Well, the memories of the people in the time machine aren’t being affected, so why would the information in a storage medium, be it printed or electronic. In Back to the Future, there was a delayed effect, though this wasn’t applied consistently. The figures in the photograph of Marty and his siblings faded gradually (along with Marty himself, eventually) but were restored immediately once the timeline was put back to “normal”, or at least a close approximation since the 1985 Marty returned to was clearly not exactly the one he left. The “promulgation rate” of time changes was plot-dependent. There’s no indication of that happening here; the main character is not gradually forgetting that she had a sister, for example, nor is her locket photograph of same fading out.
Or at least we’ve not seen this effect so far; it’s only been two episodes.
I’m already getting frustrated that the time team is always several steps behind. Wyatt Logan is Special Forces and hasn’t won a fight against Flynn yet.
Maybe things will make more sense later. I wish it didn’t seem like such a hopeless mission. The diary gives Flynn and the others such a big advantage.
In the third episode, after Garcia Flynn stole the atomic core, the good guys were talking about what would happen if it blew up, either when they drove their car right at Flynn’s car, or in the time machine. Now I’m no nuclear physicist, but I thought that the atomic core was just a sphere of plutonium that had to be ignited by another mechanism in the bomb.
And in the preview for the fourth episode, the voiceover called Ian Fleming “the greatest spy in history”.
My reaction to this show reminds me of my editor’s reaction to the first story I ever sold to a SF magazine.
“It’s possibly the best treatment of a time travel/Lincoln assassination I’ve ever read. The problem is, it is a treatment of a time travel/Lincoln assassination.”
My suggestion for the Homeland Security lady in the Pilot episode: “Take the prototype ship, travel back a few hours to the parking lot, and kill everyone in the van.”
Where you have been where? Where you have been alive at all, or where you have been alive and nearby? Not being snarky, I think I wasn’t paying attention to the scene where they spelled that out.
This prevents exactly what you brought up, which is exactly why i hate most time travel shows. Killed Heroes… well, one of the things that killed Heroes… Killed Lost- well, one of the things that killed Lost…
One thing I was thinking during the Pilot episode - it would have been a much better first scene if they showed the Hindenberg landing successfully.
“It’s starting to rain again – the rain had slacked up a little bit. The back motors of the ship are just holding it, just enough to keep it from…drifting away…and it’s moored. In a moment we’ll be talking to Captain Max Pruss…”
I wish they had done this too. I am enjoying the fact that they are changing history. It would have been interesting to see how this might have impacted things.
Regarding time travel restrictions. My understanding is that you can’t be in the same physical area with yourself (which prevents the do overs). That’s bad in a “cross the streams” way. I don’t recall restrictions against traveling in your own lifetime.
