09-21-2003, 05:27 PM
It was a while ago that I read Tommyknockers, and I don't recall the time travel aspect of the book. It might be joining in my mind with Dreamcatcher, however, as they were very similar books.
A movie that I'd seen before and recently re-watched had what I considered a *very* interesting/cool look on time travel: 12 Monkies.
Starring Brad Pitt and Bruce Willis, the basic plot is that Bruce Willis goes back in time to find out the cause of a massive plague that destroys most of the earth's poplulation. The survivors are forced underground, and send people back to find out information about the plague. Since the past can't be changed, their only goal is to find out as much as they can about the plague, so that scientists in the "present" can find a cure.
The movie itself is filled with eye-candy, in terms of time travel, and after watching it I find myself feeling that the scientists in the movie didn't fully understand the application of their own theories. It left me feeling... interesting.
In light of the previous discussion on Time Travel, I'm thinking we could tailor this thread to those theories discussed in fiction, be it as a book or a movie. I haven't read through all of the other thread, though, so just ignore me if such topics were covered there.
A movie that I'd seen before and recently re-watched had what I considered a *very* interesting/cool look on time travel: 12 Monkies.
Starring Brad Pitt and Bruce Willis, the basic plot is that Bruce Willis goes back in time to find out the cause of a massive plague that destroys most of the earth's poplulation. The survivors are forced underground, and send people back to find out information about the plague. Since the past can't be changed, their only goal is to find out as much as they can about the plague, so that scientists in the "present" can find a cure.
The movie itself is filled with eye-candy, in terms of time travel, and after watching it I find myself feeling that the scientists in the movie didn't fully understand the application of their own theories. It left me feeling... interesting.
In light of the previous discussion on Time Travel, I'm thinking we could tailor this thread to those theories discussed in fiction, be it as a book or a movie. I haven't read through all of the other thread, though, so just ignore me if such topics were covered there.
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