Watching *Edge of Tomorrow* FOR THE FIRST TIME! The Edge of Tomorrow (2014) Reaction & Commentary

[@DosCavazos]

Watch our full length watch-a-long reaction to this movie here: www.patreon.com/posts/edge-of-tomorrow-71389217

[@SAHIL-pt3to]

react to KGF CHAPTER 2

[@naytheartist1257]

"(isekai) is a subgenre of fantasy in which a character is suddenly transported from their world into a new or unfamiliar one. The western world is no stranger to this concept as it appears in well-known works of western literature such as Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, Frank L." ..... it kind of annoyed me when you kept saying it, I didn't think you know what it meant.

[@kingofkings864]

Waiting for your KGF Chapter 2 reaction guys !!!!!

[@LEWTSPEC]

Best review channel yet. @20:30 conversations like this are why we watch. we wanna hear your ideas. We KNOW what will happen, and listening to your figuring it out is the money shot.

[@LEWTSPEC]

@24:00, no other timeline matters because they all end in beach death.

[@nadeeml9276]

Regarding the reason he's in the military, you guys were talking about it in the beginning. The aliens invaded and out of desperation, militaries around the world just took anyone who was even minimally associated with any sort of military. He said he was in the ROTC, but he was actually just 'a guy with an advertising firm' - so they took him for that job - to sell the war. He didn't 'weasel his way' through anything. He was taken in for his advertising skills. That's basically it. That's why he had zero fighting experience before all this.

[@RicoRaynn]

Also a major dick move by that General. Horrible and petty leader. While Cruise was kind of scummy in the beginning of the film, the fact the General was using his position to protect some (his secretary's son), but willing sacrificing individuals with important skills sets for the longer game shows what a joke he was. We may not like a certain person, but you still do the job separate from your personal feelings. And I say that having lead infantrymen over the last 21 years with 57 months in combat.

[@bloodymarvelous4790]

When civilians are recruited into the military because of their civilian skills, they are awarded a rank that matches their pay grade. Cage didn't "earn" the rank of major,he received it so he could be paid accordingly. I entered the military during Operation Iraqi Freedom as an interpreter, and was made LTJG in the navy, even though I had no military experience.

[@FreddieHg37]

Also there are all sorts of branches, contractors and specialized forces or squadrons working in, with or alongside military forces and intelligence all over the world on a regular basis it's not that they know how to operate all sorts of machinery, equipment and weaponry, because they don't have to be specialized in that area in particular. And yeah, some of those teams are definitely publishing and marketing.

[@FreddieHg37]

@@bloodymarvelous4790 exactly.

[@atexandude8303]

That and to be fair, most of the military, while partaking in the “fighting forces”, most aren’t combat ready in the sense of “alright dental tech, you’re hitting the frontlines tomorrow” kinda gig. I understand civilians thinking all military personnel are like hardened combat veterans, but even some people who are combat qualified don’t even see combat. It’s just a misconception is all. Haha

[@ericduran5818]

Tom Cruise was so committed to the role and the realism that he actually traveled back in time over and over again

[@FreddieHg37]

He does that often, even before the movie, through his favorite time warping artifact called: plastic and cosmetic surgery clinic.

[@alba4203]

@@FreddieHg37 invidia invidia

[@FreddieHg37]

@@alba4203 what?

[@JustAGuy216]

@@FreddieHg37 he’s saying you’re jealous

[@FreddieHg37]

@@JustAGuy216 Well, I'm in my 20s, I do have great genes and I look way younger and jovial and handsome than he does now, so…

[@CybrSlydr]

This movie is a 10/10 for me. Absolutely loved it.

[@BadDubII]

The only small thing I hate is the fall and tumble cage takes at the end. I wish it was so over the top.

[@trankhuong2697]

for me 11/10. Still wait for sequel

[@norwegianmaster744]

Oblivion is 10/10. Edge is more a 9

[@cosesu8929]

When Cage reacquired the power from the Omega and died, he was sent back a day, which happened to corelate to before he met the general, and thus the invasion. However the Omega dying didn't change, because it was through Cage's newly reaquired power that time was reset, not the Omega's. So in the "present" the Omega was dead and since Mimics are a hive mind there was no longer a threat.

[@carbuneskinny5797]

this !

[@tylerdurden6917]

Exactly

[@popump2617]

Oh, I saw it as since the Omega died time just reset again to a failed invasion (due to the Omega being dead) this makes more sense though lol.

