Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 23:31:55 CST
From: Rich Chong <U41602@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: Time Trax

>much just another cop show.  Will Annie be returning?  You can probably bet
>on it.  I give it a C+.                   n
I think Annie and Darian are Alyssa's Great  Grandparents. ;-)

>1 - Why did they insist on calling it the Smithsonian Institute?  It's the
>Smithsonian *Institution*.
>
>2 - It's the Museum of American History, not the Museum of History. (or else
>the Museum of Natural History, but that's not really a history museum.)
>
>4 - That red brick building they kept showing as the "Museum of History" is
>an administrative building, not a place that has displays (well, I think
>there are some small displays, but the "History Museum" is on the other side
>of the Mall.)
>
>where somebody gets the Nobel prize in physics and the diploma reads
>"Awarded by the Norwegian Nobel committee." The Norwegian Nobel committee
>only awards the peace price, whereas the other prizes are awarded by the
>*Swedish* Nobel committee.
Hey, maybe in *your* universe! ;-)
Is someone gonna complain that the lady's john shown wasn't really the
one in the basement of that admin building? What's the dif?

>5 - If whites are a despised minority, why are all of the cops white?  And
>they're all male, also.  (Well, there was that one brief appearance of a
>black female cop showing Elissa (sp?) into Damien's office, but she seemed
>more like an usher than a cop.)
>
>6 - 200 years from now, they still use *paper* mail?!
>
>7 - They still have books?  The dust jackets and everything else about them
>looked just like modern books do.  Nothing will change in the publishing
>industry in 200 years?
Who are we to say what it will be like in 200 years? Norms and trends have
been known to reverse themselves. Look at Communism in the last 50.
Perhaps Blanco cops will be the norm then. Maybe the paper is synthetic.

>8 - Why didn't the National Archives have those old newspapers on microfiche,
>microdot, or some form of computer storage (CD-ROM)?  Would they really allow
>just anybody to walk in off the street and ask to play around with the
>originals of 200-year-old newspapers?  And what are newspapers doing in the
>National Archives anyway?  They should have gone to the Library of Congress,
>or even to the Washington Post itself, if it still exists in 2193.
Again, maybe in 200 years, the function of the NA and LoC will change?

>10 - Has Michael Warren *really* gone bald since Hill Street Blues?  And
>haven't they found a cure yet in 200 years?  I always ask the same question
>about Jean-Luc Picard.
I guess Hair Club isn't gonna last for that long, eh? ;-)

>13 - The Secret Service guy just took a stranger's word for it that he was
>CIA, just because he flashed a badge?  And then goes on into detail about the
>President's schedule?  What's the CIA doing there, anyway?  It is illegal for
>the CIA to be involved in domestic situations.
Perhaps he really did infiltrate the CIA. Since the prez was returning from
foriegn stuff, perhaps CIA involvement isn't as illegal (in that universe ;-)

>14 - What was that about Sepp getting three doses of that drug?  He had one
>when he popped into 1993, and one when he popped out.  Where did the third
>one come from?
I think Sepp really came from the 1990s. I swear I saw him on the bus the
other day. He got his first dose from the first scientist who went back. ;-)

>15 - Why, if Damien was born in 2160, does the photo of his "mother" show her
>dressed in 19th century clothes?  You can bet that this little time jaunt had
Again, like Fat ties, styles come and go several times within a generation.

>> 3 - How did the door of the bathroom stall that Damien (sp?) materialized
>> into get locked from the inside?
Never seen a locked empty stall in a restroom? (I've never seen one of those
little garbage cans tho, wife explained it ;-)
>For that matter how did he transfer in that position?  And what kept him from
>materializing *in* something solid?
He fell into that position. The whole transporting idea over time is itself
a little sketchy. Not only in a time frame reference, but in a spatial ref.
For instance, what exact coordinate in the universe do you think the Smith's
bathroom will be after 200 years? After 2 seconds?

>Could someone explain his "car alarm" gizmo to me?  What do the three buttons
>do?  I didn't catch that part.
Already explained. but what is the big deal about an out of town guy bringing
his keys w/car-alarm gizmo with him, and leaving his car back home at the
airport or something? Wouldn't ya think Annie or someone would try pushing a
button or two for kicks? Zap! oops!

>Another thing that bugged me.  I understand the "signifigance" of using
>John Wilkes Booth's gun, but come on!!!  Ever heard of misfires?  You
>realize how old that gun was?  It wasn't maintained, cleaned, anything...
>there's no way a proffesional would have used that gun over a baretta, or
>especially one of those nifty beam weapons they showed.
Perhaps Sepp cleaned and fixed it up to work better than one would expect.
Let's get picky and ask where he got the bullets (or powder&shot);-!

Everything is explainable Young Trooper!
                                         rich chong