How did the young woman end up naked in the original timeline?
Was this ever actually explained in the film? Or was it just left to the viewer's imagination?
shareWas this ever actually explained in the film? Or was it just left to the viewer's imagination?
shareThere is no original timeline, only one timeline like what is shown in the movie.
shareIt's called a causal loop, or the bootstrap paradox.
Why does Hector see her naked? Because, future Hector made her take off her clothes so that past Hector would see her naked. The cause and effect get blended together.
Imagine you're sitting there right now and your future self walks in the room and says, "I'm you from the future. Take this device, it's a time machine. One week from now, you must travel back to this exact time and give this box to yourself with the same instructions I'm giving you now." So you do, closing the loop.
Where did the time machine come from? It has no origin.
It's really cool and fascinating stuff.
Does your mother sew? BOOM! Get her to sew that!
Where did the time machine come from? It has no origin.
Because, future Hector made her take off her clothes so that past Hector would see her naked.
before any Hectors traveled back in time
My question is, in the very first timeline, before any Hectors traveled back in time, did that original Hector see her naked as well?
Paradox. Ruins the movie for me
shareThese paradoxicals are the selling point(s) for all time-travel fiction. And you don't need imagination, just pen and paper:
1. Time-Machine is turned on. (No greater catalyst.)
2. Time-Traveler exits. (Second greatest catalyst.)
3. Time-Traveler's Local Double enters. (Completing the Loop.)
There are only ever two catalyst:
Time-Machine==ON && Future-Traveler(Arrival)==YES.
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Moving foward, there can only ever be two flavors of Time-Travel:
Permeable-Past==YES && Permeable-Past==NO.
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In Timecrimes, there is very little evidence that the past can be changed (# of Spook Attempts && Position of Discarded Battery) and far more evidence that the past cannot be changed. If the past cannot be changed, then Hector 3 always exits the time-machine, followed quickly by Hector 2.
Enjoy these words, for one day they'll be gone... All of them.
I don't know, but I'm SO glad she did!!
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