You need your own air – regular air won’t pass through the membranes of inverted lungs. The number-one rule – don’t come into contact with your forwards self – that’s the whole point of these barriers –
Tenet (2020)
WHEELER
A screenplay character in Tenet (2020).
- lines
- 11
- words
- 270
- scenes
- 6
- dialogue
- 2.4%
- avg words / line
- 25
- shortest / longest
- 1 / 64
Sample dialogue
When you exit the airlock, take a moment to orient yourself – things will feel strange. When you run, the wind will be at your back. If you encounter fire, ice will form on your suit, as the transfer of heat is reversed. Gravity will feel normal, but appear reversed for the world around you. Don’t worry about things falling, so much as rising.
scene 168 — INT. TURNSTILE, TALLINN FREEPORT – THE PRESENTHit the deck! Mines!
scene 223 — EXT. HYPOCENTRE RIDGE, STALSK-12 – DAYI can’t vouch for the handling, friction and wind resistance are reversed. You’re inverted, the world is not. You can’t fight the prevailing wind of entropy. Don’t try flying a plane – it’d fall out of the sky. Once again, you’re inverted, the world is not – and those forces will be pushing back on you continuously.
scene 168 — INT. TURNSTILE, TALLINN FREEPORT – THE PRESENTIf you see an object demonstrating unprompted instability, stay clear, it may be about to leap into the air. You may experience distortions to your vision and hearing – this is normal – light waves and sound waves are propagating away from you. This should clear as your brain adjusts.
scene 168 — INT. TURNSTILE, TALLINN FREEPORT – THE PRESENTYou need your own air – regular air won’t pass through the membranes of inverted lungs. The number-one rule – don’t come into contact with your forwards self – that’s the whole point of these barriers –
scene 168 — INT. TURNSTILE, TALLINN FREEPORT – THE PRESENT
Bookends
Neil!