Short Film
Stealing Time
- by Michael Tucker and Alex Calleros, directed by Alex Calleros
- (Youtube: Finite Films Channel, 30 June 2011)
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
[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.
