>Others might protest that many movies would be less straightforward (as opposed to more crookedbackward) if flashbacks were replaced by actors waving around torches- unless the movie is something like the Hunchback of Notre Dame or Lord of the Rings, of course.

Which then begs the question, if a dinner is served in captain's quarters, and the captain veers off the main course and goes straight for the desserts, where will the ship go?

[update: reconsider the problem for captain's halves, thirds, fifths etc]