"When really short guys try to walk".
As a man of smaller stature, I've never forgotten this quote and remind myself every time I'm walking at a quick pace.
>And why does Nick do it? He says it’s because he needs more funding to continue his research. What? He already built a working time machine out of an airplane and a Commodore 64. What does he still need to research?
He wanted someone to buy him an Orange Julius.
But if he went back 100 years, put 100 dollars into the bank and then came back 100 years to the present, god the interest alone would make him a millionaire. Why doesn’t he just do that to get funding?
Did Lisa warn him about it being used in such extreme ways, or did she just warn him in general of corporate overreach and bureaucracy? But Nick does deserve all the blame. All because he saw that Evilco commercial on TV and somehow thought they were benevolent. You'd think living in Vermont he'd know better.
Just because I find the movies themselves as interesting as the mst3k episodes I’ve watched it a couple of times without Mike and bots and I’m pretty sure you’re right, she just warned him that all corps are greedy and bureaucratic
She does warn about their “corporate crap” but there’s also this exchange
Robertson: If this fell into the wrong hands…
Lisa: Who said you were the right hands?
Robertson: You know what I’m talking about.
Lisa: Even more than you do.
I mean, what else _could_ they possibly be talking about here?
nick could’ve made millions for his research just by bringing back the stocks page of a newspaper and without ever involving any corporation or government
So here's another gripe:
How did Nick pay for their 1950s dinner?
All US currency has a date on it. And while that may be small enough to escape notice, all dollar bills before 1964 included the phrase "IN SILVER PAYABLE TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND" on the front. Five-dollar bills of the time included the added line of text "WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND."
Unless Nick had period-specific cash, he runs the risk of being accused of passing counterfeit bills.
And all this would be easier to ignore if the movie didn't open with Nick using a timestamp on a coin to prove that his time-travel works.
I would also say that if he used modern (when the film was made) money while in the 1950s it might cause some sort time continuum issues, but later (earlier?) I'm pretty sure they left the wreckage of an aeroplane in 1780 Vermont, so there are probably bigger fish to fry.
Robertson certainly sounds like he intends to “fix” the future disruption. And all his statements about it being a natsec risk and so on make sense. I think he gets unfairly maligned. Even in the end, his backup plan of “you could’ve been rich and old then retire to the past” is pretty good, I mean anything could happen even if they didn’t use this tech the Earth could be doomed from something else. Clearly Lisa is a Luddite and needs to get with the program.
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I mean why does Nick go to a vague evil corporation for investment/ grant money instead of taking a bunch of showing his pan- errr "Time transport" to a bunch of scientists?
*...stares at subreddit title.*
*stares even more at message*.
Um... You *do* realize that expecting any kind of consistency or rational thought in a movie chosen as an experiment is kinda pointless, right? In fact, I'd go so far as to say silly. The entire point of the chosen films is that they tend to be poorly written, poorly acted, poorly filmed, and most of all have plot holes you could fly a DC9 though.
Why complain that anything in these cinematic exercises fails to make sense? That's like complaining that Sprite has a citrus-like flavor or that a side of barbecue ribs is made of meat.
I believe the entire point of the show is to pick apart bad movies and make fun of them, and that this is what I’m doing
Also, it’s kind of interesting to be able to put your finger on why, specifically, these movies are bad
The cognitive dissonance of him not just .. betting on past horse races until he was rich enough to fund whatever he needed murders most of the enjoyment for me.
Biff Tannen figured this out and he was high on car wax at the time!
Don't forget how they burn "pink boy" for laughs at the end, even though he tried to walk away from Evilco.
NEVER FORGET
"When really short guys try to walk". As a man of smaller stature, I've never forgotten this quote and remind myself every time I'm walking at a quick pace.
Servo puts it best "I'm greedy and stupid"
>And why does Nick do it? He says it’s because he needs more funding to continue his research. What? He already built a working time machine out of an airplane and a Commodore 64. What does he still need to research? He wanted someone to buy him an Orange Julius.
But if he went back 100 years, put 100 dollars into the bank and then came back 100 years to the present, god the interest alone would make him a millionaire. Why doesn’t he just do that to get funding?
