mattycsi
Master Member
On a guided tour, yes.What I want to know: in UK/Europe, is there always a "Gandalf" in any hiking tour who has to announce the name of the land/area/place as soon as it comes into view?
But more of a "Tim the Enchanter".
Things you've always wondered about in sci-fi movies
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But more of a "Tim the Enchanter".
mattycsi
Master Member
Oh dude! My mum does that, along with a full verbal commentary of any and all scenery that we pass!Guided, I can see that.
But that Gandalf, he asked for a lot of "behold"ing!
Not as bad, though, as a car passenger who has to read aloud every sign we pass.
Drives me fkin mental!
CT1138
Sr Member
As a kid I get it, because as kids we're not truly conscious of ownership or trespassing, or other such boundaries that we have. When we're kids. Hickory Creek is just "the creek," Walker's Field is just "the field," Higginbotham Woods is just "the woods," and Moraine Valley was just "the valley." They still had names, and people who took care of them, but kids just aren't conscious of them.
...or much else...
When Fire in the Sky was showing at our local theatre everyone was yelling during the movie "That's my grandma's house.", "I'm the third guy in the search party, with the beanie.", announcing every scene, every hill, every house. A bridge scene came up and in the utter silence I yell "Got a ticket for 70 in a 50 on that bridge."What I want to know: in UK/Europe, is there always a "Gandalf" in any hiking tour who has to announce the name of the land/area/place as soon as it comes into view?
The Goon
Sr Member
Think of it this way--this planet, Earth, is in constant motion. It orbits around our Sun, and revolves on it's own axis. So if a "time machine" didn't take this into consideration, when you appeared, say, 100 years in the past, the odds are that Earth would be in a different location and you would be left floating in empty space. Traveling through time alone would likely get you killed unless your particular time machine could also protect you from the environment when you arrived long enough for you to immediately return to your starting point if you needed to.
Lightning
Master Member
But, think about how the Time machine works in HG Well's "The Time Machine". It stays in the same place and time moves past it, so it moves along with the Earth, just out of phase so no one can see or interact with it. Other time machines could work similarly, it's just not as obvious that's what they are doing, since their travel time is faster.
p51
Sr Member
joberg
Legendary Member
Not only revolving but also falling! So the horizontal + the vertical are also into the equation
You guys don’t get…
All you need is a talking giant jelly donut to jump through and all of your “time travel problems” are solved.
Time portals compensate for all of these time / space issues, quite nicely.
All you need is a talking giant jelly donut to jump through and all of your “time travel problems” are solved.
Time portals compensate for all of these time / space issues, quite nicely.
drusselmeyer
Master Member
Mmm. The power of donuts! What is it they cannot do??
It is funny, I never understood the REALLY long psychodelic scenes in 2001 A Space Odyssey. Didn't grasp how it was made to be viewed while high, or so it is rumored. But I find myself staring at these donuts with no end in sight and I don't mind so much. Maybe if the obilisk was "full of donuts"??
drusselmeyer
Master Member
"My God it's full of donuts!" - Dr David Bowman (maybe?)
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