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Korthal
May 26, 2011

Lava destroys all evidence, plus it doesn't need to be paid in a coat of loving silver bars.

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Dubious
Mar 7, 2006

The Heroes the Vikings Deserve
Lipstick Apathy
because nobody wants to gently caress dinosaurs OP, so nobody would watch it

Not_Rainbow_Horse
Nov 11, 2013

Dubious posted:

because nobody wants to gently caress dinosaurs OP, so nobody would watch it

there were no dinosaurs in 4,000,000,000 bc dude.

other than that i never saw looper and i don't understand why this is a thread.

The Protagonist
Jun 29, 2009

The average is 5.5? I thought it was 4. This is very unsettling.
how about deep space or the heart of a star for that matter idiot op all time travel is also space travel what we call the solar:airquote:system:airquote: is just an impending inevitable catastrophe spiraling through space which only continues to exist by virtue of there being enough void with which to plummet into hth

Korthal
May 26, 2011

The Protagonist posted:

how about deep space or the heart of a star for that matter idiot op all time travel is also space travel what we call the solar:airquote:system:airquote: is just an impending inevitable catastrophe spiraling through space which only continues to exist by virtue of there being enough void with which to plummet into hth

Because you can only move people through time, not space, duh.

The Protagonist
Jun 29, 2009

The average is 5.5? I thought it was 4. This is very unsettling.

Korthal posted:

Because you can only move people through time, not space, duh.

i hate you so much right now

Korthal
May 26, 2011

The Protagonist posted:

i hate you so much right now



Looper takes place in an alternate universe where space does not change

The Protagonist
Jun 29, 2009

The average is 5.5? I thought it was 4. This is very unsettling.

Korthal posted:

Looper takes place in an alternate universe where space does not change

oh


okay then

nonazis
Oct 13, 2014

The ants. They're everywhere, man. Big fuckers.

The Protagonist posted:

i hate you so much right now



Dude, we talked about this, America is the center of the universe.

DonJNavarro
Aug 16, 2000
I am so smart!....S-M-R-T!

:dukedog:

Korthal posted:

Looper takes place in an alternate universe where space does not change

the same universe as Prometheus. where movies are lovely with giant plot holes

Not_Rainbow_Horse
Nov 11, 2013

nonazis posted:

Dude, we talked about this, America is the center of the universe.

:patriot:

A Wizard of Goatse
Dec 14, 2014

The Protagonist posted:

i hate you so much right now



position is relative not absolute duh, the earth is just as good a frame of reference as any other

The Protagonist
Jun 29, 2009

The average is 5.5? I thought it was 4. This is very unsettling.

A Wizard of Goatse posted:

position is relative not absolute duh, the earth is just as good a frame of reference as any other

tell that to andromeda :chord:

e; also to anybody calibrating a time machine to the position of earth relative to you in time

bonvivant
Oct 1, 2014

I may be racist, transphobic, an antisemite and a misogynist, but I project like an angel ;)

The Protagonist posted:

i hate you so much right now



thanks I'm really high

Volcott
Mar 30, 2010

People paying American dollars to let other people know they didn't agree with someone's position on something is the lifeblood of these forums.

bonvivant posted:

thanks I'm really high

Same.

nonazis
Oct 13, 2014

The ants. They're everywhere, man. Big fuckers.
furilla manilla. I as well

VendaGoat
Nov 1, 2005
wasn't there some poo poo about how, you could only send assholes back to when the loving dues ex machina was created?

I mean, what stupid loving arbitrary bullshit, eh op?

Not_Rainbow_Horse
Nov 11, 2013
i really wish i had seen looper because this thread is my kind of poo poo

BIG BIC SQUAD
Jan 24, 2015

Korthal posted:

Looper takes place in an alternate universe where space does not change

I've never seen the movie and I'm very confused by this statement. Are people unable to move around? How does space not change

Not_Rainbow_Horse
Nov 11, 2013

BIG BIC SQUAD posted:

I've never seen the movie and I'm very confused by this statement. Are people unable to move around? How does space not change

having never seen the film myself, i'm guessing it's like The Time Machine.

Internetjack
Sep 15, 2007

oh god how did this get here i am not good with computers
Top Cop
Just finished that movie about 30 minutes ago.

