Favourite time-travel show/movie -or- WHERE THE FLUX IS MY CAPACITOR? by chrisisall

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Favourite time-travel show/movie -or- WHERE THE FLUX IS MY CAPACITOR?

POSTED BY: CHRISISALL
UPDATED: Monday, May 22, 2006 17:03
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Thursday, April 27, 2006 9:42 AM

Yeah, Back To The Future is my favourite time-travel piece (all three, I consider them one story).

Demon With A Glass Hand is another, being an Outer Limits episode starring Robert Culp.

But there's a lot to choose from out there, what are other favourites?

Chronton particle-charged Chrisisall

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Thursday, April 27, 2006 9:50 AM

KOFFEE

Quantum Leap

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Thursday, April 27, 2006 9:58 AM

CHRISISALL

Hmm...just thought of more:
Somewhere In Time, with Chris Reeve and Jayne Seymour. That was class. Big-time tissue flick.

Adventures Of Brisco County, Jr.- the whole 'Orb' arc, that was COOL!

Chrisisall, guilty of un-authorized wormhole use

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Thursday, April 27, 2006 10:33 AM

CHRISISALL

Another two:
The obvious choice, Terminator 1 & 2, and
Planet Of The Apes, a perennial classic.

Love keeps his Delorean in the air, when it ought to be smashed by a train Chrisisall

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Thursday, April 27, 2006 11:18 PM

HAWK

Doctor Who.

Probably the greatest character in science fiction. That should, perhaps, be characterS as the series has perpetuated itself longer than time itself through the concept of regeneration (the alien lead character can cheat death by transforming his physical shape).

The longest running science fiction show period (so I understand), this has recently been revived and revitalised... and is currently one of the best things the UK has produced in many a year(speaking has a resident)!

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Thursday, April 27, 2006 11:57 PM

THESOMNAMBULIST

Good call Chrisisall.

I'm a big fan of the 1960 THE TIME MACHINE.

But I recently caught a very interesting British produced time film from the 50's called Timeslip Very interesting as things jump seven seconds ahead. Pretty clever flick.

Also there was a little understated one with Jeff Daniels called Timescape (I think) where tourist fromm the future come back to the present to witness 'Great' disasters . Nifty.

Cheers 'C'
TheSomnambulist

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Friday, April 28, 2006 1:36 AM

J6NGO1977

Favourite TT show is Dr Who. The show hit rock bottom with Sylvester McCoy, however it looks like they now have the perfect writers on board and really nailed it with the 2 latest Drs
Favourite TT Movie.... I do too have a hankering for Murloc action in the 1960 HG Wells Time Machine and how can I forget Back to the Future :)

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Friday, April 28, 2006 2:04 AM

MANWITHPEZ

Important people don't do field work.

Oh goody, goody, goody!!!

Let's get on with it, shall we?

The Terminator: Its one of those movies, that, on first viewing, you don't think about it. The glaring paradox. How can John Connor send Kyle Reese back in time to become his father, if Kyle hasn't been back in time yet? In the end...it doesn't matter.

Somewhere In Time: What? Time travel movies can't be tearjerkers too?

Time After Time: I absolutely adore this movie. HG Wells and Jack The Ripper locked in an intellectual tug of war. Herbert talks of the utopia the future must be, and Jack finds the land of his dreams in modern day America. Well paced, well acted, and well directed. I would suggest this one to anybody.

Back To The Future: Fast paced and action filled. Not the description you would expect about a movie when a time machine takes a teenager back to the 1955. Even the dialogue in this movie seems to snap. And, it introduced two of the most beloved characters in film history. Dr Emmett Brown and Marty McFly. Come on. You remember seeing it for the first time, don't you? Remember being on the edge of your seat for the last ten minutes?

The Time Machine (2001): I've seen a lot of votes for the 1960 version, and they're well deserved. This version has one of the best musical scores I've ever heard. Creepy Jeremy Irons Ubermorlock and Guy Pearce as an action hero? Why not!

