Comments on: The Dark Art of the Plot Token http://www.ghostwoods.com/2009/09/the-dark-art-of-the-plot-token-584/ Something beautiful and strange is hiding in the dark. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:48:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ben http://www.ghostwoods.com/2009/09/the-dark-art-of-the-plot-token-584/comment-page-1/#comment-839 ben Wed, 07 Apr 2010 06:21:31 +0000 http://www.ghostwoods.com/?p=584#comment-839 pulp fiction was a great movie!! pulp fiction was a great movie!!

]]> By: Ghostwoods http://www.ghostwoods.com/2009/09/the-dark-art-of-the-plot-token-584/comment-page-1/#comment-287 Ghostwoods Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:28:15 +0000 http://www.ghostwoods.com/?p=584#comment-287 Yeah, I remember that :) I did enjoy Ghost Ship, broadly speaking, but it was certainly unsubtle! Of course, that's the problem with Chekhov's Gun -- it's often a case of damned if you do, damned if you don't. There's a fine tightrope to walk over the twin pits of the Gun and Deus Ex Machina. In general, it seems that being hacky with Chekhov's Gun is more acceptable than erring the other way... God forbid writers would actually try to think about such things and introduce them gracefully! Yeah, I remember that :) I did enjoy Ghost Ship, broadly speaking, but it was certainly unsubtle!

Of course, that’s the problem with Chekhov’s Gun — it’s often a case of damned if you do, damned if you don’t. There’s a fine tightrope to walk over the twin pits of the Gun and Deus Ex Machina. In general, it seems that being hacky with Chekhov’s Gun is more acceptable than erring the other way…

God forbid writers would actually try to think about such things and introduce them gracefully!

]]> By: JBishop http://www.ghostwoods.com/2009/09/the-dark-art-of-the-plot-token-584/comment-page-1/#comment-285 JBishop Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:41:51 +0000 http://www.ghostwoods.com/?p=584#comment-285 I seem to recall pointing out to you a few years back the Chekhov's Gun in the movie Ghost Ship - in an early scene we see a meat hook hanging in (IIRC) a ball room in the aftermath of some massacre the cast happens upon. Sure enough, come act IV, someone's hanging from it. I knew the quote, but not who originated it. I seem to recall pointing out to you a few years back the Chekhov’s Gun in the movie Ghost Ship – in an early scene we see a meat hook hanging in (IIRC) a ball room in the aftermath of some massacre the cast happens upon. Sure enough, come act IV, someone’s hanging from it. I knew the quote, but not who originated it.

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