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PoundGarden 07/05/21 9:09:30 PM #1:	So.....instead of ~~sending people into the future to get wrecked en masse~~, wouldn't it make way more sense to ~~bring the future people, tech, and scientists to the past to have a 30 year head start in developing better weapons and training an army~~? --- "You go. I'm just going to stare at the lake and think about how I almost just killed a baby." <cite>PoundGarden posted [p:955781667] in 'The Tomor... [t:79550189]...</cite> <quote>So.....instead of sending people into the future to get wrecked en masse, wouldn't it make way more sense to bring the future people, tech, and scientists to the past to have a 30 year head start in developing better weapons and training an army? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BlingBling22947 07/06/21 12:26:47 AM #2:	I dunno why they didnt simply prepare for the next 30 years and breed as much as possible. --- When was the last time you heard your boy Nas rhyme? Never on schedule but always on time <cite>BlingBling22947 posted [p:955786849] in 'The Tomor... [t:79550189]...</cite> <quote>I dunno why they didnt simply prepare for the next 30 years and breed as much as possible. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Looked gf 07/06/21 12:32:50 AM #3:	Shitty movie. Just made me want to watch Edge of Tomorrow --- https://gfycat.com/chillynearfiddlercrab.gif <cite>Looked gf posted [p:955786977] in 'The Tomor... [t:79550189]...</cite> <quote>Shitty movie. Just made me want to watch Edge of Tomorrow </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CE_gonna_CE 07/06/21 12:33:27 AM #4:	Chris Pratt as Tom Cruise --- https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/1531-food-delivery-services-general <cite>CE_gonna_CE posted [p:955786984] in 'The Tomor... [t:79550189]...</cite> <quote>Chris Pratt as Tom Cruise </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LeoRavus 07/06/21 12:35:06 AM #5:	PoundGarden posted... So.....instead of ~~sending people into the future to get wrecked en masse~~, wouldn't it make way more sense to ~~bring the future people, tech, and scientists to the past to have a 30 year head start in developing better weapons and training an army~~? ~~They actually tried doing that but all the scientists got dealt with by the monsters first.~~ --- This is where cool people write stuff. <cite>LeoRavus posted [p:955787020] in 'The Tomor... [t:79550189]...</cite> <quote>PoundGarden posted... </cite> <quote>So.....instead of sending people into the future to get wrecked en masse, wouldn't it make way more sense to bring the future people, tech, and scientists to the past to have a 30 year head start in developing better weapons and training an army?</quote>They actually tried doing that but all the scientists got dealt with by the monsters first. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DespondentDeity 07/06/21 12:36:25 AM #6:	Saw this movie described as Starship Troopers for dummies --- The web of destiny carries your blood and soul back to the Genesis of my life form. I'm softer than a daisy, if you cut me I'll bleed pink <cite>DespondentDeity posted [p:955787047] in 'The Tomor... [t:79550189]...</cite> <quote>Saw this movie described as Starship Troopers for dummies </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LeoRavus 07/06/21 12:39:08 AM #7:	~~One thing I missed is why they're sending people over 40 into the future to fight these things. Pratt's group wasn't even trained on how to use a gun before they were jumped.~~ I might need to watch this again. --- This is where cool people write stuff. <cite>LeoRavus posted [p:955787098] in 'The Tomor... [t:79550189]...</cite> <quote>One thing I missed is why they're sending people over 40 into the future to fight these things. Pratt's group wasn't even trained on how to use a gun before they were jumped. I might need to watch this again. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Touch 07/06/21 12:41:41 AM #8:	LeoRavus posted... ~~One thing I missed is why they're sending people over 40 into the future to fight these things. Pratt's group wasn't even trained on how to use a gun before they were jumped.~~ I might need to watch this again. They explained it. It was mainly to prevent any fucking up the timeline by meeting their future selves. It was also one of the requirements for being able to jump, that they knew when you would die and that you die before that future timeline. ~~also explained why the people time travelling back looked young, so that they wouldnt run into their younger selves because they weren't born yet~~ --- https://imgur.com/ZVrHdEl <cite>Touch posted [p:955787157] in 'The Tomor... [t:79550189]...