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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...
Peach rigpig
  07/18/18
the one in primer makes sense, though at the cost of being i...
Mustard infuriating immigrant set
  07/18/18
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Exciting amethyst hell telephone
  07/18/18
Haven’t seen it
Peach rigpig
  07/18/18
you have to watch it like 3x at least to wrap your head arou...
Exciting amethyst hell telephone
  07/18/18
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u230/ppcccaps/1000px-Time...
Mustard infuriating immigrant set
  07/18/18
(Biff Tannen)
aphrodisiac turquoise heaven
  07/18/18
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Alcoholic passionate public bath
  07/18/18
Time travel is as stupid a narrative device as the dream seq...
Fishy pontificating newt antidepressant drug
  07/18/18
There’s nothing wrong with the dream sequence. Unless you me...
Peach rigpig
  07/18/18
If dream sequences were accurate, then nothing would make se...
Fishy pontificating newt antidepressant drug
  07/18/18
my dreams frequently make sense
Exciting amethyst hell telephone
  07/18/18
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embarrassed to the bone market ladyboy
  07/18/18
Good for you, Joseph of the many colored coat. Most of my...
Fishy pontificating newt antidepressant drug
  07/18/18
Those first two may be "unrealistic," but they mak...
Exciting amethyst hell telephone
  07/18/18
No they don't. How could I forget that I was enrolled in a c...
Fishy pontificating newt antidepressant drug
  07/18/18
That’s totally plausible
Cream Massive Lodge Toaster
  07/19/18
Holy shit, I have these same exact nightmares
ebony theater
  07/19/18
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hideous coral mexican
  07/19/18
Now I know what you’re saying. Yes, the “dreams” that are ju...
Peach rigpig
  07/18/18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DA6ZP96OdI
slate tank hospital
  07/18/18
it never makes sense if you assume that someone is going to ...
underhanded spectacular friendly grandma tanning salon
  07/18/18
bill & ted is actually pretty rigorous with its time tra...
Boyish dopamine business firm
  07/18/18
Remind me again why Wyld Stalyans wasn't going to form in th...
Fishy pontificating newt antidepressant drug
  07/18/18
I love time travel stuff. Just saw Predestination. Reminded ...
Snowy principal's office messiness
  07/19/18
Terence McKenna said that the mushroom told him its only pos...
Curious Trump Supporter
  07/19/18
ITT: buttheads
Charismatic Irate Corn Cake Love Of Her Life
  07/19/18
Oh, you time travel?
Fear-inspiring Elastic Band Shitlib
  07/19/18
Stein's;gate did it pretty well. Terminator (the first one) ...
primrose stead
  07/19/18


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Date: July 18th, 2018 9:05 PM
Author: Peach rigpig

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: Mustard infuriating immigrant set

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: Exciting amethyst hell telephone



(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: Peach rigpig

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: Exciting amethyst hell telephone

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: Mustard infuriating immigrant set

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: aphrodisiac turquoise heaven

(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: Alcoholic passionate public bath



(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: Fishy pontificating newt antidepressant drug

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: Peach rigpig

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: Fishy pontificating newt antidepressant drug

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: Exciting amethyst hell telephone

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: embarrassed to the bone market ladyboy



(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: Fishy pontificating newt antidepressant drug

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: Exciting amethyst hell telephone

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: Fishy pontificating newt antidepressant drug

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: Cream Massive Lodge Toaster

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: ebony theater

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: hideous coral mexican



(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: Peach rigpig

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: slate tank hospital

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: underhanded spectacular friendly grandma tanning salon

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: Boyish dopamine business firm

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: Fishy pontificating newt antidepressant drug

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: Snowy principal's office messiness

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: Curious Trump Supporter

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: Charismatic Irate Corn Cake Love Of Her Life

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: Fear-inspiring Elastic Band Shitlib

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: primrose stead

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)