Was there any inherit symbolism to the fact that all the traps had multiple people, usually friends, in them? Was it poking at the dynamic of John's group and how they were all killed similarly to how people in the traps are? In that they were killed by each other usually, only instead of dying trying to save each other they died simply for power/revenge/etc? Also, for Hoffman's traps always being death sentences instead of having a real way out, the fake survivor actually got off relatively well in the end.
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Also, I can't believe they did the "this guys was ALSO working behind the scenes THE WHOLE TIME from the BEGINNING". It was silly enough with Hoffman, with Gordon it was even more stupid that it wrapped back around to being kinda cool.
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When it came down to it, Hoffman was just kind of a nut, with only a flimsy motivation as to why he was doing what he was doing. Amanda pointed this out during Saw 6
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I kind of like the distinction between John's and Hoffman's traps. John obviously believed in what he was doing, and the traps not only had a real purpose, they reflected the individual and also could be beaten. Hoffman is just deranged and insane and only vaguely cared about the message, so his traps were often impossible. Like the last one in 7, a play on the fake survivor's story but its obviously Hoffman didn't test it since the pectoral muscles couldn't hold the weight of the body, making the trap impossible and therefore pointless.
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