[Timeline Issue]
1. On April 3, 1897, Ann and Bolden met.
Bourdon’s diary records the day when the two met for the first time. The background of the times is in line with the historical background.
2. Boden meets Sarah.
3. Ann's wife died.
4. Sarah is pregnant and Fallon appears from behind the scenes.
5. Ann retaliated against Boden and caused Boden to severed his finger.
6. The trio of Ann, Olivia, and Curt failed to perform the new birdcage magic. Tesla's research came to the UK to participate in the science and technology exhibition.
Anjie and Boden both went to the London Science and Technology Fair together, and they showed AC power at the time.
7. Boden's shadow-shifting technique became popular.
8. Ann and a group of people look for a stand-in for a new show.
9. An unsatisfied can only listen to the applause in the audience, determined to get Bolden's secret, sent Olivia as a spy.
10. Olivia fell in love with Borden, she helped Borden get revenge on Ann, making him lame.
11. Boden knew that Ann would not let go, and acted in the diary stealing scene with Olivia. At this time, Bourdon’s performance had already used a device similar to an AC motor.
In order to convince Anjie that he used Tesla’s machine, this stage of the performance has already used the class
12. Ann kidnapped Fallon and got the keyword Tesla.
13. Ann came to the United States and began to read and write the diary.
14. On February 8, 1899, Ann met Tesla for the first time and requested the construction of a magic organ.
15. Tesla made the machine debut and failed.
Tesla said this is the debut of this machine
16. After reading through the diary, Ann discovered that he was cheated and the machine experiment was successful.
An Jie found out that he was deceived
17. Bring the machine back to England, find Curt, the blind assistant, and prepare to retaliate against Boden.
18. Sarah discovers the secrets of Borden and Fallon and chooses to commit suicide.
19. Ann's performance attracted Boden. In order to pursue the truth, Boden broke the backstage and was arrested.
20. In prison, Boden read Ann's diary, and finally found out that he was cheated, and Curt also discovered Ann's secret. In the end Borden was hanged, Ann was killed by Fallon, and Fallon took his daughter. ending.
[Does Boden have the problem of human cloning]
I am personally biased towards no, which means I think Boden is just a twin brother. This can only be inferred to the greatest possibility, because there is no segment showing the origins of the two Borden brothers in the movie. Of course, this may also be a smoke bomb deliberately set by the director to confuse the audience and let everyone argue. Everyone is reasonable but no one is. Can't refute anyone. The proof is as follows:
1. The timeline does not match. It can be proved that Borden had a stand-in when he first met Sarah. In addition to teleporting into Sarah’s room, Borden also said that he already had a new magic, and Only he can complete it, which implies that he already has an indistinguishable substitute. The clone was produced at least after February 8, 1899, and Tesla mentioned that this was the debut of this machine, indicating that no similar machine had been built before.
2. The clone machine was accidentally created while studying the teleportation machine. Avery said that he did a dozen experiments with the top hat, and it just didn't move. "Not moving" shows that the purpose of their experiment is to make it move, not copy.
3. The cat is the second test product of this machine, because Tesla said that if it is unsuccessful, it should be replaced with another object. Human experiments are even more impossible. (But there is one thing I can’t figure out. If it’s a teleportation experiment, why tether the cat?)
4. If you say that Tesla has done a cloning experiment before, Borden is the experimental subject, this time it’s true I want to be a teleportation machine, but I made another clone by accidentally hitting it by mistake (he would know if it was the kind he had built before), then all the previous ones can be overthrown, because I can’t prove that this is a possibility. exist. Of course you can't prove that Boden has seen Tesla before and created his own clone through experiments.
5. Next, analyze from other angles. The two Boden brothers have different personalities and preferences, and clones cannot prove that they can have their own personalities. It is generally believed that clones and the body are exactly the same, and I agree.
6. If Boden knew that there could be clones, then he would not be so troubled by An Jie's magic. The answer is obvious. After all, he instructed An Jie to find Tesla.
7. When An Jie was about to die, he asked in surprise, "Are you twins?" Instead of asking you are also a clone? It shows that in his opinion, the clone machine appeared after he went to Tesla, and believed that he owned it exclusively.