[@cosesu8929]

@@popump2617 your's makes since itself. How about a social experiment. Anybody who reads this what makes more sense: my comment or Kaleb's? What does the majority vote say. 1 for mine 2 for Kaleb's

[@cosesu8929]

Also after reading my comment several times it got me wondering; why didn't time reset for the Omega after it died. So I thought of a couple of possibilities. 1) The power works differently between the Omega and a human. The Omega needs to consciously (not be dead) activate the power while a human does not. We can even go deeper and say it's because humans ultimate fear is death and so that is why the power activates with death. 2) Time isn't actually rewound, but alternate timelines and/or universes are created instead. So in one timeline/universe the Omega just resets and Cage is still continuing his loops. (In turn creating more timelines/universes) While this ending is Cage's reset and is the "happy" timeline/universe. 3) It's just a plot hole. Simple as that.

[@ComicCrossing]

For the record the General was 100% sending him to die after he threatened him. Originally he wouldve gone with a camera crew for optics, but it was still massivley dangerous which is why Cage didnt want to go. And he was right to object. He wouldve died. So after he threatened him with bad PR the general sent him to die as a no name soldier with zero experience dropped into an active war zone.

[@ryanakers1372]

The general's original plan wasn't meant to be a death sentence. Certainly dangerous, but it wouldn't do the general any good to have his PR team die. That's why he planned to embed Cage and his camera crew with a hundred thousand trained soldiers and send them to surprise attack a beach where all their intel said they would have very little resistance. Those soldiers would certainly have been given orders to protect Cage and the camera crew, so Cage would have been as safe as possible on a battlefield. Obviously the general changed plans after Cage threatened him.

[@noneofyourbeeswax01]

He was not right to object. He is a soldier, his duty is to follow orders.

[@ComicCrossing]

@@ryanakers1372 Except he had literally zero battlefield experience. Hell, zero FIELD experience. He isnt a soldier even if he has a rank. He was a PR person. It was a stupid idea in the first place. There was nothing there he could accomplish other than being a liability to everyone around him who had to protect him. You wouldnt throw the US Press Secretary into an active war zone.

[@ryanakers1372]

@@ComicCrossing It's not an uncommon practice in the real world for journalists to be embedded with troops on the battlefield. It's been done during virtually every war/conflict in modern history. I don't know what precautions are taken to protect journalists irl, but it seems like the general was taking every precaution he could here: 1. Cage would be surrounded by thousands of well trained soldiers using the latest and best mimic killing weapons. 2. It was expected to be a surprise attack the mimics could not have prepared for. 3. All their satellite intel said there was only a small number of mimics at their landing zone. Based on the info they had all their strategists would expecting a quick victory with minimal causalities, which sounds like the ideal place to put a PR person you want to use to convince the world the war is going well.

[@ComicCrossing]

@@ryanakers1372 yes obviously. But those journalists sign up for that assignment and are prepared for something like that. You cant just go to someone and say "hey pack up youre going on the frontlines tomorrow" when they have literally never done anything like that before.

[@kevinburton3948]

About the final reset- Cage's "main" reset (when he gets kicked awake and called a maggot) was 24 hrs before he is killed on the beach. The final battle in which Rita, Cage and the squad go to kill the Omega under the Louvre took place a few hours *before* the battle on the beach. So when Cage was "killed" after the Omega exploded- this was still hours before the point in time which he would be killed on the beach and sent back to getting kicked awake at Heathrow Base. So the final reset sent him back even further than his usual reset, because it took place earlier than the main reset. So *that* point in time was when he was in the helicopter arriving for his meeting with the General... Which of course was cancelled because the aliens lost the ability to fight, and were dying off- the war was over. If that makes any sense. LOL

[@neb-taui-djeser1060]

Sometimes he dies a day before invasion at PT to get to Rita or gets shot by Rita in training but still wakes up right at the maggot moment. He would wake up 24h earlier in the heli or so. Or he should wake up later cause he managed to get further and further from the first death on the beach to his death on the dam. Still a good movie but it has his flaws with time.

[@Ylyrra]

@@neb-taui-djeser1060 The reset point is a day before the first death, each death always resets to that point regardless. The final death counts as a new first death, because it was as if he'd never had the power before.

[@rawkmode6315]

Cage was originally going to be embedded with a professional military film crew, so that he could tell the story of the successful invasion. When he tried to get out of it by blackmailing the general, the general took him seriously and had him arrested, and sent to a random infantry squad going in with the first wave. The point of being sent in with J Squad was specifically for him to die in combat so he couldn't pull any shit on the general.

