Recently I watched the movie The Butterfly Effect. Now, before you read any further, I would like to say I haven't watched the sequels to this. I have only seen the first one yet, so it may be possible that my curiosities will be answered by the sequels. But anyway, let me just note down the couple of questions I had just after finishing the movie.
The first point relates to the blackouts that Evan have. Why did he have the blackouts in the first place? Was it because he travelled back in time in those particular moments? However you have to note that he reads those particular moments in life when he had the blackouts to travel in time. And after the blackouts occur, the events that occur right after the blackout corresponded to the events right after the when he time travels. So the events occurring right after the blackouts are, in fact, the events which occur after he tries to change them. So when he grows up, he tries to change the same events that had already changed when travelled before. So how does the different timelines occur? I am sure you can already feel the confusion even while reading this and I haven't even finished my first point yet.
Another question linking to the same point made above: How did his life turn out so that he discovered about time travel before he learnt about his powers of time travel? I mean, this is the third timeline he is getting ( the stillborns in his mother?) We are not even told what happens the in the first timeline.
The second point relates to the stillborn. The mother had 2 stillborns BEFORE the current timeline. At the end, in this timeline, there was 3. So assuming all the stillborns were Evan, then this would mean that the current is the 3rd time he has born. So how does he get born again over and over? Did his father Jason has something to do with this through his own power of time travel? If so, then would it mean that Evan will born yet again because Jason would interfere? I have no idea if the points I am making are even reasonable, but if my reasoning is true then it means that this cycle of Evan being born, then travelling back to when his mother was pregnant, getting still born and then getting birth again will continue forever, with the mother obviously suffering the most.
Anyway, I hope what I have written makes sense. If you haven't yet watched this movie, I highly recommend it to you.
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