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Found another kind of fun one called 11.22.63 on Netflix.

James Franco stars as a guy who transports himself back to 1960 with the plan to stop the JFK assassination three years later. I'm only three episodes in, but I like so far.

I gave up halfway through episode 2. I have trouble watching shows when I can't relate to any of the main characters. He's making choices that seem unlikely. I may skip to episode 3 and try again.

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Originally posted by Rey HRH:

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
NECRO THREAD---

Found another kind of fun one called 11.22.63 on Netflix.

James Franco stars as a guy who transports himself back to 1960 with the plan to stop the JFK assassination three years later. I'm only three episodes in, but I like so far.

That sounds like a Stephen King novel from when I was reading Stephen King novel.

Sigmonkey's quote would fit that novel. The guy owns a diner that offers cheap hamburgers and he gets his meat from that time.

I think it ended up the guy's present time becomes bleaker every time he goes back and returns. A part of the story was trying to stop Oswald.

That is the title of the King book.

The Time Machine
Final Countdown
Edge of Tomorrow

I just watched 11.22.63 and enjoyed it. I was almost 17 on that day and remember it like it was yesterday.

I recommend it to folks close to my age or anyone interested in the event.

Boss Level

A time loop movie from a few years ago. I liked it.

Earlier this year, I watched, for the first time since its initial release, Peggy Sue Got Married. Directed by Francis Coppola, it was well received in the mid 80s by box office performance and critics, but it seems has been largely forgotten. Back then when I was in my 20s, it was a fun little movie, but now, with decades under my belt (and both my parents gone), it is a well done time travel film that focuses on self-discovery and realization (similar to George Bailey in It's A Wonderful Life) rather than the sci-fi/adventure tone of Back to the Future. A very good movie, a different kind of film for Coppola, I'm glad to have revisited it.

For movies, I like this fairly obscure one from 2013, I’ll Follow You Down. It’s about a physicist traveling back in time to 1946 to try to meet Albert Einstein but was robbed and murdered there, thereby creating a timeline for his family that was not supposed to be.

For TV series, Star Trek TOS’ The City on The Edge of Forever and TNG’s Yesterday’s Enterprise are my favorites of them all.

I forgot about Peggy Sue. I enjoyed it also.

strange, two of my favorites are places I have been

I am not sure how you could not love Final Countdown. My Mother's hysband at the time was stationed at Langley so I was in Newport News just as the Nimitz was being completed.Pretty cool to see something that big being worked on


Somewhere in Time. Who did not love Young Elise McKenna.



I had visited the Grand Hotel several times before the movie came out. We lived not too far away in Chicago


When it comes to TV, I do like several of the Star Treks City on the Edge of Forever was a great episode. As was Yesterday's Enterprise.On a lighter note there is also Trials and Tribulations from DS9. I thought the crew integration was a work of art




There are others We can make this list go on forever

Since I don't typically watch movies but much prefer binge-watching a streaming series, I cannot name many movies that I would call a favorite other than "Back to the Future II" (the original was good, but I like the second one better) and "Somewhere In Time" (likely my all-time favorite!). I saw that one when it first came out in the theater, and totally fell in love with Jane Seymour in it!

Now regarding a streaming series, my all-time favorite was/is "Continuum" about a future cop who accidentally gets transported back in time to present day. I've watched the whole series at least 3 times through now! Part of the fascination is the main character played by Rachel Nichols; I find her totally adorable!

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Planet of the Apes

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Forgot about Millenium. Kris Kristofferson and Cheryl Ladd.

I think Groundhog Day qualifies as a time travel movie.

I like most if the time travel movies mentioned.

There is an episode in the Twilight Zone called "Profile in Silver".
Would you trade places with someone knowing you will die?

Here's an offbeat one: A Samurai in Time* (2024) is about a Samurai in feudal Japan who gets struck by lightning and wakes up on the set of a Samurai movie in modern times. (I haven't seen it yet.)

*the title in Japanese is actually Samurai Time Slip

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^OK, I just finished this. I loved this movie. If you're looking for the standard swashbuckler, you'll find it slow and paced (though hang on till the final fight scene). But if you're open to an off-beat sci-fi flick and a behind-the-scene glimpse into the making of chambara (Samurai sword action) or jidaigeki (historical period movies), this is a must-see.

The acting is so good you'll feel it in your gut (almost literally), and the big plot twist at the end seals the deal.

It garnered a 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating, and it's easy to see why.

Last night my wife and I were discussing movies we haven't seen in decades and she mentioned Pleasantville, actually an entertaining film that involves some time travel in its premise.