[@Subjectivity13]

At 49:00 General Brigham was just announcing "a total collapse of the enemy's capacity to fight" and that Russian and Chinese troops were sweeping Europe "without resistance." Cruise (Cage) had gone back the same amount of time, but this time, the Omega (and all the rest) were already dead. To the rest of the world, the aliens just suddenly all died for no reason. Only Cage knew why, but obviously, the rest of the world was celebrating regardless. The big battle was canceled, because there were no aliens left to fight. Cage still has the ability to reset time if he dies, but he no longer has any reason to use it. Granted, it'll be interesting to see when he dies of old age in 50 years, and restarts his last day. That might suck.

[@cosesu8929]

Well unless it's a District 9 type scenario his body will eventually have new blood in it within 4-6 weeks.

[@dang3r611]

Could just get a blood transfusion to be sure.

[@100nitrog2]

I was under the impression that the blood power only worked for a single day, and if he survives past that day, it'll go away.

[@Washinyot]

@@100nitrog2 I don't think so because he gets the power from Omega there, so in a way he becomes Omega himself. As the guy says he might be able to reset to the same time after like he is really old and dying and potentially live forever

[@Nightdreaux22647]

Tom Cruise can do another sequel !!

[@noahsark342]

Another interesting tidbit: You mention the graphics on the beach being good - part of that is that originally they wanted to CG the suits, but Cruise pushed for them to be physical props. It was a massive undertaking, but they payoff is that it all looks waaaay more realistic.

[@Leo-jk1lm]

Great Reaction, although you guys seem to have completely missed the fact that the aliens are gone and the war is over, just like that General Brigham says on the tv in that last scene "a total collapse of the enemy capacity to fight", which that the Omega is dead and basically Cage went and survived because he got the blood on him one last time and that allowed him to survive. Now i don't think, even though the war is over, he still has the power to reset time. All of this paragraph just to let you guys know that the war is over and the aliens gone😆

[@cosesu8929]

Or at least if he does still have the power he won't have it for long because his body will eventually be filled with new blood in about 4-6 weeks. (I believe that's how long it takes). Of course unless it's a District 9 scenerio. Probably not though.

[@ryanakers1372]

The best theory I've heard is this: when Cage got the Alpha's blood on him he "replaced" that Alpha within the alien nervous system and that's why Cage's death always reset the day. It also kinda explains why the mimics on the beach never seemed to adapt to Cage, because the Alpha that was supposed to be watching that area was gone. Fast forward to the Omega getting blown up, Cage gets the Omega's blood on him just before the Omega resets the day meaning that Cage "replaces" the Omega within the alien nervous system. Since the mimics and Alphas can't connect with Cage the mimic horde's ability to fight collapses.

[@ianrosenbalm6555]

@@ryanakers1372 Yep, this is basically it. In his original loop, Cage, as an analogy, replaced a nerve cluster. In his final loop, he replaced the brain itself.

[@neddhu]

@@ryanakers1372 perfect explanation..thats how i see it aswell. He can reset the day and do whatever the f... he wants...

[@ndt7379]

Cage technically would not have the power to reset time. The Alpha could only do that because it was an organic computer with the command line to do so. Cage has the blood (DNA) to respawn during resets, but not the capacity to activate that command line. Look at it this way for how the Omega operates: 1. The Omega is just a Server that runes programs based on a bunch of predetermined factors. 2. Alphas are just client programs being run by the Server. 3. The clients are constantly sending data over to the Server data of what they've witnessed and scene, similar to how players in a multiplayer shooter are sending over their actions to the singular game server to calculate. Let's say every real world second is a new backup file being sent to the server. 4. When an client dies, the server looks at the last backup sent over by that client and resets time back 24 hours. 5. It then sends that most recent backup data to every client upon them spawning during the time reload, giving them the information they need to avoid their death. 6. The server simultaneously then teleports itself 24 hours back in time as well, and then makes correction to it's production line (how it creates new mimics), so that they've physically adapted to being able to handle the next situation. Cage is only a client in this situation. Cage was never resetting time, it was the Omega doing so. The omega doesn't necessarily think and choose when to reset time, it only has a set perimeter for what it MUST follow when certain requirements are met. Cage was considered another Alpha to the Omega in terms of how it was supposed to operate and execute it's command lines, even if it was eventually able to become aware that something was wrong. If an Alpha dies, the Omega MUST execute that command line no matter what, Cage included. The reason why cage is able to survive and respawn the last time starts at command line 5 but causes a sort of paradox for the Omega. The Omega is able to backup data back 24 hours (remember, Cage and his group invaded at night, so it'd send him back earlier than the other times) successfully. Cage is prepped for backup and respawn as it moves over to the 6th command line to backup itself. The issue and error comes with the fact that the Omega itself is now dead and cannot send itself back in time. All the Alphas and mimics move entirely based on the Omega (Server's) instructions, so they cease to operate without the existence of the server running them. This leaves us with the result of only Cage being brought back and the mimics are ceasing to function, ending the war. If Cage gets hit by a car right now, he'll die. His blood will be some super rare material to be researched but that's about it.

