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Tenet (Christopher Nolan) *spoilers from post 475*
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I still don't get the core conceit here; isn't it just time flowing backwards? what would be the benefit in that?
Also, have to laugh at the distinctly English Kenneth Branagh once again playing a Russian mob leader
I think it might be that they can make time go backwards while they continue as normal so if they run out of bullets then just pull them out of the wall but that's just my guess.
That was my first take about Branagh aswell. He loves playing that Russian villain. Also for an English guy Patinson is doing a strange English accent. Lloyd Grossman meets John Hurt.0 -
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I still don't get the core conceit here; isn't it just time flowing backwards? what would be the benefit in that?
Also, have to laugh at the distinctly English Kenneth Branagh once again playing a Russian mob leader
I think it's some variation on the idea of time inversion or reversal:Time reversal, in physics, mathematical operation of replacing the expression for time with its negative in formulas or equations so that they describe an event in which time runs backward or all the motions are reversed. A resultant formula or equation that remains unchanged by this operation is said to be time-reversal invariant, which implies that the same laws of physics apply equally well in both situations, that the second event is indistinguishable from the original, and that the flow of time does not have any naturally preferred direction in the case of fundamental interactions. A motion picture of two billiard balls colliding, for example, can be run forward or backward with no clue to the proper time direction of the event.
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Sad Professor wrote: »I think it's some variation on the idea of time inversion or reversal:
https://www.britannica.com/science/time-reversal
You know, you say that like it's a simple explanation lol; read that snippet a few times and I still don't understand how that'll effect the film. Surely once time is reversed, the action just proceeds again as normal? Oh god this is going to be nightmare to untangle isn't it?
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He was the lead in a Danny Boyle movie which made $150M at the box office.. I think that moment has passed!The White Wolf wrote: »All about Tamwar from EastEnders getting his big break.
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He was the lead in a Danny Boyle movie which made $150M at the box office.. I think that moment has passed!
Well I'd compare it to Tom Hardy, someone who was accomplished as an actor and had notable appearances such as Bronson pre Inception, but it really is that film that took him to another level in the eye of Hollywood.
I note as well that Tenet is his only notable work in the can right now but I imagine this will change after Tenet.0 -
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You know, you say that like it's a simple explanation lol; read that snippet a few times and I still don't understand how that'll effect the film. Surely once time is reversed, the action just proceeds again as normal? Oh god this is going to be nightmare to untangle isn't it?
I think the basic idea is simple: the technology exists to "invert" an object or person so that they experience the flow of time in reverse. From the POV of the inverted person/object, they jump into the future and the world rewinds around them as they travel into the past to the moment they were inverted. For the rest of the world meanwhile, that person/object would appear to be acting in reverse. In the trailer, for example, the gun is inverted - it is fired in the future and to outside observers appears to catch the bullet.
What I don't understand is how an inverted object/person can interact with objects/people travelling forward without creating paradoxes. For example, where did the bullet hole come from? If can't have always been there. It's something Nolan will presumedly have to sidestep around with some kind of movie logic. One explanation is that any physical signs left by inverted objects/people are created at the moment the object/person is first inverted. So at the moment the gun was inverted, the bullet holes appeared. It's possible also that inverted objects/people have the potential to pull other objects/people into reverse with them.
Does this make any sense? It might be completely wrong but it's fun to speculate. Mostly I expect this temporary inversion technology to be a device for Nolan to do some cool sh*t, but as always he will probably over explain it.0 -
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYJ6dIw_A6s
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