ext_6801 ([identity profile] ivy03.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] ivyfic 2011-02-23 09:54 pm (UTC)

My point exactly. Deus ex machina as it has come to be known is a plot contrivance that comes out of nowhere and solves everything. But what it literally means is "god out of the machine," so I was watching the end of Raiders, where God literally descends and solves everything, and going, huh. It just shows that you can have God kill all the bad guys at the end of a story and have it not be contrived. I was just admiring the storytelling.

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