Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009) - Because You Watched Starcrash
Episode description
“Time travel. It’ll turn your brain into spaghetti if you let it. Best not to think about it.”
This week your Distinguished Professors grab some pints and go full-on Imagineer with the British science fiction comedy epic Frequently Asked Questions about Time Travel! So let’s all call Hollywood sh*t and talk about Clink’s Carson routine, Berres’s inability to remember that Bonnie Tyler wrote “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” a comparison with Joker regarding the eternal horror of being a fired mascot, musings about how you actually create a good movie, Vanderpool’s film career, the conundrum of doing a good nerd movie, comparisons with Simon Pegg and the unfortunate death of Gareth Carrivick, the smallness of the film as a benefit, time-traveling hookers, the Back to the Future reference, re-watching potential, Outlander comparison and a warning about screwing up the future like Claire, Toby’s MacGuffin idea, multiple references to other time-travel movies, a comparison with the ending of The Handmaid’s Tale and the fun of parodies of fan culture, Millie’s outfit, the awesomeness of Michael Des Barres, Millie as Victor the Cleaner, poor Jennifer in Back to the Future, a defense of Scott Pilgrim, a discussion of the merits of Old Elvis and the Beatles, the Rutger Hauer effect, musings on Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise, the rejection of thought, the deep coolness of Venus Flytrap, a last minute comparison with Somewhere in Time, and our rejection of the past.
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Music credits:
"Laser Groove" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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