[@rexarsenio9447]

23:51 The ability he got was like the omega which basically just "resets the day" so everything just goes to zero. That's why they started looking for him, the aliens were stuck too lol

[@voratittchunharuckchot9711]

When he first gets the power, he got it from Alpha's blood. This makes him an alpha, when he died, the signal will send to the Omega and the Omega will be the one that reset the time. The second time he gets the power, it is directly from the Omega, which is the source of the power. So when it died, Cage is the one who reset the time, not the Omega. And so, in the new timeline, the Omega is already dead.

[@shawnsmith2610]

The drill sergeant with the stash is Bill Paxton from Weird Science,True Lies,Aliens,Predator 2,Terminator.

[@h.4315]

When I first watched this movie, I thought it was just a generic Tom Cruise action film, but I was honestly impressed at the movie. The original source material is a Light Novel titled _All You Need Is Kill_ which I didn’t realize was Japanese until the end credits rolled. This just goes to show that it’s not the “Westernization” of a Japanese media that’s the problem (Cage’s character is essentially a “whitewashed” version of the Japanese protagonist Keiji), but rather staying true to the story, concept, and lore of the franchise *eyes Netflix’s Resident Evil and Death Note adaptations*

[@melodicchronic5181]

This is a rare case where I liked the movie WAY more than the book. The book is ridiculously different. But this movie is great. I love it and I'm glad you guys enjoyed it too.

[@soulstice94]

definitely one of my favorite movies! a serious instant cult classic! It came out while I was also working at a movie theater and I remember seeing it and knew of the manga and the general idea of the story so I watched it opening night, then again the next night after work just because it felt right to repeat watch it and I loved it more each time

[@toms169]

You misunderstood the ending. The guy literally said that they couldn’t detect Mimic activity anymore and that Russian and Chinese troops were moving through Europe unopposed. Cage killed the Omega before getting doused in Alpha blood (again) and dying himself. Cage thereby reset the time and woke up to a world without Mimics. Since the Omega kind of exists outside of time, it is dead now even with the time reset to an earlier point.

[@XRos28]

This movie is basically an action packed "Groundhog Day". Every army in the world has a spokesperson (unit), and it is non-combatant. The spokesperson is a high-ranking officer, so in that regard, the movie is accurate. You keep thinking, at the beginning of your reaction, that he is just a slacker, his character is really not.

[@XRos28]

@@yt45204 Some do go through basic training, others are actually reporters turn military. All are ranked and considered full military officers (not the unit, the officers of the unit and the head). In this movie, I believe, Tom Cruise plays the head of the unit, meaning, the spokesman of the US army. Other non-combatants in an army are HR, kitchen workers etc. Yes, they are in the army and went through basics, but they are not sent into battle, ever.

[@XRos28]

@@yt45204 Unless said uniform, say spokesman, has a medical problem, like poor eyesight, or hard of hearing, then no field activity is in her/his cards. But not only medical (or so I'm told).

[@XRos28]

@@yt45204 The Generals will do the latter, because not all people are built for even basic training, I am one of these people. I helped where I could, but the medics who approved my enlistment decided my limits, not even I was privy to the decision of what I can, or cannot do. There is some order to an army, and for a good reason. An untrained person can hurt him/herself better than an enemy can, and in the western world, at least, these rules are upheld. Is the movie cool? yes. Is it a possibility (if we are talking about the real world)? no. This is why it's done in a movie, for fun, like all fictional stories.

[@XRos28]

@@yt45204 I wore uniform, and got up in ranks, but had no basic training, bore no personal gun, as I've stated before, lastly, I served a year less than my peers... For medical reasons. This was the law here, when I was younger - as for today, I assume it's the same.

[@XRos28]

@@yt45204 Why does that matter? All I'll say is I'm from a western country, I gave too many public details already...

