OT: the best time loop ?

[dogscoff]

I thought that Total Recall was real and not fantasy. Quail (Schwarzenegger) knew it was real when that psychologist guy came and told him to swallow the pill, but he was sweating with fear.

Doesn't mean a thing. For one thing, it could have been part of the software to make him sweat when a gun is pointed at him. For another, he probably *was* afraid- not for his life but because he was about to lose a customer to psychosis which would be bad for business and probably for his own job.

Quaid had lost it, he was living in a dream world. Best place for him too.

[kalthalior]

The SG1 episode where Jack and Teal'c lived the same day over and over was titled "WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY" from season 4. My favorite part was when they both learned to juggle while helping Daniel translate the pictures of the inscriptions.

Episode Description from SCIFI

[Cheeze]

Funniest part of that SG1 episode was when Jack and Teal'c open the gate and bring the golf bag. First is Teal'c in golf clothes. Second is Jack swatting balls through the gate. He asks Teal'c how far the planet is on the other end, and it's something like 80,000 light years.

Jack: "That's got to be a record"

[gregebowman]

Originally posted by David E. Gervais:
Grrrrr, someone had to mention BladeRunner eh? One of my favorite movies, but no longer available in it's Great Original Theatrical release. (With Harrison Ford Narrating) Now the only Version you(I) can find is the stinky, bland, boaring, Director's Cut. That IMHO is but a shadow of the original. I don't mind a Director's Cut Version, but don't remove the original. I'd like to see how sales would compare if the Origial Version was available for sale at the same time as the Director's Cut. I bet the Original would out sell the DC Version by at least 4-1. (That would be very satisfying, to have the director find out his Version sucks, and that he never should have changed a Great movie into a mediocre one.)

Oh well, nuf said.

Cheers!

P.S. BTW My vote goes for Final Countdown, with GHD a close second.

I agree with you 200%!! Give me the original Version of Blade Runner and the Director's Cut. They do this for other movies; I don't understand why they can't for BR. I haven't bought the dvd. I"m holding out for the original Version. Once I get that, if it's not a combined dvd, then I'll get the director's cut. Unless the director has the say on which Version can be released?

[gregebowman]

Originally posted by gregebowman:

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Originally posted by Atrocities:
I guess you would have to consider the Terminator series as a Time Loop too.

And I forget the name of the movie, but a moder day Aircraft carrier is sent back in time to just prior to the Sneak attack at Pearl Harbor. That was a good movie as well.

That movie was The Final Countdown. It's coming out on DVD soon, and I've already pre-ordered it. It's almost the perfect movie for me; it has both time travel and Pearl Harbor, 2 of my favorite subjects. Now, if Martin Sheen just wasn't in it.....

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Finally, after all of these months, I finally watch The Final Countdown. I still think it's a pretty good time travel flick, even with Martin Sheen in it. But as I was watching it, I realized that they should have used this film as a Navy recruiting film instead of Top Gun. Top Gun only dealt with pilots. That may make up about 1 or 2 percent of the Navy population. This film showed what aircraft crews did, and spent quite a bit of the movie showing the crew doing their jobs. If anyone was interested, and didn't hope to have any chance to be a pilot, you could get a look at what the enlisted personnel did on a ship. Ships have their officers, but it's the crew who actually run things. That's what I was thinking when I was watching this film. So if you're thinking about a career in the Navy, check this film out.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Originally posted by Cheeze:
Funniest part of that SG1 episode was when Jack and Teal'c open the gate and bring the golf bag. First is Teal'c in golf clothes. Second is Jack swatting balls through the gate. He asks Teal'c how far the planet is on the other end, and it's something like 80,000 light years.

Jack: "That's got to be a record"

My favorite from that was when the general walked in and wanted to know what was going on.
"On a backswing?!"

[ August 02, 2004, 22:44: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

[gregebowman]

Originally posted by geoschmo:
My favorite time loopy movie: Frequency

Not a strict time-loop movie, cause no one actually travels but they only communicate across time, but it's cool nonetheless.

I loved this film too. Makes me wish I could have done something like that, since my dad passed away in 2000. But we never had a short-wave radio. We had a cb for a short time in the 70's. Another movie I like with that theme is Field of Dreams. Not really a sci-flick, but you have the ghosts/reincarnations? of some of baseball's greats and then Ray's dad shows up.

[Sinapus]

"What is wrong, O'Neill?"
"Everytime we loop back, Daniel is asking me a question. Problem is, I wasn't listening the first time."
"You are not the only one experiencing discomfort from this, O'Neill."
*fwash*
*WHAM* "Uh, sorry sir!"

[rdouglass]

Nobody mention 'Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure'?

[AMF]

"memento"

Definitely NOT a time-loop plot per se, but it sure felt like one, no?