| Dominic Cobb's Top | |
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Origin |
Inception |
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Type |
Metal Top |
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Effects |
Allows one to enter dreams for duration of usage |
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Downsides |
Reflects one’s own shortcomings to haunt them |
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Activation |
Spinning |
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Collected by |
Warehouse 13 |
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Section |
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Date of Collection |
August 16, 2024 |
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Origin[]
Inception is a 2010 science fiction action heist film written and directed by Christopher Nolan. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a professional thief Dom Cobb who steals information by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets. He is offered a chance to have his criminal history erased as payment for the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.
The characters utilize false awakenings in multiple layers of dreams to deceive the target even when the subconscious is aware of intruders. Heavily featuring the themes of time, each level slows down in speed and requires a team member on each portion to synchronize a wake-up jolt (playing "Non, je ne regrette rien” as a trigger) to extract from the mission. To verify dream from reality, Cobb uses his late wife’s ‘totem’, a top that spins endlessly only in dreams, to confirm. At the end of the film, Cobb reunites with his children and decides to leave before seeing it topple. The final shot cuts away while from the audience, leaving his status ambiguous at the story’s end.
After the 2002 completion of Insomnia, Nolan presented to Warner Bros. a written 80-page treatment for a horror film envisioning "dream stealers," based on lucid dreaming. Deciding he needed more experience before tackling a production of this magnitude and complexity, Nolan shelved the project and instead worked on 2005's Batman Begins, 2006's The Prestige, and 2008's The Dark Knight. The treatment was revised over six months and was purchased by Warner in February 2009.
For dream sequences in Inception, Nolan used little computer-generated imagery, preferring practical effects whenever possible. Nolan said, "It's always very important to me to do as much as possible in-camera, and then, if necessary, computer graphics are very useful to build on or enhance what you have achieved physically.” To this end, visual effects supervisor Paul Franklin built a miniature of the mountain fortress set and then blew it up for the film. For the fight scene that takes place in zero gravity, he used CG-based effects to "subtly bend elements like physics, space and time."
Effects[]
Allows user to enter other’s dreams as an active participant in their world, allowing them to manipulate their desires and worries at will. Laws of reality only possible in imagination are applicable here to cause anything to happen, although the host will often try to eject the intruder. The spinning can last minutes or even days, as it only stops once the user is removed.
During their sojourn, harming the host will injure both if mishandled. The user’s own fears and issues will also appear in the dream world to harm them or interfere with any plans they attempt.