Re: Rob's Temporary BD2 Halfway House **SPOILERS**
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 1:22 am
You know, it's interesting. When what happened to Carlisle happened to Carlisle the whole audience gasped, but I just sat there and said, 'It's a vision!' and watched it calmly until the end. There had already been a bit of discussion in the BD2 forum here about that part being a vision, although it was pretty clear that they'd stepped out of canon to let Alice see the wolves and Renesmee. Yes, it was a plothole, but I enjoyed the scene anyway. I was prepared for them to go that way, especially since the scene started immediately after Aro took Alice's hand.
There is a plausible explanation for why there were wolves and Renesmee visible in that scene. Perhaps, as Alice was sensing there were blank spots in her vision caused by wolves, etc, she painted approximate details into her vision so that Aro could get the full effect of what a mess his decision caused. Now, if that's the case, we probably can't assume that individual wolves did do what we saw them do, but obviously a wolf would have killed Jane, because she would have 'disappeared' and come out in pieces, etc.
Of course, the real reason they did it that way was to trick the audience into thinking it was in real time. It wouldn't have been very suspenseful if we'd all known it was just a vision.
I think, since Bella can resist it, Kate's talent is more mental than physical, even though it's described as a 'current'. That's probably just a useful way of describing what she does. And just because it has a physical representation doesn't mean it's a physical power. Alec's power also has a physical representation, but it's mental. Actually, if we're being really pedantic, Bella probably shouldn't be able to see Alec's mist, which she does in the book, as its presence should be invisible to her. But the visual is necessary to communicate what he does and the fact that it's stopped.
Here's a link to my video review if anyone's interested.
There is a plausible explanation for why there were wolves and Renesmee visible in that scene. Perhaps, as Alice was sensing there were blank spots in her vision caused by wolves, etc, she painted approximate details into her vision so that Aro could get the full effect of what a mess his decision caused. Now, if that's the case, we probably can't assume that individual wolves did do what we saw them do, but obviously a wolf would have killed Jane, because she would have 'disappeared' and come out in pieces, etc.
Of course, the real reason they did it that way was to trick the audience into thinking it was in real time. It wouldn't have been very suspenseful if we'd all known it was just a vision.
I think, since Bella can resist it, Kate's talent is more mental than physical, even though it's described as a 'current'. That's probably just a useful way of describing what she does. And just because it has a physical representation doesn't mean it's a physical power. Alec's power also has a physical representation, but it's mental. Actually, if we're being really pedantic, Bella probably shouldn't be able to see Alec's mist, which she does in the book, as its presence should be invisible to her. But the visual is necessary to communicate what he does and the fact that it's stopped.
Here's a link to my video review if anyone's interested.