Re: The "ticking time bomb" technique - how important is it?
I don't.
It's like the difference between baseball and basketball.
There is no game clock in baseball. We know the game will end after the 9th (provided there is no tie), but there is no clock ticking down to the end. The players are not constrained by a clock.
In Basketball there is a ticking clock. The game will end when the time runs out.
There's no rigid time frame in SE7EN. They can catch him after the first murder. Or after the 6th or 7th. There is no clock that is ticking down to the end. We know it would probably end after murder 7, but there is no time reference. It could go on for years and years.
THE BOURNE IDENTITY also doesn't have ticking clock.
A ticking clock is a rigid time issue. There is no time issue in SE7EN or THE BOURNE IDENTITY. We know the circumstances that will lead to the end (Just like the 9 innings of a baseball game), but the characters are not facing a game clock that is ticking down.
In ALIEN there is a clock ticking down. If she doesn't get out of there before the buzzer sounds... she's dead.
Originally posted by ShaneBlackFan
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It's like the difference between baseball and basketball.
There is no game clock in baseball. We know the game will end after the 9th (provided there is no tie), but there is no clock ticking down to the end. The players are not constrained by a clock.
In Basketball there is a ticking clock. The game will end when the time runs out.
There's no rigid time frame in SE7EN. They can catch him after the first murder. Or after the 6th or 7th. There is no clock that is ticking down to the end. We know it would probably end after murder 7, but there is no time reference. It could go on for years and years.
THE BOURNE IDENTITY also doesn't have ticking clock.
A ticking clock is a rigid time issue. There is no time issue in SE7EN or THE BOURNE IDENTITY. We know the circumstances that will lead to the end (Just like the 9 innings of a baseball game), but the characters are not facing a game clock that is ticking down.
In ALIEN there is a clock ticking down. If she doesn't get out of there before the buzzer sounds... she's dead.
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