karl
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Post by karl on Sept 26, 2011 1:10:48 GMT -5
Question-
In the episode "One o'clock jump" is it likely that constable Reg Deadman when, he first visited "Blitz and Pieces" (to offer Gary security advice) would have known about him through his father and grandfather?
My 11 yr old son asked the question while we were watching the episode last night,a valid one i think...........thoughts everyone?
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Post by jrichard88 on Sept 26, 2011 2:03:12 GMT -5
Tough to say. I mean, Gary's own son didn't even recognize him when he walked into Blitz and Pieces, so what were the chances that someone like Constable Deadman in the 1990s, who only had secondhand accounts of Gary, and at best, maybe a couple of old photographs to go by, would've recognized him? It's feasible to me that he wouldn't have made the connection.
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Post by jobsta on Sept 26, 2011 9:51:58 GMT -5
I have felt over the years that 'Modern Day Reg' was meant as a kind of guidance for Gary, although it is never formally acknowledged in the series. He seems to pop up at important moments.
Obviously he directed Gary the The Royal Oak in the first place, but he popped up at other points. Arresting Gary, which started the chain of events that led to Gary spending more time in the past. Finding the lost child.
I know that didn't directly answer your question, Kerl, but I do feel that he is relevant.
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Post by ryan1992 on Sept 26, 2011 10:45:47 GMT -5
I have felt over the years that 'Modern Day Reg' was meant as a kind of guidance for Gary, although it is never formally acknowledged in the series. He seems to pop up at important moments.Obviously he directed Gary the The Royal Oak in the first place, but he popped up at other points. Arresting Gary, which started the chain of events that led to Gary spending more time in the past. Finding the lost child. I know that didn't directly answer your question, Kerl, but I do feel that he is relevant. I've never thought of that, you make a good point. I once had an idea that Gary was able to time travel for so long in order to improve Phoebe's life from what it could have been. |
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Post by jobsta on Sept 26, 2011 10:51:42 GMT -5
I have felt over the years that 'Modern Day Reg' was meant as a kind of guidance for Gary, although it is never formally acknowledged in the series. He seems to pop up at important moments.Obviously he directed Gary the The Royal Oak in the first place, but he popped up at other points. Arresting Gary, which started the chain of events that led to Gary spending more time in the past. Finding the lost child. I know that didn't directly answer your question, Kerl, but I do feel that he is relevant. I've never thought of that, you make a good point. I once had an idea that Gary was able to time travel for so long in order to improve Phoebe's life from what it could have been. That's a very good point Ryan! Worthy of it's own thread... |
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Post by ryan1992 on Sept 26, 2011 16:28:10 GMT -5
I've never thought of that, you make a good point. I once had an idea that Gary was able to time travel for so long in order to improve Phoebe's life from what it could have been. That's a very good point Ryan! Worthy of it's own thread... I posted the idea last year on the GS board on IMDB - www.imdb.com/title/tt0106014/board/thread/169374634?d=169469715#169469715 |
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Post by nostradamus on Sept 26, 2011 16:44:23 GMT -5
I suppose modern day Reg has a lot to answer for.  |
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karl
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Post by karl on Sept 29, 2011 1:20:32 GMT -5
Tough to say. I mean, Gary's own son didn't even recognize him when he walked into Blitz and Pieces, so what were the chances that someone like Constable Deadman in the 1990s, who only had secondhand accounts of Gary, and at best, maybe a couple of old photographs to go by, would've recognized him? It's feasible to me that he wouldn't have made the connection. Gary's own son not recognising him in the shop was impossible surely,i certainly don't want to knock the show as like everybody on here i'm a big fan,but that part doesn't make sense........He would have recognised his dad! |
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Post by ibindere on Sept 29, 2011 4:28:33 GMT -5
Tough to say. I mean, Gary's own son didn't even recognize him when he walked into Blitz and Pieces, so what were the chances that someone like Constable Deadman in the 1990s, who only had secondhand accounts of Gary, and at best, maybe a couple of old photographs to go by, would've recognized him? It's feasible to me that he wouldn't have made the connection. Gary's own son not recognising him in the shop was impossible surely,i certainly don't want to knock the show as like everybody on here i'm a big fan,but that part doesn't make sense........He would have recognised his dad! i agree, although to be fair he did say to gary that he looked like his dad. |
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Post by jrichard88 on Sept 29, 2011 9:06:11 GMT -5
Tough to say. I mean, Gary's own son didn't even recognize him when he walked into Blitz and Pieces, so what were the chances that someone like Constable Deadman in the 1990s, who only had secondhand accounts of Gary, and at best, maybe a couple of old photographs to go by, would've recognized him? It's feasible to me that he wouldn't have made the connection. Gary's own son not recognising him in the shop was impossible surely,i certainly don't want to knock the show as like everybody on here i'm a big fan,but that part doesn't make sense........He would have recognised his dad! Family members not recognizing one another is a fairly common error in time travel fiction, though, and is oftentimes deliberate for the sake of furthering the plot. Just look at Back to the Future. |
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Post by the12quidkid on Oct 14, 2011 19:23:55 GMT -5
Gary's own son not recognising him in the shop was impossible surely,i certainly don't want to knock the show as like everybody on here i'm a big fan,but that part doesn't make sense........He would have recognised his dad! Maybe, maybe not. Apart from the poetic license which is necessary to make any concept like this work, the human brain fills in the gaps, performs an extremely sophisticated form of auto correct and it does this in a split second. If your rather was 20 years older than you, and you knew where he was, then if you met someone who was the spit of him at a similar age, you'd probably just be amazed at the resemblance, but you'd know it couldn't be him, especially if you were older. |
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Post by 'ouses in between on May 8, 2015 13:18:09 GMT -5
Tough to say. I mean, Gary's own son didn't even recognize him when he walked into Blitz and Pieces, so what were the chances that someone like Constable Deadman in the 1990s, who only had secondhand accounts of Gary, and at best, maybe a couple of old photographs to go by, would've recognized him? It's feasible to me that he wouldn't have made the connection. Gary's own son not recognising him in the shop was impossible surely,i certainly don't want to knock the show as like everybody on here i'm a big fan,but that part doesn't make sense........He would have recognised his dad! |
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