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I now know why you cry (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (3 children)

The only terminator movies worth watching were made before she was born.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Luckily we have this nifty technology that allows you to watch movies that came out years ago. It's called "time travel".

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (3 children)

The best part about time travel is that if it's ever invented then it already has been.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

The worst part about it always having been is the astronaut shooting you in the head.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Many versions of fictional time travel that allow backwards travel suggest that the travel cannot happen further back than the initial use of the time machine.

Perhaps my favorite example of this (in terms of narrative, if not logic) is a time machine that is turned on, only to immediately receive a note saying "turn it off RIGHT NOW."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

It's also the worst part, every time I think I should invent time travel, I imagine people saying "you invented what? It was always around". No reason to even try.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

That's actually what Terminator is going to be about. There was a recent interview with the director, James Cameron, where he mentioned something about time travel. He didn't want to spoil it before it releases though.

I'm excited to see it in theaters when it comes out!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ever tried to get your kids to watch movies from a few decades ago? They thought star wars was a slog.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

They were not wrong

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Imagine how cool would be if there was a way to see movies after they were released on cinemas.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

There are only two terminator movies worth watching.