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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...
Orchid mind-boggling box office
  07/18/18
the one in primer makes sense, though at the cost of being i...
cream mexican
  07/18/18
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dun aphrodisiac whorehouse
  07/18/18
Haven’t seen it
Orchid mind-boggling box office
  07/18/18
you have to watch it like 3x at least to wrap your head arou...
dun aphrodisiac whorehouse
  07/18/18
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u230/ppcccaps/1000px-Time...
cream mexican
  07/18/18
(Biff Tannen)
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  07/18/18
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Diverse grizzly dopamine puppy
  07/18/18
Time travel is as stupid a narrative device as the dream seq...
adventurous hospital sex offender
  07/18/18
There’s nothing wrong with the dream sequence. Unless you me...
Orchid mind-boggling box office
  07/18/18
If dream sequences were accurate, then nothing would make se...
adventurous hospital sex offender
  07/18/18
my dreams frequently make sense
dun aphrodisiac whorehouse
  07/18/18
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Black multi-billionaire
  07/18/18
Good for you, Joseph of the many colored coat. Most of my...
adventurous hospital sex offender
  07/18/18
Those first two may be "unrealistic," but they mak...
dun aphrodisiac whorehouse
  07/18/18
No they don't. How could I forget that I was enrolled in a c...
adventurous hospital sex offender
  07/18/18
That’s totally plausible
Copper locale
  07/19/18
Holy shit, I have these same exact nightmares
Elite hominid
  07/19/18
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Impertinent mediation
  07/19/18
Now I know what you’re saying. Yes, the “dreams” that are ju...
Orchid mind-boggling box office
  07/18/18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DA6ZP96OdI
at-the-ready hilarious dragon international law enforcement agency
  07/18/18
it never makes sense if you assume that someone is going to ...
Magical heaven
  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...
adventurous hospital sex offender
  07/18/18
I love time travel stuff. Just saw Predestination. Reminded ...
flesh gas station
  07/19/18
Terence McKenna said that the mushroom told him its only pos...
electric rigpig
  07/19/18
ITT: buttheads
nighttime orchestra pit community account
  07/19/18
Oh, you time travel?
charismatic resort newt
  07/19/18
Stein's;gate did it pretty well. Terminator (the first one) ...
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  07/19/18


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Date: July 18th, 2018 9:05 PM
Author: Orchid mind-boggling box office

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: cream mexican

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: dun aphrodisiac whorehouse



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Date: July 18th, 2018 9:06 PM
Author: Orchid mind-boggling box office

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: dun aphrodisiac whorehouse

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: cream mexican

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: razzmatazz mildly autistic party of the first part sanctuary

(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: Diverse grizzly dopamine puppy



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Date: July 18th, 2018 9:08 PM
Author: adventurous hospital sex offender

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: Orchid mind-boggling box office

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: adventurous hospital sex offender

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: dun aphrodisiac whorehouse

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: Black multi-billionaire



(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: adventurous hospital sex offender

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: dun aphrodisiac whorehouse

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: adventurous hospital sex offender

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: Copper locale

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: Elite hominid

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: Impertinent mediation



(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: Orchid mind-boggling box office

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: at-the-ready hilarious dragon international law enforcement agency

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: Magical heaven

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: Fiercely-loyal cerise background story tanning salon

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: adventurous hospital sex offender

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: flesh gas station

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: electric rigpig

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: nighttime orchestra pit community account

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: charismatic resort newt

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: Big-titted School Cafeteria Gay Wizard

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)