tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post7657366831526230984..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: In defense of time-travel storiesRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-26342388823673018812015-11-23T20:57:10.247-05:002015-11-23T20:57:10.247-05:00This may sound silly (but not to Peter) -- my daug...This may sound silly (but not to Peter) -- my daughters have been watching "Doctor Who", and even though it's hokey, I half-way like it!John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-92113429990728281412015-11-23T17:21:43.466-05:002015-11-23T17:21:43.466-05:00Because the movie is so good it's easy to forg...Because the movie is so good it's easy to forget or not realize It's A Wonderful Life is a classic allohistory film showing what it would be like if George Bailey hadn't been born. There are other movies that explore this concept like Run Lola Run or Sliding Doors.<br /><br />In my youth Timerider and Time Cop were popular among me and my friends. ANNOYED PINOYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00714774340084597206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-81373940820680514872015-11-23T17:12:44.225-05:002015-11-23T17:12:44.225-05:00Looper was alright, though some people think Bruce...Looper was alright, though some people think Bruce Willis "phoned it in." That he went through the motions just for the paycheck. I've seen 12 Monkeys a few times and I never could understand why the movie is so popular as a time travel movie. It's strength is it's vision of dystopian future society. I suspect its popularity is mostly grounded in the fact that Brad Pitt stars in it.ANNOYED PINOYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00714774340084597206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-37803747749943080552015-11-23T16:28:56.468-05:002015-11-23T16:28:56.468-05:00Both Triangle and Timecrimes are very cool little ...Both Triangle and Timecrimes are very cool little lowbudget time travel flicks. Primer definitely set the bar for intellectual time travel flicks but is also very talky (Carruth's followup Upstream Color was similarly challenging, but had a more straightforward narrative) - but it's generally considered a classic in the genre now and I believe was only made for like 8k dollars. I'd also add Looper and 12 Monkeys to your list. And for TV shows, I'd add Lost - that was one of the few shows to nail a coherent time travel plot where everything that happened, happened - and spent a whole season on it rather than the isolated one or two-parter episodes star trek or other well-written shows did (star trek TNG finale All Good Things was probably the best time travel episode out of all the series)Cletus Van Dammehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13749634619890462132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-41994805542012069822015-11-23T12:24:31.489-05:002015-11-23T12:24:31.489-05:00More time related movies I recommend:
Time Lapse ...More time related movies I recommend:<br /><br />Time Lapse [a recent movie about what would happen if you had a camera that could take a picture of the future]<br /><br />Somewhere in Time with Christopher Reeves and Jane Seymour [This movie is similar to The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan with Lindsay Wagner who was famous for being the Bionic Woman. I enjoyed this movie as a kid, but I don't recall it enough to recommend it like I do Somewhere in Time.]<br /><br />Source Code [a recent movie that's something like a time travel or parallel universe movie.]ANNOYED PINOYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00714774340084597206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-32375788772495896262015-11-23T12:12:03.742-05:002015-11-23T12:12:03.742-05:00There are still websites out there where people po...There are still websites out there where people post comments discussing and debating what really happened in Primer. I knew or suspected the TWIST of Predestination by 1/3 of the movie, but the ENDING itself doesn't match Heinlein's famous story [which I won't name lest I ruin the movie for others]. Good ending IMO. It's one of Ethan Hawke's better movies along with Gattaca and Daybreakers [vampire movie].<br /><br />Timecrimes shows that a good sci fi movie doesn't absolutely require a million dollar budget or lots of special effects.ANNOYED PINOYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00714774340084597206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-73242830880329481862015-11-23T11:52:52.894-05:002015-11-23T11:52:52.894-05:00LOLLOLANNOYED PINOYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00714774340084597206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-36148388056971981442015-11-23T11:48:14.711-05:002015-11-23T11:48:14.711-05:00Annoyed Pinoy -- you are correct on that. In fact...Annoyed Pinoy -- you are correct on that. In fact, I saw a recent interview with one of the writers who made a comment along the lines of, "When I saw that in Indiana Jones, I thought, 'Wasn't that the idea we rejected because it was stupid?'"Peter Pikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11792036365040378473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-27099021552243944542015-11-23T11:07:18.094-05:002015-11-23T11:07:18.094-05:00For those who don't know, the time machine in ...For those who don't know, the time machine in Back to the Future was originally supposed to be a refrigerator. Fortunately, they changed it to a DeLorean. Believe it or not, the refrigerator concept eventually made it into Indiana Jones 4. Which ended up being the most ridiculed part of the movie.ANNOYED PINOYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00714774340084597206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-34294544677673412242015-11-23T10:43:24.888-05:002015-11-23T10:43:24.888-05:00I didn't need to mention the Back to the Futur...I didn't need to mention the Back to the Future movies. Everyone knows those. Though, I don't understand why some don't like the third in the trilogy. It was great in my opinion.<br /><br />When it comes to tv shows dedicated to time travel, three that come to mind are.<br /><br />Voyagers! [1980s tv show for kids and the young at heart. I still want one of those time travel devices called an Omni *g*]<br /><br />Seven Days<br /><br />Quantum Leap [classic!!!!!]<br /><br />When it comes to literature the following are some that come to mind. Again, time travel might not be the centerpiece.