Why Have Parallel Universes Pervaded in Popular Culture?

Parallel universes or multiverses are definitely the title that the science-fiction category has been the subject of most recently. Especially lately the Loki series, Spider-Man: No Way Home and Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness movies.

In fact, the recently released Netflix Turkey series Midnight at Pera Palace In the series, a small touch was made to parallel universes. So what are parallel universes and multiverses and why have they become so popular?

Let’s learn first, what are parallel universes?

Parallel universes, also known as parallel dimension, alternate universe, or alternate reality, are a version similar to his own, It means that it exists in another order. The sum of all potential parallel universes that make up reality is often referred to as the “multiverse”.

So how could a parallel universe come into being? According to theory science usually a at the decision point. For example, you have a road that divides into two; The moment you decide to go left in your own universe, you also decide to go right. a parallel universe is formed and according to such choices, the course of the universe changes.

What then are multiverses?

As we said, the theory of multiverses is the sum of all possible parallel universes. The theory of the multiverse, with hundreds of billions of galaxies spanning tens of billions of light years, and almost countless stars. that our universe may not be the only one suggests.

Unlike our universe, they all have their own laws of physics, their own collection of stars and galaxies (if stars and galaxies could exist in these universes) and maybe even argues that there can be an infinite number of universes with their own intelligent civilizations.

Why have parallel universes become so popular?

So what makes parallel universes and the multiverse such a popular theme in science fiction today? Different tearing apart sci-fi movies and TV showswe can see how they use the concept of the multiverse to tell compelling stories.

Parallel universes in the Dark series

Almost the whole world now knows about Dark, one of the Netflix series. In the series, we follow Jonas Kahnwald’s experience with time travel in the small town he lives in and watch how the world changes around him and what happens in parallel universes.

In the series, we eat many opposite corners in the direction of time travel from 1953 to 2019, and we are quite confused. The series is designed to help viewers understand what’s going on. leaving only crumbs to the audiencer, thanks to this, the series gains a lot of popularity.

Season one closed with a finale that showed a future timeline, but the season two finale is perhaps the series’ biggest to your cliffhanger (the scene that ends abruptly while a very important event is taking place) he had.

The main character Jonas, his recently killed love Martha’s body sitting next to him. A different Martha appears out of nowhere, looking exactly the same as the one dead on the ground. But when Jonas asks the new Martha what timeline she’s from, “The real question is, what world am I from?‘ he replies.

Now, viewers have to figure out how alternate universes combine with multiple timelines while waiting for the next season. Dark uses parallel universes with time travel to ‘What will happen now?’ directing the questionis one of the areas where the use of this topic is most productive.

Multiverses in the Marvel universe

Before the Marvel Cinematic Universe opened its doors to the multiverse with Loki, time travel was covered in Avengers: Endgame. The impetus for the use of exploring the multiverse at Marvel nostalgia looks like.

With Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame, having different realities, fan-loving characters You can bring it back whenever you want. he understood. Spider-Man: No Way Home, we can call it the most obvious example because previous Spider-Mans Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire This is how we were able to see the current Spider-Man next to Tom Holland.

Parallel universe rendering at Midnight at Pera Palace

Of course, parallel universes are not just about superheroes. Netflix Turkey series, which was released in the past weeks Midnight at Pera Palace Although it was not his main subject, he discussed parallel universes under the guise of time travel. there if AtaturkBefore he could go to Samsun and start the National Struggle had he been assassinated We can see what kind of Turkey we would be living in.

In a Turkey that Ataturk did not save, he sees a British officer take over Istanbul and then Turkey in the same Hitler-like fashion, and he finds himself on Turkish soil. It is forbidden to speak Turkish and Turkey, where the Turks are imprisoned and left to die, while the minority Turks are in a resistance.

When we look at all these productions, how powerful and multiverse is the parallel and multiverse? we can see it can be exciting. Since endless possibilities can come with endless universes, the number of stories that can be told increases as well. So that’s the main reason, in an array or talking about multiple possibilities and realities in the movie, It became really interesting for the audience.