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Wouldn't it screw up the timeline as soon as he took some advice from her to manipulate the stockmarket though ?
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Re: "The Lakehouse" pisses me off. Spoiler free. Why aren't they conquering the wor
I haven't seen the movie but based on the trailer, it appears to be a romantic flick. So, why in the world would the characters be thinking about "conquering the world"? From the characters' perspective, they've fallen in love with each other and want to get to know each other. Making money is not going to be on their minds.Originally posted by Vesayen
What the hell is wrong with them? Why aren’t they turning this freak of nature to MASSIVE, UNBELIVABLE financial gain never dreamed of in a Republican fevered crack dreams?
Your scenario would not make any sense:
Sandra writes a love letter: "Oh Keanu, I love you, your hair is sublime, your eyes are like ..."
Keanu replies: "Yeah, I love you too babe. But do you realize the fortune we could make from our situation? Just tell me who wins the kentucky derby and we can wins millions. Yeah, baby!"'There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way. The war we fight is not against powers and principalities, it is against chaos and despair. Greater than the death of flesh is the death of hope, the death of dreams. Against this peril we can never surrender. The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.'"
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Read a few time travel stories. This is not a question easily answered.Originally posted by Lazerus
Wouldn't it screw up the timeline as soon as he took some advice from her to manipulate the stockmarket though ?Click here if you're having trouble sleeping.
"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones." - François de La RochefoucauldComment
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I haven't seen the movie, but the most likely answer is that it turns out whichever character lives 2 years earlier has died before the other one arrives at the lake house. Otherwise why the hell wouldn't they just meet?Comment
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Happiness is so unpredictable. I'll settle for global hegemonyOriginally posted by Spiffor
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Because you're the one obsessed with taking over the world. Remember those threads "your x years in the past, how do you conquer the world?".
Most people here were thinking at how to have a good and happy life in that time, even if it meant being an average joe (and we're on 'Poly FFS!)
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Not even going that far.... which is an exaggeration.Originally posted by Spiffor
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Because you're the one obsessed with taking over the world. Remember those threads "your x years in the past, how do you conquer the world?".
Most people here were thinking at how to have a good and happy life in that time, even if it meant being an average joe (and we're on 'Poly FFS!)
They are both passing up the opportunity for fabulous wealth.Comment
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I saw the movie (gf wanted to).
It had plenty of holes in it's time-warp idea. And neither character was abundantly intelligent.Resident Filipina Lady Boy Expert.Comment
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Actually, what pisses me off is that it's a piss-poor adaptation of a mediocre Korean movie.B♭3Comment
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Ah, much like the Falwells et al rip movies they haven't seenOriginally posted by Vesayen
I never saw it
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I don't think I am spreading racist hatred or saying Harry Potter fornicates with the devil, am I?
Just saying they passed up a big opportunity.Comment
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so how does it end? spoil me baby.Comment
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There are many variable possibilities for what can happen. Two of the theories being...Originally posted by Lazerus
Wouldn't it screw up the timeline as soon as he took some advice from her to manipulate the stockmarket though ?
The observer effect - there is nothing you can do that will change what will happen. Example; kill Adolf Hitler before he gets into politics and another will rise to power and have the same effect on history.
The chaos effect - A small change eventually leads to greater and greater differences. Example; kill Adolf Hitler before he gets into politics and an extreme right leader is elected US president and goes on to conquer the world.There's no game in The Sims. It's not a game. It's like watching a tank of goldfishes and feed them occasionally. - Urban RangerComment
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Re: "The Lakehouse" pisses me off. Spoiler free. Why aren't they conquering the world?
Because that's not what the movie is about. You want to see a movie like that, go write it. I'll even help you with the dialogue.Originally posted by Vesayen
I assume you know the bare bones basis of the Movie. Keanue Reeves and some no talent ##### are living in the same house, 2 years apart and communicating via mailbox magic.
Well after 2 years wouldn't they meet up?
Besides that.... why aren't they using this knowledge to manipulate the stock market, world wide? Hell, future boy just needs to send no talent ##### the stock prices on a daily basis. Daily knowledge of how the stock market will play out could be leveraged into world domination, or at least owning a nice African country(one of the nice ones, maybe on the ivory coast?).
Both of them could be the wealthiest individuals in the history of mankind. They could make the excesses of Nero look like a giddy Sunday afternoon at a Catholic orphanage. They could buy and sell Warrant Buffet and Bill Gates 20 times over… well Warren Buffet significantly more times now, not so many times last week. They could reap in amounts of cash larger then the GDP of some first world countries. They could probably cause multiple market failures world wide if they really wanted to milk it.
What the hell is wrong with them? Why aren’t they turning this freak of nature to MASSIVE, UNBELIVABLE financial gain never dreamed of in a Republican fevered crack dreams?"I predict your ignore will rival Ben's" - Ecofarm
^ The Poly equivalent of:
"I hope you can see this 'cause I'm [flipping you off] as hard as I can" - Ignignokt the MooniniteComment
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Very funny. I got around my dialouge problems, I think.
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