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Time travel plots in media/tv/books never make sense

I think it’s impossible to introduce time travel into any na...
slap-happy house
  07/18/18
the one in primer makes sense, though at the cost of being i...
Floppy hot toaster friendly grandma
  07/18/18
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Gaped bateful messiness affirmative action
  07/18/18
Haven’t seen it
slap-happy house
  07/18/18
you have to watch it like 3x at least to wrap your head arou...
Gaped bateful messiness affirmative action
  07/18/18
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u230/ppcccaps/1000px-Time...
Floppy hot toaster friendly grandma
  07/18/18
(Biff Tannen)
Walnut internet-worthy elastic band
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translucent travel guidebook
  07/18/18
Time travel is as stupid a narrative device as the dream seq...
very tactful copper useless brakes menage
  07/18/18
There’s nothing wrong with the dream sequence. Unless you me...
slap-happy house
  07/18/18
If dream sequences were accurate, then nothing would make se...
very tactful copper useless brakes menage
  07/18/18
my dreams frequently make sense
Gaped bateful messiness affirmative action
  07/18/18
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razzmatazz shimmering library
  07/18/18
Good for you, Joseph of the many colored coat. Most of my...
very tactful copper useless brakes menage
  07/18/18
Those first two may be "unrealistic," but they mak...
Gaped bateful messiness affirmative action
  07/18/18
No they don't. How could I forget that I was enrolled in a c...
very tactful copper useless brakes menage
  07/18/18
That’s totally plausible
Bisexual exciting school cafeteria internal respiration
  07/19/18
Holy shit, I have these same exact nightmares
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Trip candlestick maker field
  07/19/18
Now I know what you’re saying. Yes, the “dreams” that are ju...
slap-happy house
  07/18/18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DA6ZP96OdI
carnelian nofapping hell
  07/18/18
it never makes sense if you assume that someone is going to ...
Coiffed Crystalline Dysfunction Parlour
  07/18/18
bill & ted is actually pretty rigorous with its time tra...
crimson keepsake machete new version
  07/18/18
Remind me again why Wyld Stalyans wasn't going to form in th...
very tactful copper useless brakes menage
  07/18/18
I love time travel stuff. Just saw Predestination. Reminded ...
twinkling indecent site sound barrier
  07/19/18
Terence McKenna said that the mushroom told him its only pos...
Aphrodisiac mad cow disease space
  07/19/18
ITT: buttheads
Crusty Amethyst Station Mediation
  07/19/18
Oh, you time travel?
titillating pearly market sweet tailpipe
  07/19/18
Stein's;gate did it pretty well. Terminator (the first one) ...
Histrionic Ruby Main People
  07/19/18


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Date: July 18th, 2018 9:05 PM
Author: slap-happy house

I think it’s impossible to introduce time travel into any narrative without some glaring fatal flaw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029730&forum_id=2#36455765)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 9:06 PM
Author: Floppy hot toaster friendly grandma

the one in primer makes sense, though at the cost of being incredibly confusing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029730&forum_id=2#36455770)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 9:06 PM
Author: Gaped bateful messiness affirmative action



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029730&forum_id=2#36455772)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 9:06 PM
Author: slap-happy house

Haven’t seen it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029730&forum_id=2#36455778)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 9:08 PM
Author: Gaped bateful messiness affirmative action

you have to watch it like 3x at least to wrap your head around it

also need to look up theories/explanations online after the first time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029730&forum_id=2#36455790)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 9:28 PM
Author: Floppy hot toaster friendly grandma

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u230/ppcccaps/1000px-Time_Travel_Method-2svg.png

http://i.imgur.com/VACTBSE.jpg

spoilers, i guess, though it's difficult to "spoil" in any meaningful sense.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029730&forum_id=2#36455978)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 9:08 PM
Author: Walnut internet-worthy elastic band

(Biff Tannen)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029730&forum_id=2#36455785)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 9:37 PM
Author: translucent travel guidebook



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029730&forum_id=2#36456045)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 9:08 PM
Author: very tactful copper useless brakes menage

