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Is it mandatory to be cloned after going back in time

posted 7 years ago by lajos-szel
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According to the present knowledge of human kind, time travel is not possible, it also raises at the moment a row of unexplainable phenomena so it really does not make any sense to criticize a movie that something isn't consistent or logic. What did you expect when you bought the ticket, Hollywood will give you the answer to mankind's greatest question?

Having said that, I don't see why directors and script writers insist that time travelers going to the past must meet their older self. Most scripts would much easily flow if going backwards would be the opposite of jumping ahead. When you travel to the future you obviously disappear. So when you go back, one should simply "arrive back". Same body but with "memories" from the future. Voila, Doug does not need to die to avoid the awkward situation of their love triangle.

Not to mention the likely event of another operation and there will be more and more Dougs.

[–] dayvit78 7 years ago

In this movie, technically, Doug did not meet himsself. His future self died before the past self came on the scene.

I also don't think there will be another operation. In the second version of the events, the case was solved. They knew who the bomber was, they are able to collect evidence the old fashioned way - from the dead guy on the boat, from eyewitness accounts, etc. So there's no need for the time viewing operation to be assigned to this case, and so Doug won't be introduced to those agents, and therefore no chance to go back in time again, and hence no further loops.

[–] vtastek (1) 7 years ago

I find it a bit convenient when time travel works with minds. Doug dying is also convenient.

Best is embracing the chaotic nature of time travel. Primer did this.

[–] Xcalat3 (3701) 9 months ago

/Best is embracing the chaotic nature of time travel. Primer did this./

I agree they should have kept him alive so that 2 timelines would interact and mess things up (for a possible sequel)

[–] PaladinNJ (20310) a year ago

You mean like in Seven Days where his past self disappears from the timeline when he travels back? In at least one episode, he was concerned about that because he realized every time he made a trip he, in effect, was aging himself one extra week.