About this episode

The episode explores the history of time travel in movies, starting with a focus on THE TERMINATOR.

Today we begin our season on THE TERMINATOR, maybe the most famous robot movie of them all. First things first, let's deep-dive into Time Travel movies. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said but nothing more.   TikTok: @FiftyYOSR Insta: @FiftyYOSR NOTES FIVE TIME TRAVEL PARADOXES https://www.astronomytrek.com/5-bizarre-paradoxes-of-time-travel-explained/   A HISTORY OF TIME TRAVEL FICTION https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/46690/a-history-of-time-travel-fiction   BFI’S TEN LESSER-KNOWN TIME TRAVEL FILMS https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-lesser-known-time-travel-films   GQ’S TEN BEST TIME TRAVEL FILMS https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/best-time-travel-movies   EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE’S LEGACY https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/new-way-thinking-about-motion-movement-eadweard-muybridge Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Matt Brown

Topics covered

• time travel
• robot movies
• film history
• science fiction
• paradoxes

Keywords

• time travel
• THE TERMINATOR
• robot movies
• film history
• paradoxes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TikTok, Insta, Acast, Astronomy Trek, Prospect Magazine, BFI, GQ, Penn Today

Books & works: THE TERMINATOR

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