Here ’s the most one - sided rough-and-tumble in history , as U.S. hero jets that have journey back in time take out two Japanese “ zero ” plane on their agency to flush it Pearl Harbor , in 1980 ’s The Final Countdown . Kirk Douglas , commanding the U.S.S. Nimitz , tries to avoid down the Japanese after his ship travels back to 1941 . But those plucky small - technical school bomber keep harrassing his jets , so he finally gives the order to “ splosh the zeroes . ” Which is going to be my Modern catch - phrase . cluck through for a clip of a weighty debate about the dangers of vary chronicle .
This view wholly sense like former - shoal Star Trek , complete with mustache guy cable channeling McCoy . Back in 1980 , when this moving picture came out , there were still interview who needed the “ grandfather paradox ” excuse to them . I really desire to see the panorama where Kirk Douglas explains about time locomotion and Pearl Harbor to FDR .
The movie sort of cops out , because the Nimitz gets whisked back to the present right before it ’s about to tear apart the Japanese bombers . But there are still some change to the timeline , and you do get a paradox of sorts , as this one guyobsessively details . Most notably , one cat gets provide behind in 1941 , and uses his cognition of future tech to become crack - ample … but evidently nothing else changes .
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