HBO and Steven Moffat's The Time Traveler's Wife

[terry78]

http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/9...wife-series-from-steven-moffat-ordered-by-hbo

Based on the novel regarding the innocuous librarian who travels through time and his wife who deals with it.

 

[Ozbridge]

Oh so the original (or inspiration of) River Song?

 

[Ozbridge]

Considering Moffat and Gatiss just have a deal with BBC, I hope this project isn't abandoned.

 

[Spider-Fan]

Wasn't this turned into a movie starring Eric Bana?

 

[Ozbridge]

Wasn't this turned into a movie starring Eric Bana?

Yes, a movie adaptation back in 2009.

 

[Sawyer]

 

[DarkKnight88]

As if the movie wasn't adaptation enough, now we can get countless seasons!

 

[Sawyer]

As if the movie wasn't adaptation enough, now we can get countless seasons!

Oh calm down, this isn’t Showtime.

 

[Sawyer]

 

[Sawyer]

‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’: HBO Series Adds 14 To Cast – Deadline

Yaaaaaaasss Kate Siegel.

 

[Sawyer]

 

[Sawyer]

 

[Sawyer]

Hot damn, now that’s a trailer!

 

[Sawyer]

 

[Sawyer]

Tonight.

 

[Incarnadine]

I just watched the first episode and I quite liked it. The casting was perfect and thanks to all the prompts about their ages it was easy to follow.

Looking forward to seeing more.

 

[Dr.]

I just watched the first episode and I quite liked it. The casting was perfect and thanks to all the prompts about their ages it was easy to follow.

Looking forward to seeing more.

I liked the first episode too. But I notice the series is getting terrible reviews. (Kind of a trend for me. More and more, I find my tastes are the opposite of critics. )

OTOH… Though I did enjoy the quirky and enigmatic time travel premise, I’m wondering if that can be sustained over the six episodes. Perhaps not. And perhaps that’s what the critics are on about.

 

[Slick]

Haven’t read the book or seen the movie but I thought this was a really good first episode and I can’t wait to see where it goes.

 

[Dr.]

Two episodes in and I’m still liking this series — and still confused by the negative reviews. Granted, I’m more engaged by the sci-fi time travel convolutions and tragic “predestination paradoxes” than the romance stuff. And maybe that’s what the critics are complaining about: too much emphasis on the mind-bending technicalities, not enough on the humanity…?

Speaking of critics, I notice several have raised the unsavory issue of “grooming” as it relates to adult Henry visiting/befriending adolescent Clare (his future wife). But this “controversy” never even occurred to me.

 

[Slick]

I’m really liking this show as well but it’s kinda weird lol.

 

[Spider-Fan83]

I'm always intrigued by time travel story-lines, and this one does have its own very unique and complex set of rules, tho, the theme {being told from the wife's POV, an overall having it as a deconstructed/out of order love story, is a bit much at times) and the "grooming" thing, I think is there, kinda built into the concept from even the source material/ an in the original movie... it does add kind of an "Ick factor" if you read to much into it... but when dealing with time travel that is a very "linear" view point {as Doc Brown would say}


but, I don't see as an issue/ controversy within the story, I see it as part of the story, time travel is a very morally ambiguous minefield that provokes a lot of ethical questions

it has been establish that he is offend drawn to people/places/events that he has very strong emotional connections too (with little to no control over it) so the fact that he is always going back to that one person {even at a stage in their life that he didn't even know them yet} suggest that the bond between them already exist in a future time point that he is coming from... it's a cause an effect question (like the chicken or egg) was it always meant to be? or did he make it happen by going back there?

I feel like in the original timeline he first traveled back there from he has already met/feel in love/ married her, on his own (without having set things up from the past) but that interaction with the past then changed, how an when, they met... but the results are the same {its a predestination}

to quote another time-traveler

 

[Holy Slapper]

Two episodes in and I’m still liking this series — and still confused by the negative reviews. Granted, I’m more engaged by the sci-fi time travel convolutions and tragic “predestination paradoxes” than the romance stuff. And maybe that’s what the critics are complaining about: too much emphasis on the mind-bending technicalities, not enough on the humanity…?

Speaking of critics, I notice several have raised the unsavory issue of “grooming” as it relates to adult Henry visiting/befriending adolescent Clare (his future wife). But this “controversy” never even occurred to me.

Same here. Two episodes in and I'm liking it. Second episode the best so far, there's some really wild and sad scenes in it, ones that will hit the viewer, especially if they're a member of the DPS.

I thought about the grooming part but the first episode sort of negates it when it's adult Claire who hooks up with a 28 year old Henry who has no idea about Claire yet.

I'm guessing the way Henry eventually dies is by trying to stop her mom dying, maybe getting in front of the car?

 

[Incarnadine]

Just watched the 4th episode and so far this is my favorite episode. I though by now the premise would be wearing thin, but it is actually getting more interesting.

I especially loved the entire "dinner with friends", it was so bizarre and engrossing at the same time.

 

[Dr.]

Just watched the 4th episode and so far this is my favorite episode. I thought by now the premise would be wearing thin, but it is actually getting more interesting.

Yeah. Each episode has had an interesting focus, theme, character POV or backstory. So the kooky time travel conceit doesn’t feel repetitive. At least not yet.

 

[Slick]

I really liked this latest episode it was wild, funny and yet quite sad towards the end.