Looper, I Don't Even Know Her!?!
Time travel is a tricky concept
to grasp. There are scientists that have theorized about the possibility
of moving through space and time for many years. From Einstein to Carl
Sagen all the way through to Stephen Hawking, some of the most respected
men in the field of science have discussed the likelihood of actually
traveling forward or backward in time. We may never see science and
technology catch up to the theories, but that hasn't stopped Hollywood
from mining time travel as a heavily used plot device. James Cameron
used it to bring robots from the future back to kill the leader (and his
mother) of the resistance opposing said robots. Robert Zemeckis sent
Marty McFly back to 1955, then forward to the future, then back to the
old west (I still don't know how they keep that movie series straight).
Doctor Who does it consistently week in week out on TV. Everywhere you turn someone on some show or movie is traveling to and fro through the Time Stream (yes, I love DC comics and their crazy time and space hopping).