lobut@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 days agoAre movies where the time loops over and over considered time travel movies?message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down14
arrow-up166arrow-down1message-squareAre movies where the time loops over and over considered time travel movies?lobut@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 days agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squareStevelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoIf they’re using time travel to create a causality loop, that’s different than a time loop. Time loops usually reset causality, accept for those actually experiencing the loop iterations.
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoI’m not sure that it can be clearly delineated as a time loop or a causality loop, it’s honestly a mix of both - though you’d probably call it a causality loop, as each “instance of a person” only experiences the loop once.
If they’re using time travel to create a causality loop, that’s different than a time loop.
Time loops usually reset causality, accept for those actually experiencing the loop iterations.
I’m not sure that it can be clearly delineated as a time loop or a causality loop, it’s honestly a mix of both - though you’d probably call it a causality loop, as each “instance of a person” only experiences the loop once.