Thought of something this morning relating to parallel timelines while I was half asleep and ironing.
I remembered that 1998 movie "Sliding Doors" with Gwyneth Paltrow. For those who haven't seen it yet, (SPOILERS!!!
) the plot centers on the life of a London woman named Helen, played by Paltrow, and the two versions of her life that could take place depending on whether she catches the train home or not. In one reality she does catch it, and gets home in time to find her live in boyfriend cheating on her with another woman. They of course break up, she finds a new man, and life takes a new direction with a whole new set of events that come about due to all these new changes. In the other reality she misses the train, and doesn't make it home to bust her guy cheating, and so life plods along as usual. The movie cuts back and forth between both her parallel realities as they play out.
The movie doesn't get too heavy duty into the whole "quantum physics" aspect of it or anything, and it doesn't show Helen catching glimpses of herself on the other timeline, and it is "light fluffy entertainment", but, it's good in a "beginning basics" sort of way, to get people at least thinking about the idea of parallel timelines, the life paths they didn't choose, and all the "what ifs" and stuff. Also, what I did think was interesting was the fact that in both timelines, Helen still manages to cross paths with the new boyfriend, (the one who replaced her cheating beau). Some things are "meant to be", but it's a matter of whether we take the short and easy route to get there, or the harder, more cumbersome one.
There was another movie I didn't see called "Passion of Mind" starring Demi Moore, (which is exactly why I didn't see it.............:D ) but the plot centers on a woman who's living out two lives, one where she lives in France, and another in her "dreams" where she's a high powered New York literary agent. From what I've read, one life turns out to be a figmant of her imagination, (probably the French one I'm guessing....) So, it's not a true case of someone having a soul split into two bodies or something and living parallel lives, which I thought would make for a FAR more interesting plot!
Anyway, just some stuff I thought of this morning.
"Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "Holy shit ... what a ride!" - Anonymous
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"I get by with a little help from my (higher density) friends."
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