I'm not much of a movie/tv watcher at all (I have not seen a single movie on your list, LOL, so I'll not be voting.)

^ I think Time Trap was fantastic. Donnie Darko is way too popular for my concept. Then I would have to add Planet of the Apes, The Matrix, Looper, The Butterfly Effect etc. etc. etc. and 25 poll options would not suffice. Obscurity is also cool. 

Shadowyzard wrote: ^ I think Time Trap was fantastic. Donnie Darko is way too popular for my concept. Then I would have to add Planet of the Apes, The Matrix, Looper, The Butterfly Effect etc. etc. etc. and 25 poll options would not suffice. Obscurity is also cool.

You were right, it is popular. My son was talking math, as usual, to me while I was trying to post and hadn't taken in your OP properly. I would have thought Time Bandits was pretty darn popular, though. I mean it's only friggin Terry Gilliam with Michael Palin contributing writing.;)

^ Yeah, Time Bandits is quite popular. I generally base my understanding of popularity on IMDb. Of course they are not the ultimate "determiners", but it feels safe...

For instance, I thought that U Turn (1997) was extremely popular, but IMDb says it is not that much. Also, some movies are very popular in some countries, but not so in others. Of course the internet age changed it to an extent, but not totally...

^ The Turkish TV channels never showed it, as far as I know/remember. I met Time Bandits in the 2000s.

Edited by Shadowyzard - October 11 2021 at 18:01

^ Monty Python is liked and appreciated by people like me, in my country. We are quite a minority, I must say. Yet, this doesn't come to mean that the Turkish TVs didn't show some wild British humour. We are quite a chaotic country, really. Any foreign person who feels optimistic (a Muslim) or pessimistic (a non-muslim or Islamophobic) that s/he is coming to a Muslim country would probably be bedazzled or bewildered. I've seen many examples in both ways. 

Edited by Shadowyzard - October 11 2021 at 18:12

I'd like to come to Turkey, but will hide my Islamophobia.;) I'm rather phobic when it comes to many religions. Had some bad experiences, and some people hold it against me that my mother was a jackal :( ;)

Shadowyzard wrote: Logan wrote: I'd like to come to Turkey, but will hide my Islamophobia.;) I'm rather phobic when it comes to many religions. Had some bad experiences, and some people hold it against me that my mother was a jackal :( ;) I guess as long as you don't wear a shirt written "Islam sucks" on it, you won't face many problems here. Even then, most of us don't understand the English language. So, if you want trouble, you can attack Islam in the Turkish language. You may not see the other day, be warned.  I'm an apatheist, and I prefer to ignore the religions normally. I'm rarely offensive. But, I always say that I don't believe such nonsense in every environment, if asked. If I want trouble, I sometimes do so without being asked too. Luckily, I've been victorious so far. Hahah.

I won't wear my Mohammad cartoon shirts. Better than in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan methinks. I notice many religious people who could be considered on the phobic side when it comes to how thetly view non-believers (atheists, agnostics), Pagans, Satanists (I've met some very nice ones though for many it's an FU to religions) but there isn't seemingly as much made about that in the media here let alone having those people labeled phobes (a phobia being a psychological condition involving an extreme irrational fear). I mean I never hear people called atheophobes or agnostophobes. ; ) I think phobia diagnoses should be left to the psychologists anyway. I dislike persecution and hatred by both the religious and non-religious.

Of only I had a time machine, then maybe I could go back and create a world where we would get along much better and be open to different ideas ,leading to ages of reason.. I could go back in time again with my juicematic mindblender if they weren't willing to listen the first time.... Mindblending films would be a fun topic. The Lawnmower Man did that, although that was more mindmulching.

Excuse any typos, doing this on my phone but that doesn't excuse the nonsense.

Edit: sorry for going off on the Islamophobia, I just dislike the term as it is commonly used by non-psychologists. Anti-Muslim bigotry would be better. I'm sure the true phobia exists, but the thing about a phobia is that it negatively affects the person who suffers from it. This taints everyone who has phobias when phobes are maligned. I developed acrophobia at one time, despite having been an avid climber due to an accident with a friend -- he died. I don't think many nice people would have maligned me for my phobia. People traumatised by ISIS attacks may have developed a phobia too when it comes to Islam (an irrational and extreme fear). The government here tried to pas a hate crime bill specifically referencing Islamophobia. I emailed them saying that instead of stigmatizing phobes, and criminalizing phobias, they should fund treatment by psychologists to treat the phobias and give advice on how to deal with these irrational fears. It's an unfortunate term that gained common acceptance, I think. Homophobia is a real thing too, but I won't call People like the Islamic State, and other Islamic groups, automatically homophobes for how they treat homosexuals and see homosexuality.

Edited by Logan - October 12 2021 at 12:53

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

The Time Machine (1960), should be on this list.