Time Travel: Unexpected Journeys (Flight of the Navigator & Slaughterhouse-Five)

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09/10/20 • 66 min

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"Where I presently dwell, life has no beginning, no middle, and no end”

This week we take a look at what happens when aliens decide to get involved in time travel. We discuss childhood classic Flight Of The Navigator (1986) and the film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's 1969 novel Slaughterhouse-Five (1972).

Join us as we uncover the mysteries of time travel through the lens of alien encounters.

| Flight Of the Navigator at 01:13 | Slaughterhouse-Five at 33:37 |

"Where I presently dwell, life has no beginning, no middle, and no end”

Join us as we uncover the mysteries of time travel through the lens of alien encounters.

| Flight Of the Navigator at 01:13 | Slaughterhouse-Five at 33:37 |

Previous Episode

Time Travel: Memory Loops & Lost Time (Je t’aime, je t’aime & The Jacket)

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"How likely I'll survive? Oh yeah, 100% if I were a rat"

This week we discuss time travel caused by experiments gone wrong. To delve into this theme we discuss the powerful Je t'aime, je t'aime (1968) directed by Alain Resnais and The Jacket (2005) starring Adrien Brody.

These films explore what happens when science pushes boundaries too far, with characters caught in nightmarish loops and twisted timelines. Whether it's a man reliving the past over and over or another trapped in a disturbing future, these movies show just how badly things can go when experiments don't go as planned...

Join us as we unravel these mind-bending stories of science backfiring in the most unexpected ways.

| Je t'aime, je t'aime at 02:10 | The Jacket at 39:00 |

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Next Episode

Time Travel: Stuck in a Time Loop (Groundhog Day & Edge of Tomorrow)

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"Well, what if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today”

In this episode, we’re diving into the mind-bending world of time loops with Groundhog Day (1993) and Edge of Tomorrow (2014).

Both films explore what happens when characters find themselves living the same day over and over again, whether it's for laughs in Groundhog Day or for survival in the action-packed Edge of Tomorrow. We’ll break down how these time loops force the characters to confront their own choices, learn from their mistakes, and ultimately find a way to break the cycle.

Join us as we unravel the twists and turns of these endlessly repeating days.

| Groundhog Day at 02:09 | Edge Of Tomorrow at 41:00 |