How exactly did Superman make the Earth (and time) spin backwards?

he farted

Really the only flaw in an otherwise great movie.


And, Movie/TV board.

He didn't reverse its rotation, he travelled fast enough to go back in time (which is also stupid but less so). The earth going backwards is just a visual representation of him going backwards in time. You fricking moron.

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Even at his highest known speed, approximately 4 times the speed of sound (3000 mph), there is no type of known force he could exert that would stop the rotation of the earth and then make it go in reverse. The director probably thought we wouldn't question it and would be too busy rejoicing in Lois' return from death.

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Who would've guessed that the key to time travel was the rotation of the Earth.

That scene was soooo damn stupid lol... so much bullshite.

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It's a fricking comic book movie, man.

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Hey! That's NO EXCUSE!

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He didn't reverse its rotation, he travelled fast enough to go back in time (which is also stupid but less so). The earth going backwards is just a visual representation of him going backwards in time. You fricking moron.

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Sonic. Now.

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How exactly did Superman make the Earth (and time) spin backwards?

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This movie has got to be 30+ years old. Did you just watch it or has this been bothering you this long?

for once i have no idea if you're trolling or not.

There's actually some cartoon-physics logic to it in the style of Bugs Bunny kinda stuff. Let me explain.


If you travel East into another time zone, you'll set your clock ahead "jumping" forward an hour. Same thing happens in reverse if you travel West. If you travelled West faster than the earth rotates and kept adjusting your clock, then it would look like you were moving backwards in time (it helps if you're an idiot). That's why Superman flys right to left in the scene.

It's stupid, but not as stupid as reversing the Earth's rotation.