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From: ables@cyb-eng.UUCP (King Ables)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Somewhere In Time
Message-ID: <488@cyb-eng.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 01:19:02 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 14 01:19:02 1985
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Having just seen "Somewhere In Time" (Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, and
Christopher Plumber) on cable the other day (and since I'm getting tired
of reading people tearing up Dune and 2010) I've got some things that bug
me about this movie that I'd like to throw out here.

I noticed that it was based on the novel "Bid Time Return" by Richard
Matheson.  Has anybody read this?  Is it any good?  I assume this is the
same Richard Matheson that wrote so many Twilight Zone episodes, it's
just like one of his stories.

What was the deal with her manager, did he really know about Collier or
was it just his knowning that someday some guy would come along...
It seemed like he was going to know about time travel, too, or something.

Was there some point to the nameplate on Elise's picture in the Hall of
History not being there? Or was it just to draw the suspense out a little
about who she was?

Who got the watch first??  He gave it to her in 1912 and she gave it to
him in 1972.  Who owned it originally?  Also, how old is that damn thing??
It keeps going in a circle from '72 to '12 and then the long way back to '72.

And last, but not least, who's the damn fool that left the penny in the suit
when he rented it last? :-)  I thought that scene was excellently done.  I'm
not one to cry at a movie, so when I feel a tear well up, I know they've done
something right.

Let's see... it's the day IBM stock goes public, if I concentrate real hard...
-King
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