8. Borden was a little proud of their two brothers who sacrificed one of them for magic to play the same person (the expression was very proud at the end of the showdown, and An Jie said that he had sacrificed his expression very painful), otherwise the two Humans can live their own lives. If you clone humans, you may not be so proud, because both are "me". Since I am playing me, the sacrifice will not appear so tragic. Some people will say that clones can also live their own lives. Both people are me. No matter which one goes to live another life, it is like a murderer avoiding investigation, living the life of another person, it feels different. Look at how Anjie treats the clones. Everyone thinks that I am me, and will subconsciously get rid of the other party. It's the same reason that the cloned cats will fight as soon as they appear.
9. If Boden is a clone and cooperates peacefully in this way, they will at least set up a line of defense against each other, just in case one of them wants to get rid of themselves and become the only one. If one person has such an idea, then The other must also have this idea. There are various signs that the two of them believe in each other, but they are different. The two played Boden have different personalities, just like brothers, but not exactly the same.
[Which is Borden
and Fallon’s question] I prefer to use Borden and Foday to distinguish between the two. In fact, Fallon is a role created by the two. When one plays Borden, the other plays Fallon, but no matter who Who are they playing? Essentially one is Borden and the other is Foday. There are some scenes in the film because there is too little evidence to tell which one was acting at the time, but most of the main plots can still be distinguished.
1. Fallon made his debut for the first time. Borden introduced to his wife that this was my organ teacher. The wife said she was pregnant. At this time Borden said "We should tell Fallon." This is actually a very strange line. Why do you want to Tell Fallon? They only met for the first time. Alluding to the child's biological father who played Fallon at the time.
I met Fallon for the first time. I need to tell him about his wife’s pregnancy.
The wife can tell which one is Borden who loves her
2. At the beginning of the story, the one who tied the blue knot to Anjie’s wife was also Foday. He accused the magician of not being brave enough and the magic was not perfect. He thought that the blue knot could make this magic more perfect and performed it privately. As a result, An Jie's wife drowned because the knot swelled in the water. Foday's enthusiasm for magic is evident. Foday also said that he has new magic, and only he can complete it. It can be guessed that the idea of the two brothers playing the same person was also proposed by Foday.
Foday has germinated the idea of sacrificing life to achieve magic
3. It was Bolden who went to the funeral, so he didn't know what knot he tied at the time.
Boden attends the funeral of Anjie's wife
In addition, although the two brothers have different personalities, they do not like to kill. The most excessive revenge is to deceive An Jie into the United States. Therefore, Foday is still very guilty of causing the death of An Jie’s wife. He is unlikely to be cheeky. Go to the funeral. When performing the bullet magic trick, Anjie asked you again what knot you tied. At that time, Bolden still said he didn’t know, so Bolden’s finger was shot off by a gun, Foday’s finger was cut off, and this is also true. In line with his character, he has a fanatical love for Warcraft, and he is willing to sacrifice himself for the magic.
Borden's finger was interrupted by a gun
4. After visiting the science and technology exhibition, Anjie followed Boden to see his wife and daughter. At the time, Sarah said that today you said that you love me sincerely. It shows that Boden at this time is the real Boden.
The one who visited the technology exhibition was the real Borden
Fallon, who was buried alive, was also the real Borden, because Olivia called Bordenfoday at the hotel that day. He said Foday was my name, and his wife had never heard of this name. They even had a fight. At this time, Foday's enthusiasm for magic has reached a new level.
5. In contrast, the real Boden is less and less concerned about the secret behind the magic, perhaps because of the changes after his family. When they couldn't see through Anjie's teleportation operation, Borden said that we were done, give up Anjie's secrets, let him change his, and persuaded Foday not to provoke Anjie again.
Borden persuaded Foday to give up Anjie’s secret
It's a pity that Foday still couldn't help it. His love for magic did not allow others to have better magic than his own. That's why he was caught in jail. He was the last to be hanged. He killed An Jie by mistake. The wife paid her life. Finally, when the real Bolden shot Anjie, Anjie asked if you wanted to know my secret, Bolden said I didn't care.
Borden doesn't care about Anjie's secret
6. The most direct evidence proves that Foday died and Borden survived. In the last scene, Borden said to Angel: "I love Sarah, he loves Olivia".
Foday died, Borden survived
He did not say "He loves Sarah, I love Olivia". In the end, it was this rational, obscure man who made sacrifices for his brother's dream, for his family, and for his life, and got the best results. The biological father and his daughter were reunited. Consolation. In addition, when the two brothers parted, Foday in the prison felt sorry for Sarah's death and sorry for not being obedient to provoke An Jie. Both proved from the side that Foday died.
Foday is sorry for Sarah's death
Foday regrets not listening to Borden
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