[@coldflamebluedragon196]

This movie reflected my early experience of playing Dark Souls. Oblivion is highly underrated as well

[@KisameSempai]

Yeah oblivion is underrated

[@rickypedia999]

The trope name is "groundhog loop" after the film _Groundhog's Day._ It was starring Bill Murray as a weather reporter who found himself repeating the same day ad nauseum where he was reporting on Punxsutawney's annual Groundhog's Day. Isekai is when a protagonist finds themselves in another world. _Re:Zero_ just happens to be an isekai groundhog loop. By the way, if you want another great show with the trope, check out Netflix's _Russian Doll._

[@naytheartist1257]

i just said this....

[@Deadbeatcow]

@@naytheartist1257 neat

[@123evilwolf]

or "all you need is kill"

[@jackosbourne2529]

It is the first time I have seen it referred to as "Groundhog loop". It's commonly called as a time loop afaik

[@shainewhite2781]

Groundhog Day but with a Sci Fi Action Twist!

[@scottalynch]

Ground troop day

[@1c3sly13]

This movie should have done as well for Tom as Top Gun: Maverick. Everyone was in a hate on Tom mode still going back to 2005 and it suffered because of that. Glad it's still getting recognized.

[@PatternRecsc2]

I love this movie. Never quite got the love in theaters as it should have. Glad to see it making the react rounds.

[@ToMPaSHKoV]

The only timeline that exists is the last one. In every other timeline, everyone dies. Cage is one of the first to die; even when he runs, he dies.

[@toms169]

48:55 „What determines the start point?“ My guess is that it is a fixed number of hours before the point of death. And since he died many hours earlier the second time he got doused in Alpha blood than the first time, the point of waking up is also many hours earlier.

[@catprog]

The 2nd reset point is when he is sleeping in the helicopter (night ) and then a couple of hours later (morning) he wakes up normally. The 1st reset point also ends up when he is sleeping (while being transported to the army base) and then he wakes up on the army base.

[@checkout982003]

It’s interesting that the day after she dies in the helicopter. He wakes up to that same guy handing his boots but this time he sees a man who is broken. So he doesn’t give him any shit. It’s that thousand yard stare.

[@Dannydarko27]

So many reactors are finally giving this film a shot, shout out to the patreon people who voted

[@ImperialMJG]

Oh god, just minutes into it. You do know there is people in Pentagon that have never been in a war? He is the PR guy. You can be high ranking without having been to combat.

[@TheRManProds]

THEY ARE MAKING A SEQUEL TO THIS!

[@kimghanson]

Once Cage tried to blackmail the General, the game changed. He originally was intended to film and report live which can be very inspiring but after his faux pas, he was demoted and relegated to cannon fodder. Damn it to hell, you do not threaten a General during war time. He's lucky he wasn't shot on the spot.

[@FreddieHg37]

You totally missed the point at 31:00 the point is that she thinks they hadn't gotten that far but she realized they had been there at least once and she wasn't expecting that, besides the fact that she noticed he was lying to her all along in order not to take the helicopter and instead getting to spend the night at the farm.

[@hoodwinkiez]

Favorite Cruise movie and he has many.

[@k3n12ock]

Great movie and one of Toms most underrated films

[@darkzer0670]

Gonna have to agree with everyone else here, Oblivion is also another heavily underrated Tom Cruise Sci-Fi movie.

[@i_love_rescue_animals]

Give me Minority Report any day over Oblivion (LOVED Minority Report!). Also loved Edge of Tomorrow - quite a bit!

[@wroot_lt]

A few already explained everything, but a few more points. Last time he got reset to the beginning of the movie because they went to Paris on the evening of the same day. Before the planned beach attack next day. And Omega always reset to beginning of current day. So he woke up in the helicopter. Also, first time he got Alpha's blood, so he was essentially an Alpha and any time Alpha dies Omega would reset the day. But at the end he got Omega's blood and i think Omega was trying to reset the day before dying, so he got reset. But as Omega is dead, nobody can trigger the reset anymore, so even if he has it in his blood, there is no power anymore.

[@randycooper3428]

Love this movie. Big fan of Emily Blunt. I think you guys would really enjoy The Adjustment Bureau if you haven't seen it.

[@epbrown01]

Now that's a deep cut. I haven't thought about that film in years.

[@alexsclewis]

@@epbrown01 last time i thought about that movie i was an atheist 👀

[@emiyashirou9001]

One of the good live action adaptation

[@hassnainkhalid2416]

I've watched this movie so many times...had no idea it was a manga adaptation...

