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he actually took over a mans existence. in that world, that man never dies because the accident that caused his death never occured, because it was stopped by the guy who took his body. so that mans conciousness.... what happened to it? did it die? did it cease to exist? is it still there, sleeping? physically, it's the exact same guy, brain matter and all, but another mans conciousness inhabits that same shell.
so what happens when all his friends and family start noticing that he's essentially not the same? you know his mother or bff or whatever would notice somethings off with him. what if that dudes own conciousness trys to awaken and take his body- and life- back? this is a bit of a gateway into astral planes, out of body experiences, etc. anyhow, we're talking butterfly effects out the wazoo imo; because in each world he went to, that crash HAPPENED. this one, it didn't. so what does that say about disrupting the order of things?
what about the world where he beat up the arab dude? his conciousness got pulled out, but that man who's body he was in didn't die, so he's still there living with the consequences of flipping out and beating the hell out of an innocent man. etc, etc. each time he went in he disrupted the natural order of that world in a big way, and in a few cases left that poor guy stuck with consequences of actions he never comitted.
also, i got a lingering feeling that the professor running the show had a hand in the catastrophe. he'd like to create an event that source code would be used to avert in order to prove it's worth. granted i have zero evidence aside from his final words and how they personally made me feel.
also: does source code create new worlds as the captain said, or simply provide a method of 'jumping' into a world that already exists? my guess would be the latter. these are all questions i had and those questions, IMO, would be great foundational material that would be ripe for a sequel.
not to mention, there was a sliver of possible fate/destiny involved in the end, when he saw that huge ball structure, the structure he'd seen each time he went into the source code. sort of like when you have a dream and 6 months later you find yourself briefly within the exact same scenario you were in within the dream. not really a foundation there but a minor aside.
so the proven existence of a multiverse+the fact that he's in another mans body, living another mans life, a man who never died and who's conciousness has to be out there somewhere+the professor having the potential of being something of a calamity inducing villain= great 'source code' (RIMSHOT! HA! WAKKA WAKKA WAKKA!) for a sequel, in my humble opinion.
>Cuz them walking off happily ever after seemed fairly open >and shut to me.
not at all. that ending brought about a TON of questions, not that 'need' answering, but that would, imo, serve as great fodder to continue the story with. not only that, it'd be the rare case where you could argue that, in light of the myriad of possible implications, it would actually warrant a sequel. the sequel would make sense in terms of the story itself, not just make sense for financial purposes. but that's me.
>Not trying to snark, I'm curious what >potential you see there that I don't.
well that was all a scratch on the surface. to me the possibilities are endless. the story was open and shut, but the potential for serious ramifcations of everything that happened before the end are potentially immense if you ask me. what they did was large scale and affected other worlds in various ways.
that said, i don't have the plot mapped out, i just see an open sea of intriguing elements that can be explored to create it. -Sig-
“Why didn’t you do this in your own god damn country?"
-All Stah's view on undocumented immigrants wanting to be treated like human beings.
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