lobut@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agoAre movies where the time loops over and over considered time travel movies?message-squaremessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down13
arrow-up153arrow-down1message-squareAre movies where the time loops over and over considered time travel movies?lobut@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squarenutbutter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down3·1 day 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-squareSolOrion@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 hours agoI’m confused, do you think this is a request for time loop movies?
minus-squarenutbutter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-24 hours agoYes? Edit - Oh, sorry, I completely mis-read it. OP just means to ask if they are called time travel films or not.
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 day agoIt’s essentially a single player shooter game from the perspective of the player character
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 hours agoMy wife relented on her “no Tom Cruise movies” stance because he dies 200+ times in it.
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 hours agoImagine if you could retcon all his movies to do that 🤣
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 hours agoI only have this one upvote, but it is yours.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours agoYes. Except for the last 1/4.
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.
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.
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 🤣
I only have this one upvote, but it is yours.
Yes. Except for the last 1/4.