Kill yourself

Skyla 2022-03-21 09:01:12

When evaluating Nolan's "Deadly Magic", my friend said that we kill ourselves every day. Since the Industrial Revolution, mankind has invented all kinds of strange machines. With the help of these machines, the field of human activities has greatly increased, reaching the sky into the earth, and being omnipotent. Their blood boiled, and their souls went mad, and they began to kill each other, triggering a cruel world war. Among these machines, one machine still exists in science fiction and has not yet appeared, and that is the magical time machine. No one knows how crazy the human world will be once it appears.

There are two reasons for these gossips. One is that "Source Code" is very similar to the time game of "Inception", and Duncan Jones is also considered to be the IKEA version of Nolan, simple and practical. Although the doctor explained to the captain that the source code is not time travel, it is a copy of time and space. However, starting from the eight-minute time that is not strictly controlled, the doctor's statement is completely unfounded. What's more, the ending proved this, and the captain survived. Therefore, the source code system can be big and small, and there is no detailed explanation in the film, but it is actually a time machine. The second is David Bowie, who played Tesla in "Fatal Magic". He invented the copy machine, leading the film to the direction of soft science fiction interpretation. Coincidentally, Duncan Jones is the son of David Bowie. Since his debut, he has been shooting low-cost science fiction films.

For viewers obsessed with science fiction, "Source Code" can only be said to be soft and hard. It uses the shell of hard science fiction, but it is also talking about some male and female love and American heroism, the main theme, reunion, and everyone is positive. The film misleads the audience, making their imagination stay in the real world. On the other hand, it actually opened multiple parallel worlds secretly, but because the captain died again and again, they continued to die away with Lu. From the perspective of story integrity and compliance with laws, "Source Code" is not as technical as "Death Illusion", and it is not as good as the low-cost science fiction film filmed and performed by the technical house: "Hot Questions about Time Travel". After all, no matter what the interpretation, "Source Code" has never responded to the disturbance of the parallel world to the real world. The captain of the real world is dead. He travels to another parallel world. This will inevitably cause some paradoxes: For example, where is the poor history teacher? What's more, the source code system of the real world has been successful, so it will inevitably affect the parallel world. For these follow-up questions, Duncan Jones omitted them all and accepted them as soon as they got better.

From the producer's point of view, the advantages of "Source Code" are its low cost, novel production model, and strong reputation. Just like the lonely "Moon" played by the same person, the "Source Code" money was spent on explosive special effects. The other things were closed train cars, space capsules and operating rooms. Some exterior scenes appeared repeatedly, which was too cost-effective. In the eyes of the audience, the good thing about "Source Code" is that it throws out the infinite possibilities of life. Everyone wants to live again, or even live a few more times. "Source Code" does not propose a fate theory, it just uses the visual illusion to prove that fate is magical. Although the love encounter on the train is very old-fashioned, this is what the public loves to see and the movie also shows a hidden time machine.

Of course, "Source Code" is not only beautiful and clichéd. When the captain's real body is exposed on the screen, everyone will feel a sense of discomfort. The death of the body and the immortality of the spirit, this kind of treatment still vaguely reminds people of "The Moon." Those clones who are constantly being killed, they are so similar to the ending of "Deadly Magic". The humans who killed themselves, how can they continue the story? Seek an incarnation, find a host, or accept death? "Source Code" continues the exploration of the theme of the movie, and explores some scientific possibilities. [Player Benefits Column]

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Source Code quotes

  • Colter Stevens: The explosion came from behind me.

  • Colter Stevens: You seem concerned about the time. What are you late for?

    Max Denoff: I'm on my way to an asshole festival. I hear you're headlining.

    Colter Stevens: Oh, that's funny. What are you, a comedian?

    Christina Warren: Yeah. He is a comedian.