One of my very early scripts "A Simple Discussion About Time Travel" has been produced by a cool cat named Eric Rodgers (who wisely re-titled it "A Simple Discussion").

It's basically a non-story story, but it was fun to write and the film turned out pretty good I think.

[note: the sound's a bit off in the beginning. Eric told me he will probably go back and fix that].

Check it out:

Good stuff! I have to admit I did get confused with all the time travel stuff, but that's just me. Also, I didn't like the end tiles. Overall though, it looked well shot.

Big congrats for getting it produced man!

Very cool short re: time complexities! Now, I am gonna have to watch Terminator Salvation ot see if John Connor's dad is around.  

Gary

First off: Big congrats!!!!

I can't speak for others, but here's why this appeals to me:

Minus the poker, and The Terminator aspects I had almost the same discussions back in about 1978.

The fact that I and probably so many others can remember having that discussion creates a common ground and that's what makes it funny, but also interesting.

Another thing: Terminator is classic. My son was just a little boy when my husband played it in a VCR. He talks about that movie now with that same kind of reminiscing mystique that people of my generation talk about The Exorcist. Whenever you incorporate two significant ideas together, you're going to get a winning combination.

In this case, that winning combination is:

A. People remember going to see Terminator and so there's a weird fondness that people get from that. It's the "I remember when... factor".

B. Who doesn't like talking about Time Travel?

The excellence in this was the fact that it didn't look acted or scripted.

Sandra

Pretty cool short man. I felt the opening credits were a little shaky though... Director should have used a tripod for some of the shots there. The acting was a little over-the-top in certain parts, and I thought the high angle at 2:30 was a little pointless.

Yeah, the acting did let this down in certain parts. It felt a little un-natural., which is weird, as it did feel pretty improvised. It's hard to explain, but to me it felt un-natural.

But apart from that, it was enjoyable man.

And congrats on getting this made

Toby.

Awesome Rob. Congrats. I remember reading this script a long time ago. Good stuff.

~Zack~

Congratulations. The script was one of the first ones I read on here. It's a fine script so I watched this with high hopes. Some of the acting was good and some of it wasn't. The titles were way off the mark in my humble. Nevertheless on the whole it's pretty darn good.

Congrats. It starts off as a godfather feel and then moves on to a Roger and Ebert moment. interesting take.  

Hey Rob, just read the script, I'll watch the vid later. Good job with the writing. I love all that Terminator stuff! A theory put forward to explain it is that in the normal course of events, Sarah would've met some guy and John was born. But the first T coming back changed all that.
That website I mentioned in the PM is mjyoungtimetravel anomalies or something. Pretty interesting stuff, though the guy must've had 'time' to work it all out! Cheers

I liked it. It reminded me of Pulp Fiction ("royale with cheese") minus a plot. But iit was a rather good display of talent -- nicely shot, good dialogue, and surprisingly good acting (it usually sucks bad in Short films).

Congrats on the production.

--Julio

  

I liked it, but the sound mixing was off.  I couldn't even hear the dance music he was complaining about until the guy went to change it.  Other than that I liked it a lot.  I thought the acting was pretty good, and the camera work was excellent.  Nice lighting for the mood as well.  Good colors.

Now, after hearing it all, and I've had a LOT of discussion about this subject over the years, I believe Mr. Sniper that YOU, are John Titor!  Mystery solved!

Google it if you don't know who John Titor is.  You'll have no shortage of hits. . . .

Hey all,

Thanks for the kind words, I'm glad most of you liked the film. Julio hit the nail center on the head, this script is exactly that...Royale With Cheese. And that's it.

Steven, you outed man. I am John Titor. I am from 2036.

LOL

I had actually never heard of him(?) but it's some interesting stuff. Interesting in a funny and hoax'y kind of way.

That look pretty good Rob!

I couldn't watch it in it's optimal state since the connection at this hotel sucks, but from what I saw, it looked pretty good. Maybe the sound needed a little help, but not bad at all. You should feel good about it!  

That's a good short you have here.  Something to be proud off.

Congrats.

Hey Rob,

I come back from deep space hibernation and you got stuff produced AGAIN?

I have to say I pretty much enjoyed it. I always loved your dialogue in the script, even if the story really goes nowhere, and some of the lines really worked in this one. Others didn't, which i chalk up to the actors. SOme of the acting was really good, while at times very wooden.

So a mixed bag but at no point was I bored, so that's a testament to how well you write substanceless small talk.

Please pen the next Sex and The City movie.

You may sprinkle it liberally with time-travel arguments.