Free TV Show Idea: The Obsessive Compulsive Time Traveler
I was reading a story about a guy whose been obsessed for 50 years with building a time machine to warn his dad not to smoke.
Someone brought up the point that if the guy was one day successful, wouldn't his father have not died?
So that gave me the idea for a new TV show: The Obsessive Compulsive Time Traveler.
It's about a guy who travels back in time to make sure previous events still happen correctly, because he's afraid if he doesn't things will go wrong and the present will be wrecked. He's not right in the head, plus he's got a time machine, like a combination of Monk and Voyagers!.
It practically writes itself. Every week he get himself into hilarious new predicaments where he has to fix the history he just broke. Plus you can learn about history and stuff ("To learn more about Sam Houston, visit your local library."). All I ask is the producer thank me when they win their Emmy.
Posted November 15, 2008 5:12 AM
Comments
Isn't that basically what The Doctor does?
Calvin Spealman, November 15, 2008 7:48 PM
You cant time travel.
If so, you would be creating matter. That is, if you showed up in 1912, the matter that is you would meet the the matter that would eventually become you. Goes against the laws of thermodynamics.
Shit would get all blowed up.
ronnie, November 15, 2008 10:33 PM
Note a new idea; we've had "Time Tunnel" in the late 70's.
But time travelling would have some potential for software companies. Fixing bugs, after they occurred; due to time travel they can fix the bugs before they occur.
Imagine how much time you could save not updating your systems. Just have one initial package installed, let IBM travel back in time to fix the bugs before you install the software.
And regarding Thermodynamics; what about making it Open Source, so the community can help to find a workaround for the thermodynamics stuff.
ulrich krause, November 16, 2008 1:14 AM
You need to read the International Association of Time Travelers: Members' Forum:
http://www.abyssandapex.com/200710-wikihistory.html
andrew, November 16, 2008 8:09 AM
> He's not right in the head, plus he's got a time machine
Hm, you know Seven Days?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrononaut
Tilman Baumann, February 2, 2009 11:17 AM
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