Kwatsu said:
In God of War, you have to get into the Temple of Pandora to find the famous box. The Temple of Pandora is on a mountain... that's tied to the back of a Titan... who's wandering in an immense desert. Just getting there involves killing murderous sirens, climbing impossible heights and defeating terrifying minotaurs to open the gates. Even Kratos finds it a challenge.
And when you get inside the Temple, in one room where you're swinging along on a rope, there's people fighting the undead all around you... and the fighters are, literally, just random, ordinary legionnaires. The kind who die if Kratos so much as yells at them.
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It could be a plot hole but Kratos already showed that it wasn't impossible to reach the top of the mountain. That 'regular Joes' were also up there would only be a plot hole if such a possibility had been denied earlier. Those soldiers could have their own epic story. Perhaps they were airlifted in by another god, or used magic. Obviously if there is a temple to Pandora there, there must be accolytes, priests and priestesses. Perhaps those fighters were stationed at the top of the mountain.
You see, 'plot hole' has become of the most misused words by Net geekdom. It doesn't mean a plot or story point, or character action that doesn't 'make sense' (though it may make a lot of sense to somebody else, for example, the creators). It is an explicit failure in the application of the story and world's logic. It doesn't mean an information gap present because of how the narrative is constructed (for example, non-omnipotent narratives only explain what the view point characters can directly experience and discover themselves).
Back when I was a kid, I realised that Optimus Prime never used his giant laser axe again after the first episode of Transformers. That could be a plot hole, if we disregard the possibility that the axe was broken in that fight. Galvatron saying that 'autobots can't fly', after several prior episodes prior showing them able to so, is also a probable plot hole. However, Galvatron could have been lying or mistaken, or just referring to the abilities of Autobots he was with.
Many accused plot holes can be filled, and often they are. But so many people today, especially on forums like IMDB, consider them impossible to fill, simply because they noticed it. If those legionaires up at the temple of Pandora were actually from down below, and climbled their as the hero did, then it would be a good candidate for a plot hole. Yet, as shown, it is one easily filled with imagination.
This is not a 'go' at you btw. I'm just discussing with you.
