It is a little harder to dissect this theory as it is only a visual aid and not a full-blown explanation. As to its background: there is no claim or other pages tied-in with it. Which leads to belief in the rumor that it was intentionally named this and posted by one of the members of the film crew. This would explain why anyone with this much intelligence would start the action in September (when filming was completed in 2001 and edited over the next two years) rather than December or March as clearly seen in the film.
Neuwanstein refers to King Ludwig, which is German (as in this sites web address), and his castle which was the model for Disney's fantasy castle. Thus some refer to some fantasy ideas as a Neuwanstein. Is this then just pure fantasy? A constructed framework that intentionally withholds the real key to solving Primer while demonstrating the kind of action that occurs due to the constraint and freedom allowed by the time machine's in Shane's film? Very likely. That being said, we should focus more on what we can learn from this timeline diagram rather than pointing out that it fails to properly explain the Granger Incident, the recording Aaron, and the fail-safe counter-actions. There are so many actions to relate that a visual timeline would be so complicated and have so many variables or permutations that it would become nearly impossible.
In the original timeline, we truly only know that Aaron must find the fail safe and use it. Other steps can be deduced but without any guarantee. If Aaron finds the fail-safe in this Abe-controlled timeline, then he can gain control of the boxes depending on what he does upon his exit. If I were to have a timeline (like the one in my head) it would be similar to N's but I vision it as rolled into a cylinder. Now picture that each use of the time machine can land one in any timeline (not just from d to e or c but across the cylinder like e to b). In other words, when Abe fail-safes after the Granger Incident, he lands in a timeline where Aaron has control. Thus when Aaron uses the box in this timeline, this Abe is affected. With only one time traveler it remains simple; every use of the box resets the timeline or begins a new timeline. When there are two time travelers, one can never know if he lands in a timeline in his control or the other person's control. For example, if Aaron redoes the party 19 times, then Abe only lives it the 19Th time and all other 18 replays are lost. Abe is not conscious of anything except party number 19. Abe does not have anyway of knowing that Aaron redid the party 19 times. Now if Abe fail safes the next morning and goes back 48 hours, then the Aaron of this timeline is likely to repeat the upcoming party 19 times also. Unless Abe has some way to avoid or alter the events that caused Aaron to redo the party. (Perhaps he could call Rachel or her ex-boyfriend and ask him not to come, etc. Or if he finds out that Aaron repeated the party for whatever reason, go back 48 hours and instruct him how to get the party right the first time. There is also the opposite circumstance. Suppose Aaron found the party to be a bore fest. Then he travels back a day, invites the ex to liven up the party and could go back and replay the party until some major event crops up. Then Abe could be going back to try to undue the effect of the prescient Aaron.
Neu also seems to think that there are 'three' rooms at the storage center with boxes and that Aaron takes 'two' boxes with him. Then he moves the original box into another room 'without unplugging it' and sets up a new box in Abe's room. This will not work logically. First, you can't keep the box running and move it at the same time. (Carruth does not show the boxes plugged in because the storage unit that was used for filming did not have electricity in each unit. We are shown only two rooms on the manifest, not 3.) Neither is there any reason to take 'two' boxes back, nor the room to stuff it all in a box with yourself. However, in the new timeline created, the former Aaron will take a box, fold it up and disappear with it unless he is interfered with somehow. Stealing one doesn't automatically mean having an extra one as theorized by some people. ( like some guy who suggests putting money in the box. You only have twice as much until your double takes off with the original half. Bet the long shot with a perfecta or exacta at the track and you can get 100 to 1 odds. ) One must stop their earlier version from taking the box and disappearing with it in the newly created timeline. I am trying to work on a write-up of Neu's timeline, but it is tedious because I keep adding corrections and notes of errors, which is growing exponentially.
In conclusion, I feel I have demonstrated that this timeline did not come from Carruth. One thing is certain, if Shane had a clear picture of what was really going on without any plot holes; he should have filmed it and sold it as a separate film. At this point, a new commentary won't stimulate enough interest to make it worthwhile. His alleged upcoming book, an possible attempt to usurp the Primer Universe, may prove to be several years too late. True, it may contain pictures that he wouldn't allow to be used in the Universe book without cost. I only hope that he learns that it would be depreciating to produce an autobiography of his own film. Shane might not like the answers being 'thrown around for free' and especially that the book has 'gone rogue' as a free publication. Its being a taboo publication only heightens the curiosity factor. After all, there are a hundred attempts to explain what happened. Only one of them has been discussed by Shane. Only one remains.
