Electrode placement is critical to direct electricity through the brain
stem. This is done by properly placing the electrodes which are
referenced across most movies in various and different ways, which we
have to look at in aggregate to paint a clear picture. To help us
complete the first polarity of our circuit we are going to use the
median nerves accessed via both
wrists
hands. The median nerve is shown to us by
Ke$ha
when electricity runs up her arm at 1:07 in the clip, in the movie
John Dies at the End
(2012) and most thoroughly with
Battledogs
(2013), although I think they are referring to a couple nerves now.
Ultimately we should end up with about 25 - 27 electrodes for this nerve
set.
We also take a more common sense approach to this placement. If we need
to get electricity into the brain stem what is the best possible way to
do it? Just follow the nerve(s). As I have described in the description
for Battledogs (2013) it becomes clear, with a little research, that the
brain stem's
Medulla Oblongata
extends to and connects with the upper spine. From the upper spine we see the
Brachial Plexus
nerves branch out which eventually follows through to the wrist via the
median nerve as covered in this clip. In this clip on the median nerve
she says @ 1:38, '
the median nerve does not have any branches in the arm!'.
This is important as electricity applied to the median nerve then has
no place to go but up directly into the brain stem provided we have the
opposite polarity there as covered in the section below. The cross check
for the median nerve being an effective gateway into the brain stem
comes from another place, the Japanese Medical System and a
Dr. Cooper
in the United States. Both have been leveraging the median nerve to
reach the brain stem for decades to revive people from comas and
ironically bring them
back from the dead
using electricity.
This article
from Wired Magazine talks about doing exactly this and even does it at
20mA instead of just 10mA. It's important to read the article before
continuing to help understand that this is not only practical, it has
been done for a long time.
Here
is another overview of the same information.
Dr. Coopers web site
has some videos about the procedure too. Also notice the titles we're working with here - "
Wired" Magazine, and "
Back from the Dead"... because it's all "
part of the plan".
Now this is not enough. First you need to leverage both, so electrodes are placed
on both wrists and thereby median nerve(s), not just one.
And if the lower brain stem, the Medulla Oblongata, is connected to the
upper spine, then it makes sense to also leverage the spine directly
too. So the spine then provides an additional point of entry which helps
distribute this polarity more evenly. It might not be required but for
safety it is recommended. If anything
Expiration
(2011)
shows us this.
So the median nerves and lower spine (actually your entire lower body
now) electrodes all become one polarity. The objective for all
electrodes is to allow the voltage push into the body without real pain,
this can only be done with multiple electrodes as close to the nerves
(with little to no surrounding muscle) as possible. So we caught a break
with the median nerve; it's easily accessible, a heavier nerve, and
being
used in real life
for the exact same purpose making it a simple and straight forward solution for our first polarity.

The second polarity becomes the top of the brain stem. Unfortunately we
have a problem as the top of the brain stem is in a very difficult to
reach part of the body. It's completely protected by our skull and lies
on and behind the
occipital bone
. So how do we reach it? With wires of course. So let's take a closer look at which wires [nerves]
might plug into the brain stem
.
Now it appears there are all kinds of nerves terminating in the brain
stem. It does a lot. But one kind of sticks out; notice right in the
middle of the pons there are two large nerves there extending out called
the
Trigeminal Nerves. Maybe these connect someplace that we can use? Now take a look at the image to the right.
All electrode placements for the head referenced in the movies terminate
within the Trigeminal Nerves. These Trigeminal Nerves then pass into
the
Trigeminal Ganglion
, which in turn is connected to a
single large sensory root
that enters, or is in, the brain stem. This
direct connection
into the
brain stem
is what allows us to complete a circuit in and
through it
.
Note - again review the description for
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X
(2012) to see how the suit both Matt Damon and Johnny X wears is
actually showing this distinction between the nerve sets inversely by
showing us nothing on their face.