Why didn't Doctor Strange wind back the clock way before Thanos got any of the Infinity Stones?
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Why didn't Doctor Strange wind back the clock way before Thanos got any of the Infinity Stones?
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Clearly he was unable to wind back the entire universe
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Clearly he was unable to wind back the entire universe
– Valorum
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Clearly he was unable to wind back the entire universe
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Clearly he was unable to wind back the entire universe
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Clearly he was unable to wind back the entire universe
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Because it was not a winning scenario. In Avengers: Infinity War we see Doctor Strange look into the future to see outcomes of the possible conflicts and saying they only win one. Considering the amount of possibilities he looks at it is highly likely at least one involved rewinding time.
Doctor Strange: [panting] I went forward in time to view alternate futures. To see all the possible outcomes of the coming conflict.
Peter Quill: How many did you see?
Doctor Strange: 14,000,605.
Tony Stark: How many did we win?
[Strange stares intently at Tony for a moment]
Strange: [pause] One.
Avengers: Infinity War
At the end of the film Strange then comments to Tony the following:
Doctor Strange: [calmly turns to Stark] Tony, there was no other way.
Avengers: Infinity War
Adding both of these together we see that the outcome at the end of Infinity War was the only solution Strange saw for beating Thanos.
It's also not known how much power Doctor Strange can harness from the Time Stone and so it isn't known if he could wind time back for the entire universe.
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He only went forward in time to see different scenarios, not the past
– Mocas
13 hours ago
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@Mocas And? His actions to reverse time must be in the future so looking forward he would see where he reversed time.
– TheLethalCarrot
13 hours ago
Is there a limit to how much he can wind back time? Like in Dr Strange... he activated the stone, 'fought' Dormamu, and it kept resetting to that point everytime he lost?
– Kwola-T
8 hours ago
@Kwola-T Perhaps there he was aided a bit by Dormamu's default nature of being outside of our normal flow of time. It didn't remotely make sense, but in the temporo/mysticobabble explanation at the end of the Dr. Strange movie, I recall there being something about how the loop was Strange imposing our type of time on Dormamu, who wasn't accustomed to such a flow. Trying to logically reason from events in the Dr. Strange movie is difficult in general, given how hand-wavy it was.
– Jacob C.
5 hours ago
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Because it was not a winning scenario. In Avengers: Infinity War we see Doctor Strange look into the future to see outcomes of the possible conflicts and saying they only win one. Considering the amount of possibilities he looks at it is highly likely at least one involved rewinding time.
Doctor Strange: [panting] I went forward in time to view alternate futures. To see all the possible outcomes of the coming conflict.
Peter Quill: How many did you see?
Doctor Strange: 14,000,605.
Tony Stark: How many did we win?
[Strange stares intently at Tony for a moment]
Strange: [pause] One.
Avengers: Infinity War
At the end of the film Strange then comments to Tony the following:
Doctor Strange: [calmly turns to Stark] Tony, there was no other way.
Avengers: Infinity War
Adding both of these together we see that the outcome at the end of Infinity War was the only solution Strange saw for beating Thanos.
It's also not known how much power Doctor Strange can harness from the Time Stone and so it isn't known if he could wind time back for the entire universe.
answered 13 hours ago
TheLethalCarrotTheLethalCarrot
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He only went forward in time to see different scenarios, not the past
– Mocas
13 hours ago
3
@Mocas And? His actions to reverse time must be in the future so looking forward he would see where he reversed time.
– TheLethalCarrot
13 hours ago
Is there a limit to how much he can wind back time? Like in Dr Strange... he activated the stone, 'fought' Dormamu, and it kept resetting to that point everytime he lost?
– Kwola-T
8 hours ago
@Kwola-T Perhaps there he was aided a bit by Dormamu's default nature of being outside of our normal flow of time. It didn't remotely make sense, but in the temporo/mysticobabble explanation at the end of the Dr. Strange movie, I recall there being something about how the loop was Strange imposing our type of time on Dormamu, who wasn't accustomed to such a flow. Trying to logically reason from events in the Dr. Strange movie is difficult in general, given how hand-wavy it was.
