Post by The Herald Erjen on Sept 29, 2019 23:27:13 GMT
As soon as these two men arrive, they’re mugged by someone and even get arrested because they have no I.D. They witness the world in their future and consider it portends to biblical prophesy, signalling the end of days, which alarms them and so they return back to their own time with the intent to warn others. They were Christians that didn’t believe in the rapture and thought the future would be more Christian-like (for lack of a better word) but after witnessing the future, they changed their minds.
They come back and tell the inventor about what they have seen and warn him that the end of days was coming but the inventor brushed them off. Curious though, the inventor inputs a date into the time machine just after the last journey, which the machine accepts as input. Then he tries a later date which is also accepted and then another even later date which is accepted too. The inventor is relieved and laughs to himself and again dismisses the two men.
However the ‘dun-dun-duuunnn’ moment comes when he chooses a date thousands of years into the future but the machine doesn’t accepted it. Then he tries an earlier date and again, the machine doesn’t accept it. Then another and another, still not being accepted. And so the film ends with the poor inventor shitting himself after date after date is rejected.
Even though it was evangelical propaganda, I enjoyed the film as it played out like an extended version of a twilight zone episode. I forget the name of this film and it had unknown actors in it, making it difficult to find references for it. If you The Herald Erjen (I remember you being pretty good in such tasks when I lurked on the old board) or anyone knows of the film I’d appreciate it if you could let me know because I’d love to watch it again as it was quite good and suspenseful. However I do understand the difficulty in this task.
As to your thread title question, no I don't believe in any eschatology but it can be good sci-fi.