lobut@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 years agoAre movies where the time loops over and over considered time travel movies?message-squaremessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down15
arrow-up165arrow-down1message-squareAre movies where the time loops over and over considered time travel movies?lobut@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square39linkfedilink
minus-squarenutbutter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down3·2 years agoEdge of Tomorrow. Plot - Earth is invaded by aliens. Tom Cruise gets a power where if he dies, the day starts over. So, he keeps pushing forward in the warzone, and if he dies, he knows how he’ll get attacked and adapts to it.
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoMy wife relented on her “no Tom Cruise movies” stance because he dies 200+ times in it.
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoImagine if you could retcon all his movies to do that 🤣
minus-squareskulblaka@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years ago“No, we have Sean Bean at home.” Sean Bean at home:
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoI only have this one upvote, but it is yours.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoYes. Except for the last 1/4.
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 years agoIt’s essentially a single player shooter game from the perspective of the player character
minus-squareSolOrion@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·2 years agoI’m confused, do you think this is a request for time loop movies?
minus-squarenutbutter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoYes? Edit - Oh, sorry, I completely mis-read it. OP just means to ask if they are called time travel films or not.
Edge of Tomorrow.
Plot - Earth is invaded by aliens. Tom Cruise gets a power where if he dies, the day starts over. So, he keeps pushing forward in the warzone, and if he dies, he knows how he’ll get attacked and adapts to it.
It’s a pretty decent movie too.
My wife relented on her “no Tom Cruise movies” stance because he dies 200+ times in it.
Imagine if you could retcon all his movies to do that 🤣
“No, we have Sean Bean at home.”
Sean Bean at home:
I only have this one upvote, but it is yours.
Yes. Except for the last 1/4.
It’s essentially a single player shooter game from the perspective of the player character
I’m confused, do you think this is a request for time loop movies?
Yes?
Edit - Oh, sorry, I completely mis-read it. OP just means to ask if they are called time travel films or not.