James Cole's Time In The Film 'Twelve Monkeys'

In the film Twelve Monkeys, the main aspect of it time. Time was a big part for the plot, in the film Twelve Monkeys. When James Cole was sent on a mission to stop a virus from spreading and killing millions of people. But in James Cole’ time it has already happened, civilization is on the brink of extinction. When he was introduced, he was shown as a psychopath who needed medication to calm him down. But as the film progresses, you see the reasoning for why he was chosen to be a vital part of the mission at hand. When he was a kid, he witnesses someone died right in front of him, that person was his future self. So, James Cole was never going to complete his mission. He was destined to die trying to save the world from the deadly virus.

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There is a possibly that they could of some how be the reason the virus even exist. A scientist would not hold that sort of power today, James Cole was a pawn who was killed by someone who work for the Scientist. The Scientists live in a time where they have prisoner that they can control, and they can build from there. There also no indication that the virus is being worked or even still effective in the film. This could have been there plan all along and James Cole was one of the many Prisoners they used to get their way and build a world that they can control.

The film A Scanner Darkly uses animation and make it looks like a different world. When Freck was hallucinating after taking substance D, he imagined bugs were crawling all over him. The scene overexaggerated the size of the insects, which made the scene really what it is. Without it we would not get visible representation on how dangerous Substance D was. Watching the bug crawl on Freck made me as if the bug were crawling on me too. This would of never have made that big of an impact if there were no animation throughout the