Touch of Petulance
- by Ray Bradbury, directed by John Laing
- TV Episode
- Fantasy, Horror
- Adults
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- “Touch of Petulance” by Ray Bradbury, directed by John Laing (USA Network, USA, 12 October 1990).
A faithful adaptation of Bradbury’s 1980 story of a man who returns to his warn his younger self about the future course of his marriage.
—Michael Main
We are one, the same person: Jonathan Hughes.
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- Time Periods
- Circa AD 1970 to 1999: young Hughes, circa 1995
- Circa AD 2000 to 2099: pld Hughes, 2025
- Time Travel Methods
- Wish Travel: There are hints that old Hughes wished himself into his past: “Where? Where to go? Nowhere to go except in the past, before all of this happened.”
- Themes
- Ex Nihilo Obects and People: Perhaps the revolver is an ex nihilo object that young Hughes will keep until old Hughes uses it years in the future.
- Fix Your Own Past!
- Save “Lois”!
- Self-Defeating Acts: If old Hughes succeeds in convincing young Hughes to change, then there would be no reason for old Hughes to come back in the first place.
- Wisdom or Consolation to Your Younger Self
- Groupings
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- “Touch of Petulance” by Ray Bradbury, directed by John Laing (USA Network, USA, 12 October 1990).
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