Good question, but its right in there with "why even send loopers back to themselves?" and the other several dozen glaring holes.

Ok flick if you're fine with suspending your disbelief. I thought the end was decently well developed.

Dejan Bimble
Mar 24, 2008

we're all black friends
Plaster Town Cop
Probably because their time machine is really lovely and it can only go so far. Or maybe because the energy signature of sending something really far back is detectable by the gov.

Locker Room Zubaz
Aug 8, 2006

:horse:
~*~THE SECRET OF THE MAGICAL CRYSTALS IS THAT I'M FUCKING TERRIBLE~*~

:horse:
i always assumed closing a loop was just one of the many illegal tasks you did and the benefit of doing it was you get a ton of gold bars when you have to kill yourself so you are rich now and you will die a violent death later in life but you are in organized crime so that was likely anyway. Seems like a pretty good deal to be rich for like 30 years

Internetjack
Sep 15, 2007

oh god how did this get here i am not good with computers
Top Cop
Good point, it looked like Bruce Willis crawled into some kind of broken down industrial oven that was on the fritz.

The Protagonist
Jun 29, 2009

The average is 5.5? I thought it was 4. This is very unsettling.

Dejan Bimble posted:

Probably because their time machine is really lovely and it can only go so far. Or maybe because the energy signature of sending something really far back is detectable by the gov.

Don't. Just... don't try to finagle a pass for this movie. It's fun and dumb and they have a whole scene focused on not even attempting to talk about paradoxes.

Locker Room Zubaz
Aug 8, 2006

:horse:
~*~THE SECRET OF THE MAGICAL CRYSTALS IS THAT I'M FUCKING TERRIBLE~*~

:horse:
If there isn't the incentive of gold bars upon closing your own loop then you wouldn't want to be a criminal

Dejan Bimble
Mar 24, 2008

we're all black friends
Plaster Town Cop

The Protagonist posted:

Don't. Just... don't try to finagle a pass for this movie. It's fun and dumb and they have a whole scene focused on not even attempting to talk about paradoxes.

Hahah you're probably right. But the mafia time machine did look really lovely. Like a bootleg setup. So its sort of reasonable to expect it's not so good.

Improbable Lobster
Jan 6, 2012

What is the Matrix 🌐? We just don't know 😎.


Buglord
The future mafia in Looper are a bunch of dumb children OP and are continously portrayed as incredibly incompotent

The Protagonist
Jun 29, 2009

The average is 5.5? I thought it was 4. This is very unsettling.

Dejan Bimble posted:

Hahah you're probably right. But the mafia time machine did look really lovely. Like a bootleg setup. So its sort of reasonable to expect it's not so good.

It reminded me of the time machine from the Denzel/Fat Val Kilmer movie with timetravel the name of which I can't recall just this second but it was almost exactly identical

Hollywood's concept of a timemachine: probably something like a washing machine with copper mesh n' stuff

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme

Korthal posted:

Looper takes place in an alternate universe where space does not change

are you telling me that to travel back in time means to basically leave the solar system because the solar system would be somewhere else 100 years ago


woah!

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...
the moral of Looper is "nothing you do matters kill you are self"

BIG BIC SQUAD
Jan 24, 2015

The Protagonist posted:

Hollywood's concept of a timemachine: probably something like a washing machine with copper mesh n' stuff

To be fair there isn't exactly anything for them to go off of

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme

Alan Smithee posted:

the moral of Looper is "nothing you do matters kill you are self"

somethingawful bf
Jun 17, 2005
becuase our solar system was closer to the black hole in the center of our galaxy and time travelled slower back then, idiot

Korthal
May 26, 2011

Alan Smithee posted:

the moral of Looper is "nothing you do matters kill you are self"

Al Nipper
May 7, 2008

by XyloJW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1IKioDLEh8

Ruddha
Jan 21, 2006

when you realize how cool and retarded everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky
time is gay

Dejan Bimble
Mar 24, 2008

we're all black friends
Plaster Town Cop
So does the kid become the rainmaker or not

numberoneposter
Feb 19, 2014

How much do I cum? The answer might surprise you!

Dejan Bimble posted:

So does the kid become the rainmaker or not
obviously

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Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme
timecop heheh

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