I'm sure this has probably been up before but I'd rather not go digging through spoiler-laden articles as i like to figure out most things myself.. but this is one thing I can't wrap my head around :
So I understand how Cooper was able to communicate back to Murph in the end and facilitate the rest of the events in the movie. What I don't get is how the early events in the movie could have occured where Cooper was communicating to Murph (with the bookshelves falling down, the message of "stay", etc) if Cooper had not arrived at the black hole yet. Is this a plot hole or there an explanation for this?
Re: Something I don't understand (SPOILERS)
Posted: November 24th, 2014, 4:12 am
by darkvadd7
In the tesseract, Cooper can interfere in all times at the same time, so there is no before or after.
Re: Something I don't understand (SPOILERS)
Posted: November 24th, 2014, 4:14 am
by stanley
darkvadd7 wrote:
In the tesseract, Cooper can interfere in all times at the same time, so there is no before or after.
But wouldn't he have to get there first to be able to communicate back in the first place?
Re: Something I don't understand (SPOILERS)
Posted: November 24th, 2014, 4:21 am
by Ruth
Would it help if we thought of it as an infinite loop?
Because I'm not sure alternate universes do exist in this film.
Re: Something I don't understand (SPOILERS)
Posted: November 24th, 2014, 4:25 am
by stanley
Ruth wrote:Would it help if we thought of it as an infinite loop?
Because I'm not sure alternate universes do exist in this film.
That was the only explanation I could up with (alternate universe / parallel timelines or something) Even as an infinite loop though, I still don't get how he could originally be communicating back if he hadn't gotten to the black hole yet.
Re: Something I don't understand (SPOILERS)
Posted: November 24th, 2014, 4:32 am
by Ruth
stanley wrote:
Ruth wrote:Would it help if we thought of it as an infinite loop?
Because I'm not sure alternate universes do exist in this film.
That was the only explanation I could up with (alternate universe / parallel timelines or something) Even as an infinite loop though, I still don't get how he could originally be communicating back if he hadn't gotten to the black hole yet.
But that's pretty much the point of infinite loops - you can't find neither the beginning nor the end of them, they're just repeating over and over again. It's almost like when Cooper first sends out the message "STAY", before realizing that he must let it all continue in order to succeed - then he sends the NASA coordinates.
Re: Something I don't understand (SPOILERS)
Posted: November 24th, 2014, 5:11 am
by Lionheart
stanley wrote:
I'm sure this has probably been up before but I'd rather not go digging through spoiler-laden articles as i like to figure out most things myself.. but this is one thing I can't wrap my head around :
So I understand how Cooper was able to communicate back to Murph in the end and facilitate the rest of the events in the movie. What I don't get is how the early events in the movie could have occured where Cooper was communicating to Murph (with the bookshelves falling down, the message of "stay", etc) if Cooper had not arrived at the black hole yet. Is this a plot hole or there an explanation for this?
Both events are happening mutually.
First time you see the scene you are looking from one side.
Second time you are watching it unfold from other side.
Re: Something I don't understand (SPOILERS)
Posted: November 24th, 2014, 5:14 am
by Havoc1st
I always thought it was the alternate universe.
Nothing else seem to make sense to me. But i can't explain why.
Re: Something I don't understand (SPOILERS)
Posted: November 24th, 2014, 5:15 am
by Lionheart
Havoc1st wrote:
I always thought it was the alternate universe.
Nothing else seem to make sense to me. But i can't explain why.
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