lobut@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months 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 · 2 months agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squarenutbutterlinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down3·2 months 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-up17·2 months agoIt’s essentially a single player shooter game from the perspective of the player character
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoMy wife relented on her “no Tom Cruise movies” stance because he dies 200+ times in it.
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoImagine if you could retcon all his movies to do that 🤣
minus-squareskulblaka@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months ago“No, we have Sean Bean at home.” Sean Bean at home:
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI only have this one upvote, but it is yours.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoYes. Except for the last 1/4.
minus-squareSolOrion@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·2 months agoI’m confused, do you think this is a request for time loop movies?
minus-squarenutbutterlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 months 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.