I didn't think I'd last this long! Go me. Anyway, so I went to see Back to the Future on the weekend, they were playing it for the 25th anniversary. I really love this movie, I love the idea of time travel even though it sort of doesn't make any possible sense. I can understand in Part 2, where he goes to the future and old Biff steals the almanac and then time branches into an alternate universe, that part (or at least how Doc Brown explains it) makes sense. I guess the part that I don't get, is the Marty already living IN that alternate universe (who then becomes the Marty we know who KNOWS it's and alternate universe) obviously lived life IN that alternate universe and has memories and stuff from that life. When the Marty we know wakes up in that alternate universe, wouldn't he be missing all those memories? Wouldn't there be things that he has to do or people he knew that he wouldn't know about? I was thinking that when I watched Hot Tub Time Machine. At the end, (if you haven't seen it, don't read for the next little bit...unless you don't care about what happens because it's just a comedy and not some earth-shattering revelation) when the guy stays back in the 80's and then becomes a rich bastard, he got to live essentially 2 lives...one as a shitty loser, and then goes back to being a teen and lives an awesome life (that would probably be the coolest thing ever, now that I think about it). That's fine..BUT, all his friends who just visited the 1980's and then went BACK to present day only to find that their lives were completely different than how they left (like, John Cusack is MARRIED to that girl from the 80's)...would that mean that John Cusack would have no recollection of his wedding day? or know what job he has? What if in the alternate new universe he went to law school and now he was this big shot lawyer..would he just KNOW what to do? Or would he be fucked and have to pretend until he got his act together? These things bother the fuck out of me.
There's other stuff about time travel that is confusing. Take the Terminator movies for example...the story is, John Connor in the future after judgment day sends Kyle Reese back in time to protect his mother from the T-800 (who got sent back in time to kill her) so that he can be born (to later on lead the resistance, which is why the machines don't want him even conceived). Kyle succeeds, but also we find out that he is actually John Connor's dad. So ...um I'm sorry, WHAT? If you don't think about it, it makes sense...but the second I start to try to figure it all out it's like my mind is turned inside out. Ok. If we think about this in BTTF science, Sarah Connor would have had to give birth in 1984 no matter what to get the ball rolling. Then shit happens and judgment day comes (which Sarah1 wouldn't have known about since Kyle Reese wasn't even born yet to be sent back) and somehow through the course of time John becomes the leader of the resistance. He then meets Kyle and tells him all about his mom and stuff, so when the machines send the T-800 back in time to prevent John from being born so that their plans don't keep getting shat on, John sends back Kyle to ensure he'll still be born so that he can lead the resistance. Then Kyle goes back...and bangs Sarah Connor and conceives John...DOES NOT COMPUTE!!! Where did John1 come from then? It only makes sense if Sarah banged someone else and Kyle isn't the dad. Then Kyle is just a protector from the future that has nothing to do with the existence of John. When I was watching Terminator Salvation is when this all unraveled for me. Terminator 2 is still my favorite movie of all time, even if it's illogical. Here is a great article called "5 Reasons The Terminator Franchise Makes No Goddamn Sense". It's a fun read and explains my gobble-dee gook above...lol
My last thought about time travel stems from the movie Idiocracy. In this movie, Luke Wilson and Maya Rudolf are supposed to be frozen in a military experiment for 1 year, but some bad shit happens and it winds up being 500 years instead. So they wake up in 2505 and shits gone to hell...Luke Wilson keeps thinking though that after all this time, SOMEONE must have invented a time machine by now...but then it's like, wouldn't we KNOW? Wouldn't someone have come back already to now and been like "Hey, I'm from the future"? Maybe they have come back but maybe not this far yet..? Maybe someone's come back and we just haven't believed them. WHO KNOWS. All I know is that while time travel is interesting, it's also creepy and makes my brain hurt to think about. Enjoy this clip from Idiocracy (and if you haven't seen it, it's worth a watch. 5+ laughs).
There's other stuff about time travel that is confusing. Take the Terminator movies for example...the story is, John Connor in the future after judgment day sends Kyle Reese back in time to protect his mother from the T-800 (who got sent back in time to kill her) so that he can be born (to later on lead the resistance, which is why the machines don't want him even conceived). Kyle succeeds, but also we find out that he is actually John Connor's dad. So ...um I'm sorry, WHAT? If you don't think about it, it makes sense...but the second I start to try to figure it all out it's like my mind is turned inside out. Ok. If we think about this in BTTF science, Sarah Connor would have had to give birth in 1984 no matter what to get the ball rolling. Then shit happens and judgment day comes (which Sarah1 wouldn't have known about since Kyle Reese wasn't even born yet to be sent back) and somehow through the course of time John becomes the leader of the resistance. He then meets Kyle and tells him all about his mom and stuff, so when the machines send the T-800 back in time to prevent John from being born so that their plans don't keep getting shat on, John sends back Kyle to ensure he'll still be born so that he can lead the resistance. Then Kyle goes back...and bangs Sarah Connor and conceives John...DOES NOT COMPUTE!!! Where did John1 come from then? It only makes sense if Sarah banged someone else and Kyle isn't the dad. Then Kyle is just a protector from the future that has nothing to do with the existence of John. When I was watching Terminator Salvation is when this all unraveled for me. Terminator 2 is still my favorite movie of all time, even if it's illogical. Here is a great article called "5 Reasons The Terminator Franchise Makes No Goddamn Sense". It's a fun read and explains my gobble-dee gook above...lolMy last thought about time travel stems from the movie Idiocracy. In this movie, Luke Wilson and Maya Rudolf are supposed to be frozen in a military experiment for 1 year, but some bad shit happens and it winds up being 500 years instead. So they wake up in 2505 and shits gone to hell...Luke Wilson keeps thinking though that after all this time, SOMEONE must have invented a time machine by now...but then it's like, wouldn't we KNOW? Wouldn't someone have come back already to now and been like "Hey, I'm from the future"? Maybe they have come back but maybe not this far yet..? Maybe someone's come back and we just haven't believed them. WHO KNOWS. All I know is that while time travel is interesting, it's also creepy and makes my brain hurt to think about. Enjoy this clip from Idiocracy (and if you haven't seen it, it's worth a watch. 5+ laughs).
Sorry for the shittiness of this youtube, it was the only one that shows the absolute horror when he realizes everyone he knows is DEAD. CREEPY.
Edward Furlong is a babe.
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