Turning the Earth backward
or whatever the hell he did to bring Lois back--can we finally admit that was one of the dumbest endings to a movie ever?
shareNo it isn't. Superman traveled back in time, not turned the earth backward.
shareFrom what I recall, he did reverse the rotation of the earth, doing a rewind on time. I think there were scenes where the avalanche reversed itself. If that's how time travel works it's the only time I've seen it done that way. I agree with the OP, it was silly.
shareYeah, but this wasn't supposed to be Shakespeare.
It's....a.....superhero....movie.
Reversing time is silly, but not a guy from outer space flying around in a red cape? LOL
No, no, no.
This has been discussed to death. By tradition and from the comics, to travel in time Superman flies in a circle. Flying clockwise sends him to the future. Flying counter clockwise sends him back in time, and this is the method the movie chose to adapt, just as it adapts other elements of the Superman mythology. Yes, it is completely arbitrary, though exceeding the speed of light is a common trope to achieve time travel.
We are watching Him travel back in time. From our perspective, everything will appear to run in reverse; Dams reassemble, cracks fill up and so forth. And the earth appears to rotate backwards. It isn't. It is merely a trick of perspective.
Now, whether you think time travel was the way to go is a legitimate argument. But this bizarre notion that he makes the earth rotate backwards is simply not accurate to the movie.
Thank you, my ignorance preceded me. I hadn't realized that was part of the mythology.
shareThanks for this explanation. I have been wondering this a lot, and every time I rewatch, it comes up again. Thanks.
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