I don't think Jeffrey Goines had anything to do with spreading the virus. For me, this was one of the more thought-provoking twists of the movie: how wrong historical inter- pretation can be, how throroughly history can actually be misunderstood and lost. Goines was a loony whiz kid with a penchant for liberating things (people from the insane asylum and animals from the zoo), and a keen understanding of the "society of the spectacle". His comrades were relatively innocent people trying to do the right thing. The liberation of the animals was very powerful imagery, almost like a fairy-tale, and in the end the group of terrorists are rather child-like, which is refreshing compared with the rest of the cast of characters. The representation of radical political activism was not entirely favorable, though. In the scene where Goines is plotting the outbreak from the zoo (which we are led to believe is the nefarious virus plot) the process is anything but democratic. Goines is the leader that everyone follows without questioning. (Another infantile aspect). And then of course ultimately their games are completely impotent in the fact of the catastrophe that follows. I don't think the incursions into the past actually changed anything substantial about history (didn't Bruce Willis repeatedly tell people that he was on a mission to gather information about the past that would help the future, even though he could do nothing to change the catastrophe that occurred/was about to occur?) The incidents which were caused by the time-travelling were the very incidents that had led to misinterpretation by the scientists of the future. The writing on the wall and the phone call were misleading cues. Somehow this feels quite dif- ferent than the premises of the "Back to the Future"or "Terminator" type of film. Here, the moral is more like you CAN'T change history,though you can create a house of mirrors and thereby confuse historical interpetations. Any more thoughts on the comparison between this film and La Jetee? The basic plot is remarkably similar. I think the main plot difference, aside from the animal liberationists which gives the film a contemporary twist, is that in La Jetee the scientists are seeking answers and help from the future, and it is the future (the future of the future?) who try vainly to rescue the portagonist from the murderous designs of his contemporaries. ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]