German physicist Schmidt Daniel Bruhl has the answer, expounding on an explanation given earlier in the movie by a doomsayer played by Donal Logue.
Abrams viu a capacidade de usar o acidente do acelerador de partÃculas como um meio viável para que eventos futuros causassem mudanças no passado, estabelecendo uma maneira de relacionar-se narrativamente com a franquia Cloverfield.
 This Cloverfield entry is the first to stray from the smaller storytelling of the first two entries, and it's obvious in the ensemble.