</cite> <quote>LeoRavus posted... </cite> <quote>One thing I missed is why they're sending people over 40 into the future to fight these things. Pratt's group wasn't even trained on how to use a gun before they were jumped. I might need to watch this again.</quote>They explained it. It was mainly to prevent any fucking up the timeline by meeting their future selves. It was also one of the requirements for being able to jump, that they knew when you would die and that you die before that future timeline. also explained why the people time travelling back looked young, so that they wouldnt run into their younger selves because they weren't born yet </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PoundGarden 07/06/21 12:45:31 AM #9:	LeoRavus posted... ~~One thing I missed is why they're sending people over 40 into the future to fight these things. Pratt's group wasn't even trained on how to use a gun before they were jumped.~~ I might need to watch this again. You don't lol. I immediately wondered the same thing and was all um, aren't you fucking yourselves by ~~having less people to fight in the future when the aliens arrive~~ but the explanation actually works because they only ~~take people who would've died before the invasion anyway~~ Still a really, really stupid movie and predictable af --- "You go. I'm just going to stare at the lake and think about how I almost just killed a baby." <cite>PoundGarden posted [p:955787235] in 'The Tomor... [t:79550189]...</cite> <quote>LeoRavus posted... </cite> <quote>One thing I missed is why they're sending people over 40 into the future to fight these things. Pratt's group wasn't even trained on how to use a gun before they were jumped. I might need to watch this again.</quote> You don't lol. I immediately wondered the same thing and was all um, aren't you fucking yourselves by having less people to fight in the future when the aliens arrive but the explanation actually works because they only take people who would've died before the invasion anyway Still a really, really stupid movie and predictable af </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Vortex_of_Hope 07/06/21 12:48:07 AM #10:	Touch posted... They explained it. It was mainly to prevent any fucking up the timeline by meeting their future selves. It was also one of the requirements for being able to jump, that they knew when you would die and that you die before that future timeline. ~~also explained why the people time travelling back looked young, so that they wouldnt run into their younger selves because they weren't born yet~~ Yea but weren't there literally only 500,000 human beings left on earth? That means every single person in every army on earth should have qualified before the civilians. The writers were out of there minds or a dozen different people wrote different rules without checking with each other. --- "After all, you are legends youselves. You have seen and done the impossible. You alone shall learn the truth." Etrian Odyssey V <cite>Vortex_of_Hope posted [p:955787290] in 'The Tomor... [t:79550189]...</cite> <quote>Touch posted... </cite> <quote>They explained it. It was mainly to prevent any fucking up the timeline by meeting their future selves. It was also one of the requirements for being able to jump, that they knew when you would die and that you die before that future timeline. also explained why the people time travelling back looked young, so that they wouldnt run into their younger selves because they weren't born yet</quote> Yea but weren't there literally only 500,000 human beings left on earth? That means every single person in every army on earth should have qualified before the civilians. The writers were out of there minds or a dozen different people wrote different rules without checking with each other. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MabusIncarnate 07/06/21 12:50:50 AM #11:	I'm over an hour in, yeah it's not great. Movie drags, and it's trying too hard to make me care about characters they haven't developed enough. --- Above us lay the burdens, Below us lay the truths. We're somewhere in the middle, and we're all discontent too. Slayer_22 picked waifu - https://ibb.co/WD8p1Kz <cite>MabusIncarnate posted [p:955787340] in 'The Tomor... [t:79550189]...</cite> <quote>I'm over an hour in, yeah it's not great. Movie drags, and it's trying too hard to make me care about characters they haven't developed enough. