The movie’s main plot spends far more time on outer-space dogfights.

影片花费了大量的时间在外太空混战上。

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Identify the subplots and determine how they support the main plot line, or distract from it.

要能辨别出次要情节，判断出它们是如何支持或者转移主要情节的故事线。

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The main plot is related to the surreal encounter between a female medium (called a shaman) and a fisherman.

电影的主要情节是关于一个女性灵媒(又称萨满)和一名渔夫之间的离奇遭遇。

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But when Cruise's character falls in love with her she's placed in jeopardy, and that peril becomes a main plot point.

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With only eight episodes left, this sort of distraction from the main plot would be stupid and counterproductive and a waste of precious, precious screentime.

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The main plot is essentially just an extension of this.

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