If what we think of "being" is not simple, then it is most likely a loop of some kind, a Moebius ring, or a vortex that ultimately leads to somewhere; the same "being" is not only excited Once, or every "existence" is only destined once - only once you get it right, "existence" will let you go.
In Matrix, when NEO, MOPHEUS, and TRINITY saw ORACLE walk out of the virtual ZION and prepare to wire back to the spaceship, he saw the same cat pass the door twice, so he said: Oh, Déjà Vu.
Narrator (Edward Norton) in Fight Club murmured the same: I was living in a state of perpetual Déjà Vu. Everywhere I went, I felt I'd already been there.
Déjà Vu, a French word, means Hallucinatory memory, a feeling of deja vu; probably everyone has this feeling from time to time, the action that the current scene is currently doing seems to have happened a long time ago. There is an interesting inference in a comment on Matrix: humans exist after animals, so when they see animals, they can say Déjà Vu; when all herbivorous animals see plants, they can also say: Déjà Vu, because plants precede animals Existence; according to this logic, a machine or program in MATRIX may also say: Déjà Vu when it sees a person.
I know it's a cold joke; but sometimes it's a logic that goes against the grain.
According to Arthur Clark's theory of memory in "Childhood's End": people's memories at different times and different people's memories are like islands on the sea. On the surface, they seem to be separated by oceans, but in fact Their foundations on the bottom of the sea are connected, so when the ocean of space and time dries up, all memories will be connected; according to this theory, Déjà Vu can explain, what we see at the moment is deja vu The scene is actually a memory of the moment that came from a long time later, an advance memory.
So, it's not too difficult to understand, and it can be summed up in one sentence: existence is a known pattern, and we only deduce some element of it within the known scope; that is, we are not existence itself - God knows us What is, we are not even a tool for judging existence.
I may be dragging you more and more into the quagmire, well, in fact, it can be understood this way: existence is a game, just like everyone in the American TV series "LOST" is destined to come to that maze (like Say Desmond's Déjà Vu in Lost s3.08), all game endings are doomed, all possible paths to the end have been calculated; existence is a treasure map, the sea of time and space must be drained and filled with countless Second - we are the coolies, this treasure map will slowly emerge, and its existence will be slowly revealed.
The existence of Déjà Vu can be said to be a given. All the things we haven't done have actually happened, just like a program, it has its own path of execution; everything is set, and everything that hasn't happened happened.
Our existence is confined to a square box, such as the world in Queen Abu's belly in "Hilarious Life in the Rainforest".
So what's outside the box?
"Non-existence"! ? Another "existence"! ? The ether that breeds "existence"! ?
God knows.
But, obviously, in this way, our "existence" is challenged for granted.
The works of Déjà Vu are actually not a small number. They have been mentioned in many American dramas, and the words in the movie are like a Japanese stream of consciousness movie "Dopperugenga/Self-visual hallucination" or a recent movie titled "Déjà Vu" starring Denzel Washington. Déjà Vu / Time and Space Clues". In general the term Déjà Vu is just a gimmick, and the writer-director either explains the phenomenon in terms of amnesia or time travel - well, the word itself refers to a phenomenon; as Day Break originally tried Explaining the worldview of this plot with the time and space effect becomes more mysterious later, I mean it becomes more attractive.
To narrate the story of Day Break, just quote the self-report of the protagonist Bret Hopper at the beginning of each episode: "My name is Bret Hopper, I am a detective, and it is on this incredible 'today' that everything has changed: I Framed as a murderer; then my girlfriend will be in danger, and I know it's going to happen, because I live on the same day day after day; every day is the same day, but There's always something different; every time I try to change, every time I have a new choice..."
For every decision, there's a consequence. For every decision, there's a
corresponding consequence. This is the driving force behind the development of the plot in this play. A puzzle-style story, in general, this is a very alternative detective drama, and the taste is very similar to the dective story of Watanabe Shinichiro in animatrix.
The protagonist's name Bret Hopper is a very interesting pun, because it should be more than one. Hopper is not only the protagonist's name, but also a clue in the story, "funnel", and the funnel was originally a timing tool in ancient times. , although now this kind of gadget is more for decoration - the time to be decorated, DB probably expressed the same meaning.
