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If You Could Turn Back Time

You remember the ending of the original Superman movie starring
Christopher Reeve, directed by Richard Donner: Superman, too late to
save Lois Lane, flies around the world at tremendous speed, reversing
events so he can have another chance to save her. The facts seem
straightforward, but I find that people do not agree on the
interpretation of this scenario - and, in particular, what it means to
spin the world backwards.

Tags: Back to the Future, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Christopher Reeve, Donnie Darko, Gene Hackman, Groundhog Day, Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, Margot Kidder, movies, physics, Richard Donner, Richard Lester, Star Trek, Superman, time travel

By David Ferris on May 22, 2009 1:32 PM | Permalink | Comments (6)

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I'm fairly sure the writers of the increasingly lame Superman film series didn't think about much at all. In fact, Dave, you've probably now offered more time and energy to the subject than any of the actual screenwriters. (Remember, these were the artistes who posited Luthor's "evil genius plot" to steal nuclear missiles should hinge on a U.S. military convoy stopping at the sight of a prone Valerie Perine.) The question that always dogs my mind - and actually dogged my mind when I saw the film as a kid - is why Superman didn't reverse time to an earlier point; perhaps a point at which he could more conveniently stop Luthor's plot?

—John Crye

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