Guess I'm a weirdo, but... (Off-Topic)

by Quirel, Tuesday, November 25, 2014, 10:33 (3440 days ago) @ stabbim

Just as an example, take Dr. Mann: I loved the idea of that character, and what being alone out there did to him. But he shouldn't have needed to say anything to explain what he was doing in his climactic scene with Cooper. It all could have been communicated later, when the data is dug up from his robot. In fact, as I remember it WAS all explained then. Even as that scene was happening, I was thinking there must be a better way to reveal his motivations than to just have him spell it out.

Having him spell it all out drove home how lonely he was. When you go that long without human contact, the gap between what you think and what you say out loud wears down to nothing.

This is what happens when you spend a measly six months alone in an arctic wasteland. By comparison, Dr. Mann was doing pretty well.