<br /><br />The Door Into Summer by Robert Heinlein [HIGHLY RECOMMENDED]<br /><br />A World Out of Time by Larry Niven [ A mind bending story]<br /><br />The Time Machine by H.G. Wells [a classic!!!]<br /><br />Timeline by Michael Crichton [standard fare]<br /><br />Time Enough For Love by Robert Heinlein [Very anti-Christian, but it's thought provoking and emotionally affecting. Time travel is definitely not a centerpiece]<br /><br />Federation by Judith Reeves-Stevens and Garfield Reeves-Stevens [considered by some to be the best Star Trek novel]<br /><br />Lightning by Dean R. Koontz<br /><br />Time for the Stars by Robert Heinlein [great space exploration novel. It also explores the effects of time dialation]<br /><br />Variable Star by Robert Heinlein and Spider Robinson [I read the book before Time for the Stars. I recommend skipping this book and just reading Heinlein's Time for the Stars and Heinlein's book The Door Into Summer]<br /><br />Two novels written by Mormons who touch on issues of time that I've read and still haunt me are:<br /><br />A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle <br />The Worthing Chronicle by Orson Scott Card<br />ANNOYED PINOYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00714774340084597206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-38334372153738392272015-11-23T10:07:44.041-05:002015-11-23T10:07:44.041-05:00I LOVE time travel movies. The following are just ...I LOVE time travel movies. The following are just a random sample of my favorites. Though, technically some aren't really time travel movies. Or even if they are, time travel isn't the centerpiece (as Ryan said above).<br /><br />Time After Time (with Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen, David Warner)<br />[HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Go watch this movie if you haven't already! You won't be disappointed]<br /><br />Frequency [HIGHLY RECOMMENDED]<br /><br />Mr. Nobody [highly recommended]<br /><br />Scrooged (with Bill Murray) [funny adaptation of A Christmas Carol]<br /><br />Groundhog Day (with Bill Murray) [the classic "repeat a day" movie]<br /><br />17 Again [ a kind of "Peggy Sue Got Married" for guys]<br />Peggy Sue Got Married [ a kind of "17 Again" for gals]<br /><br />About Time [great for the emotional connection between father and son, and husband and wife]<br /><br />Time Time Traveler's Wife<br /><br />The Butterfly Effect<br /><br />Freejack [intriguing sci fi concept for immortality. Plus who doesn't want to see a movie with Mick Jagger, Anthony Hopkins, Rene Russo? It's Emilio Estevez's most memorable movie in my mind.]<br /><br />Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel<br /><br />The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey [odd movie that's not really a time travel movie]<br /><br />Paycheck [I enjoyed this movie because I wasn't expecting it to be a sort of time travel movie. I suppose adding it to this list will ruin the surprise for some. But it's worth the watch anyway.]<br /><br />Next<br /><br />X-Men: Days of Future Past<br /><br />The Time Machine (1960 film) [classic!!!!!]<br /><br />The Time Machine (2002 film)<br /><br />Out of Time<br />[This is a memorable movie because seen in my youth. It would probably be disappointing to see it again now that I'm an adult]<br /><br />Star Trek movies and episodes. Especially the episodes on TNG and VOY.ANNOYED PINOYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00714774340084597206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-37676641794355234442015-11-23T09:25:30.209-05:002015-11-23T09:25:30.209-05:00What's great about Primer is that the debates ...What's great about Primer is that the debates that go on in its interpretation can't have a definitive answer. Predestination was well executed. By 1/3 of the movie I knew it was a big screen adaptation of Heinlein's famous story. But it was still an enjoyable to watch even though I knew the ending. Timecrimes seemed to me to be a low budget film, but well executed. But for Sci Fi fans like me who have seen dozens and dozens of time travel movies or TV episodes its underwelming. Though, still good for the emotional impact. In some ways it's similar to Triangle (which I recommend as well).ANNOYED PINOYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00714774340084597206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-28661156516679923872015-11-23T03:44:04.435-05:002015-11-23T03:44:04.435-05:00No one will ever top Hot Tub Time Machine. The fil...No one will ever top <i>Hot Tub Time Machine</i>. The film's explanation for time travel is highly sophisticated as well. I didn't quite follow it, but it had something to do with microscopic organisms living symbiotically with its host, viz. midi-chronians.rockingwithhawkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10550503108269371174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-38816540349359688752015-11-23T00:56:35.406-05:002015-11-23T00:56:35.406-05:00I happened to like Interstellar, but I wouldn'...I happened to like Interstellar, but I wouldn't classify that as a time travel movie so much as space exploration. Time travel was the reveal of the movie, not the centerpiece.<br /><br />I really like movies that revolve around time travel, when done right. Primer is probably the most thought-provoking time travel movie I've seen. Predestination was interesting, albeit more for the gotcha moments than anything else. Stein's Gate handled the genre well for an anime. Will probably watch Timecrimes soon.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07883500968749756873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-3529332235054917842015-11-23T00:06:36.549-05:002015-11-23T00:06:36.549-05:00Time travel is fun to think about and toy with. I...Time travel is fun to think about and toy with. I think sometimes directors and writers take themselves too seriously. The high-speed-cryosleep-gone-awry space/time travel flicks are fun. That's usually an example of traveling to the future and staying there. Planet of the Apes.<br /><br />Ironically I mostly enjoy the Terminator franchise. It's a guilty pleasure.<br /><br />I generally dislike the black-hole-as-wormhole time travel storylines. The recent movie using this mechanism starring Matthew McConaughey was basically total crap.<br /><br />CRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03231394164372721485noreply@blogger.com