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What about the virus in 12 Monkeys?
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Near the end of 12 Monkeys, the terrorist mad man OPENED one of the vials of virus at the screening, so wouldn't that have initiated the collapse of society anyway, by starting the death of all who were in the airport at that time, and wouldn't that have traveled everywhere those travelers were going?
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Near the end of 12 Monkeys, the terrorist mad man OPENED one of the vials of virus at the screening, so wouldn't that have initiated the collapse of society anyway, by starting the death of all who were in the airport at that time, and wouldn't that have traveled everywhere those travelers were going?
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It's not clear what your question is. Are you asking whether Cole failed in his attempt to stop the virus? That's was quite clearly the case: it's a stable-time loop universe.
– Acccumulation
Apr 4 at 1:11
I think the answers are right, but I also think (from memory) that the people in the future never knew the vials were opened already. So they were fighting to prevent something that had already happened, only because they thought they could still stop it.
– Nathaniel
2 days ago
@Nathaniel, they were never trying to stop it, only study to help in the future.
– Tom.Bowen89
2 days ago
@Tom.Bowen89 doesn't Cole get shot while chasing the guy with the vials with a gun? Why was he doing that, if he wasn't trying to stop him? (My guess: the mission is not to stop him, but Cole tries to do so anyway. He fails, and even if he'd succeeded it wouldn't have helped, since the virus was already released. It's a bit of a bleak point to the end of the film. But if my memory is wrong you can correct me.)
– Nathaniel
2 days ago
1
this answer suggests that Cole is indeed trying to change the past at that point, and the scientists in the future are actually trying to stop him. It seems open to interpretation though.
– Nathaniel
2 days ago
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Near the end of 12 Monkeys, the terrorist mad man OPENED one of the vials of virus at the screening, so wouldn't that have initiated the collapse of society anyway, by starting the death of all who were in the airport at that time, and wouldn't that have traveled everywhere those travelers were going?
plot-explanation 12-monkeys
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Near the end of 12 Monkeys, the terrorist mad man OPENED one of the vials of virus at the screening, so wouldn't that have initiated the collapse of society anyway, by starting the death of all who were in the airport at that time, and wouldn't that have traveled everywhere those travelers were going?
plot-explanation 12-monkeys
plot-explanation 12-monkeys
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It's not clear what your question is. Are you asking whether Cole failed in his attempt to stop the virus? That's was quite clearly the case: it's a stable-time loop universe.
– Acccumulation
Apr 4 at 1:11
I think the answers are right, but I also think (from memory) that the people in the future never knew the vials were opened already. So they were fighting to prevent something that had already happened, only because they thought they could still stop it.
– Nathaniel
2 days ago
@Nathaniel, they were never trying to stop it, only study to help in the future.
– Tom.Bowen89
2 days ago
@Tom.Bowen89 doesn't Cole get shot while chasing the guy with the vials with a gun? Why was he doing that, if he wasn't trying to stop him? (My guess: the mission is not to stop him, but Cole tries to do so anyway. He fails, and even if he'd succeeded it wouldn't have helped, since the virus was already released. It's a bit of a bleak point to the end of the film. But if my memory is wrong you can correct me.)
– Nathaniel
2 days ago
1
this answer suggests that Cole is indeed trying to change the past at that point, and the scientists in the future are actually trying to stop him. It seems open to interpretation though.
– Nathaniel
2 days ago
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It's not clear what your question is. Are you asking whether Cole failed in his attempt to stop the virus? That's was quite clearly the case: it's a stable-time loop universe.
– Acccumulation
Apr 4 at 1:11
I think the answers are right, but I also think (from memory) that the people in the future never knew the vials were opened already. So they were fighting to prevent something that had already happened, only because they thought they could still stop it.
– Nathaniel
2 days ago
@Nathaniel, they were never trying to stop it, only study to help in the future.
– Tom.Bowen89
2 days ago
@Tom.Bowen89 doesn't Cole get shot while chasing the guy with the vials with a gun? Why was he doing that, if he wasn't trying to stop him? (My guess: the mission is not to stop him, but Cole tries to do so anyway. He fails, and even if he'd succeeded it wouldn't have helped, since the virus was already released. It's a bit of a bleak point to the end of the film. But if my memory is wrong you can correct me.)
