tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1781870463849113009.post2273230978829147172..comments2024-03-15T04:29:00.751-04:00Comments on W.L. Swarts Reviews The Universe: Up Until The Time Travel Comes In, Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban Had Me!W.L. Swartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974654586026013850noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1781870463849113009.post-78677831626352437632011-09-05T02:25:23.555-04:002011-09-05T02:25:23.555-04:00For the last time . . . because it is the most com...For the last time . . . because it is the most commented on aspect . . . I completely understand predestination paradoxes in time travel. The problem with time travel in Harry Potter is not that the characters do not do more of it, but rather that:<br />1. It weakens the plight of Sirius Black that he does not try to use the Time Turner to exonerate himself,<br />and 2. It weakens all of the "good" characters who - not one! - suggest using the Time Turner to go back and stop Voldemort and all of the problems he causes in the past.<br /><br />Or, even better, stop Peter Pettigrew by getting poor Lupin his potion. The problem with the time travel in this movie is that none of the characters think of doing what I thought right away would have saved all the problems that come later.<br /><br />-W.L.W.L. Swartshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09974654586026013850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1781870463849113009.post-74611360641719147782010-11-26T14:53:25.399-05:002010-11-26T14:53:25.399-05:00Hi! Thanks for the comment. I appreciate differe...Hi! Thanks for the comment. I appreciate different views. But here's the problem with your argument: the time travel already occurred, so there's no reason it couldn't keep occurring. In other words, it happened the way it happened in the movie, but it does not preclude the possibility that Harry and Hermione could use the time turner AGAIN and make sure Lupin gets his potion and Pettigrew doesn't get away. As well, the existence of the time turner becomes more and more problematic the more the casualties mount. Here is a device that can stop each and every death. Moreover, as the Horcruxes are recovered, the existence of the time turner makes less and less sense. After all, the integrity of the timeline is being placed against countless deaths. Instead, once each horcrux is identified, Harry and his friends ought to be able to go back and stop each one from being created. Or ... better yet, kill Tom Riddle before he creates his first horcrux. Temporal paradox be damned; if you're not prepared to mess with the timeline, don't add a temporable variable into the narrative! Thanks!<br /><br />-W.L. SwartsW.L. Swartshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09974654586026013850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1781870463849113009.post-61809544343130870732010-11-26T12:14:29.388-05:002010-11-26T12:14:29.388-05:00I've been reading your reviews for the past co...I've been reading your reviews for the past couple of weeks and I do enjoy them. I think you make some excellent points about the Harry Potter movies in particular that showcase their shortcomings as book-movie adaptations. <br /><br />But I would be remiss if I didn't point out the problem with this movie review in particular. If Harry and Hermione were to travel back in time and give Lupin his potion, it would change the timeline in such a way so that Harry and Hermione would never need to go back in time in the first place, thus creating a predestination paradox. The events have to play out the same way they did the first time, or else the universe would be in danger of collapsing (or something). This is also the same reason why Sirius cannot simply grab the time turner and go back to exonerate himself. This is the same lesson we learn in most time travel films (H.G. Wells Time Machine, Terminator, etc...) <br /><br />The movie actually does an excellent job of showing that the time traveling section of the story is not added in at the last minute, but had actually already occurred by the time that Dumbledore suggests it should happen... this actually makes the story even more brilliant.TMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17850032277501618701noreply@blogger.com