Time travel is as stupid a narrative device as the dream sequence.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029730&forum_id=2#36455791)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 9:10 PM
Author: slap-happy house

There’s nothing wrong with the dream sequence. Unless you mean the “it was all just a dream” and protagonist wakes up in a cold sweat thing, that’s just cliche.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029730&forum_id=2#36455804)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 9:13 PM
Author: very tactful copper useless brakes menage

If dream sequences were accurate, then nothing would make sense. There have been depictions of surrealistic dreams, but usually it's just a way to depict an alternate timeline that is undreamlike in its consistency and realism.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029730&forum_id=2#36455837)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 9:16 PM
Author: Gaped bateful messiness affirmative action

my dreams frequently make sense

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029730&forum_id=2#36455855)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 9:22 PM
Author: razzmatazz shimmering library



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029730&forum_id=2#36455920)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 9:35 PM
Author: very tactful copper useless brakes menage

Good for you, Joseph of the many colored coat.

Most of my dreams consist of unrealistic stuff like forgetting I had signed up for a class I never went to, so I fail it and can't graduate. Or walking into class and it's the final exam which I haven't prepared for. Or being chased by a monster with a countdown to survival except my legs won't move, etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029730&forum_id=2#36456026)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 9:37 PM
Author: Gaped bateful messiness affirmative action

Those first two may be "unrealistic," but they make sense. They're not really surreal

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029730&forum_id=2#36456039)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 9:39 PM
Author: very tactful copper useless brakes menage

No they don't. How could I forget that I was enrolled in a class in my final term? That's only plausible in dream logic.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029730&forum_id=2#36456067)



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Date: July 19th, 2018 3:19 AM
Author: Bisexual exciting school cafeteria internal respiration

That’s totally plausible

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029730&forum_id=2#36457597)



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Date: July 19th, 2018 2:02 AM
Author: azure factory reset button selfie

Holy shit, I have these same exact nightmares

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029730&forum_id=2#36457437)



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Date: July 19th, 2018 1:12 AM
Author: Trip candlestick maker field



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029730&forum_id=2#36457291)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 9:17 PM
Author: slap-happy house

Now I know what you’re saying. Yes, the “dreams” that are just alternate timelines within the same cohesive reality of the waking world are stupid. But when they are depicted with dream logic or if the entire film is like one big dream (like most Lynch movies) that is cool.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029730&forum_id=2#36455864)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 9:09 PM
Author: carnelian nofapping hell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DA6ZP96OdI

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029730&forum_id=2#36455795)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 9:09 PM
Author: Coiffed Crystalline Dysfunction Parlour

it never makes sense if you assume that someone is going to the past in order to change it to make things better for people who remain in the future

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029730&forum_id=2#36455796)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 9:36 PM
Author: crimson keepsake machete new version

bill & ted is actually pretty rigorous with its time travel concept, of all the movies to try it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029730&forum_id=2#36456032)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 9:38 PM
Author: very tactful copper useless brakes menage

Remind me again why Wyld Stalyans wasn't going to form in the past, and how this is different from John Connor's conception?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029730&forum_id=2#36456055)



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Date: July 19th, 2018 1:42 AM
Author: twinkling indecent site sound barrier

I love time travel stuff. Just saw Predestination. Reminded me of the End of Eternity story.

And other recommendations?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029730&forum_id=2#36457374)



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Date: July 19th, 2018 1:58 AM
Author: Aphrodisiac mad cow disease space

Terence McKenna said that the mushroom told him its only possible to go backward in time to the point of the time machine being invented

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029730&forum_id=2#36457421)



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Date: July 19th, 2018 2:00 AM
Author: Crusty Amethyst Station Mediation

ITT: buttheads

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029730&forum_id=2#36457427)



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Date: July 19th, 2018 3:28 AM
Author: titillating pearly market sweet tailpipe

Oh, you time travel?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029730&forum_id=2#36457608)



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Date: July 19th, 2018 3:33 AM
Author: Histrionic Ruby Main People

Stein's;gate did it pretty well. Terminator (the first one) was alright just because nobody overlapped with their prior selves.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029730&forum_id=2#36457620)