your_evil_twin
04-18-2012, 11:21 PM
When Einstein goes back in time to eliminate Hitler, we see him shake Hitler's hand, there is a chrono sound effect, a wave of blue chrono energy from Einstein to Hitler and then Einstein reappearing in 1946, reporting that "Hitler... is out of the way."
I always assumed that Einstein brought some sort of chrono-weapon for erasing Hitler. That theory seemed to be confirmed by Red Alert 2 where a similar weapon was used by the Chrono Legionnaires, they fired blue beams that erased enemies from existance, like a long-range version of what Einstein used to kill Hitler.
Another idea I had was that Einstein had some sort of "recall" device for returning to the present, and he activated it at the exact instant that he shook Hitler's hand... the time machine warped him back to 1946, and Hitler was dragged into the time vortex and sent to nowhere and nowhen.
But in the intro for Red Alert 3, when the Soviets travel back in time the General is about to touch a curtain and the scientist says "No, don't touch anything! Must not do anything to disrupt the space time continuum!" And then the Colonel shakes Hitler's hand and disintegrates him.
So it seems that in Red Alert 3 EA interpreted that old Red Alert 1 intro as meaning that it was the handshake itself that was lethal - if you are a time traveller and you touch someone, you destroy them. Of course, that leaves the rather obvious problem that the time travellers are touching the ground without any problems, and they are touching the air. And it certainly can't be that "touching someone in the past changes history and causes a paradox" because touching someone is no more paradoxical than them seeing you and talking to you.
So, what do you think? Back when Westwood did Red Alert 1, do you think it was their intention that Einstein had some sort of chrono weapon for killing Hitler, or that he killed Hitler by returning to the present, or was it simply "handshakes from time travellers are lethal"?
I always assumed that Einstein brought some sort of chrono-weapon for erasing Hitler. That theory seemed to be confirmed by Red Alert 2 where a similar weapon was used by the Chrono Legionnaires, they fired blue beams that erased enemies from existance, like a long-range version of what Einstein used to kill Hitler.
Another idea I had was that Einstein had some sort of "recall" device for returning to the present, and he activated it at the exact instant that he shook Hitler's hand... the time machine warped him back to 1946, and Hitler was dragged into the time vortex and sent to nowhere and nowhen.
But in the intro for Red Alert 3, when the Soviets travel back in time the General is about to touch a curtain and the scientist says "No, don't touch anything! Must not do anything to disrupt the space time continuum!" And then the Colonel shakes Hitler's hand and disintegrates him.
So it seems that in Red Alert 3 EA interpreted that old Red Alert 1 intro as meaning that it was the handshake itself that was lethal - if you are a time traveller and you touch someone, you destroy them. Of course, that leaves the rather obvious problem that the time travellers are touching the ground without any problems, and they are touching the air. And it certainly can't be that "touching someone in the past changes history and causes a paradox" because touching someone is no more paradoxical than them seeing you and talking to you.
So, what do you think? Back when Westwood did Red Alert 1, do you think it was their intention that Einstein had some sort of chrono weapon for killing Hitler, or that he killed Hitler by returning to the present, or was it simply "handshakes from time travellers are lethal"?