L O K I Z E R O

In Superman: The Movie (and Superman 2: The Donner Cut), Superman flies around the earth at the speed of light, reversing the earth’s rotation and traveling back in time.

Either

A: Superman is able to increase his gravitational force to that or above the earth’s, thereby reversing the earth’s rotation and (somehow) going back in time.

OR

B. Superman flies around the earth at the speed of light, which (somehow) causes him to go back in time, and seeing the earth reverse it’s rotation is a visual representation of time travel.

The first theory (A) would explain how Superman is able to fly. Superman would have to be able to increase or decrease his gravitational force, which would cause him to “fly”, otherwise he’d be breaking the laws of physics since he has no visible form of propulsion. This would not explain how reversing the earth’s rotation would cause time to reverse, because that’s retarded.

In the second theory (B), flying at the speed of light around the earth would actually cause Superman to travel into the future. So we need another theory.

C. Superman can time travel.

And

D. These movies don’t make any sense.