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PoundGarden 07/06/21 12:52:32 AM #12:	Vortex_of_Hope posted... Yea but weren't there literally only 500,000 human beings left on earth? That means every single person in every army on earth should have qualified before the civilians. The writers were out of there minds or a dozen different people wrote different rules without checking with each other. They were banking on Chris Pratt in a tight shirt carrying the movie and forcing people to not ask questions. I knew it was going to be shit within the first minute when ~~Pratt falls several hundred feet and his fall is broken by literally 5 feet of water in a pool~~ --- "You go. I'm just going to stare at the lake and think about how I almost just killed a baby." <cite>PoundGarden posted [p:955787386] in 'The Tomor... [t:79550189]...</cite> <quote>Vortex_of_Hope posted... </cite> <quote>Yea but weren't there literally only 500,000 human beings left on earth? That means every single person in every army on earth should have qualified before the civilians. The writers were out of there minds or a dozen different people wrote different rules without checking with each other.</quote> They were banking on Chris Pratt in a tight shirt carrying the movie and forcing people to not ask questions. I knew it was going to be shit within the first minute when Pratt falls several hundred feet and his fall is broken by literally 5 feet of water in a pool </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sariana21 07/06/21 1:46:29 AM #13:	No way would that plan have worked. Half the US would call it a hoax and refuse to participate. The other half would call it racist. --- ___ Sari, Mom to DS (07/04) and DD (01/08); Pronouns: she/her/hers <cite>Sariana21 posted [p:955788397] in 'The Tomor... [t:79550189]...</cite> <quote>No way would that plan have worked. Half the US would call it a hoax and refuse to participate. The other half would call it racist. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
kuwab0 07/06/21 2:03:46 AM #14:	An American family watching Soccer was the most unbelievable part --- https://imgur.com/QfpP05s https://imgur.com/vdnZ1o6 https://imgur.com/zTgf822 <cite>kuwab0 posted [p:955788680] in 'The Tomor... [t:79550189]...</cite> <quote>An American family watching Soccer was the most unbelievable part </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Aristoph 07/06/21 2:13:21 AM #15:	Vortex_of_Hope posted... Yea but weren't there literally only 500,000 human beings left on earth? That means every single person in every army on earth should have qualified before the civilians. The writers were out of there minds or a dozen different people wrote different rules without checking with each other. No, ~~they only took people who died~~ ~~before~~ ~~the war started. They were down to 500k people because they had been obliterated by the aliens, and anybody who had been killed by the aliens was not eligible to be drafted in the past.~~ Don't get me wrong, the movie wasn't great and there were tons of issues. That wasn't one of them, though. --- PSN ID: Aristoph https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj5ydFYxnEODxpQeBswmiAA <cite>Aristoph posted [p:955788846] in 'The Tomor... [t:79550189]...</cite> <quote>Vortex_of_Hope posted... </cite> <quote>Yea but weren't there literally only 500,000 human beings left on earth? That means every single person in every army on earth should have qualified before the civilians. The writers were out of there minds or a dozen different people wrote different rules without checking with each other.</quote> No, they only took people who died before the war started. They were down to 500k people because they had been obliterated by the aliens, and anybody who had been killed by the aliens was not eligible to be drafted in the past. Don't get me wrong, the movie wasn't great and there were tons of issues. That wasn't one of them, though. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Strider102 07/06/21 2:17:49 AM #16:	https://youtu.be/gzdm_YWwEbA --- Last Cloudia ID: 188850453 <cite>Strider102 posted [p:955788926] in 'The Tomor... [t:79550189]...</cite> <quote>https://youtu.be/gzdm_YWwEbA </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Turtlebread 07/06/21 2:25:14 AM #17:	I hate anything with time travel and this was no exception --- https://imgur.com/yCW15Zn <cite>Turtlebread posted [p:955789050] in 'The Tomor... [t:79550189]...</cite> <quote>I hate anything with time travel and this was no exception </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Axiom 07/06/21 2:29:36 AM #18:	Strider102 posted... https://youtu.be/gzdm_YWwEbA Lmao. That was more entertaining than the movie could possibly be <cite>Axiom posted [p:955789134] in 'The Tomor... [t:79550189]...</cite> <quote>Strider102 posted... </cite> <quote>https://youtu.be/gzdm_YWwEbA</quote>Lmao. That was more entertaining than the movie could possibly be </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