– Jacob C.
5 hours ago
add a comment |
Because it was not a winning scenario. In Avengers: Infinity War we see Doctor Strange look into the future to see outcomes of the possible conflicts and saying they only win one. Considering the amount of possibilities he looks at it is highly likely at least one involved rewinding time.
Doctor Strange: [panting] I went forward in time to view alternate futures. To see all the possible outcomes of the coming conflict.
Peter Quill: How many did you see?
Doctor Strange: 14,000,605.
Tony Stark: How many did we win?
[Strange stares intently at Tony for a moment]
Strange: [pause] One.
Avengers: Infinity War
At the end of the film Strange then comments to Tony the following:
Doctor Strange: [calmly turns to Stark] Tony, there was no other way.
Avengers: Infinity War
Adding both of these together we see that the outcome at the end of Infinity War was the only solution Strange saw for beating Thanos.
It's also not known how much power Doctor Strange can harness from the Time Stone and so it isn't known if he could wind time back for the entire universe.
answered 13 hours ago
TheLethalCarrotTheLethalCarrot
50.4k20275318
He only went forward in time to see different scenarios, not the past
– Mocas
13 hours ago
3
@Mocas And? His actions to reverse time must be in the future so looking forward he would see where he reversed time.
– TheLethalCarrot
13 hours ago
Is there a limit to how much he can wind back time? Like in Dr Strange... he activated the stone, 'fought' Dormamu, and it kept resetting to that point everytime he lost?
– Kwola-T
8 hours ago
@Kwola-T Perhaps there he was aided a bit by Dormamu's default nature of being outside of our normal flow of time. It didn't remotely make sense, but in the temporo/mysticobabble explanation at the end of the Dr. Strange movie, I recall there being something about how the loop was Strange imposing our type of time on Dormamu, who wasn't accustomed to such a flow. Trying to logically reason from events in the Dr. Strange movie is difficult in general, given how hand-wavy it was.
– Jacob C.
5 hours ago
add a comment |
Because it was not a winning scenario. In Avengers: Infinity War we see Doctor Strange look into the future to see outcomes of the possible conflicts and saying they only win one. Considering the amount of possibilities he looks at it is highly likely at least one involved rewinding time.
Doctor Strange: [panting] I went forward in time to view alternate futures. To see all the possible outcomes of the coming conflict.
Peter Quill: How many did you see?
Doctor Strange: 14,000,605.
Tony Stark: How many did we win?
[Strange stares intently at Tony for a moment]
Strange: [pause] One.
Avengers: Infinity War
At the end of the film Strange then comments to Tony the following:
Doctor Strange: [calmly turns to Stark] Tony, there was no other way.
Avengers: Infinity War
Adding both of these together we see that the outcome at the end of Infinity War was the only solution Strange saw for beating Thanos.
It's also not known how much power Doctor Strange can harness from the Time Stone and so it isn't known if he could wind time back for the entire universe.
answered 13 hours ago
TheLethalCarrotTheLethalCarrot
50.4k20275318
Because it was not a winning scenario. In Avengers: Infinity War we see Doctor Strange look into the future to see outcomes of the possible conflicts and saying they only win one. Considering the amount of possibilities he looks at it is highly likely at least one involved rewinding time.
Doctor Strange: [panting] I went forward in time to view alternate futures. To see all the possible outcomes of the coming conflict.
Peter Quill: How many did you see?
Doctor Strange: 14,000,605.
Tony Stark: How many did we win?
[Strange stares intently at Tony for a moment]
Strange: [pause] One.
Avengers: Infinity War
At the end of the film Strange then comments to Tony the following:
Doctor Strange: [calmly turns to Stark] Tony, there was no other way.
Avengers: Infinity War
Adding both of these together we see that the outcome at the end of Infinity War was the only solution Strange saw for beating Thanos.
