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Monday, March 7, 2011

Parallel Universes and Corpse Brains: Source Code Takes Science on a Trip | Underwire | Wired.com

Parallel Universes and Corpse Brains: Source Code Takes Science on a Trip | Underwire | Wired.com: "In upcoming sci-fi flick Source Code, an Iraq War veteran uses “time reassignment” technology to crack open alternate realities in an effort to stop a terrorist from blowing up Chicago. While the premise sounds outlandish, it’s actually based on principles of quantum physics, according to Source Code scribe Ben Ripley.

“More and more, modern physics is becoming comfortable with the possibility of parallel universes,” Ripley said in an e-mail interview with Wired.com. “Source Code imagines a practical application for them.”

The ancient notion of parallel universes, rooted in fables and mythic fantasy tales, continues to play a key role in modern movies and TV shows like Fringe and J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek reboot. But in Source Code, director Duncan Jones (Moon) takes the alt-world conceit in a new direction, with actor Jake Gyllenhaal portraying slipstreaming soldier Colter Stevens.

Screenwriter Ripley said he took pains to avoid sci-fi’s typical time-travel paradoxes in the movie, which screens next month at the South by Southwest film festival in Austin, Texas. In Source Code, he said, “What’s done is done and cannot be undone.”"

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