ich1990 wrote:It is not the danger of limbo that I am referring to, but the danger of getting lost in the dream world and forgetting what is real. Yes, Limbo is a danger, but it is possible to get out of it (maybe, depending on your interpretation) like Cobb did. The real horror is going so far down that you can't see the surface. Or can't tell what is the surface anymore. Like what happened to Mal.
I thought that only happened because he did inception to her and screwed up her mind. It wasn't that she went so far down that she couldn't see the surface, it was that he sabotaged her thoughts. I don't know that you can "get lost" in the dream world]I think you are talking about the chemist? He was being attacked by psychic projections from the guy they were trying to pull the Inception on, not the general population of the dream world.[/QUOTE]
No, I was talking about the guy who would hear the music to give everyone the kick needed to wake up. Cobb's best friend, with the loaded die (y'know, I never did figure out anyone's names in that movie aside from Cobb, Mal, Fischer and Saito). I wasn't talking about the psychic defenses either, I understand that. What I meant was, the part where they were in the hotel, and he and the girl were sitting on the bench and the projections kept looking at them and they were trying to divert attention from themselves. They weren't doing anything at all at the time, why would they get attention? It's not like Cobb who definitely drew attention by telling Fischer it was a dream. That's understandable.
Also, don't forget that Mal, the train, and presumably other projections are carried into various levels of the dream by Cobb, as evidence of his guilt. This could account for some of the attacks that you are thinking of.
Y'know, I never did realize until you just said it that the train in the first layer was Cobb's doing, not Fischer's. Makes perfect sense now that I think about it.
Oh yeah, speaking of trains and Mal and Cobb,
http://www.pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF048-Suicide_Train.gif
And eh I guess I'll put this in spoiler boxes since I'm getting into specific plots.
[SPOILER]Someone else mentioned it, but I'll second it since I'm confused about it too. Cobb mentioned that he and Mal grew old together in their dream/limbo/whatever. There was even a momentary scene of an old couple holding hands that was supposed to be them. But when they stick their heads on the train tracks, they're young. What's up with that?[/SPOILER]