inception explained as a 4 nested javascript closures

inception-javascript.js

/* 
 * Fabrizio Calderan, twitter @fcalderan, 2010.11.02
 * I had an idea: could Inception movie be explained by a few javascript closures 
 * and variable resolution scope (just for fun)?
 * 
 * Activate javascript console =)
 */

<script>
console.group("inception movie");
var inception = (function() {
    
    /* on flight: arianna's dream */

    var timerate = 1;
    var team = ["Yusuf", "Arthur", "Eames", "Saito", "Arianna", "Dominic", "Mr.Fischer"];
    
    console.log("Real world", team);
    console.log("Time Rate is ", timerate);
    console.log("1 second is %d second (what else?)", 1/timerate);

    
    (function(timerate) {
        /* Yusuf escape */
        console.group("1th level: arianna's dream");
        var kick = "fall in the water";

        console.log("1th level team", team);
        console.log("Time Rate is ", timerate);
        console.log("1 second is %d second, about %d minutes", 1/timerate, 1/timerate/60);

        (function(team, timerate) {
            /* Arthur hotel escape */
            console.group("2nd level: Hotel escape");
            var kick = "elevator wreck";
            
            console.log("2nd level team", team);
            console.log("Time Rate is ", timerate);
            console.log("1 second is %d second, about %d minutes", 1/timerate, 1/timerate/60);
            
            (function(team, timerate) {
                /* Mountain  */
                console.group("3rd level: Mountain's fortress");
                var kick = "fortress destruction";
                
                console.log("3rd level team", team);
                console.log("Time Rate is ", timerate);
                console.log("1 second is %d second, about %d minutes", 1/timerate, 1/timerate/60);
        
                
                (function(team, timerate) {
                    console.group("4th level: the Limbo");
                    /* Limbo */
                    var kick = "skyscrapes collapse";
                    
                    console.log("Limbo team", team);
                    console.log("Time Rate is ", timerate);
                    console.log("1 second is %d second, about %d minutes or %d hours", 
                                1/timerate, 1/timerate/60, 1/timerate/3600);
                    
                    console.groupEnd();
                    
                    return kick;
                })(team.slice(2), timerate/12); /* 4th level */                 
             
                console.groupEnd();
                return kick;
            })(team.slice(1), timerate/12); /* 3nd level */   
            
            console.groupEnd();
            return kick;
        })(team.slice(1), timerate/12); /* 2nd level */   
        
        console.groupEnd();
        return kick;
    })(timerate/12); /* 1st level */  
    
    
})();

    /* now you think you have come back into reality...
     * but what if you were into another closure? =)
     * who knows?
     */

</script>

/*
 * What is the most resilient parasite? Bacteria? A virus? An intestinal worm? An idea.  
 * Resilient... highly contagious. Once an idea has taken hold of the brain it's almost 
 * impossible to eradicate. An idea that is fully formed - fully understood - that sticks;
 * right in there somewhere. 
 */

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