AndrewMorris 1 Posted June 14, 2013 I haven't seen the movie, but I have a possible explanation for the seemingly long period of time that has past on Earth. If humans have been traveling through space for a long distances at very high speeds, then time dilation would occur. A common example of this is the "twin paradox". Basically, if one twin left Earth on a spaceship that could travel at very near the speed of light, he could go to Alpha-Centari (the closest star system to our own) and back in just days or weeks from his point of view. But to his twin on Earth, over 8 years would have went by. This very real effect is ignored in most science-fiction, so I would actually be impressed if this was the intended explanation. Â Did they ever state in the movie how far away (in light years) Nova Prime is from Earth? 1 Share this post Link to post
Blueman29X 72 Posted June 14, 2013 It's possible, but if that was the case, Will Smith's character would probably not be as old as he was in the movie since Rangers travel through space a lot. Share this post Link to post
