Comments on: Timelines: time travel in popular film and tv

By: George Cyprus

George Cyprus — Wed, 11 May 2011 05:16:40 +0000

hahahaah, I thought about Quantum Leap immediatly too. It was such a stupid tv series but I didn’t miss even one episode LOL

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 23:23:08 +0000

It’s pretty and fun, but I’m glad I don’t have to use this for anything. WIth its necessarily variable time scale and wavy main timeline, some of the departures and landings are at awkwardly low angles, and it’s all so spindly and teeny.

Also, just in time for revision 37, why is there a line going off the top of the image, labeled “The Time Machine (2,300)”, when the year 2300 is very much in scope?

By: Daniël

Daniël — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:52:57 +0000

This obviously did not include the Brittish show “Doctor Who”, since he flew to the beginning of time and back again.

But awesome chart non-the-less :D

By: Liza

Liza — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:19:37 +0000

Actually Back to the Future 3 ends in 1985 rather than 1995. It is set not even a day apart from film Back to the Future 1.

By: Ettegoom

Ettegoom — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:17:42 +0000

What about Dr Who!?

By: regularg0nz0

regularg0nz0 — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:11:09 +0000

Where’s the tangled ball-o-string for Dr. Sam Beckett (and one strand for the Admiral)?

By: nyped

nyped — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:19:45 +0000

amazing idea, but what about “idiocracy”? that’s definitely a time travel.

By: Dan Loeb

Dan Loeb — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:05:20 +0000

You definitely need to add Groundhogs Day. I think he traveled back in time one day once a day thousands of times in a row. (They don’t say exactly how many times he repeated the day, but clearly he repeated it enough times to become an accomplished pianist, ice sculptor, learn to speak French, etc.) See http://www.wolfgnards.com/index.php/2009/06/16/how-long-does-billy-murray-spend-in-grou

By: Django Onderkova

Django Onderkova — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:21:15 +0000

Have a look at this page. It fits the topic. Not the time travel but the film thing.
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/movie_narrative_charts_large.png

By: Aria

Aria — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 07:05:32 +0000

I have to say, this is pretty awesome! Fantastic work!

Unlike many others, I’m not going to say you /forgot/ some shows, because really, there are TONS of shows with TONS of episodes that deal with time travel. It’s nearly impossible to keep track of absolutely all of them.

So I would like to add to the (already growing) list:
- Time Trax (deals with time travel as the main plot)
- The new Star Trek movie.

And I’m sure it’s already been used/seen/referenced, but:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_time_travel_science_fiction#Time_travel_in_science_fiction_television_series
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_time_travel_science_fiction#Time_travel_in_science_fiction_films