Post by CrepedCrusader on May 1, 2019 12:54:40 GMT
It seems the general idea is that when Cap went back in time and hooked up with Peggy, he didn't change the main timeline, in which Peggy still will have married someone else, gotten old and died. Rather, he created an alternate timeline in which she presumably marries Steve and they have a life together. Old Man Cap then used th wrist gadget to travel back to the main timeline to say his goodbyes and pass on the shield. Using the wrist gadget to travel between timelines fits with an earlier scene, where Cap and Tony use the wrist gadgets to travel from the Battle of New York timeline to the 70s.
So, everything checks out. Until...you ask yourself, "Then why did they need a time machine, when they could just use the wrist gadgets?". When the big machine in Avengers HQ is destroyed, they act like their only hope is the one in the van. At the end, when they send Cap back to return the stones, they use yet another, smaller time machine. Why didn't he just slap on a wrist gadget and travel back using only that?
Doesn't ruin my enjoyment of the movie at all, but it does show the problem with time travel as a device in movies. No matter how many angles you cover, there will always be some inconsistency.
So, everything checks out. Until...you ask yourself, "Then why did they need a time machine, when they could just use the wrist gadgets?". When the big machine in Avengers HQ is destroyed, they act like their only hope is the one in the van. At the end, when they send Cap back to return the stones, they use yet another, smaller time machine. Why didn't he just slap on a wrist gadget and travel back using only that?
Doesn't ruin my enjoyment of the movie at all, but it does show the problem with time travel as a device in movies. No matter how many angles you cover, there will always be some inconsistency.
