"The real spreader of the virus in the movie is the assistant. Why should it spread? Willis’s crossing only affected the 12 monkey army, and they were very concerned about the whole thing. Development is not decisive. It can be said that Willis’s crossing only affects the details, and does not affect whether the virus spreads.”
I very much doubt whether this person really understood the movie. So let me talk about my own understanding, if there is something wrong, please point it out!
First of all, why does the assistant of a virus scientist spread the virus? The explanation in the film is very clear, the heroine said very clearly:
"He believes in the revelation..."
What is the revelation? The content of this revelation is that the earth will usher in the end of the world in 1996, because the earth has been attacked by a deadly human-released virus.
The heroine has studied these revelations and made a report. The scientist’s assistant was convinced of these revelations and went to listen to this report.
Therefore, this assistant comrade is very dissatisfied with the abuse and destruction of the earth by mankind, and he is convinced of the same revelation that has continuously appeared for hundreds of years. He believes that the destruction of mankind in 1996 was the will of God, and he was the one chosen by God. The man who ended human history.
Therefore, he is going to complete the revelation, and he is going to make the "province" a reality.
So, how did those revelations come from?
Obviously, this is due to people's time travel in the future.
In order to save the earth in 1996, people in the future will travel time and space to different eras over and over again, warning people that there will be a virus epidemic in 1996 that will usher in the end of the world.
Therefore, the same revelation of "96 years, virus, doomsday" has been left in different historical eras.
Then, things are very clear. In order to save the past, the survivors kept traveling through time and space to warn people, so they left a "revelation". The assistant comrade believed in the "revelation" and released the virus to destroy mankind.
Can you still say that Willis’ time travel has nothing to do with the release of the virus? ? ?
It was the survivors' actions to save the past that caused the release of the virus. Destroyed the past.
What is the cause? What is fruit? When is the future? When is the past?
The paradox between time and space and cause and effect is what makes this film fascinating!
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