/07/2010 12:13:16 AM 702 Views
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Well. Rebekah - 21/07/2010 08:55:30 AM 1348 Views
Re: 2 questions Sports_Gambler - 22/07/2010 07:40:34 PM 1234 Views
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Absolutely brilliant. Tim - 22/07/2010 10:31:26 AM 1406 Views
Classic sci-fi for the ages - My Theory + Plot Twist Elements Used Sports_Gambler - 22/07/2010 05:01:26 PM 1563 Views
My head still hurts 24 hours later. MikeyMikeyMikey - 22/07/2010 11:02:24 PM 1240 Views
The Inception is simple Sports_Gambler - 23/07/2010 04:28:38 AM 1326 Views
Enough people should have seen the movie by now, so here is a spoiler question for people to answer! L0gan - 23/07/2010 12:45:18 AM 1353 Views
The latter. Ghavrel - 23/07/2010 01:34:24 AM 1117 Views
Even tho my theories support the former, I believe it Bookwyrm - 23/07/2010 03:00:55 AM 1239 Views
Objective answer=Neither. Subjective Answer = Spin Sports_Gambler - 23/07/2010 03:15:43 AM 1222 Views
Um... No. The drop theory is perfectly sound. Ghavrel - 23/07/2010 09:23:56 AM 1287 Views
Nope. Here's why.... Sports_Gambler - 24/07/2010 02:28:03 AM 1260 Views
No. It's just a movie. It can drop within the context of the movie. End of discussion. *NM* Ghavrel - 24/07/2010 10:47:06 PM 700 Views
Schrödinger's Top! *NM* Gher - 14/08/2010 07:20:36 PM 768 Views
the kids Mix - 23/07/2010 07:41:37 AM 1284 Views
that's what I first noticed Deadsy - 26/07/2010 01:29:47 AM 1305 Views
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I can accept that theory, even if I don't agree with it (yet?), but it's just a theory ironclad - 02/08/2010 02:01:34 PM 1229 Views
drop *NM* Foxhead - 23/07/2010 09:31:49 AM 619 Views
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You're assuming too much. Aemon - 25/07/2010 07:07:39 AM 1244 Views
It dropped. *NM* ironclad - 28/07/2010 11:42:35 PM 725 Views
Dropped. Gher - 14/08/2010 07:23:09 PM 1102 Views
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Why they "missed" the kick Helene - 26/07/2010 09:54:22 AM 1223 Views
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Every single moment of Inception is a dream. Mix - 29/07/2010 02:52:39 AM 1482 Views
Here's my problem with this and other theories advanced in this thread. Ghavrel - 29/07/2010 10:19:55 AM 1304 Views
I agree *NM* ironclad - 29/07/2010 12:46:28 PM 785 Views
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Incredible. Gher - 14/08/2010 04:34:11 AM 1275 Views
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