Travelin' Through TimeAs they say in well-written scripts, "You mean... like time travel?" + also a few bizarre stories about real people who have claimed, despite every law of physics, they have traveled through time.
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Without a doubt, the golden standard for movies that time-loop Groundhog Day, but that doesn't mean that others haven't been successful in creating original and fascinating stories. Here are some of the best small details we found about popular time-loop movies.
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In Palm Springs (2020), Nyles is drinking "Akupara" beer. In Sanskrit, Akupara means "unlimited, unbounded," and in Hinduism, it's the name of a tortoise described as "one who is without death." Confirmed by the director.
In About Time (2013), the band in the background is playing "Where or When" a song about déjà vu. Tim has the ability to travel back in time and live moments over and over again.
In Happy Death Day 2U (2019), the characters discuss the film Back to the Future Part II (1989). Later, when Tree is speeding in her car, the odometer shows she is driving at 88 miles per hour.
At the start of Doctor Strange (2016), the Ancient One is wearing her hood while she bends matter freely to stop Kaecilius. This is to cover her forehead to hide the fact that she is channeling power from the Dark Dimension (which is revealed later), which is why Kaecilius calls her a hypocrite.
In The Butterfly Effect, the protagonist's name is Evan Treborn, which sounds like the phrase "event reborn," which is the basis of his powers: the ability to go back and experience a past event again.
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Doctor Strange’s Car Crash Happened On Groundhog Day
In Doctor Strange (2016), on the night of his crash, the watch reads Tuesday, Feb 2nd. Feb 2nd is Groundhog Day in the US, Where Bill Murray's character is doomed to repeat the day. Towards the end of Dr. Strange, he traps Dormammu in an endless loop of time until he agrees to his terms.
