The Charlie Chaplin Time Traveller

[gantz]

Im sure most of you would've heard of this by now, a guy recently viewed the DVD extras, which had footage of the premiere of the film 'The Circus' in which he strongly believes he has caught footage of a 'time traveller' as it seems to the woman/man is carrying on a conversation on some device.

Or it is simply a mentally unstabble person chattering away to themselves.

Either way, intriguing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6a4T2tJaSU&feature=related

[VERT]

Hey thats cool thanks :D

[Paulbot]

I've not seen this before either. It is cool.

[SamLoi888]

This was shown on morning television. It does look very intriguing. It could have easily been faked though...I mean they faked the whole moon landing.

[Demonac]

Whats with this 'fake' moon landing?

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Whats with this 'fake' moon landing?


What you dont know? It never happened it was all just filmed in a studio :D ;)

[Gutsman Heavy]

What you dont know? It never happened it was all just filmed in a studio :D ;)

on mars!

[gantz]

...I mean they faked the whole moon landing.

Capricorn 1 Yo! lol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capricorn_One

As it may be faked, sure we will find out soon enough, it still is quite something!

[Bartrim]

I love that bit on Family Guy...

Man: "Hey Neil Armstrong... aren't you supposed to be on the moon?"
Neil: "Ah well... you see... solar winds... and tape delay..." WHACK!(Armstrong knocks out Man and puts him in trunk of car):D

[Paulbot]

on mars!

or Venus.

You'd think "no mobiles allowed" sign at the Time Portal would stop the time-travellers getting caught like this, but clearly the people who travel back in time are going to be the same idiots who don't know how to turn off their phone in a cinema.

[Demonac]

Who would they be talking to in 1928?
I would think that without satellites, or towers, it would be pretty hard to get a signal...unless its a one of those phones that the Doctor has.

And does anyone here actually seriously believe in the 'hoax' conspiracy?

[gantz]

Well if there were to be time travel tech, you'd think they'd be able to somehow not have to use cell towers etc.

I believe it would be easier to send signals through time....

Who actually knows with the moon landing though

[kup]

From Youtube commentator:


Small-sized handbag with a short handle, designed to be carried (clutched) in one's hand, is often called a clutch. He/She is attempting to discourage the cameraman from filming him/her. It’s a purse!  I explained it, now where is my prize.

I think that's the explanation. He/She is trying to cover her face while talking with a small handbag.

I don't think that someone capable of Time Travel would be using contemporary mobile phone technology - We can barely get into space now, much less time travel. They would also need to be talking to someone who also has a mobile phone or set up some sort of signal interface so it would have been more than one person there. I doubt there is an I-Phone app that allows you to talk through time and space.

In regards to the Moon landing - I believe that when America is desperate enough, they are capable of anything.

[MV75]

Sorry guys, this is just too ridiculous to keep open as a topic.

[griffin]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again... pre-recording a moon landing doesn't prove it didn't happen for real. The existence of one event (a TV broadcast) does not prevent another related but non-reliant event (the Landing) from occuring.
This was NASA and the Cold War - they would have wanted to make sure video was broadcast live to the world (to both America and the Soviets), even if it meant having a backup version ready (which they probably used, but would never admit).

It stands to reason, that if we can send dozens of people into space every year for the last 40 odd years, and send space-craft all the way to Pluto... why is it impossible to accept that we can send a space-craft to a short distance like the moon, with people in it?

[griffin]

I don't see why this topic was closed. It hasn't degenerated into anything unresolvable yet, and hasn't been insulting or derogatory in anyway.

Topic is open.

[gantz]

Thanks Griffin !!

[Sky Shadow]

Hmm... if she's a time traveller, and she's talking on a phone, has she built herself an entire mobile phone network so she can talk to other people? Maybe she's just recording herself on it, like a time traveller's diary.

[gantz]

I think that's the explanation. He/She is trying to cover her face while talking with a small handbag.


That could be true, but she does seem to turn to the camera and smile...

I like the time travellers diary idea. "I am currently walking past the premiere of one Chaplins film, things are looking goo.....ahh crapola, camera!"

[1AZRAEL1]

I got a theory.

