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11.22.63 (Stephen King) at Hulu

What's the connection with Dark Tower? Unless this one is different, they all have some sort of semi-direct connection to the main Dark Tower story.
 
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What I dont get is why he didnt reset the timeline after the fire. He would have a new journal and a chance to save the kid from the fire. I would treat it like groundhog day (minus anything that would get me killed) and work out everything relevant over time and then do everything on one trip.

This is assuming I understood it right that every time he goes in the closet it resets the timeline. Although I suppose a) there is no backup, but he could leave a note for future self or his buddy to make copies in case something happens to his research. Or b) there is a chance that he already changed something significant and no longer has all the info he started out with.

It seems like at a minimum he should be able to go back for a just a second to reset anything he's done in previous runs. As long as he doesnt do something that causes the diner to not exist.
 
Childs said:
Are we doing spoilers or is this spoiler free?

What I dont get is why he didnt reset the timeline after the fire. He would have a new journal and a chance to save the kid from the fire. I would treat it like groundhog day (minus anything that would get me killed) and work out everything relevant over time and then do everything on one trip.

This is assuming I understood it right that every time he goes in the closet it resets the timeline. Although I suppose a) there is no backup, but he could leave a note for future self or his buddy to make copies in case something happens to his research. Or b) there is a chance that he already changed something significant and no longer has all the info he started out with.

It seems like at a minimum he should be able to go back for a just a second to reset anything he's done in previous runs. As long as he doesnt do something that causes the diner to not exist.
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I was thinking the same thing.

His diner buddy doesn't seem to have been the best judge of character, either. He can't bullshit himself out of a simple situation to save his life...kinda hard to go back 55 years and just blend without it. We'll see. I'm frustrated.
 
Childs said:
Are we doing spoilers or is this spoiler free?

What I dont get is why he didnt reset the timeline after the fire. He would have a new journal and a chance to save the kid from the fire. I would treat it like groundhog day (minus anything that would get me killed) and work out everything relevant over time and then do everything on one trip.

This is assuming I understood it right that every time he goes in the closet it resets the timeline. Although I suppose a) there is no backup, but he could leave a note for future self or his buddy to make copies in case something happens to his research. Or b) there is a chance that he already changed something significant and no longer has all the info he started out with.

It seems like at a minimum he should be able to go back for a just a second to reset anything he's done in previous runs. As long as he doesnt do something that causes the diner to not exist.
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The timeline he left advances 2 minutes into the future every time he goes in the closet. The journal would just be lost in the time stream if he reset it
 
renz20003 said:
The timeline he left advances 2 minutes into the future every time he goes in the closet. The journal would just be lost in the time stream if he reset it
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That makes absolute sense. Duh.

I was thinking when he first arrived the first thing I'd do is make copies of that betting book. Hide it, safety deposit, whatever. Then the house burns down.
 
renz20003 said:
The timeline he left advances 2 minutes into the future every time he goes in the closet. The journal would just be lost in the time stream if he reset it
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Yeah, but it seems like there are ways around that to make sure there are copies. Do a Back to the Future thing where you pay UPS to deliver a note on a specific date, or tell the young version of his buddy to always make backups. I would even go back just to see if I already figured it out in a previous run. And worse case he'd probably still have access to all the research in the guys house, just not reduced down in a journal. I would at least go back and get a sports almanac to make sure I had money. :biggrin: Well, at the very least I'd go back and try to save the kid, or figure out if I needed to save the kid.

EDIT: Oh, and why the heck did he throw away his phone! iPhones arent cheap, and eventually he's gonna be back in the present.
 
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Childs said:
Yeah, but it seems like there are ways around that to make sure there are copies. Do a Back to the Future thing where you pay UPS to deliver a note on a specific date, or tell the young version of his buddy to always make backups. I would even go back just to see if I already figured it out in a previous run. And worse case he'd probably still have access to all the research in the guys house, just not reduced down in a journal. I would at least go back and get a sports almanac to make sure I had money. :biggrin: Well, at the very least I'd go back and try to save the kid, or figure out if I needed to save the kid.

EDIT: Oh, and why the heck did he throw away his phone! iPhones arent cheap, and eventually he's gonna be back in the present.
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In real life he probably would have, hell he could print of crap off the internet for Oswalds whereabouts on specific dates if he needed.

Its a fun show, episode 3 was disappointing though.

It wasn't UPS in back to the future it was western union :biggrin:
 
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Episode 3. Looks like Jake Epping is getting help (young guy) surveying Oswald, can't remember if that happened in the book which I read 2X. :\
 
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