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I can't believe people are so disheartened to hear this. Of course they'll forever leave it ambiguous, it's their artistic vision. That doesn't mean IT isn't true. It just means you'll never get official conformation. I've been saying this for ages.
I'm not disheartened. Nothing changed. He told us what we already knew, plus he contradicted himself in the post, claiming both that it wouldnt add to the endings, but that it would also add new dialogue.
Like someone else has been saying (I forget who, I'm tired), they added an entire ending with just dialogue in the EC.
And they added slide scenes and cinematics too. But that's nothing, it's all a dream right?
New dialougue =/= new ending, the star child may mention the leviathan, but will probably dismiss it. That's probably what's going to happen. Chris did not contradict himself in his own post, you guys are just in heavy denial that there won't be any more addings/subtracions or any new ending dlc. Ever. IT was basically announced wrong, as if the ec dlc wasn't enough.
I agree there will not be any new DLC after the current ending. That doesn't mean IT is dead or needs a DLC to confirm. IT has yet to be proven or disproven 100%. BioWare even went out to say so. So you cannot claim it is dead. IT is a perspective and all it needs to be proven is either a confirmation or irrefutable proof that it cannot be false. Also if anything is changed to the current ending it technically is a "new" ending.
You can believe anything you want if that's how you derive entertainment, and there's nothing wrong with it. But if there can be a "truth" about the structure of a fictional work it is that that which the author intended is the actuality. ME's writers do not intend IT to be the valid end.
And how do you KNOW that ME's writers do not intend IT? Do you work for them? Have you talked to one of them and had them tell you that IT is false? Because I'm certain that you wouldn't make such a powerful assertion without some mighty powerful proof to back up your mouth.
Keep in mind that I'm arguing why it's impossible to apply the IT to the series at this point. Some IT supporters may get mad and then go back to the "evidence" of the IT, then tell me I lose credibilty if I can't prove them wrong. It would never work that way as it's not worth going into every single detail and arguing back and forth over it when IT supporters at this point are delusional and will dismiss every claim to contrary to what they want to believe.
As if Chris' post the other day wasn't enough to show that Bioware is not going to add/change anything to the endings. Ever. That they are done working on the endings and that the ec dlc was the end of the endings.
www.youtube.com/watchThis video is from the Bioware panel at SDCC 2012. You can see the work they've done to expand on the original endings. Why would any company spend 3 months of time/money/resources to make such endings, then make an ending that goes against that work? Would you make a "false" ending, then expand on that "false" ending to prepare for the "real" ending?
Hoping that the IT will be implemented in the future is both selfish and childish: selfish in the sense that IT supporters don't appreciate the author's work, and would rather have their own ending that goes against Bioware's work. Childish in that you're waiting for an announcement from Bioware that "IT is wrong", when they put a lot of effort to make the ec dlc to clarify the original endings and show their intent of the endings, not tell. That's what writers do. They
show, not tell. And why would any writer write a fan-made ending to appease a small minority of people when that fan theory goes against the writers own established work?
There is also the degree of professionality. Bioware will never say the words "IT was wrong" in the same sentence as it makes them looked upon as unproffessional. Most writers do not dismiss I know some IT supporters will say "Bioware said IT IS a valid ending" which is true, but how do you know if they just said that to appease to everyone as much as possible since at that time, they were in a "public damage control mode" and had enough angry people as it was?
http://www.beyondhog...chosen-one.html This fan-theory is from harry potter. It speculates taht neville was actually the chosen one, and that harry was just a cover-up to confuse voldermort. It had a lot of supporters at its time and had lots of "evidence" to back it up. When the 7th book came out, it was shut down. (jk rowling actually turned the theory down in an interview, but I can't find the link)
http://www.cracked.c...than-movie.html Here are some more fan theories. Notice how in each section there is the "fan-theory" and "what we got". Same case applies here to the IT. The IT was the "fan-theory", the ec dlc was what we got.
Can you believe in the IT? Sure. Does that make it better than the original endings? For some people, yes.
Is it true? No. We're not getting anything more than the ec dlc, and the IT would make the ec dlc useless.
If you're still bent on getting "evidence" debunking the IT, then why does Bioware write a message at the end of the game reading: "Commander Shepard has ended the reaper threat"?
Modifié par I_eat_unicorns, 05 août 2012 - 02:08 .