Comments on: Flash-Forward Friday: I Saw Everything End

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:54:00 +0000

Always thought you were a pip of a Met fan….

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:52:00 +0000

Remember that one and loved seeing the way that the world and events were depicted but the overall plot and ending were a bit disappointing.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:06:00 +0000

Mr. Pip episode referenced twice, without the resemblance, here and here.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:02:00 +0000

When the Mets hung Mets vs. Yankees Subway Series banners from the lampposts outside Shea in 1998, I flashed back to the banners used in that movie in Berlin, the ones that showed the American flag joining the German flag.
Not a perfect analogy, but you get what I mean.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:11:00 +0000

A chilling variation on this theme was an HBO movie in the early 90's called Fatherland.
The film is set in the mid-50's. The scenario is that Roosevelt saw the war in Europe as unwinnable, so the US pulled out and left ther continent (renamed “Germania,” naturally) to the Nazis in order to concentrate on winning the war in the Pacific.
This had Churchill go into exile in Canada.
Hitler is supposed to visit with President JOSEPH Kennedy, but Papa Joe calls off the meeting when a Nazi officer (played by Rutger Hauer) discovers evidence of the successfully-covered-up Holocaust and turns it over to the Americans.
Pretty neat premise.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:28:00 +0000

Though numerous stories have been written about time travel and what would happen if events were changed (including Stewie Griffin seeing himself as an adult) there were at least two that dealt specifically with the JFK assination being thwarted.
One was a 1990 made for TV film called “Running Against Time” starring Robert Hays who lost a brother in Vietnam and invented a time machine to prevent the war from occuring by saving President Kennedy (assuming Kennedy would bring the troops home after his re-election). His attempt results in horrendous twists and turns which I won't get into so not to spoil the film if aired again.
The other was an episode from the twlight zone series that aired in the mid-eighties. Called “Profile In Silver”, Kennedy's being saved created other situations that originally never happened.
Would be great if we could go back to 2006 and prevent Heilmann from facing Molina, etc., etc. and so forth.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:39:00 +0000

I might be interested in testing out the boredom theory…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:31:00 +0000

The Edith Keeler (Florence Nightingale) episode is amazing. Originally, Roddenberry wanted to go further with that story for Star Trek 2. In his original script, the Klingons found the Guardian of Forever and used it to stop Kennedy from being assassinated, which in-turn led to the Soviets winning the Cold War, which in-turn made Earth much easier to conquer in the 23rd century. The movie was to end with Kirk as the second gunman on the grassy knoll, killing JFK to save the future.
It's probably the greatest script idea never to see the light of day–because of course Paramount shit themselves in fear of the controversy it'd create, so Wrath of Khan was created instead.
Wait… were we supposed to be talking about baseball? This clip proves that baseball defines us as humans. Let's see George Lucas write that.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:08:00 +0000

Maybe not in the prequels but falling in love with Captain Kirk usually fucked it up for his innocent female companions during the first run of the series. A native-American type princess carrying his child got stoned, a Florence Nightingale type dedicating her life to others got run over by a truck and a beautiful A.I. had her circuits blown up.
Not to mention his kid getting knocked off by the Klingons in the third movie.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:52:00 +0000

Jason,
How anout this one instead?
Shot down while running away from a mob of angry Yankee fans at today's parade, you awoke to find a jovial fellow named Mr. Pip (resembling Greg Prince wearing a Met jersey) standing over you. Realizing you're dead, you assume that Pip is your guardian angel when transported to an idyllic world where every wish is granted and the Mets are world champions for eternity while the Yankees are the perennial Washington Nationals. Before long, however, winning 162 games each year and going 11-0 every post-season becomes a bore without a Louis Castillo drop, a Ryan Church missed base, a Franceour game ending unassisted triple play and so on.
So you say to Mr. Pip “I don't deserve to be in Heaven, send me to the other place”. Mr. Pip replies “Heaven? What makes you think you're in Heaven? Mr. Frey, this IS the other place”. As your paniced attempts to open the door fail in futility, Mr. Pip begins to laugh uncontrollably.
With apologies to Rod Serling, Charles Beaumont, Larry Blyden and Sebastian Cabot.