What exactly did Cobb do to Mal's totem? - Movies & TV Stack …
2024年1月19日 · I recently re-watched Christopher Nolan's 'Inception' and found myself puzzled over a specific plot detail involving Cobb and Mal's totem. In the movie, it's implied that Cobb …
Why didn't Mal use her totem (spinning top) before she actually …
2015年7月13日 · A totem was an object with some behaviour which was considered to be a secret known only to its owner. Totems could be used therefore to determine whether …
Why does Ariadne's totem work? - Movies & TV Stack Exchange
2018年12月19日 · In Inception, Cobb's totem was a spinning top, that in reality would stop spinning eventually. Arthur's totem was a special dice, that in reality would roll a particular …
How is the spinning top a totem? - Movies & TV Stack Exchange
2017年10月18日 · The purpose of a totem in Inception is to behave abnormally in the reality. So only you know how it is not normal. In someone else's dream, that person won't know the …
Why would the characters in Inception reveal what their totems …
2022年5月2日 · The purpose of the totem is to act as an anchor to the real world. If the totem is not right, it is not the real totem, and therefore the user knows they are still in a dream state. …
plot explanation - At which dream level did Inception end?
2019年4月5日 · Reason 1. Cobb told Saito and Ariadne how his totem works therefore he can never truly tell if he is inside one of their dreams. In the end of the movie the totem DID fall …
What's the significance of Cobb's ring in Inception?
2013年12月28日 · David Kyle Johnson, lead author of Inception and Philosophy, made a similar observation, namely that the top totem gives the audience no information as to whether Cobb …
plot explanation - Why should one not share his or her totem?
2015年12月28日 · The whole point of a totem is that it should act in such a way as to only be recognisable by the owner (preferably by feel). The special weighting on his loaded dice is …
plot explanation - Who decides how a totem behaves in a dream?
2015年2月15日 · To keep the totem pristine, the individual keeps complete control of the totem. If the architect gets a hold of the totem, it is then compromised and would need to be replaced. …
Why couldn't Cobb show the totem to Mal? [duplicate]
2020年3月21日 · Though it's never mentioned, perhaps the dreamer also attempts to make the totem behave in a way that defies physics; for example -- Mal/Cobb's totem spinning …