Having been to Moonbase Junior's second 5th birthday party today, one outside for his mates and their parents, we came home full of Hot Wheels cake and quite pooped.
I settled down to watch a film called Next with Nic Cage. The premise was interesting. Nic could foresee two minutes into his future every two minutes. Not much leeway really. I did wonder if Nic had been in a similar film about numbers?
Alas I fell asleep after 10 minutes and Nic didn't see that coming.
I got to thinking about being able to see two minutes into the future. Its not much and not enough, say, to escape a large explosion or do anything about a sinking ship I wouldn't have thought. Rather sadly the two minutes will also include foreseeing one's own demise, which is a real downer.
I have yet to watch most of Nic's film but what would you do with this ability readers? Is it overall a pain in the backside?
How long does it take to purchase a lottery ticket?
ReplyDeleteha ha, like it Kev!
DeleteSorry to say, I don't do Nicholas Cage, but one of the classic films dealing with that very same premise is The Atomic Man from 1955, with Gene Nelson and Faith Domergue (aka Timeslip) in which a man exposed to radioactive isotopes gains the power to see about seven seconds into the future! Not much you can do with that, I guess, but the film is definitely worth a look. (And I'll watch even wallpaper dry if it has Faith Domergue in it...)
ReplyDeleteNot seen that Zigg. Its on my winter list of films to watch now!
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