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THis was alot of fun

posted 8 years ago by Sir_Reginald_Trollington_III
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its cheesy, alot of it still doenst make sense. but I can tell this will be fun i love time travel stories, the cast seems great.
I think this will be a cult favorite.

cant wait till they go back to american revolution era. Or when Rufus meets Abraham Lincoln. alot of cool things this show can do

but one of the coolest aspects to me is that a BLAck guy is going back in time

If i had $1 everytime i had no clue what was going on, id ask people why they were giving me dollars

[–] tuffysmom 8 years ago

Yes, I enjoyed it also; very entertaining.

[–] lilpoetboy 8 years ago

A black guy going back in time is not cool. He said it himself, there is NOTHING about time travel that will be "cool" for him. NO matter what time period they go to, he will stick out like a sore thumb and will get himself in trouble. Walking around during civil war era with the way he talks? Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me that they would have a actor like him in this type of show??? Every single scene makes me either laugh like a crazy fool because I feel so sorry for him or i have to cover my eyes and listen only because I feel so scared for him.

" no no no, stop, dont' come in here....wyatt??? please stop! no no no !"

[–] douglasscruggs 8 years ago

Having the black guy in the show was NOT cool. It's just an excuse to interject racism and political correctness nonsense into the show and to show how horrible Americs is. Pathetic. Oh and we really needed to hear about LBJ whipping out his junk too. Yeah that was fun explaining to my kids afterwards.

[–] CharlesTheBold 8 years ago

but one of the coolest aspects to me is that a BLAck guy is going back in time
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How about Arthur Clarke's CHILDHOOD'S END, where only one man in history goes on an interstellar space voyage -- and he's black.

[–] tlvx 8 years ago

one of the coolest aspects to me is that a BLAck guy is going back in time

I'm not sure if that comment was blatant race-baiting, but it appears to have worked.

Forget about traveling back in time, a person of color would still run into issues - randomly traveling around this country - today. - Seriously.

The fact that some users on this message board would rather just get rid of the, "black guy," and pretend like, "out of sight, out of mind," in regards to what a person of color may experience differently... is thoroughly telling to our society's current level of intelligence and maturity.

It's like some of us are comparing this to out and out gore, or pornography... that we must cringe, or hide our eyes from any potential issues that, "a black guy," may face.

Regardless of whether we believe the show has an agenda... is it historically something that may have occurred in the 1930's, to a person of color... or not?

We then need to individually ask ourselves; is what we're arguing, part of the solution, or part of a larger issue, that continues to exist between races, today?

Is it really plausible or legitimate to just get rid of, "the black guy," whether it be in the show or in society?

But no, we just want to pretend like, "the black guy," doesn't exist, lest we have to see what unjust experiences he may become victim to.

Also, why even get defensive or feel guilty about unjust treatment that you didn't personally contribute to? - Unless you somehow still believe in inequality, today.

If we can't even get beyond our own cringe-worthy hysteria towards the life experiences of other races... is it really the show's fault that we choose to remain such insensitive savages?