sabrestorm 07/06/21 2:30:51 AM #19:	Action is all it needs and it has plenty <cite>sabrestorm posted [p:955789153] in 'The Tomor... [t:79550189]...</cite> <quote>Action is all it needs and it has plenty </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
tri sapphire 07/06/21 2:36:14 AM #20:	Aristoph posted... No, ~~they only took people who died~~ ~~before~~ ~~the war started. They were down to 500k people because they had been obliterated by the aliens, and anybody who had been killed by the aliens was not eligible to be drafted in the past.~~ Don't get me wrong, the movie wasn't great and there were tons of issues. That wasn't one of them, though. A very hand-wavy and flawed way to say they ~~miraculously avoided creating a paradox that would have torn the universe asunder.~~ And then they just ~~went split-timeline in the end anyways, which actually works well with their time travel system (setting up two "rafts" in the timestream to jump back and forth between).~~ --- "If history is to change, let it change! If the world is to be destroyed, so be it! If my fate is to be destroyed...I must simply laugh!!."- Magus <cite>tri sapphire posted [p:955789241] in 'The Tomor... [t:79550189]...</cite> <quote>Aristoph posted... </cite> <quote>No, they only took people who died before the war started. They were down to 500k people because they had been obliterated by the aliens, and anybody who had been killed by the aliens was not eligible to be drafted in the past. Don't get me wrong, the movie wasn't great and there were tons of issues. That wasn't one of them, though.</quote>A very hand-wavy and flawed way to say they miraculously avoided creating a paradox that would have torn the universe asunder. And then they just went split-timeline in the end anyways, which actually works well with their time travel system (setting up two "rafts" in the timestream to jump back and forth between). </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PoundGarden 07/06/21 2:38:10 AM #21:	Turtlebread posted... I hate anything with time travel and this was no exception Watch '41'. Greatest time travel movie ever made, it was smart, beautiful, had zero holes, accepts string theory, and I fucking wept at the end. Wept. SPOILERS: ~~Dude cannot fix or change his own timeline, so he goes back like 60 years and lives an entire life so that he could fix someone else's.~~ And the second watch is even better and more heartbreaking, knowing what is going to happen and seeing all the little details in the background. --- "You go. I'm just going to stare at the lake and think about how I almost just killed a baby." <cite>PoundGarden posted [p:955789271] in 'The Tomor... [t:79550189]...</cite> <quote>Turtlebread posted... </cite> <quote>I hate anything with time travel and this was no exception</quote> Watch '41'. Greatest time travel movie ever made, it was smart, beautiful, had zero holes, accepts string theory, and I fucking wept at the end. Wept. SPOILERS: Dude cannot fix or change his own timeline, so he goes back like 60 years and lives an entire life so that he could fix someone else's. And the second watch is even better and more heartbreaking, knowing what is going to happen and seeing all the little details in the background. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BlingBling22947 07/08/21 5:42:12 AM #22:	This was dumb but very watchable. --- When was the last time you heard your boy Nas rhyme? Never on schedule but always on time <cite>BlingBling22947 posted [p:955864286] in 'The Tomor... [t:79550189]...</cite> <quote>This was dumb but very watchable. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sonixs 07/08/21 1:28:38 PM #23:	Can anyone explain ~~why the group in the beginning was just dropped hundreds of feet above the ground?~~ I'm not sure if it was explained and I just missed it. <cite>Sonixs posted [p:955874348] in 'The Tomor... [t:79550189]...</cite> <quote>Can anyone explain why the group in the beginning was just dropped hundreds of feet above the ground? I'm not sure if it was explained and I just missed it. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Simon_Gruber 07/08/21 1:34:18 PM #24:	Sonixs posted... Can anyone explain why the group in the beginning was just dropped hundreds of feet above the ground? I'm not sure if it was explained and I just missed it. When they were being time traveled one of the tech people said something about them being off course. They were supposed to have a soft landing on Miami Beach. I don't think it was ever explained why that randomly happened this time though. Probably just didn't want hundreds of red shirts around for the first part. <cite>Simon_Gruber posted [p:955874519] in 'The Tomor... [t:79550189]...</cite> <quote>Sonixs posted... </cite> <quote>Can anyone explain why the group in the beginning was just dropped hundreds of feet above the ground? I'm not sure if it was explained and I just missed it.</quote> When they were being time traveled one of the tech people said something about them being off course. They were supposed to have a soft landing on Miami Beach. I don't think it was ever explained why that randomly happened this time though. Probably just didn't want hundreds of red shirts around for the first part. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sonixs 07/08/21 1:43:23 PM #25:	Simon_Gruber posted... When they were being time traveled one of the tech people said something about them being off course. They were supposed to have a soft landing on Miami Beach. I don't think it was ever explained why that randomly happened this time though. Probably just didn't want hundreds of red shirts around for the first part. Thought so. This movie is so stupid. <cite>Sonixs posted [p:955874814] in 'The Tomor... [t:79550189]...</cite> <quote>Simon_Gruber posted... </cite> <quote>When they were being time traveled one of the tech people said something about them being off course. They were supposed to have a soft landing on Miami Beach. I don't think it was ever explained why that randomly happened this time though. Probably just didn't want hundreds of red shirts around for the first part.</quote> Thought so. This movie is so stupid. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PoundGarden 07/08/21 1:49:09 PM #26:	Sonixs posted... Thought so. This movie is so stupid. I knew it was gonna be bad literally one minute in when Pratt fell hundreds of feet and broke his fall by landing in like 5 feet of water in a swimming pool --- "You go. I'm just going to stare at the lake and think about how I almost just killed a baby." <cite>PoundGarden posted [p:955875016] in 'The Tomor... [t:79550189]...</cite> <quote>Sonixs posted... </cite> <quote>Thought so. This movie is so stupid.</quote> I knew it was gonna be bad literally one minute in when Pratt fell hundreds of feet and broke his fall by landing in like 5 feet of water in a swimming pool </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
What_ 07/08/21 1:53:01 PM #27:	I ranted in a topic last week its really dumb <cite>What_ posted [p:955875151] in 'The Tomor... [t:79550189]...</cite> <quote>I ranted in a topic last week its really dumb </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
philsov 07/08/21 2:09:50 PM #28:	The Forever War was much better https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forever_War Allows for future time travel through time dilation and near-FTL travel for an ongoing war. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. <cite>philsov posted [p:955875677] in 'The Tomor... [t:79550189]...</cite> <quote>The Forever War was much better https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forever_War Allows for future time travel through time dilation and near-FTL travel for an ongoing war.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BlingBling22947 07/10/21 5:58:50 AM #29:	Turtlebread posted... I hate anything with time travel and this was no exception I agree. Its sad. --- When was the last time you heard your boy Nas rhyme? Never on schedule but always on time <cite>BlingBling22947 posted [p:955935852] in 'The Tomor... [t:79550189]...</cite> <quote>Turtlebread posted... </cite> <quote>I hate anything with time travel and this was no exception</quote> I agree. Its sad. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
au_gold 07/10/21 7:02:12 AM #30:	Even as a shut-off-your-brain action movie, it was aggressively dumb. Great special effects, though. --- Let me talk to your mother. Get your mother please. <cite>au_gold posted [p:955936481] in 'The Tomor... [t:79550189]...</cite> <quote>Even as a shut-off-your-brain action movie, it was aggressively dumb. Great special effects, though. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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