TENET - MEETING NEIL (Extended) 

Like meeting someone new who feels familiar

In a way it is. Remember the whole thing is The Protagonist’s operation and Neil is meeting up with him “back in time” in the temporal pincer

From Neil’s perspective it is

@@joshpaul6417 Jamais vu - the experience of being unfamiliar with a person or situation that is actually very familiar.

@@mechmeister2568 thank you :)

Or "meeting an Old Friend again".

@@wcw2793 yeah this is the best one

Meeting my old friend for the last time :

​@humzaclicks98No you don't.

Shit bro I never thought of that, the Protagonist took a bullet for Neil in the future, then in the past Neil returns the favor, ofc we may never know but it’s something to think of

That’s a very good take! But that implies future protagonist dies in the future but it’s implied he’s lurking behind the shadows of the future making sure the past happens as it happens.

@@davidnavarro4821 Well with how time works in this film, he could leave instructions for himself through inversion, creating his own past while living it. Perhaps modern day Protagonist does the work of Future Protagonist, who's already technically done all the work in the past and is now just relaying the information. Like a temporal pincer movement. Then in the future, Protagonist mentors Neil and sacrifices his life for him, which later gives Neil the idea to do the same. This would also kinda explain the strange look Neil gives Protagonist after first shaking hands with him. It was kind of like a surreal realization on his face.

Exactly my headcanon

I have a headcanon that in the future TP died a heroic for Neil or another scenario like that so for Neil he's meeting someone who he already seen died hence the feeling of this song and why Neil was so willing to sacrifice himself for TP

It may not be a word, but could be our only way out of that place. or into it for that matter 😉

Sounds like my microwave,

No lol