More than 400 films and 150 television series have featured time travel--stories of rewriting history, lovers separated by centuries, journeys to the past or the (often dystopian) future. This book examines some of the roles time travel plays on screen in science fiction and fantasy. Plot synopses and credits are listed for films and TV series from England, Canada, the UK and Japan, as well as for TV and films from elsewhere in the world. Tropes and plot elements are highlighted. The author discusses philosophical questions about time travel, such as the logic of timelines, causality (what's…mehr
More than 400 films and 150 television series have featured time travel--stories of rewriting history, lovers separated by centuries, journeys to the past or the (often dystopian) future. This book examines some of the roles time travel plays on screen in science fiction and fantasy. Plot synopses and credits are listed for films and TV series from England, Canada, the UK and Japan, as well as for TV and films from elsewhere in the world. Tropes and plot elements are highlighted. The author discusses philosophical questions about time travel, such as the logic of timelines, causality (what's to keep time-travelers from jumping back and correcting every mistake?) and morality (if you correct a mistake, are you still guilty of it?).
A former Florida reporter, Fraser A. Sherman has contributed articles to such publications as Newsweek, Boys Life and Movie Marketplace and is the author of four previous film books and more than two dozen published speculative-fiction short stories. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface One. A Century of Screen Connecticut Yankees Two. Time of the Time Machine Three. Enjoying the Exotic: Travel from the Present to Other Times Four. Bouncing Around Time, Getting Lost and Doing the Time Warp Five. Strange Visitors from Another World: Travel to the Present from Other Times Six. Changing History: When Time Is Up for Grabs Seven. Shaping the Future by Changing the Past That Is Our Present Eight. If I Knew Then What I Know Now: Changing Personal History Nine. Love in a Time of Time Travel Ten. Time Cops: Policing the Time Stream (or) Putting Right What Once Went Wrong Eleven. Déjà Vu All Over Again: Time Loop Films Appendices delete Appendix I: Film Credits delete Appendix II: Television and Direct-to-Video Series Credits delete Appendix III: Television Specials delete Appendix IV: Films and Television Series with Minor Time Travel Elements delete Appendix V: The Rest of the World delete Appendix VI: Interesting Short Films delete Appendix VII: Movies About Parallel Lives delete Appendix VIII: Time Travel Porn Films Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface One. A Century of Screen Connecticut Yankees Two. Time of the Time Machine Three. Enjoying the Exotic: Travel from the Present to Other Times Four. Bouncing Around Time, Getting Lost and Doing the Time Warp Five. Strange Visitors from Another World: Travel to the Present from Other Times Six. Changing History: When Time Is Up for Grabs Seven. Shaping the Future by Changing the Past That Is Our Present Eight. If I Knew Then What I Know Now: Changing Personal History Nine. Love in a Time of Time Travel Ten. Time Cops: Policing the Time Stream (or) Putting Right What Once Went Wrong Eleven. Déjà Vu All Over Again: Time Loop Films Appendices delete Appendix I: Film Credits delete Appendix II: Television and Direct-to-Video Series Credits delete Appendix III: Television Specials delete Appendix IV: Films and Television Series with Minor Time Travel Elements delete Appendix V: The Rest of the World delete Appendix VI: Interesting Short Films delete Appendix VII: Movies About Parallel Lives delete Appendix VIII: Time Travel Porn Films Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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