Star Trek: Enterprise connection?

[u/CosmicLuci]

So, I only just watched Tenet, and there’s some elements in it that feels incredibly familiar to me.

A spy thriller, involving a Temporal Cold War, where the antagonists have future not-yet-invented technology, acquired through communication with the future.

Those are all things in Star Trek: Enterprise (at least in seasons 1-3, with the Suliban Cabal and Daniels).

So I was thinking…is there a chance Nolan took inspiration from Star Trek for these ideas? (Mind you, I’m not saying he stole ideas or anything. Referencing other works is a common well-established element in storytelling. I’m just wondering if anyone else caught this, and if anyone thinks it might be a deliberate reference).

[u/MadeIndescribable]

There's definite similarities, but Nolan's been playing with shifting the time in the narrative since his feture debut Following in 1998, so actually making it part of the narrative was probably inevitable eventually.

[u/CosmicLuci → u/MadeIndescribable]

Oh, sure. That part is unique. What is similar is the framing of a Temporal Cold War and such. Enterprise’s arc was fine, but Nolan used the idea in a more interesting way, that works with how he’s telling the story, I think