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Re:Chekhov's Gun by enkid on Sunday September 05, 2021 @08:52AM (#28423979)
But some of those things that are dropped don't make any sense to have no impact on the characters, like someone having cancer. It's just mentioned and never brought up again.
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Re:Chekhov's Gun by dragontamer on Sunday September 05, 2021 @09:08AM (#28424064)
I think I see the argument for why that's 'charming', but I've seen far more enjoyable media that does it better.

Details that build characters is good. X has cancer is fine, albeit heavyhanded. Certainly enough of a characterization to work in low-plot action movies for example.

Not everything needs to be relevant to the plot. But I'm not convinced that a 2 hour movie has the room for this kind of storytelling.

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