[@anorak775]

@@hassnainkhalid2416 it was first a light novel, and then a manga!

[@Gabriel-y2o]

Glad you guys are watching this. This is my personal favourite Sci-Fi movie of all time.

[@bercerus]

Trivia : in the last loop before ending. a story about cage's squadmate who take his friend name and identity("ford" guy) is reference to rita's back story in original novel and manga. she stole someone else ID who is name rita to join army bcos she is underage to join. she did that bocs she is eager to fight and take revenge on mimic for kill her family. her true name and identity is lost in the chaos of war.

[@eat_pray_porg8450]

Glad you two enjoyed this! It's one of my fave sci-fi movies for sure.

[@mangaas]

They grow old together, have kids, and on his deathbed, he dies smiling, only to wake back up the day before the battle.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

Because he killed the Omega a few hours before the mission on the beach, the trip back in time took him to just before his meeting with the Colonel instead of his usual spot.

[@cptayne]

Idc what anyone says, this is a top 10 time travel esk movie. It didn’t do to well when first released, but happy to see more recognition for it

[@hassnainkhalid2416]

I'm glad you guys are watching some tom cruise movies...and I had no idea it was based on a manga

[@tillasmax]

I have heard that he was in that time loop for 49 years.

[@joshdavis3743]

I think most Americans missed what I think was an obvious call back to Verdun in WW1. Obviously it doesn't really change the movie or the plot, but it is an interesting point to know, and puts things a little in context.

[@leleskine]

I love this movie A LOT. Great review guys!

[@thedoctor4327]

The “On Your Feet Maggot” montage is one of my favorite movie montages ever

[@ThePharaz]

Far as I know the origin of this style of repeating the same day type of story was the movie Groundhog Day (1993). If you haven't seen it you should. After it a number of TV shows did a Groundhog Day episode: Star Trek Next Generation - "Cause and Effect"; Xena Warrior Princess - "Been There, Done That"; Legends of Tomorrow - "Here I Go Again"; Buffy the Vampire Slayer - "Life Serial"; Doctor Who - "Heaven Sent"; Fringe - "White Tulip"; The X-Files - "Monday"; Supernatural - "Mystery Spot"; Stargate SG-1 - "Window of Opportunity"

[@RamblingRose08]

Love this movie! So glad you reacted to it! Since you love SciFi, I would also recommend the Tom Cruise movie Oblivion (2013) and the Emily Blunt movie Looper (2012). Thanks for the wonderful reaction!

[@TajimaMunenori]

"Boss Level" is another good live-die-repeat type movie. It's got Frank Grillo in it.

[@idarpus1850]

edge of tomorrow is actually one of my favourite movies. I love this types of movies and i watched this movie like 4 times in 1 week

[@TheRManProds]

ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES!

[@SagaciousHamster]

Trivia - this was released on June 6, 2014, on the 70th anniversary of WWII D-Day.

[@krisnaaditya2172]

Finally! more ppl reacted to this underrated movie, which is great! I love this movie so much

[@andreww1225]

the aliens died when he killed the Omega they even showed them all dying lol

[@kingunda5013]

My most favorite Tom Cruise movie of all-time.

[@ghostray3252]

The ending is a bit sketch, but I think what happened is that when the protagonist killed Omega, he got its blood and replaced it, meaning now he is the center of the time-loop. And an alien "replaced" by a human (by spilling its blood on a human being) cannot come back (thrown outside the loop entirely). This is shown by the first Alpha that the protagonist killed (resulting in him gaining the ability) not present in any of the following loops. When the protagonist (now with Omega's ability) initiated the loop, Omega, which was replaced by the protagonist, was not included in the loop, so it stayed dead. And without Omega, the aliens are pretty much powerless. So in the end, the humanity won, but nobody (except for the protagonist) knows exactly why they won. To them, the aliens just shriveled and died after a mysterious explosion.

[@catprog]

Both of them have to replace their orginals. Otherwise you end up with the orinal non killed version. But the Omega that went back was corrupted and overwrote the living version.

[@ryanakers1372]

Love your reactions to this movie. Definitely an underrated gem. This movie does get critizied a bit for its seemingly sudden pivot to a 'happy ending.' Especially since the source material has a much darker ending. But personally I love the parallels to the Budist ideas of reincarnation. Cage starts off as the lowest form of life (a maggot). In each rebirth we watch him grow as he slowly begins to embody Sargeant Farrell's motto, "Through readiness and discipline we are masters of our fate," until finally in the end he's rewarded with the closest thing to Nirvana this story can offer.