The story starts out very simple and clear, and then it becomes more and more complicated. Some small strings that start to pave the way to the end respond very well, and it is not wasted at all; one of them is the same as BH day after day. Jared, who was living on the same day - the doctor used Déjà Vu to explain Jared's "illness" at that time, and BH seemed to believe it at the time, but there were various signs that it was definitely not the case.
Later on, the plot becomes bizarre: is everything from Jared's Déjà Vu, is everything just a dream and someone else's dream? Or does each character in the play have their own Time Loop, and such an "existence" is created when everyone's time loops intersect?
Sometimes it's the kind of story that leaves a riddle for people to think about that makes it really interesting.
Day Break is the best work involving Déjà Vu in the recent period. The score on IMDB is 8.7/10. Half of them gave full marks, and half of the remaining half gave 9 points. It can be seen that It's obvious; although DB was cut in the middle like JW's Firefly in the end, for small cult people like us, DB is even more surprising and exciting than a big hit like 24, Regardless of the details of the character script, DB has done a great job.
However, cutting is not necessarily a bad thing. For a story like this, the first is the new way of telling the story. Day after day, all the plots are limited to one day, which is very good for DB and 24. , but this day for DB is countless, so fresh concepts can be seen in a limited episode and just close, because often it is because of such fresh concepts themselves that the story seems to have no end on the way. The fun of the story is ruined;
The second is the skill of the screenwriter. I don't think the screenwriter can make up a good enough story about the phenomenon of Day Break "season by season". Just look at today's Prison Break, Lost will know, if this "day break" "Day" has become "Season after Season", I think the plot will either become cloudy like cement, or be dragged into a never-ending pit, in this case, no matter what kind of situation is for us viewers Neither is a good thing. But this is not to say that DB can't be made into a series. Take 24 as an example. 24 has successfully aired for six seasons. The one-hour, one-episode format that initially made people feel cult has now become a format and a logo. , the arrangement of the plot is its kingly way; and DB's day after day can also become a kind of mark, but as we can see now, the story always starts from the protagonist's bed and alarm clock, over and over again, This will make people feel tired after watching it for a long time, like, this is a Bret Hopper's Day Break, and 24 does not have the concept of KEITH SUTHERLAND (jACK's) 24, maybe the screenwriter can try from a different character or perspective of an event At the beginning of each episode, if you use multiple clues instead of single clues and multiple perspectives instead of multiple auditions, it is not impossible to turn Day Break day after day into year after year; but then again, this still has to test the screenwriter. The power of ah!
Well, in the end, maybe you think that it may be a bit far-fetched to classify Day Break as Déjà Vu, and it may be more appropriate to classify it as a Time Loop theme like "Rola, Run/Lola, Run" and "Naken/Prenuptial Behavior"; However, didn't I say earlier that Déjà Vu actually just refers to a phenomenon, and such a phenomenon will occur in Time Loop~ I'm
probably talking about the topic of Day Break here, if this can whet your appetite, then Check it out; by the way, the film was nominated for the AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS (ASC) and NAACP Image Awards. (Text / len calvin)
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episode list & on air date:
DB's title is also very interesting, just like The L Word every episode must start with a word starting with L, DB starts with a hypothetical What if:
Season 1, 13Episodes
Episode 1: Pilot
Original Air Date: 15 November 2006
Episode 2: What If They Run?
Original Air Date: 15 November 2006
Episode 3: What If He Lets Her Go?
Original Air Date: 22 November 2006
Episode 4: What If He Can Change the Day?
Original Air Date: 29 November 2006
Episode 5: What If They're Stuck? Original
Air Date: 6 December 2006
Episode 6: What If They Find Him?
Original Air Date: 13 December 2006
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Episode 7: What If He's Not Alone?
Original Air Date: 29 January 2007
Episode 8: What If She's Lying?
Original Air Date: 29 January 2007
Episode 9: What If They're Connected?
Original Air Date: 29 January 2007
Episode 10: What If He's Free?
Original Air Date: 5 February 2007
Episode 11: What If He Walks Away?
Original Air Date: 11 February 2007
Episode 12: What If She's the Key?
Original Air Date: 19 February 2007
Episode 13: What If It's Him?
Original Air Date: 28 February 2007
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