Timeline for How did Superman turn back time in the first movie?
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| Oct 3, 2012 at 1:07 | history | edited | Canadian Girl Scout | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 3, 2012 at 1:03 | comment | added | Canadian Girl Scout | @MichaelEdenfield Good point 1+ | |
| Oct 3, 2012 at 0:58 | comment | added | Canadian Girl Scout | @phantom42 I never claimed that the time travel theory worked (lol!). The question asked if there were any other references to back up that it was SPEED, not ROTATION DIRECTION that was the important matter. | |
| Oct 2, 2012 at 21:26 | comment | added | KutuluMike | The problem with the slingshot effect is that he starts out within the gravitational field of Earth and never tries to leave, so he cannot be getting any speed increase from Earth's gravity. If anything, the rotating Earth whould be exerting an angular force in the direction of rotation, which would slow him down if he was moving counter to that. | |
| Oct 2, 2012 at 13:51 | comment | added | phantom42 | One could argue that he's using the slingshot effect to speed himself up, but that does nothing to explain how he somehow reverses time. Here is an explanation of the science and why it doesn't work.. | |
| Oct 2, 2012 at 13:26 | history | answered | Canadian Girl Scout | CC BY-SA 3.0 |