Difference between revisions of "Talk:Lampshade hanging"
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: I think these all count as uses of lampshade hanging. There's no reason to remove them. | : I think these all count as uses of lampshade hanging. There's no reason to remove them. | ||
: Not according to our definition of lampshade hanging and Wikipedia's definition of ''deus ex machina''. '''[[user:Sanfazer|Sanfazer]]''': <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[user talk:Sanfazer|talk]]] 22:02, 13 January 2015 (CET). | : Not according to our definition of lampshade hanging and Wikipedia's definition of ''deus ex machina''. '''[[user:Sanfazer|Sanfazer]]''': <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[user talk:Sanfazer|talk]]] 22:02, 13 January 2015 (CET). | ||
Is lampshade hanging known by any other terminology? Would you say that deus ex machina is a sub-topic of lampshade hanging that solely involves plot continuation? If I could cite a few more examples would it be worth creating a page for deus ex machina? | |||
(Literally, as I have been writing been writing this, an advert that I have never seen before came on the TV, for a film called Ex Machina. Does synchronization fit in with your numerological bent?) |
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I would say that Bender being hurled back to Earth is the only correct example of lampshade hanging that is given here, the others, with the possible exception of the robo-dinosaurs, are simply gags, they are incidental to the plot.
If I can find some better examples could we replace them?
Maybe I have it wrong. Is lampshade hanging directly analogous to deus ex machina? -- the preceding unsigned comment was written by 94.10.54.106.
- I think these all count as uses of lampshade hanging. There's no reason to remove them.
- Not according to our definition of lampshade hanging and Wikipedia's definition of deus ex machina. Sanfazer: [talk] 22:02, 13 January 2015 (CET).
Is lampshade hanging known by any other terminology? Would you say that deus ex machina is a sub-topic of lampshade hanging that solely involves plot continuation? If I could cite a few more examples would it be worth creating a page for deus ex machina?
(Literally, as I have been writing been writing this, an advert that I have never seen before came on the TV, for a film called Ex Machina. Does synchronization fit in with your numerological bent?)