by Irish Gfan » Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:48 am
Here's the thing.
Time Traveling ALWAYS causes plot holes. Its almost unavoidable.
Look at Legend of Zelda: Orcarina of Time. Fantastic game, but what about the ending (sorry if I'm spoiling it) Adult Link is sent back to being a kid to live out childhood. But wait. Wouldn't that the adventure from history entirely? And wouldn't Link have to fight Ganondorf all over again when he grows up, only difference being that he wasn't asleep for 7 years? And at the very end of the game, Kid Link goes to visit Kid Zelda, an event that took place in the game...so is Link just going to live out this adventure over and over and over again? Well fans have speculated that the Hyrule in the future that Link saved broke off and continued its own timeline while the Hyrule in the past with Kid Link in it broke off and has its own timeline...HUH?!?! How the hell does that work?
Another example, DBZ. Trunks goes back in time to stop the Androids from destroying the World, but he not only travels back in time, but through dimensions, meaning that whatever he does in the past actually has absolutely no effect on his future. Once again, how the hell did that happen?
Or how about Terminator? So Reese is sent back to prevent the Terminator from killing Sarah Connor before she gives birth to John. He then impregnates her, and little Johnny is born 9 months later. So the father of the savior of the future is a man that exists in his time and John had to send him back in to protect and impregnate his mom so he could exist? How the hell does that work?
I could go on and on and on, but I like to remember what Basil said in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
"I suggest you don't worry about those things and just enjoy yourself...(turns to audience) That goes for you all, too"