[@ryanakers1372]

@lazarus921 I'd argue Cage does fulfill the true purpose of reincarnation as best as the setting of this story allows. When we first meet him, he blackmails the general to avoid putting his own life in danger even though that danger is supposed to be minimal and during the early parts of his training with Rita he's constantly looking for a way to get rid of or transfer the power to someone else. But his growing connection with Rita slowly makes him see beyond himself. This first manifests as him trying to keep Rita alive, but eventually he reaches the point where he is willing to see the mission through to the end even if he and Rita don't make it out alive.

[@changsangma1915]

@lazarus921 .....beliefs and projections of human existence is fine, but there comes a line to decide how stretched out the ideals being preached on. Religion says reincarnation (if such thing even happens) for being a better human is to be devoid of stuff needed to actually exist as living thing- a human like every living creature derive nutrient flow from other living sources, whether plants or animals. Plucking a plant from its roots is causing harm to it just to cook it and turn it to dish for consumption, let alone consuming other creatures. Every living creature follows this pattern but human is the only being who gets to decide how bad something looks depending how much blood spill or how many plants uprooted. Cause human brain developed special hypocritical deductive logic/reasoning based on where it fits the narrative.

[@Pochitaman30]

Bro just became the omega. He can now choose to grow old with her and restart or just get a blood transfusion and die together. Its a win-win for my mans

[@chalmers1984]

Rip bill paxton so sad to lose him from this world

[@dunringill1747]

Based on your comments, it's pretty clear you have not seen Groundhog Day (1993). It's a comedy drama romance fantasy with Bill Murray and should be on your watch list.

[@VorpalBunnysRevenge]

Fun thing I missed the first time I watched this movie: At the end, when everyone is watching the news, the woman in front of Tom Cruise is Lara Pulver who played Irene Adler on Sherlock.

[@chadnine3432]

My impression is that Cage stole the Omegas reset from it. So he reset, but the Omega couldn't. And without the Omega, the ability to reset the day is gone after that.

[@winchesterbear]

The Edge of Tomorrow does not assume a multi-verse with time lines. When Cage resets Reality, everything starts over, except his memories.

[@platinumphazer]

This is actually an adaptation of a manga called All You Need Is Kill, it's a very good adaptation of the book but one thing the book did that I liked better was at a certain point they realize they cannot carry the ammo required to make it through the battle so they learn to use these massive battle axes instead.

[@commonstragedy]

You're the first reactors to ever realize Tom could get the blood on him a second time, so everybody could live!

[@puppetmaster8551]

This movie has now become a reactor staple and it’s awesome because this movie rules, if they ever release the sequel I think it’ll make a lot more money than the 1st one. Anyway great reaction guys

[@TheRManProds]

IT'S GROUNDHOG DAY WITH A LOOP!

[@ShaunRansom]

Oblivion is another good sci-fi with Tom Cruise. Also I watched an oldie with Dennis Quaid yesterday, called Pandorum. It's like a sci-fi/horror thing. Just some recomendations. Love your reactions. Looking forward to more Kingdom and My Name

[@cosesu8929]

Pandorum an oldie? How old are you? Pandorum came out in like 2009. That's only 13 yrs. At least wait 20 yrs before calling something an oldie. But if I'm missing a joke or something than someone can give me a r/whoosh

[@ShaunRansom]

@@cosesu8929 Just over a decade is a long time in my book. When you take into consideration just how much has changed in the world in that time. Maybe I just feel older than I am *shrugs*

[@Cert1f1edM1dget]

Oldie? Damn you make me feel old and I'm 24. Funny how someone else thought the same thing lol... But bruh that kinda hurts.

[@robertomanfredi342]

Also the soundtrack at the end is fantastic

[@FreddieHg37]

Dennis Quaid is one of the greatest and most underrated actors.

[@dilligafwyt6095]

as to the ending. think of it like he went back to the omegas last save point.

[@tajwalikhan9995]

Terminator and Terminator 2 needed to be seen

[@PE4Doers]

The time rests one-day. Therefore, since they started this last effort earlier, then when it rest he went back even earlier. The 'Big Mystery' is what happens to him after that ending? Does he still have the power to reset time? and therefor when he eventually dies, doe he go back to that helicopter landing in London for the first time? If his life with Rita goes very well after that, does he pay someone to give him someone else's blood at some point, or just injures himself near a hospital to pass out and have them automatically give hem a transfusion (somewhat risky of course, and defies destiny by a significant margin).

