I used to think that I could be free from fate, but in the end I couldn't break free from the shackles of time

Armando 2022-04-20 09:01:16

At first, after reading it, I felt that this was a repressed fateful story, in which the protagonist tried to change, but couldn't change it. From birth to death, he struggled in an inextricable cycle. But I didn't understand the whole story until I suddenly discovered the most abrupt person in the film. This KEY is the commander in high position, who often appears suddenly to give orders, but never personally intervenes in the cycle. This time I understood that this person was the one who was able to break free of fate and jump out of the cycle, from birth, to entering training camp, to transgender, and then back to the past to fall in love with himself, and then to leave until he became a bomber and was shot and killed , this commander never entered the loop, but he was indeed a character at a certain point in the protagonist, so it was a point outside the loop. The reason why this KEY can exist is vaguely mentioned in the film. Because of the existence of bombers, their organization is meaningful. Therefore, his existence is based on the fact that the protagonist will become bombers, so the target of his orders can only be Make the protagonist a bomber. Only then did I understand the original sentence of the film: This is a precise time task. Only by returning to the past with the past self and falling in love with yourself, and then stealing the baby and sending it back, can the entire story develop smoothly in the future. If one of the links breaks, the entire cycle will be broken, and the result of a broken cycle will not be able to become A bomber, if you can't become a bomber, the organization has no meaning to exist, so this commander who has escaped from the cycle has no value to continue to exist. In the end, it was still lost to time, and everything was limited.

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Predestination quotes

  • The Bartender: [on cassette tape] Preparation is the key to successful, inconspicuous time travel. Luck is the residue of design.

  • The Bartender: You're about to embark on the most important job a man has ever had. And you're going to do great. I know.