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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...
Blathering Hunting Ground
  07/18/18
the one in primer makes sense, though at the cost of being i...
Supple Brilliant Home
  07/18/18
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drab blood rage fanboi
  07/18/18
Haven’t seen it
Blathering Hunting Ground
  07/18/18
you have to watch it like 3x at least to wrap your head arou...
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  07/18/18
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u230/ppcccaps/1000px-Time...
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  07/18/18
(Biff Tannen)
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Burgundy Market
  07/18/18
Time travel is as stupid a narrative device as the dream seq...
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  07/18/18
There’s nothing wrong with the dream sequence. Unless you me...
Blathering Hunting Ground
  07/18/18
If dream sequences were accurate, then nothing would make se...
copper fortuitous meteor menage
  07/18/18
my dreams frequently make sense
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  07/18/18
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hideous lascivious dilemma idiot
  07/18/18
Good for you, Joseph of the many colored coat. Most of my...
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  07/18/18
Those first two may be "unrealistic," but they mak...
drab blood rage fanboi
  07/18/18
No they don't. How could I forget that I was enrolled in a c...
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  07/18/18
That’s totally plausible
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  07/19/18
Holy shit, I have these same exact nightmares
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Wild corner
  07/19/18
Now I know what you’re saying. Yes, the “dreams” that are ju...
Blathering Hunting Ground
  07/18/18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DA6ZP96OdI
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  07/18/18
it never makes sense if you assume that someone is going to ...
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  07/18/18
bill & ted is actually pretty rigorous with its time tra...
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  07/18/18
Remind me again why Wyld Stalyans wasn't going to form in th...
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  07/18/18
I love time travel stuff. Just saw Predestination. Reminded ...
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  07/19/18
Terence McKenna said that the mushroom told him its only pos...
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  07/19/18
ITT: buttheads
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  07/19/18
Oh, you time travel?
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Stein's;gate did it pretty well. Terminator (the first one) ...
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Date: July 18th, 2018 9:05 PM
Author: Blathering Hunting Ground

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: Supple Brilliant Home

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: drab blood rage fanboi



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Date: July 18th, 2018 9:06 PM
Author: Blathering Hunting Ground

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: drab blood rage fanboi

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: Supple Brilliant Home

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: shimmering gas station keepsake machete

(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: Burgundy Market



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Date: July 18th, 2018 9:08 PM
Author: copper fortuitous meteor 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: Blathering Hunting Ground

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: copper fortuitous meteor 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: drab blood rage fanboi

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: hideous lascivious dilemma idiot



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Date: July 18th, 2018 9:35 PM
Author: copper fortuitous meteor 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: drab blood rage fanboi

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: copper fortuitous meteor 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: Adventurous erotic roast beef

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: zombie-like native headpube

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: Wild corner



(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: Blathering Hunting Ground

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: sooty casino sound barrier

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: Maize death wish

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: magical zippy temple

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: copper fortuitous meteor 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: twisted fragrant piazza

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: Know-it-all cerebral rigor

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: territorial gold bbw church

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: ebony bisexual organic girlfriend coldplay fan

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: Fishy mewling trailer park brethren

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)