... so don't.
It's a time travel jumble that never settles into a solid theory of time, predestination, or the multiverse theory. Or more speficially, it tells you its theory and then spends the next couple of hours breaking it over and over. If you try to work it out, side effects may include headache, nosebleed, and a desire to have a bit of a lie down. That said, it's emotionally perfect as the ending of the whole series thus far. The 22 film + shorts + tv-shows-if-you-like-that-kind-of-thing has a definitive end as well as the promise of a new day just ahead. In the shared-universe age of films, this is the first time I've felt like I was seeing a "series finale" the way one would with a long-running TV series. Now to hope that what lies ahead isn't a bunch of films that feel like "After MASH", trying to keep the IP alive when all of the interesting characters/actors have shuffled off down the road.
It's a time travel jumble that never settles into a solid theory of time, predestination, or the multiverse theory. Or more speficially, it tells you its theory and then spends the next couple of hours breaking it over and over. If you try to work it out, side effects may include headache, nosebleed, and a desire to have a bit of a lie down. That said, it's emotionally perfect as the ending of the whole series thus far. The 22 film + shorts + tv-shows-if-you-like-that-kind-of-thing has a definitive end as well as the promise of a new day just ahead. In the shared-universe age of films, this is the first time I've felt like I was seeing a "series finale" the way one would with a long-running TV series. Now to hope that what lies ahead isn't a bunch of films that feel like "After MASH", trying to keep the IP alive when all of the interesting characters/actors have shuffled off down the road.