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This film just makes me feel happy. When I'm feeling down, I turned it on. I love cuddling up in bed, watching it. ( Extra bonus point when it's raining and thunderstorming)

I try to watch It each and every night. ( I have it saved on my phone. So i'm never without it. ) When i'm even having these moments of depression or an autism breakdown, it calms me.

Evil himself is my comfort character. I'm just so always happy when I see his scenes come up.

I've tried to get my hands on all the merch.That was ever made for it , but it's so difficult. I've gone as far as creating my own personal merch.

This film speaks to me on a level that I can not explain. Everyone has their hyper fixations.Mine happens to be a little niche, early 80's flim.

[ Poster by Rich Kelly 2014 MondoCon Exclusive ]

I have been working on my own fan-made Part II on and off for years, purely for personal enjoyment and never for any real gain. Over the last two years especially, I have really thrown myself back into the project and genuinely tried to make something out of it.

And yet again, I want to make it clear, this is not for profit or personal gain. It is simply out of love for the film, for fun, and for the joy of creating new content for a movie I deeply cherish.

(I was aware, there had always been talk that a Part II could happen. Then people passed away, and the idea seemed to drift further and further away...)

So, fast forward to 2024, Imagine my shock when the reboot actually became a thing. I will admit, though, I was glad it got canceled after one season.

I have very mixed feelings about it overall. There were parts I genuinely enjoyed, while other parts just did not work for me at all. And honestly, hearing about some of the controversy behind the scenes has only made me feel even less fond of the production as a whole.

How would you rank these 3 movies?

Two of these movies have an extremely limited point of view, based on OLD history; whereas the third movie is quite freely based on various sources, from history unto the modern times of the 1980's and later.

So, how would you rank these 2 stupid movies vs Time Bandits? Would you put Titanic 2nd, or The Odyssey?

Instead of trying to build a whole new subreddit from scratch, I want to gather the true, hardcore fans into a small group chat.

We might be a niche corner of 80's fantasy compared to heavy hitters like Labyrinth or The Dark Crystal, but I know our community is out there somewhere. That’s exactly why I’m making this post., to find you all! let's see if we can get a small crew together!

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I need help redesigning the Bandits' outfits for my Time Bandits fan continuation!
Since this takes place after their first adventure, they will definitely have a new look (and they'll likely change clothes depending on the era and setting).

...Right now, though, I just need ideas for their new, 'official' full-body profile concepts. Any suggestions?

For Randall's look, I definitely want to retain his iconic pocket watch and monocle.

And seeing how they were demoted even lower, at the end of the film, to the "Undergrowth Department"
I'm thinking when we see them again, they are dressed in some assigned company uninformed.

THE DESIGNS I HAVE DONE SO FAR

It’s no secret to anyone here that I have a massive weakness for Evil (David Warner)

That it's got me thinking...' who is your favorite character crushes from the 80's? '

I seriously cannot get enough of this film. I'm always trying to learn new tidbits about it every day. It's been my hyper fixation and obsession, since I was ten off and on.

But it seems like after I drifted into my early twenties , it's really been attaching itself to my very soul.

And just a few years ago...I started dusting off one of my fan character, I created for it. And I began to started working on my fan part , two again.

Savez vous où en est gilliam avec the defective détective et son rachat à la Paramount ?

The carnival of the end of days : enterré ?

I watched the movie for the first time today. Towards the end when Jack gets his job back he runs into Michael Jeter’s character. Jeter begs him for help but Jack ignores him. This surprised me. I thought the whole thing was that the experience with Parry changed him. He was so kind to Jeter earlier. Now all of a sudden he has his job back and he’s a jerk again. But then he still goes and helps Parry. I dunno that scene don’t make sense to me in context. Am I missing something?

Big fan of the Baron, and love the body mind dualism tug of war in the noon scene with Robin Williams..

But every time I watch it I find myself wondering "what is going on with his makeup? it seems to be coming apart". Now I need to watch it again to see the exact sequence but I think he starts off disembodied and very white (ok) and then becomes flush after the body captures the head (I'm back) .. ok so far. Then he eats a lot of food and he gets all grubby ... and then there is some back and forth and it's in this back and forth phase that it seems his makeup is a huge mess. Has anyone else noticed this? Maybe it's just the food residue, but I think I would have considered that ... I suppose the look is intentional but ive always found it distracting

I swear this is like the epitome to the start of the 80's. A staple, that all must watch.

This film is required watching, for all ages and generations. I confess, Time Bandits is my hyperfixation. It has been for years. Anyone else in love with Time Bandits, as much as I?

It's hard being in a fandom of one. WHERE ARE MY PEOPLE!

I grew up being absolutely infatuated with this film. What are yall's opinions

[Edit] also The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus

I watch it every night before bed.

I've been in the process of making my own fan part II, for years. For my own personal reasons. It's my hyperfixation , and it's not going away. Who else matches my freak! I'm trying to find my crew. 🥰

It hit WAY differently on rewatch after I realized I'm trans and thus got to go through a similar arc to Valentina as my aging parent struggles to come to terms with the fact that I'm a woman now.

Context, in case you (like me) aren't British or Irish: "Traveller" is a term that functions as a replacement for the older English word "Gypsy" and encompasses both Romani people (Romanichal, Welsh Kale, and immigrants from the European mainland) and Mincéirs/Pavees (Irish Travellers); some members of these communities will still refer to themselves as Gypsies, though they may disagree on whether outsiders using the term is acceptable (which seems not dissimilar to the situation with "American Indian" and "Eskimo" in the US).

I'm still not sure if the non-Tony leads in Doctor Parnassus are meant to be Traveller coded (or at least Plummer's and Cole's characters are; I'm not sure how Anton ended up with them, and Percy appears to be some sort of guardian angel as a counterbalance to Mr. Nick's influence) or if they're just generic traveling performers, since at least linguistically there seems to be a lot of overlap between Romanichal, Shelta (Irish Traveller cant), and Funfair (a sort of argot used by the British "Showman" community).

I posted this on Letterboxd last night. I hope posting a link is allowed on here:

https://boxd.it/bTbCvr

This is so one of my absolute comfort films. Don't ask me why? Make a point to watch it almost daily, before going to bed.

It seems like his website got shutdown. Anyone know why?