– Nathaniel
2 days ago
1
this answer suggests that Cole is indeed trying to change the past at that point, and the scientists in the future are actually trying to stop him. It seems open to interpretation though.
– Nathaniel
2 days ago
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6
It's not clear what your question is. Are you asking whether Cole failed in his attempt to stop the virus? That's was quite clearly the case: it's a stable-time loop universe.
– Acccumulation
Apr 4 at 1:11
It's not clear what your question is. Are you asking whether Cole failed in his attempt to stop the virus? That's was quite clearly the case: it's a stable-time loop universe.
– Acccumulation
Apr 4 at 1:11
I think the answers are right, but I also think (from memory) that the people in the future never knew the vials were opened already. So they were fighting to prevent something that had already happened, only because they thought they could still stop it.
– Nathaniel
2 days ago
I think the answers are right, but I also think (from memory) that the people in the future never knew the vials were opened already. So they were fighting to prevent something that had already happened, only because they thought they could still stop it.
– Nathaniel
2 days ago
@Nathaniel, they were never trying to stop it, only study to help in the future.
– Tom.Bowen89
2 days ago
@Nathaniel, they were never trying to stop it, only study to help in the future.
– Tom.Bowen89
2 days ago
@Tom.Bowen89 doesn't Cole get shot while chasing the guy with the vials with a gun? Why was he doing that, if he wasn't trying to stop him? (My guess: the mission is not to stop him, but Cole tries to do so anyway. He fails, and even if he'd succeeded it wouldn't have helped, since the virus was already released. It's a bit of a bleak point to the end of the film. But if my memory is wrong you can correct me.)
– Nathaniel
2 days ago
@Tom.Bowen89 doesn't Cole get shot while chasing the guy with the vials with a gun? Why was he doing that, if he wasn't trying to stop him? (My guess: the mission is not to stop him, but Cole tries to do so anyway. He fails, and even if he'd succeeded it wouldn't have helped, since the virus was already released. It's a bit of a bleak point to the end of the film. But if my memory is wrong you can correct me.)
– Nathaniel
2 days ago
1
1
this answer suggests that Cole is indeed trying to change the past at that point, and the scientists in the future are actually trying to stop him. It seems open to interpretation though.
– Nathaniel
2 days ago
this answer suggests that Cole is indeed trying to change the past at that point, and the scientists in the future are actually trying to stop him. It seems open to interpretation though.
– Nathaniel
2 days ago
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Because the plan was never to change the past but to obtain the original virus, as he told to Railly:
COLE: I just have to locate the virus in its
original form before it mutates. So
scientists can come back and study it
and find a cure. So that those of us
who survived can go back to the surface
of the earth.
The issue was in current time virus was mutating and they needed the original form to craft a cure.
answered Apr 3 at 7:15
Ankit SharmaAnkit Sharma
76.3k63407621
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A better answer than mine because of the quotation. +1, and also *1 as a bonus.
– James McLeod
Apr 3 at 13:01
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The goal of the scientists of the future was never to stop the outbreak (their past cannot be changed) it was to develop a cure.
answered Apr 3 at 2:28
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2 Answers
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Because the plan was never to change the past but to obtain the original virus, as he told to Railly:
COLE: I just have to locate the virus in its
original form before it mutates. So
scientists can come back and study it
and find a cure. So that those of us
who survived can go back to the surface
of the earth.
The issue was in current time virus was mutating and they needed the original form to craft a cure.
answered Apr 3 at 7:15
Ankit SharmaAnkit Sharma
76.3k63407621
2
A better answer than mine because of the quotation. +1, and also *1 as a bonus.
– James McLeod
Apr 3 at 13:01
add a comment |
Because the plan was never to change the past but to obtain the original virus, as he told to Railly:
COLE: I just have to locate the virus in its
original form before it mutates. So
scientists can come back and study it
and find a cure. So that those of us
who survived can go back to the surface
of the earth.
