Favourite time-travel show/movie -or- WHERE THE FLUX IS MY CAPACITOR?
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 03:03
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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?
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Quantum Leap
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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!
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Another two:
The obvious choice, Terminator 1 & 2, and
Planet Of The Apes, a perennial classic.
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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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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.
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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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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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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?
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