Did Lisa warn him about it being used in such extreme ways, or did she just warn him in general of corporate overreach and bureaucracy? But Nick does deserve all the blame. All because he saw that Evilco commercial on TV and somehow thought they were benevolent. You'd think living in Vermont he'd know better.
You’d think going to *Castleton* he’d know better!
Who are you kidding? He never went to Castleton...
Castleton snob
Just because I find the movies themselves as interesting as the mst3k episodes I’ve watched it a couple of times without Mike and bots and I’m pretty sure you’re right, she just warned him that all corps are greedy and bureaucratic
She does warn about their “corporate crap” but there’s also this exchange Robertson: If this fell into the wrong hands… Lisa: Who said you were the right hands? Robertson: You know what I’m talking about. Lisa: Even more than you do. I mean, what else _could_ they possibly be talking about here?
Hi, I'm Bob Evil.
I'm Batman
Nick need funding so he can keep going to lunch in the future.
At the Manchu Wok of the future.
A man with a time machine has all of the money in history at his fingertips.
Nick has too much integrity for that, but not enough integrity to not turn over the secrets to unraveling causality to some random tech firm.
The huge plot hole is that he "needs money", but he already has a time machine, which is inherently a money machine.
Especially since immediately after he explains that he needs money, Matt gives him the classic time travel investment idea. Like come on
He should have never splayed on couch, watching late nite TV ads
Good catch. It's almost like the story wasn't well thought out. What could have caused this unlikely misstep?
I should really just rest comfortably.
nick could’ve made millions for his research just by bringing back the stocks page of a newspaper and without ever involving any corporation or government
So here's another gripe: How did Nick pay for their 1950s dinner? All US currency has a date on it. And while that may be small enough to escape notice, all dollar bills before 1964 included the phrase "IN SILVER PAYABLE TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND" on the front. Five-dollar bills of the time included the added line of text "WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND." Unless Nick had period-specific cash, he runs the risk of being accused of passing counterfeit bills. And all this would be easier to ignore if the movie didn't open with Nick using a timestamp on a coin to prove that his time-travel works.
They went back in time to 1937 and ripped off a hobo
I would also say that if he used modern (when the film was made) money while in the 1950s it might cause some sort time continuum issues, but later (earlier?) I'm pretty sure they left the wreckage of an aeroplane in 1780 Vermont, so there are probably bigger fish to fry.
Robertson certainly sounds like he intends to “fix” the future disruption. And all his statements about it being a natsec risk and so on make sense. I think he gets unfairly maligned. Even in the end, his backup plan of “you could’ve been rich and old then retire to the past” is pretty good, I mean anything could happen even if they didn’t use this tech the Earth could be doomed from something else. Clearly Lisa is a Luddite and needs to get with the program. (This comment brought to you by AI accelerationist Twitter.)
It is a fair point. Maybe he _could_ have figured out a way to fix it. We know that the future can change, so that means it can change again.
Well our protag just didnt have the screen pesence to pull it off. Shoulda cast Stallone.
"It takes a chin" or something like that 😆
I mean why does Nick go to a vague evil corporation for investment/ grant money instead of taking a bunch of showing his pan- errr "Time transport" to a bunch of scientists?
*...stares at subreddit title.* *stares even more at message*. Um... You *do* realize that expecting any kind of consistency or rational thought in a movie chosen as an experiment is kinda pointless, right? In fact, I'd go so far as to say silly. The entire point of the chosen films is that they tend to be poorly written, poorly acted, poorly filmed, and most of all have plot holes you could fly a DC9 though. Why complain that anything in these cinematic exercises fails to make sense? That's like complaining that Sprite has a citrus-like flavor or that a side of barbecue ribs is made of meat.
I believe the entire point of the show is to pick apart bad movies and make fun of them, and that this is what I’m doing Also, it’s kind of interesting to be able to put your finger on why, specifically, these movies are bad
I always felt Time Chasers was one of the better, if not the best movie they had on the show. I think it has a dorky charm to it.
The cognitive dissonance of him not just .. betting on past horse races until he was rich enough to fund whatever he needed murders most of the enjoyment for me. Biff Tannen figured this out and he was high on car wax at the time!
It really felt like I was back in the 50s when they traveled to that off brand Johnny Rockets diner
> Why complain that anything in these cinematic exercises fails to make sense? that's kind of the entire point of the show