Editing Talk:270: Merlin

Immediately after watching Memento, I spliced it together in chronological order and watched it again.  Definitely straightforward, and much more boring that way.  [[User:Wotpsycho|Wotpsycho]] ([[User talk:Wotpsycho|talk]]) 02:48, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

If this Merlin experiences time backwards, then he should remember watching the film before doing so (as he will do it later). [[Special:Contributions/173.245.55.63|173.245.55.63]] 12:51, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
:Yes this is a plot hole. Mentioned it in the explain. Also he lived 1400 years before the invention of the DVD ;-) --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 15:38, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
::Doesn't the "living backward" thing just mean that he remembers the future (his past) but not the past (his future)? So, for example, from his perspective, he would meet someone he didn't know, but for the other person it would be a final goodbye, and when Merlin says goodbye forever, he remembers the friend, but for the friend it's a first hello and the friend doesn't know Merlin. (Sorry if this is confusing, but the concept of living backwards is confusing.) If this is true, then Memento would be straightforward, except for the black-and-white bits. [[User:Cheese Lord Eggplant|Cheese Lord Eggplant]] ([[User talk:Cheese Lord Eggplant|talk]]) 23:42, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
:::Based on the second panel, Merlin remembers the future, but not the past. This would mean that he is born knowing his whole life, along with every person he will meet. Once he meets that person, he will have forgotten meeting that person. When that person says goodbye to Merlin for the last time, Merlin will have forgotten completely. It would not be a first meeting as time still progresses chronologically for Merlin. Only his memories are reversed. {{unsigned|Flewk}}


Remembering the future would be a weird way to live. He would be destined to perform every action as it is all planned out in his memory from birth. The other weird part would be that he would have no recollection of anything he has ever done. So the last panel is definitely a plot hole. He would know for a fact that the movie is straight forward until he watches it; at which point he will have forgotten about the movie entirely. [[User:Flewk|Flewk]] ([[User talk:Flewk|talk]]) 09:22, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

The comic does not speculate on the other effects of Merlin experiencing a time reversed existence. For example the effect as considered on a feynman diagram, where particles travelling backwards in time are antimatter, which may lead to very unfortunate results at any handshake Merlin attempts to make.[[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.91|162.158.154.91]] 23:19, 2 August 2017 (UTC)