Donnie Darko: I hated this movie the first time I saw it, because I thought it was being weird singularly for the sake of being weird. Such is not the case, I've discovered. It grew on me, and I've been grateful to myself ever since for giving it the second chance.

In a side note, there are a few films I'd like to mention here though they might not be considered time travel movies. Sliding Doors is one. One big game of what if. Memento is another. There's no time travel here, but, the pacing and presentation of the story is disorienting as Christopher Nolan almost forces the viewer to think like his protagonist...who cannot retain memories.

There's a few of mine. I'll be back...I always come back!

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

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Friday, April 28, 2006 2:06 AM

MANWITHPEZ

Important people don't do field work.

I notice that Time Bandits, Time Trax (Selma, I need you!), and Time Rider haven't been mentioned.

When is Time Trax coming out on DVD? Anyone?

Please?

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

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Friday, April 28, 2006 2:49 AM

JONUS

Favorite Show: Dr. Who (the one with Christopher Eccleston)

Favorite Movie: 12 Monkeys

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Friday, April 28, 2006 2:51 AM

EST120

Definitely The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror V when Homer uses the time machine and goes back to the prehistoric age and swats one bug which alters the course of the time and makes Flanders the ruler of the world. Good stuff.

One that I did not see mentioned that I enjoyed was Star Trek First Contact.

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Friday, April 28, 2006 2:52 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Jonus:
Favorite Show: Dr. Who (the one with Christopher Eccleston)

Favorite Movie: 12 Monkeys

Tom Baker was THE man when it comes to Dr. Who.

Totally agree about 12 Monkeys - hoped I'd be the first to mention it!

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Friday, April 28, 2006 3:02 AM

JONUS

Quote:
Originally posted by AJ:
Quote:
Originally posted by Jonus:
Favorite Show: Dr. Who (the one with Christopher Eccleston)

Favorite Movie: 12 Monkeys
Tom Baker was THE man when it comes to Dr. Who.

Totally agree about 12 Monkeys - hoped I'd be the first to mention it!

Well, Billie Piper is the main reason why I love the Chris Eccleston season

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Friday, April 28, 2006 4:33 AM

CYBERSNARK

Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure. Possibly the best single time-travel movie (trilogies don't count) ever made.

And yes, the Back to the Future trilogy makes it four definitive time-travel movies. Plus, being an 80s child, I love the first soundtrack ("Back in Time," "Power of Love," "Time Bomb Town"). . . Y'know, I haven't listened to it in years. I'm gonna go dig it out.

The "Avallon" arc in Gargoyles. Enough temporal crossing and re-crossing to give you whiplash, but it all works out --no paradoxes.

I'm also fond of TimeDancer, a little-known Gargoyles "authorized fanfic" (apparently based on the series creator's notes) spinoff (Brooklyn gets the Phoenix Gate and embarks on a century's worth of adventures, from ancient history to the distant post-Earth future).

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Friday, April 28, 2006 4:41 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by manwithpez:

The Terminator: Its one of those movies, that, on first viewing, you don't think about it. The glaring paradox. How can John Connor send Kyle Reese back in time to become his father, if Kyle hasn't been back in time yet?

You set me straight long ago with a site that explained all to my satisfaction, you still have the address for the newbies, and other interested parties?

Another flick of interest: The Time Travelers (1964).
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058659/
A weird, fun little movie. Addressed the paradox issue nicely.

llasisirhC

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Friday, April 28, 2006 4:45 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by Cybersnark:
Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure. Possibly the best single time-travel movie (trilogies don't count) ever made.

Dude, I liked the totally awsome sequel even better! Whoahhh, goin' to, like, Hell! Meeting God! How radical! And the Gorn reference!! Outstanding and non-heinous, all the way!

Non-Bogus Chrisisall

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Friday, April 28, 2006 5:06 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by Jonus:

Favorite Movie: 12 Monkeys

Mostly a great movie, but didn't you see the end coming from a mile off?

Chrisisall with the virus

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Friday, April 28, 2006 5:49 AM