The issue was in current time virus was mutating and they needed the original form to craft a cure.
answered Apr 3 at 7:15
Ankit SharmaAnkit Sharma
76.3k63407621
2
A better answer than mine because of the quotation. +1, and also *1 as a bonus.
– James McLeod
Apr 3 at 13:01
add a comment |
Because the plan was never to change the past but to obtain the original virus, as he told to Railly:
COLE: I just have to locate the virus in its
original form before it mutates. So
scientists can come back and study it
and find a cure. So that those of us
who survived can go back to the surface
of the earth.
The issue was in current time virus was mutating and they needed the original form to craft a cure.
answered Apr 3 at 7:15
Ankit SharmaAnkit Sharma
76.3k63407621
Because the plan was never to change the past but to obtain the original virus, as he told to Railly:
COLE: I just have to locate the virus in its
original form before it mutates. So
scientists can come back and study it
and find a cure. So that those of us
who survived can go back to the surface
of the earth.
The issue was in current time virus was mutating and they needed the original form to craft a cure.
answered Apr 3 at 7:15
Ankit SharmaAnkit Sharma
76.3k63407621
edited Apr 3 at 7:23
answered Apr 3 at 7:15
Ankit SharmaAnkit Sharma
76.3k63407621
answered Apr 3 at 7:15
Ankit SharmaAnkit Sharma
76.3k63407621
answered Apr 3 at 7:15
Ankit SharmaAnkit Sharma
76.3k63407621
76.3k63407621
2
A better answer than mine because of the quotation. +1, and also *1 as a bonus.
– James McLeod
Apr 3 at 13:01
add a comment |
2
A better answer than mine because of the quotation. +1, and also *1 as a bonus.
– James McLeod
Apr 3 at 13:01
2
2
A better answer than mine because of the quotation. +1, and also *1 as a bonus.
– James McLeod
Apr 3 at 13:01
A better answer than mine because of the quotation. +1, and also *1 as a bonus.
– James McLeod
Apr 3 at 13:01
add a comment |
The goal of the scientists of the future was never to stop the outbreak (their past cannot be changed) it was to develop a cure.
answered Apr 3 at 2:28
James McLeodJames McLeod
4,34912131
add a comment |
The goal of the scientists of the future was never to stop the outbreak (their past cannot be changed) it was to develop a cure.
answered Apr 3 at 2:28
James McLeodJames McLeod
4,34912131
add a comment |
The goal of the scientists of the future was never to stop the outbreak (their past cannot be changed) it was to develop a cure.
answered Apr 3 at 2:28
James McLeodJames McLeod
4,34912131
The goal of the scientists of the future was never to stop the outbreak (their past cannot be changed) it was to develop a cure.
answered Apr 3 at 2:28
James McLeodJames McLeod
4,34912131
answered Apr 3 at 2:28
James McLeodJames McLeod
4,34912131
answered Apr 3 at 2:28
James McLeodJames McLeod
4,34912131
answered Apr 3 at 2:28
James McLeodJames McLeod
4,34912131
4,34912131
add a comment |
add a comment |
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It's not clear what your question is. Are you asking whether Cole failed in his attempt to stop the virus? That's was quite clearly the case: it's a stable-time loop universe.
– Acccumulation
Apr 4 at 1:11
I think the answers are right, but I also think (from memory) that the people in the future never knew the vials were opened already. So they were fighting to prevent something that had already happened, only because they thought they could still stop it.
– Nathaniel
2 days ago
@Nathaniel, they were never trying to stop it, only study to help in the future.
– Tom.Bowen89
2 days ago
@Tom.Bowen89 doesn't Cole get shot while chasing the guy with the vials with a gun? Why was he doing that, if he wasn't trying to stop him? (My guess: the mission is not to stop him, but Cole tries to do so anyway. He fails, and even if he'd succeeded it wouldn't have helped, since the virus was already released. It's a bit of a bleak point to the end of the film. But if my memory is wrong you can correct me.)
– Nathaniel
2 days ago
1
this answer suggests that Cole is indeed trying to change the past at that point, and the scientists in the future are actually trying to stop him. It seems open to interpretation though.
– Nathaniel
2 days ago