lobut@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoAre movies where the time loops over and over considered time travel movies?message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squarenutbutter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down3·1 year 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-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 year agoIt’s essentially a single player shooter game from the perspective of the player character
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoMy wife relented on her “no Tom Cruise movies” stance because he dies 200+ times in it.
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoImagine if you could retcon all his movies to do that 🤣
minus-squareskulblaka@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year ago“No, we have Sean Bean at home.” Sean Bean at home:
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI only have this one upvote, but it is yours.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYes. Except for the last 1/4.
minus-squareSolOrion@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·1 year agoI’m confused, do you think this is a request for time loop movies?
minus-squarenutbutter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year 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 essentially a single player shooter game from the perspective of the player character
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.
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.