Maybe she is from the future even to us where they have created a walkie talkie style mobile phone looking thing that she can communicate across time and space with people from her time. If they can create a time machine, there's a good possibility that they can make that as well :p

[sanbot]

Wasn't there some mention of it being a hearing aid device?

[Hursticon]

I don't see why this topic was closed. It hasn't degenerated into anything unresolvable yet, and hasn't been insulting or derogatory in anyway.

Topic is open.

Thank you Griff, it's a victory for common sense. :)


Guys, guys...

It's the Doctor's daughter, Jenny, visiting her father's old friend Charlie and just happens to be caught chatting to her Dad, who's obviously in the Tardis, whilst blocking the sun from her face. ;):p:D

[gantz]

Yeah someone had mentioned it was a Siemens Hearing Device.

But I thought they only had those small like grammar phone looking things back then.


It's the Doctor's daughter, Jenny, visiting her father's old friend Charlie and just happens to be caught chatting to her Dad, who's obviously in the Tardis, whilst blocking the sun from her face. ;):p:D

^The Truth! finally

[MV75]

Thank you Griff, it's a victory for common sense. :)


Guys, guys...

It's the Doctor's daughter, Jenny, visiting her father's old friend Charlie and just happens to be caught chatting to her Dad, who's obviously in the Tardis, whilst blocking the sun from her face. ;):p:D

Yea, and here is the leader of making sense. :rolleyes: This is just so exasperating.

How did fake moon landings which it itself is fake, make it in here?

I'll leave you guys to the insanity peppers then. I'll come back with some straight jackets.

[Paulbot]

I imagine the person is saying something like "Captain, I'm unable to find any evidence of Romulans in this time period. I'm ready to beam up."

[Bartrim]

Maybe she's just recording herself on it, like a time traveller's diary.

Something along the lines of...

"Captains log, stardate 2231(whatever). I've travelled back in time to...":p

[Hursticon]

"Marty!, where The Hell did you park the Delorean!" :p:D

[gantz]

"Marty!, where The Hell did you park the Delorean!" :p:D

John Connor, meet Kyle Reese

[gamblor916]

John Connor, meet Kyle Reese

Didn't that happen in the TV series when they were both kids? I was so annoyed when they killed off that series as it was just getting interesting.

[jaydisc]

Overheard: "You know how I know this is fake? That's a white iPhone 4."

[gantz]

Overheard: "You know how I know this is fake? That's a white iPhone 4."

LOL thats great!

[blackie]

Overheard: "You know how I know this is fake? That's a white iPhone 4."

LOL

[griffin]

Considering this is a forum that talks about transforming alien robots, how can anything raised here be considered idiotic by conparison? :rolleyes:

We may have some standards (rules) here, but when it comes to scifi/fantasy, anything goes, and very little ever gets taken seriously anyway... :D

[gantz]

Spot on Griff :)

And George Clarke, the man responsible for the Youtube vid has chosen to respond to a few of the public comments on news.com.au

http://www.news.com.au/technology/man-who-claims-to-have-found-chaplin-time-traveller-says-chuck-norris-not-responsible/story-e6frfro0-1225944633519

Quote:

The “good question”

Les - "if you could time travel, why would waste your time at a Charlie Chaplin premiere?"

George Clarke - "Who says the person in question went back to see the Chaplin premiere? How about, the person went back to an earlier period and got stuck there or was in town doing something else and just happened to stroll on by?

[MV75]

Overheard: "You know how I know this is fake? That's a iPhone 4 with reception bars."

There, fixed.

[jaydisc]

Please don't misquote me, especially in a way that you know will incite me.

[SkyWarp91]

I reckon she's just trying to cover her face from the sun, despite that it looks like she's holding something by her ear but maybe she has a neuromuscular injury that's left her fingers flexed? Or she's old and her finger muscles have gotten so weak they've wrinkled up like as if she's holding a phone?
Who knows?! And I do think she is speaking to someone, not on the 'phone' but the guy walking in front of her.

Or..

She did actually time travel and this is how her phone conversation went down:

Lady: 'You better figure out a way to get me back to 2067 Houston'
Houston: 'Only if you don't leave a trace that you went back in time'
Lady: 'Of cour.. **looks at camera** ...aw what?!?'