Movie Substrate · Film
Project Almanac (2015)
★ 6.8 · 2,833 ratings on TMDB
Today is better the second time around.
A group of teens discover secret plans of a time machine, and construct one. However, things start to get out of control.
DirectorDean Israelite
The emergence reading
Project Almanac keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.
zero-distanceUS
⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: loose
E0timecausality is reversible; a device permits backward jumps of up to weeks (physics · universal)
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Same subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
World War Z (2013)E4/E14 · Science Fiction, Thriller
Tenet (2020)E0/E14 · Science Fiction, Thriller
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)E12/E14 · Science Fiction, Thriller
V for Vendetta (2006)E10/E12 · Science Fiction, Thriller
Serenity (2005)E10/E11 · Science Fiction, Thriller
Starship Troopers (1997)E12/E13 · Science Fiction, ThrillerAlso bends a rule of reality
Other films that change a standing rule of their world — ranked first by those bending it at the same rung.
Back to the Future (1985)alters at E0 · same rung · loose
The Matrix (1999)alters at E0 · same rung · rigorous
Avengers: Endgame (2019)alters at E0 · same rung · loose
Interstellar (2014)alters at E0 · same rung · rigorous
Doctor Strange (2016)alters at E0 · same rung · rigorous
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)alters at E0 · same rung · loose