It's also not known how much power Doctor Strange can harness from the Time Stone and so it isn't known if he could wind time back for the entire universe.
answered 13 hours ago
TheLethalCarrotTheLethalCarrot
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answered 13 hours ago
TheLethalCarrotTheLethalCarrot
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answered 13 hours ago
TheLethalCarrotTheLethalCarrot
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He only went forward in time to see different scenarios, not the past
– Mocas
13 hours ago
3
@Mocas And? His actions to reverse time must be in the future so looking forward he would see where he reversed time.
– TheLethalCarrot
13 hours ago
Is there a limit to how much he can wind back time? Like in Dr Strange... he activated the stone, 'fought' Dormamu, and it kept resetting to that point everytime he lost?
– Kwola-T
8 hours ago
@Kwola-T Perhaps there he was aided a bit by Dormamu's default nature of being outside of our normal flow of time. It didn't remotely make sense, but in the temporo/mysticobabble explanation at the end of the Dr. Strange movie, I recall there being something about how the loop was Strange imposing our type of time on Dormamu, who wasn't accustomed to such a flow. Trying to logically reason from events in the Dr. Strange movie is difficult in general, given how hand-wavy it was.
– Jacob C.
5 hours ago
add a comment |
He only went forward in time to see different scenarios, not the past
– Mocas
13 hours ago
3
@Mocas And? His actions to reverse time must be in the future so looking forward he would see where he reversed time.
– TheLethalCarrot
13 hours ago
Is there a limit to how much he can wind back time? Like in Dr Strange... he activated the stone, 'fought' Dormamu, and it kept resetting to that point everytime he lost?
– Kwola-T
8 hours ago
@Kwola-T Perhaps there he was aided a bit by Dormamu's default nature of being outside of our normal flow of time. It didn't remotely make sense, but in the temporo/mysticobabble explanation at the end of the Dr. Strange movie, I recall there being something about how the loop was Strange imposing our type of time on Dormamu, who wasn't accustomed to such a flow. Trying to logically reason from events in the Dr. Strange movie is difficult in general, given how hand-wavy it was.
– Jacob C.
5 hours ago
He only went forward in time to see different scenarios, not the past
– Mocas
13 hours ago
He only went forward in time to see different scenarios, not the past
– Mocas
13 hours ago
3
3
@Mocas And? His actions to reverse time must be in the future so looking forward he would see where he reversed time.
– TheLethalCarrot
13 hours ago
@Mocas And? His actions to reverse time must be in the future so looking forward he would see where he reversed time.
– TheLethalCarrot
13 hours ago
Is there a limit to how much he can wind back time? Like in Dr Strange... he activated the stone, 'fought' Dormamu, and it kept resetting to that point everytime he lost?
– Kwola-T
8 hours ago
Is there a limit to how much he can wind back time? Like in Dr Strange... he activated the stone, 'fought' Dormamu, and it kept resetting to that point everytime he lost?
– Kwola-T
8 hours ago
@Kwola-T Perhaps there he was aided a bit by Dormamu's default nature of being outside of our normal flow of time. It didn't remotely make sense, but in the temporo/mysticobabble explanation at the end of the Dr. Strange movie, I recall there being something about how the loop was Strange imposing our type of time on Dormamu, who wasn't accustomed to such a flow. Trying to logically reason from events in the Dr. Strange movie is difficult in general, given how hand-wavy it was.
– Jacob C.
5 hours ago
@Kwola-T Perhaps there he was aided a bit by Dormamu's default nature of being outside of our normal flow of time. It didn't remotely make sense, but in the temporo/mysticobabble explanation at the end of the Dr. Strange movie, I recall there being something about how the loop was Strange imposing our type of time on Dormamu, who wasn't accustomed to such a flow. Trying to logically reason from events in the Dr. Strange movie is difficult in general, given how hand-wavy it was.
– Jacob C.
5 hours ago
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Clearly he was unable to wind back the entire universe
– Valorum
14 hours ago