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A site analyzing Temporal Anomalies in Time Travel Movies:Time travel has been a staple in Science Fiction since H.G. Wells. Unfortunately, much of what passes for intelligence in this area is poorly considered.
For example, it is not possible to return to the past without changing the past in some way; nor is it possible to change the future based on information from the future. Doctor Who realized early on that changes to history were hazardous, and avoided them assiduously. Movies built on a time travel theme frequently become dissatisfying when the thread of time is closely examined.
[via Jason "McFly" Kottke]
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The Star Trek episode "City on the Edge of Forever" pretty much nails the problem of time travel. Dr. McCoy gets thrown into the past through the Guardian of Forever; once he recovers from his drug-induced paranoid delusion ("MURDERERS! ASSASSINS!"), he uses his 23rd century knowledge of past events to change the 20th century - inadvertantly setting up a deviation of the timeline wherein the 23rd century as McCoy knew it never comes to be.
Or, in short...the only way time travel works is when Joan Collins dies.
Comment by M-D on June 16, 2007 at 12:38 AM
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