I once saw a very good film review: it mentioned a problem, that is, how to change his future when the protagonist foresees his own death. For example, in the future, the protagonist should have died when he was brought to the interrogation room by the FBI, but escaped with a pack of cigarettes and infrared glasses, the protagonist must first prepare cigarettes and infrared glasses before Save yourself, and then look at the future; then be arrested and killed at the station, and then change the future by preparing the ticket and the key to the control room, and then look at the future. . . . . . . ; Just like playing a game, keep filing, reading and passing through the card.
The above comments are not unreasonable, but from the director's point of view, I feel that this interpretation is a bit inconsistent. I feel that it should be understood in this way: First of all, the future that the protagonist sees is a complete event. By looking at what happens in the future, the author He already knew that the future self escaped from Ascension through 20 things such as cigarettes, glasses, and tickets, but where did these 20 things come from, which made the protagonist think, through the reverse logic thinking method that the protagonist is good at, he determined. You have to mail these 20 things for yourself, and then you can follow the future timeline logically. Some readers may question why the protagonist is still haunted by the fact that he was hit by a bullet on the company flyover, which appeared repeatedly in dreams or in fragments of memory? According to my understanding, it should be the most dangerous episode that the author will see in the future, and it is still fresh in his memory, but don't forget that the author's memory is erased, and his memory is incomplete. The combination of a sinister future fragment and a dream fantasy produces this nightmare, in fact, the protagonist has prepared an alarm clock electronic watch for himself.
In fact, as long as future movies are involved, they cannot get rid of the principle of "time paradox". How to justify it seems very difficult. You can only rely on your own infinite brains to make it closer to rationality. . . . .
So far I know that the "paradox of time" can be explained and interpreted better, such as "Twelve Monkeys" and "Previous Destination".
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