You know, pointing out more dumb things about that element of the plot is not the best route to making me like it more. :p
I can accept a certain amount of impossibility for the sake of the plot. Hole to the centre of the Earth: ok. But beyond a certain point, you can't keep dodging the consequences of the impossibilities you introduce with yet more impossibilities, because it just makes the story meaningless. If we know that every situation is going to be solved by some impossible method, why should we care about any situation? Hence, solving the problem by pouring the Thames down the hole to the centre of the Earth: much less ok. (Inventing a magic form of energy that has exactly the properties required by the plot, also a bit annoying.)
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Date: 2006-12-26 02:23 pm (UTC)I can accept a certain amount of impossibility for the sake of the plot. Hole to the centre of the Earth: ok. But beyond a certain point, you can't keep dodging the consequences of the impossibilities you introduce with yet more impossibilities, because it just makes the story meaningless. If we know that every situation is going to be solved by some impossible method, why should we care about any situation? Hence, solving the problem by pouring the Thames down the hole to the centre of the Earth: much less ok. (Inventing a magic form of energy that has exactly the properties required by the plot, also a bit annoying.)