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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...
plum fat ankles
  07/18/18
the one in primer makes sense, though at the cost of being i...
dark hissy fit
  07/18/18
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Razzmatazz apoplectic hall famous landscape painting
  07/18/18
Haven’t seen it
plum fat ankles
  07/18/18
you have to watch it like 3x at least to wrap your head arou...
Razzmatazz apoplectic hall famous landscape painting
  07/18/18
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u230/ppcccaps/1000px-Time...
dark hissy fit
  07/18/18
(Biff Tannen)
Contagious Potus Rehab
  07/18/18
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excitant chocolate location kitty
  07/18/18
Time travel is as stupid a narrative device as the dream seq...
big space
  07/18/18
There’s nothing wrong with the dream sequence. Unless you me...
plum fat ankles
  07/18/18
If dream sequences were accurate, then nothing would make se...
big space
  07/18/18
my dreams frequently make sense
Razzmatazz apoplectic hall famous landscape painting
  07/18/18
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walnut razzle shitlib
  07/18/18
Good for you, Joseph of the many colored coat. Most of my...
big space
  07/18/18
Those first two may be "unrealistic," but they mak...
Razzmatazz apoplectic hall famous landscape painting
  07/18/18
No they don't. How could I forget that I was enrolled in a c...
big space
  07/18/18
That’s totally plausible
Navy mildly autistic indian lodge masturbator
  07/19/18
Holy shit, I have these same exact nightmares
snowy water buffalo partner
  07/19/18
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Blue Heady University
  07/19/18
Now I know what you’re saying. Yes, the “dreams” that are ju...
plum fat ankles
  07/18/18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DA6ZP96OdI
doobsian scourge upon the earth
  07/18/18
it never makes sense if you assume that someone is going to ...
Pearly locale
  07/18/18
bill & ted is actually pretty rigorous with its time tra...
galvanic hospital multi-billionaire
  07/18/18
Remind me again why Wyld Stalyans wasn't going to form in th...
big space
  07/18/18
I love time travel stuff. Just saw Predestination. Reminded ...
Angry Exhilarant Filthpig
  07/19/18
Terence McKenna said that the mushroom told him its only pos...
vivacious orange pozpig
  07/19/18
ITT: buttheads
Filthy Sepia Police Squad Field
  07/19/18
Oh, you time travel?
beady-eyed maniacal ticket booth
  07/19/18
Stein's;gate did it pretty well. Terminator (the first one) ...
Bat-shit-crazy impertinent center
  07/19/18


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Date: July 18th, 2018 9:05 PM
Author: plum fat ankles

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: dark hissy fit

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: Razzmatazz apoplectic hall famous landscape painting



(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: plum fat ankles

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: Razzmatazz apoplectic hall famous landscape painting

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: dark hissy fit

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: Contagious Potus Rehab

(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: excitant chocolate location kitty



(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: big space

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: plum fat ankles

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: big space

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: Razzmatazz apoplectic hall famous landscape painting

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: walnut razzle shitlib



(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: big space

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: Razzmatazz apoplectic hall famous landscape painting

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: big space

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: Navy mildly autistic indian lodge masturbator

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: snowy water buffalo partner

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: Blue Heady University



(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: plum fat ankles

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: doobsian scourge upon the earth

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: Pearly locale

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: galvanic hospital multi-billionaire

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: big space

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: Angry Exhilarant Filthpig

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: vivacious orange pozpig

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: Filthy Sepia Police Squad Field

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: beady-eyed maniacal ticket booth

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: Bat-shit-crazy impertinent center

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)