Don't think about so much advanced science, let's talk about the story itself

Thaddeus 2022-03-25 09:01:10

First of all, for a few settings, let’s just set the tone first:

1. The same person can think normally without any hallucinations when he has a clear mind (for example, a classmate in the film is half asleep, ignorant, like a dream but not a dream, it means that the brain is not awake, and he does not disappear immediately when he sees himself), when he sees himself, he disappears, the reason is that he is conscious, so when a conscious person sees the same self, the first reaction is, FUCK , How come there are two of me, and then, when I see clearly, it's really me, the camera shakes twice and then biu~ disappears. So it disappears after waiting for people's thinking to react, instead of just duang~ it disappears at once.

2. In the case of 1, the camera has no thinking, so there are 2 in the end.

If you accept this setting, then let's keep it simple and don't analyze whether the timeline cross is good or not.

I think what this film describes is actually the second occurrence of the whole story. (Well, considering that you have to break the word, you can also understand it as N+1 occurrences, in fact, I think it is enough to understand it as the second occurrence, otherwise there will be so many times before N where it goes. , how boring. Hmm~ This is my rant)

When was the first (N) time it happened? It was the self in the camera that David saw in his hand, so it was clear that a David had experienced this before, and then went back to his childhood birthday party and was captured. (Okay, if someone wants to ask how the previous David found the core of the time machine, maybe he found it by digging the basement himself, or there may be N before, let's keep it simple)

However, the previous David did not stay The camera, which is to say, he went back, but he didn't do what he did in the movie. Maybe the previous David went to rescue his father and went out with his father and died, maybe he burned the camera and the time machine he brought, maybe he didn't bring the camera at all. In short, the previous time, the camera was not left behind, and the core machine that Dad buried in the ground is still preserved.

Then, biubiubiubiubiubiubiubiu~~

We see the beginning and end of the second story recorded by the film, from the beginning of the film until he burns the time machine. But the film doesn't make it clear whether he only burned the time machine he brought or even dug out the core machine that Dad just buried and burned it. This involves the setting again. If the setting is that the time traveler burns the time opportunity and causes the time traveler himself to disappear, then his father's station is still underground. If he directly burns the underground core machine, then he will definitely disappear, because the "cause" has been eliminated, so the "effect" is definitely gone, and there is no such thing as his transmigration. I personally prefer the setting in the film that the time traveler burns the time opportunity and causes the time traveler himself to disappear (brain supplement), which can also explain why the underground one was left in the previous time, and also There is enough suspense for the final outcome and the generation of the time machine.

But what is certain is that this time, he left a camera.

If there is any difference between this time and the previous one (N), it is that one camera is left, and there are 2 cameras.

Finally, at the end, back to the beginning, David and his sister found 2 cameras, so they knew the story of the film, so they knew that the heroine liked him from the beginning, so they went to the heroine at the end.

I don't know what happened after that. Maybe they will go underground to dig out the core machine to build a time machine, or watch the video to study a time machine by themselves (if the core machine is burned), or there may be no time machine anymore. But at least this time David won't go to the music festival alone, that's for sure. After all, the reversal of the story started when David went back to the music festival alone. The purpose of that time was to save the heroine. Since Knowing through the camera that the heroine liked him at the beginning, and then went to the showdown at the beginning, then this step is saved.

In a word, if they built a time machine later, what would they do, I don't know, but it's definitely not the story. Therefore, I don't think the film will make a second part, and the ending is also very satisfactory, and there is enough room for imagination.

If there is any suspense, I think it is very suspicious that the heroine's words are very suspicious before disappearing, what if I invent the time machine, I will return to the original time to make you fall in love with me, what may be the reason why I give you old age Dad makes a call. If these are true, she is the real BOSS, okay? ! ! ! ! Everything has been made by her, okay? ! ! ! ! I'd rather believe it's a woman's whimper. But it does not rule out what the heroine really did with the time machine alone before. But even so, it doesn't matter, this is a story that happened in the second time, and the third journey left at the end is already a brand new beginning!

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Project Almanac quotes

  • Adam Le: I'm not gonna go and play God with you guys.

  • Adam Le: You're coming clean.

    David Raskin: I can't because I'll lose her.