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Time traveler discovered in Chaplin extras

#1 Post by kroxquo » Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:21 pm

Apparently an Irish film maker has discovered a time traveler talking on a cell phone at a 1928 premier of a Chaplin film.


I wonder what kind of reception s/he got in 1928?
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#2 Post by frogman042 » Thu Oct 28, 2010 4:22 pm

If you look carefully you can see her lips moving as she is saying "Can you hear me now?"

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#3 Post by MarleysGh0st » Thu Oct 28, 2010 5:47 pm

No, she's saying "Beam me up, Scotty!"

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#4 Post by Jeemie » Thu Oct 28, 2010 6:17 pm

MarleysGh0st wrote:No, she's saying "Beam me up, Scotty!"
She's more likely to be saying that than she's likely to be a time traveller.

Because if she's a time traveller...who's she talking to on her cell phone?

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#5 Post by MarleysGh0st » Thu Oct 28, 2010 6:21 pm

Jeemie wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:No, she's saying "Beam me up, Scotty!"
She's more likely to be saying that than she's likely to be a time traveller.

Because if she's a time traveller...who's she talking to on her cell phone?
Well, she'd still be a time traveler; those folks on the Enterprise did that fairly often.
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#6 Post by christie1111 » Thu Oct 28, 2010 6:25 pm

After 1:30 I gave up. I did not want to waste those 6:30 minutes
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#7 Post by MarleysGh0st » Thu Oct 28, 2010 6:35 pm

christie1111 wrote:After 1:30 I gave up. I did not want to waste those 6:30 minutes
There are a bunch of other copies of this on YouTube now, some of which are much shorter (i.e., they leave out all of the guy's commentary and advertising for his film festival).

I'm also seeing comments that say she's carrying something called a "Lutz Ferrando Ear Trumpet", which looks like a reasonable explanation...though not nearly as fun as a time traveler. :lol:

http://www.phisick.com/a7et82lutz.htm

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#8 Post by ulysses5019 » Thu Oct 28, 2010 9:57 pm

kroxquo wrote:Apparently an Irish film maker has discovered a time traveler talking on a cell phone at a 1928 premier of a Chaplin film.


I wonder what kind of reception s/he got in 1928?

I think she's wearing a Casio digital watch too! And she's got a can of Tab in her pocket.
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#9 Post by littlebeast13 » Fri Oct 29, 2010 12:21 am

ulysses5019 wrote:
kroxquo wrote:Apparently an Irish film maker has discovered a time traveler talking on a cell phone at a 1928 premier of a Chaplin film.


I wonder what kind of reception s/he got in 1928?

I think she's wearing a Casio digital watch too! And she's got a can of Tab in her pocket.

She couldn't get the Tab because she tried to order a Pepsi Free......

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#10 Post by Jeemie » Fri Oct 29, 2010 3:46 am

I suppose the dead giveaway (besides the title) that this was a nutjob is that he was wearing what appeared to be a 1960s-era Star Trek shirt.

Does he produce these films in his mother's basement, too?
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#11 Post by ulysses5019 » Fri Oct 29, 2010 6:05 am

Jeemie wrote:I suppose the dead giveaway (besides the title) that this was a nutjob is that he was wearing what appeared to be a 1960s-era Star Trek shirt.

Does he produce these films in his mother's basement, too?

Nah, Doc Brown's garage.
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#12 Post by MarleysGh0st » Fri Oct 29, 2010 6:15 am

Jeemie wrote:I suppose the dead giveaway (besides the title) that this was a nutjob is that he was wearing what appeared to be a 1960s-era Star Trek shirt.
Aha! You didn't watch the whole thing. At one point of his long explanation, he shows that it's a Bruce Lee shirt, both Lee and Chaplin being big inspirations for his work.

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#13 Post by Bob Juch » Fri Oct 29, 2010 6:34 am

It could be just something like this:

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#14 Post by MarleysGh0st » Fri Oct 29, 2010 6:38 am

So, does anyone here have that set of Chaplin DVDs, to verify the scene for us? How about you, SSS?

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#15 Post by drjoe1e6 » Fri Oct 29, 2010 8:54 am

Jeemie wrote: Because if she's a time traveller...who's she talking to on her cell phone?
The Doctor upgraded Rose Tyler's cell phone to work anywhere, anywhen. I believe she called home to the 2000s while watching the sun go nova.

Hey, if we can have a working time machine, we can have a working cell phone. Just be careful of the radiation from those plutonium batteries!
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#16 Post by ne1410s » Fri Oct 29, 2010 8:58 am

I believe it is a man in woman's clothing. He is holding his hand in a manner to hide his face. Check out the feet on that dame...
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