It irks me when an otherwise fun time-travel plot is hijacked by a waving-of-the-hands
explanation of how, during the time-travel, the Earth continued to rotate or orbit the sun or
orbit the Milky Way or whatever, but never mind: The emphasis is on the word “fun” in
this 17-minute short that was written based on the following constraints submitted by the
filmmakers’ fans (but—dammit!—where’s Dinosaur Kid?):
[list]
[*] Cannot
take place entirely in one location.[/*]
[*] Someone must say the words “time
travel.”[/*]
[*] Two characters must have a long-standing rivalry.[/*]
[*] When
one character was a kid, he/she used to wish he/she could travel back in time to see
real-life dinosaurs.[/*]
[*] One character is a wine lover and is very picky/elitist
about their wine.[/*]
[*] One character prefers bubble baths to showers.[/*]
[*]
Someone has to say: “I have to go back.”[/*]
[/list]
— Michael Main
Howard: (looking at dead self) What
happened? What did you do?
Jim: I didn’t do anything. You
disappeared, two more of you burst in, one of you shot the other one, then you jumped in
the box and disappeared again.
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