[@EternalKvK]

the ability belongs to the mother alien, not to Toms character. So when the mother died, the ability to reset disappeared. He is now on his final life.

[@nstents7781]

The power surge is Cage getting sent back in time, instead of the Omega which is trying to reset its own day.

[@QuantumFlux_22]

he was never meant to join the fight, the general railroaded him because he was protecting his own career.

[@MaxskiSynths]

26:47 That's probably what famous people feel like when fans come up to them acting like they've known then their entire lives.

[@morussell4033]

Hey awesome Reaction guys i love this movie and Tom Cruise gets better with age each movie he has acted in x.

[@SammyxSweetheart.02]

(July 2023) 20:28 24:13. 24:39. 31:37. 33:00. 36:12 38:52

[@thedoctor4327]

For a gang of redshirt minor characters I low key think J Squad are some of the best squads of “space marines” in science fiction

[@sujithkumar8033]

As Tom Cruise is the Omega he could reset the day whenever he wants

[@relientkenny]

this movie is a CLASSIC

[@denji3397]

Thank you for making me remember that this movie exists.

[@SSS-ie6mh]

This movie is so under-rated. I believe it's a cult hit.

[@Alexanderthegreat159]

Yeah I can tell you all didn't notice that when he killed the Omega and went back in time, all the mimics were already dead. So there was no need for them to fight because they just all died in the regular timeline

[@pauhy5601]

@Dos Cavazos,Doesn't the double barrel guns from the mechsuit reminds you two of the Predator plasma cannons weapon,haha?.

[@Anthonydanells]

Groundhog day with bill Murray is also good

[@Clu2298]

A super underrated Tom Cruise movie!

[@PaulSchober]

Think you guys missed the news report at the end - "Explosion in Paris, total collapse of the enemy's ability to fight". The Omega is dead and all the Mimics with it.

[@MichaelSmith-pj6de]

When he first got the power, he reset to the activation date of that first Alpha. When he got the power at the end, he reset to the activation date of that last Alpha... However, since he destroyed the Omega before the last reset, there can be no future resets from the end point of the movie.

[@Jozz421]

The drillsergeant is "Hudson" from Aliens, Bill Paxton who died in 2017.He is also in Predator 2... Greets from Sweden

[@kroanosm617]

How did you guys miss the part where they said the aliens all stopped moving after a large energy burst was detected. Cage got the Omegas blood which allowed him to go farther back but the Omega is still dead.

[@catprog]

Same amount of time each loop. Just the point of the loop is a couple of hours earlier.

[@Sir_AlexxTv]

One of the best Cruise movies, action plus some humor, love it. I'm not from the USA can anyone explain to me the "I'm from Kentucky" joke? 😁

[@Clu2298]

lol I'm from the USA and still don't get it 😅

[@Juice1984]

Imagine saying, "You're a European." "No, sir. I'm German." Or any other country. Many US states have pride in their state over their country.

[@k3n12ock]

@@Juice1984 yup

[@Sir_AlexxTv]

@@Juice1984 Ok 😁

[@Clu2298]

@@Juice1984 Ahhh Thought that's what it was..thx 😁

[@Pink.andahalf]

The movie is based off of a light novel called All You Need is Kill. There is also a manga based on it as well.

[@jeffrogers2180]

I've watched this movie several times and I didn't realize till I watched your reaction that it was a comedy...

[@SteCatherall]

I love your reactions they are Hilarious you guys are So much fun 😂😂 x

[@TheRManProds]

THIS IS A GREAT ACTION MOVIE!

[@davidmc1489]

Watched this with my nephew....im an iraq vet....he is Afghan vet....we laughed our asses off in the first 20 min......his dying and repeating at the start was fun to see....you 2 had same reaction.... Easier to see a sci fi war.... Not so the other way.. If you can get ahold of a copy of Restrepo dvd documentary...watch that and also the xtra stuff on the dvd too

[@comcastblows567]

Cage is in the army, but he’s most likely from west point and came straight from there, that’s why he hasn’t seen or experienced any combat. He’s fresh out from school They don’t just put randos from an “advertisement agency” lol

[@dwnkaomwn3953]

In other words, he's more or less useless as a soldier before he got the training to use that lousy exo suit.

[@Yggdrasil42]

Well the military has done weirder things in desperation. They're facing a literal alien invasion. Why wouldn't they hire a PR person and give him an officer function to give his appearances some legitimacy?

[@frkzoid]

One of my favourite line was "The new guy. What's his name again?"