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MIT My ass - Dumbass kids

posted 9 years ago by SleevedBiker
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No way in hell is this kid getting into MIT... They send 1 object into the past and it gets stuck in a wall. So what do these dumb *beep* do next... send themselves. Then the first thing they do is visit themselves. Figured this movie would be idiotic. But, damn did it surpass my expectations. What moron wrote this garbage. Then he travels back to where he was originally and now his other entity does't exist anymore in that point in time. Then he doesn't understand the butterfly effect. Yeah MIT for the mentally challenged maybe. You would think if this kid got into MIT, then he would be able to comprehend the affects of every little thing you change. Some people just shouldn't write stories about time travel.

This story would have made a lot more sense if these were just random, stupid kids that found a time machine and just started jumping through time.

[–] TheBeardedWonder 9 years ago

Unfortunately I thought the same thing. For someone who just got into a school like MIT, he sure is not very logical. It would have made more sense for random dummies to find it and use it. if they were too smart they'd say 'let's not mess with it' and there'd be no movie. Despite the stupidity of the characters it wasn't the worst movie in the world. Time travel movies are a guilty pleasure of mine though, so maybe i'm not the right person to ask.

It was a not so intelligent version of 'primer' geared towards teens, but like I said i've seen worse...

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[–] SleevedBiker 9 years ago

"Time Machine" is still my favorite. I just can't get over him going back in time again to kiss her and all of a sudden his original entity is no longer there. He should have ran into himself. When the scene first played, I thought the frisbee was him causing a distraction to get her away from him in order to do something with her. However, in this world, you just don't exist in the same place you were previously at.

[–] bosoxfan_131 9 years ago

Here's the thing, it all makes sense... Jesse pointed out he already proved to send himself back, it was always going to work because if it didn't he wouldn't have been able to be in the video at his birthday party.

[–] SleevedBiker 9 years ago

It was always going to work. But, it can't work. It's sloppy writing with no consultants.

[–] jasonpatrickphipps 9 years ago

It's always amusing to read dissertations on on time travel this and time travel that... When it isn't reality GOOFBALL! It's a movie, and was relatively entertaining with sexy twenty somethings playing late teenagers. Let me guess, you ruined Star Trek II because there was no way they could create a planet or the space ship didn't blow up to your liking... Get a effing grip dork, and this is coming from a dork...

[–] SleevedBiker 9 years ago

Right... so if you came across a time machine and tested it and the first object ended up in a wall... You would then continue to use it? You would have to be an imbecile to do so.

[–] lord_bile-1 9 years ago

The car they sent back didn't have the time location/coordinates device with it. So it didn't appear in the right spot. Every time they used the machine for themselves, they had the machine with them. Without the device to aim their landing, anything sent back wouldn't go correctly. Hence the reason the car went back 2 hours and ended up in a wall. Watch the movie again and pay attention.