Have you watched the film "source code"?
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it's all a bit quantum physics-sey and you have to suspend disbelief a bit, but here's what i reckon (bear with this):
Gyllenhall asks to be sent back to the alternative timeline for 8 minutes and for the last time, before they switch him off, so he can die in a happy moment. :? He sends that text from that alternative timeline. they switch him off but unexpectedly he stays in that timeline for ever... that's the end of that bit, happy ever after blah blah blah. :? :?
The woman soldier then gets into work on the morning of a totally different timeline (think of it as the start of a completely new film :? ) - one where Gyllenhall has still been killed in action and is still going to be used with the 'source-code', but also one where the train attack, rather than happening, has been thwarted already :? . He sends the text because he knows he will eventually be used to stop some other atrocity happening, and having been through a mission already, asks her to just tell him everything will be ok...
The only thing that doesn't add up here (if you buy all of that) is that it's unlikely that a text message can transmit across timelines! i can't even get half decent reception in London, let alone alternative timelines
great film. i think i've just confused myself :? :? :? :? :? :?
Gyllenhall asks to be sent back to the alternative timeline for 8 minutes and for the last time, before they switch him off, so he can die in a happy moment. :? He sends that text from that alternative timeline. they switch him off but unexpectedly he stays in that timeline for ever... that's the end of that bit, happy ever after blah blah blah. :? :?
The woman soldier then gets into work on the morning of a totally different timeline (think of it as the start of a completely new film :? ) - one where Gyllenhall has still been killed in action and is still going to be used with the 'source-code', but also one where the train attack, rather than happening, has been thwarted already :? . He sends the text because he knows he will eventually be used to stop some other atrocity happening, and having been through a mission already, asks her to just tell him everything will be ok...
The only thing that doesn't add up here (if you buy all of that) is that it's unlikely that a text message can transmit across timelines! i can't even get half decent reception in London, let alone alternative timelines
great film. i think i've just confused myself :? :? :? :? :? :?
As above, brilliant film. I really enjoyed it.
Just watched it 
Good movie but the ending leaves the question is he/isn't he in a new timeline open ,i think :?
Good movie but the ending leaves the question is he/isn't he in a new timeline open ,i think :?
I think my idea of what happened at the end is similar to krispys'. with the exception of that when Gyllenhall was sent back for the final time, the designed of the "source code' was not telling the truth!
I think that he replaced the guy on the train with this life force and when Gyllenhalls life was ended he had nowhere to go. I think its the same reality rather than a parallel reality.
Bit of a short explanation, but thats the best i can do.
Definitely like the film as i could not foretell the ending like i normally do.
I think that he replaced the guy on the train with this life force and when Gyllenhalls life was ended he had nowhere to go. I think its the same reality rather than a parallel reality.
Bit of a short explanation, but thats the best i can do.
Definitely like the film as i could not foretell the ending like i normally do.
Great film, end was just like the end of Harry Potter, pointless and added on to give a warm feeling.
From Wikipedia
Stevens eventually identifies both the bomber, a young man, Derek Frost (Michael Arden), and the rented white van that he will use to carry the bomb into the center of Chicago. On his return, Stevens' information is successfully used by the military to capture Frost before he can trigger the bomb. Stevens is praised as a hero, but in private, Rutledge tells Goodwin to renege on the deal, and instead to wipe Stevens' memory so he can be used the next time there is such an incident. Stevens learns that the promise to him has been violated and convinces Goodwin to let him return to Source Code once more, after which she will disable his life support against Rutledge's orders.
Once back aboard the train, Stevens disarms the bomb, subdues Frost and handcuffs him to a handrail inside the train. Stevens calls the authorities to identify Frost and inform them of the location of the dirty bomb. He then calls his (alternate-timeline) estranged father under the guise of a fellow soldier, mending the emotional distance between them. Asking Christina what she would do if she knew that she only had seconds left to live, Stevens embraces her just as his last few seconds are presumably running out. As promised, at this exact moment, Goodwin disables his life-support and the scene reveals his physical body as being severely mutilated and comatose. Time seems to stop just then, but Stevens is surprised to find himself finishing the kiss, still aboard the train with Christina. He realizes that he will remain in the alternative timeline of the undamaged train. They arrive safely in Chicago, and he and Christina take a little stroll together and warmly discuss their future together.
Later that morning, the alternative-timeline Captain Goodwin arrives for work at Nellis Air Force Base and receives a text message that Stevens had sent earlier, just as news is breaking of the failed attempt on the train just outside Chicago. The email explains that the Source Code effectively allows the user to change history within alternative timelines. Stevens' email ends with him proposing to Goodwin that when his alternative self in this timeline is used in a future Source Code mission, Goodwin should support him with a reassurance that "everything is gonna be okay."
Stevens eventually identifies both the bomber, a young man, Derek Frost (Michael Arden), and the rented white van that he will use to carry the bomb into the center of Chicago. On his return, Stevens' information is successfully used by the military to capture Frost before he can trigger the bomb. Stevens is praised as a hero, but in private, Rutledge tells Goodwin to renege on the deal, and instead to wipe Stevens' memory so he can be used the next time there is such an incident. Stevens learns that the promise to him has been violated and convinces Goodwin to let him return to Source Code once more, after which she will disable his life support against Rutledge's orders.
Once back aboard the train, Stevens disarms the bomb, subdues Frost and handcuffs him to a handrail inside the train. Stevens calls the authorities to identify Frost and inform them of the location of the dirty bomb. He then calls his (alternate-timeline) estranged father under the guise of a fellow soldier, mending the emotional distance between them. Asking Christina what she would do if she knew that she only had seconds left to live, Stevens embraces her just as his last few seconds are presumably running out. As promised, at this exact moment, Goodwin disables his life-support and the scene reveals his physical body as being severely mutilated and comatose. Time seems to stop just then, but Stevens is surprised to find himself finishing the kiss, still aboard the train with Christina. He realizes that he will remain in the alternative timeline of the undamaged train. They arrive safely in Chicago, and he and Christina take a little stroll together and warmly discuss their future together.
Later that morning, the alternative-timeline Captain Goodwin arrives for work at Nellis Air Force Base and receives a text message that Stevens had sent earlier, just as news is breaking of the failed attempt on the train just outside Chicago. The email explains that the Source Code effectively allows the user to change history within alternative timelines. Stevens' email ends with him proposing to Goodwin that when his alternative self in this timeline is used in a future Source Code mission, Goodwin should support him with a reassurance that "everything is gonna be okay."