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Mondak · 07-18-2005, 11:49 AM

Well building on the time branch thing, I believe that movies, books, TV or "Actual" Time travel has to subscribe to one of two theories, but you can't have elements of both - they are contradictory.

Lets say that you just invested a time machine 5 minutes ago and you go on your first trip. You go to visit yourself when you were 2 years old and kill your 2 year old self. One of two things happen:

You immediatly die (making a pretty tough to explain loop)

or

You return to your original time and no one knows who you are.

The second one seems to be the thing that happens in Terminator the most, but like most time travel things, they tend to cheat. Like when Marty had the picture of his family in his pocket and it would change. If the picture that he had with him in the past would be capable of changing, then so would his very memories.

Always interesting to talk about, but unfortunitly the movies think they are more interesting if they cheat on their own premises.

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Mondak Industrialist Location: Southern California	Well building on the time branch thing, I believe that movies, books, TV or "Actual" Time travel has to subscribe to one of two theories, but you can't have elements of both - they are contradictory. Lets say that you just invested a time machine 5 minutes ago and you go on your first trip. You go to visit yourself when you were 2 years old and kill your 2 year old self. One of two things happen: You immediatly die (making a pretty tough to explain loop) or You return to your original time and no one knows who you are. The second one seems to be the thing that happens in Terminator the most, but like most time travel things, they tend to cheat. Like when Marty had the picture of his family in his pocket and it would change. If the picture that he had with him in the past would be capable of changing, then so would his very memories. Always interesting to talk about, but unfortunitly the movies think they are more interesting if they cheat on their own premises. __________________ All truth passes through three stages: First it is ridiculed Second, it is violently opposed and Third, it is accepted as self-evident. ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER (1788-1860)