About the hottest questions! The most suitable explanation (in my opinion)

Roselyn 2022-03-17 09:01:02

Many people will think of a question after reading it

. 1. At the end, why did the protagonist send a text message to Goodwin in another world? Why would Goodwin receive it in reality?

2. What would happen if Colter or other passengers got out of the car before the explosion.



Let me talk about others' answers to these two questions first.

Answer:

1. The ending Colter's briefing to Goodwin explained everything. Note that this Goodwin is not the Goodwin in reality, but the Goodwin in the parallel world without the train exploding. That is to say, in this world, the "source code" is still in the experimental stage. The tragedies that occurred in the real world and the subsequent crossings of Colter have never happened in this world. This Goodwin is a bit confusing, because Colter was clearly lying in the experimental cabin, and the "source code" project had never been used in practice, but how could he inexplicably receive this message from Colter to her.


2. Colter really once got off the train just before the explosion in order to chase the suspect, and by the way brought his new "girlfriend" Christina on board. The train exploded as usual, but note that Colter did not return to reality, but continued to exist in the source code, and then came back to reality when he was accidentally hit and killed by another train. We can imagine that if he did not die, he could live in this universe forever. Back to reality, he claimed that he saved Christina. She probably didn't die in the explosion, but after investigation, she still died in reality.


Well, let me talk about my problem and the conclusion I got from combining these problems!

I watched this film with another classmate. During the viewing process, we all found it very fresh, because I rarely saw this type of film. I feel that there have been a lot of this type of film in the past two years. For example Talk about more representative. In terms of rhythm, there are social networks, and in terms of suspense, there is room for Pirates. (Sorry to say too much, I don’t watch many movies, haha)


Actually, my classmates and I mainly discussed issues
1. In the final ending, the protagonist sends a message to Goodwin, so is the world in which Goodwin receives the message a reality or a parallel (code) world?


The result of our discussion is: The world where Goodwin receives information is a parallel (code) world, not a real world. Well, this answer is the same as the one mentioned above. It is easy to understand if you think about it.


2. (Disagreements are coming, the biggest hot argument)
(i). My classmate A thinks: Whether the protagonist is dead or not, as long as the time in the parallel (code) world is enough for 8 minutes, the protagonist must go back to the real world. Moreover, if the protagonist dies less than 8 minutes ago, the protagonist will immediately return to the real world.

So there are only two conditions for returning to the real world:
1. Death in the
parallel world ; 2. The parallel world is enough for 8 minutes.


Explanation:
If the protagonist does not meet the first condition, it means that the protagonist did not explode and was not killed by another train. I got off before the train exploded, and didn't chase the suspect, and went to some other places with my girlfriend. Then after 8 minutes! The protagonist and his girlfriend are not dead, they live in a parallel (code) world, but! ! but! We all know that in the parallel world, the protagonist uses another identity (teacher). That's right. So there are only 8 minutes, the protagonist returns to the real world, then the teacher is alive in the parallel (code) world! It's not the protagonist, the protagonist just borrowed another body to live and act during those 8 minutes. Mainly satisfied with time, he must be recalled by the real world.


So why in the ending, the protagonist did not return to the real world. Everyone knows here, because the mission in the real world is over, and the protagonist in the real world has been unplugged from the life-sustaining system 8 minutes ago in the parallel world. In the real world, he is dead and he cannot connect to the computer, so He doesn't need to go back to reality and continue to live in a parallel world with another body.








(Ii). In my opinion, as long as the protagonist does not die, even if there are enough 8 minutes in the parallel (code) world, the protagonist can still live on.

explain:
You can start watching the video at 33:13, here is the doctor's explanation. He said that everyone has a short memory in his brain, which is about 8 minutes long...Record the last part of the operation every day...What will happen after 8 minutes? ? After that, there was nothing. You no longer exist on this train, you can no longer exist in the source code, in the future after 8 minutes, the original code is not a journey of time and space.

Then everyone can see that the protagonist said, but I saved a person, a girl.. I pulled her out of the train...what's the name...(omitted) After

goodwin checked, she said: she died On the train this morning.
The protagonist was puzzled and said: No, I pulled her out of the car, she's all right.
Doctor: No, she is dead.
Protagonist: Believe me, she's okay, trust me? ! She saw that I was hit by an express train.
goodwin: This has left the subject........(It's gone) Do

you know the true meaning of this? The real connotation here is that the male protagonist is actually refuting the doctor's explanation: there is nothing after 8 minutes in the parallel world. Everyone should know that 8 minutes was when the train exploded, but after the train exploded, the hero was lying on the rails, and his girlfriend watched him being hit by the car. This shows that in the parallel world, it can continue after 8 minutes. ! ! !


Everyone continues to jump to the last 1:25:45 (1 hour, 25 minutes, 45 seconds), the text message received by goodwin in the parallel world here gives a clear answer: if you are reading this e-mail, it means that the original code has surpassed you With the imagination of Dr. XX, you thought you only created the past 8 minutes later, but more than that, you have created a new world. . .

Corresponding to the above dialogue, everyone understands.



Haha, different people have different understandings. This is just my understanding, everyone is welcome to ask questions.

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Extended Reading
  • Franco 2022-04-23 07:01:11

    When I saw the male protagonist appear as a string of text on the computer screen, I almost cried.

  • Angelo 2022-03-24 09:01:13

    This is really a classic ethical issue. If one person is sacrificed to save millions of people, is it justified? The answer given by this movie is: as long as the free will of the parties decides to make such self-sacrifice, it is justified, otherwise it is unjustified.

Source Code quotes

  • Colter Stevens: I'm asking you to have the decency to let me try.

  • [first lines]

    Christina Warren: I took your advice. It was good advice, thank you.