Army of the Dead time loop theory will have you re-watching on Netflix

Army of the Dead time loop theory will have you lot re-watching on Netflix

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This is your SPOILER ALERT for Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead ! Be warned that proceeding by here volition clue yous in on some surprising Easter eggs seen by eagle-eyed audience members.

Final week saw Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead hit theaters and Netflix, and it didn't take long for fans to find a giant time-travel theory to dig into. And information technology may mean big things for Army of Thieves, the upcoming Ground forces of the Dead prequel. We interruption it all down below, similar Vanderohe cutting through a horde of undead.

Ground forces of the Expressionless time loop theory — what is it?

The Ground forces of the Dead "fourth dimension loop" theory starts with a moment in Bly Tanaka's casino (effectually mid-manner through the movie), where Dieter (played by Matthias Schweighöfer) spies a agglomeration of dead bodies that expect just like the gang themselves.

Vanderohe (played by Omari Hardwick) also observes the bodies, and says wonders aloud if they are "some other team… or is it us?" And and so he keeps talking, giving conspiracy-minded fans reason to act like Charlie Day at the cork lath in It's E'er Sunny in Philadelphia.

Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead — (Image credit: Clay Enos/Netflix)

Vanderohe continues, hypothesizing if this agglomeration of corpses is "in some other timeline and we're caught in some infinite loop of fighting and dying and fighting and dying." Heavy, right? When you lot're fighting off the undead for a large stack of greenbacks, this is the kind of thing that could keep you up at night.

Of course, Vanderohe just won't shut up. He then compares Bly Tanaka to something far grander than just the guy who gave them a mission. "The boob-master, the devil, God," he murmurs, "We're … simply pawns in some in some perverse play where we're destined to repeat our failures. Finally, in some listen-bending, ironic reveal — it all begins again."

Army of the Expressionless fourth dimension loop theory explained

And the internet agrees. Twitter user @SamParkerMetal (per GamesRadar) produced a tempest of tweets highlighting infinitesimal similarities seen in the moving-picture show. And they start with the bodies: it turns out both one of the corpses Dieter saw has the aforementioned key necklace that Maria is wearing.

Then there'due south the guns in the vault. Somehow, there are three AKs identical to Guzman's already in the vault. Yous can see some of them in the bottom right corner of this press photo:

The vault is supposed to have been sealed shut for years, so how could those guns have already been in in that location? Is this their fourth try? Tweeter @LuchaSpursLucha wonders how Chambers was so good at killing the undead when she said she's never done something similar this before.

Does the Regular army of the Expressionless heist ever go right?

Dieter provides us with a montage of the motion-picture show's events early, where everything goes well. Twitter user @HailMother hypothesizes that at that place's some "what if?" situation happening here, because Mikey's friend is in Dieter'due south vision, but non in the group's bodily run.

Dieter'due south montage has a different vault, as well, for what information technology'south worth.

Zack Snyder practically confirmed Regular army of the Expressionless loop theory

When The Film Junkee's Vodka Stream asked Snyder about Tanaka commissioning previous attempts to go into the vault, he confirmed that to exist true.

It'due south what he said adjacent that has people buzzing. "I volition also say that… there's a chance – and I'chiliad not saying this is 100% true, and in some means it'south non – just the group at the table, I hateful, information technology'due south pretty subtle, simply that'due south them besides at the table as well every bit... they get farther every time ... possibly... Is this the time they fabricated it all the manner to the money?" Then Snyder smiled, before promising that we won't discover out this game all took place in a video game.

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