tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239577512598038009.post3411000935164990236..comments2024-02-27T01:17:39.925-08:00Comments on The Nine and Thirty Kingdoms: Brief Commentary on Hallucinatory Domain ExamplesTalysmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02162328521343832412noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239577512598038009.post-38732920703436525052011-10-14T12:15:28.567-07:002011-10-14T12:15:28.567-07:00Memento is especially cruel, I think, because it s...Memento is especially cruel, I think, because it seems like a story that should play out this way, but there is no termination clause for brain damage.<br /><br />Thanks for this response, it is illuminating.richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517340075234811323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239577512598038009.post-22762990143695820362011-10-14T10:19:21.318-07:002011-10-14T10:19:21.318-07:00> The director insists this is meant as straigh...> The director insists this is meant as straight-up sci-fi time travel, but I prefer to think of it as a fantasy from the viewpoint of an unreliable narrator. <br /><br />YES! An interpretation that the original ambiguously supports, but the director's cut does not, which is why the original is better.Roger G-Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594440701279968693noreply@blogger.com