"Actor's Watch" focuses on watches worn by actors in movies, television, etc.
In this 83rd installment, we will be introducing " watches that appeared in science fiction movies with a time theme ."
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Film is an art form in which the story progresses along the timeline, but sometimes past footage is inserted, and sometimes it is in slow motion. Because film creates visual effects by controlling the flow of time, it is also called the " art of time ."
Among all these "time arts," what is the genre that can shock and impress the audience with its concept of "time" in particular? Surely it is "science fiction movies that have time as their theme?"
In this issue of "Actor's Watch," we will take a closer look at the watches that appear in " time-themed science fiction films ."
Back to the Future
BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985)
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One day in 1985, high school student Marty ( Michael J. Fox ) joins in an experiment with a time machine invented by his best friend, an old scientist named Doc ( Christopher Lloyd ). Marty travels back in time to 1955, 30 years ago, in a time machine made from a modified Delorean car. However, he runs out of energy and is unable to return to his original time.
Marty heads to the house where the young Doc lives 30 years ago to ask for help, but on the way there he meets his mother when she was young and she falls in love with him at first sight. Realizing that his mother and father will not be able to be together and that he will disappear if things continue as they are, Marty acts as Cupid for his parents and rushes to return to 1985.
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"Back to the Future" (1985) is the biggest hit of all time travel movies, sprinkled with pop culture elements such as the good old America of the 1950s, Chuck Berry's " Johnny B. Goode" (rock and roll), and love romance .
The watch worn by the protagonist, Marty, in this film is Casio CA-50 . This is one of the Calculator series, which has a calculator and stopwatch function. In the 1970s, calculators weighed over 300g (about twice the weight of an iPhone), but in the 1980s, advances in semiconductor technology meant that they were miniaturized to the size of a wristwatch. Multi-function digital wristwatches, which brought together the best of science and technology and gave a futuristic feel, were the dream item of high school students at the time. This wristwatch can be said to symbolize the theme of the movie, " You carve out your own future ."
Mission: 8 Minutes
SOURCE CODE (2011)
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A terrorist bombing occurred on a commuter train bound for Chicago. It happened eight minutes after U.S. Army pilot Captain Stevens ( Jake Gyllenhaal ) woke up on the train. When Stevens wakes up again after the explosion, his superior tells him that what he experienced was in fact a replay of the "last eight minutes" of the victims' memories that remained in their brains. By reliving the "last eight minutes" of several people, Stevens gets closer to the truth of the bombing.
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" Mission: Impossible " (2011) is a science fiction movie about repeating the same time, a so-called "time leap." The watch that Captain Stevens wears in the victim's memory seems to be a Victorinox Swiss Army Chrono Classic (Ref. 241300) . It is a robust "analog-digital" watch that combines analog hands and a digital display, made by Victorinox, a Swiss company known as a long-established manufacturer of multi-tools and survival knives.
Since the film features a repeated " last eight minutes ," Gyllenhaal sets the timer on his watch to eight minutes and checks the remaining time over and over again throughout the film.
Men in Black 3
MIB 3 (2012)
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Boris, a dangerous criminal from the planet Bogrodite, escapes from an intergalactic prison on the moon. Boris returns to Earth and obtains a time machine to exact revenge on Agent K ( Tommy Lee Jones ), who caused him to lose his arm and be arrested.
MIB agents J ( Will Smith ) and K find out about Boris' escape, but K suddenly disappears that day. When J goes to work at MIB headquarters, he is confused to find that none of the staff remembers K. J finds out from MIB data that K died 40 years ago, and suspects that Boris has rewritten history. In order to save K, he travels to the world 40 years ago in a time machine .
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The third film in the popular sci-fi action comedy series, " MIB 3 " (2012), is worn by Will Smith in this film, wearing a Hamilton Ventura Chrono (Ref. H24412732) . Known as the world's first battery-powered wristwatch, the Ventura's most distinctive feature is its asymmetrical triangular case. Some models have a wave pattern on the dial to show that it is an electrically powered wristwatch, giving it a scientific image.
This is an irresistible sci-fi gadget that gives the impression that you can control time without needing a time machine (although you can't).
Avengers: Endgame
AVENGERS ENDGAME (2019)
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Five years have passed since half of all life in the universe was wiped out by the "Decimation" (a mass slaughter using the power of the Infinity Stones ) caused by the Titan Thanos. The world has regained a certain degree of peace. Meanwhile, Ant-Man, who has escaped from the Quantum Realm, contacts the Avengers and proposes a solution to the situation by using time travel using quantum mechanics.
If the Avengers can create a time travel device and get it before Thanos gets the Infinity Stones, those who were wiped out can return to this world and defeat Thanos. The members of the Avengers, who were in despair after losing their loved ones, head to the past world to collect the stones, risking their last hope.
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The MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) features all of Marvel Comics' heroes, including Iron Man and Thor. In Avengers: Endgame (2019), the final chapter of the battle between the Avengers and their nemesis Thanos, Robert Downey Jr., who plays Iron Man (Tony Stark), wears the Urwerk UR-105 CT IRON .
Founded in 1997, Urwerk is an emerging brand launched by Felix Baumgartner , a watchmaker born and raised in a family of watchmakers, and Martin Frey , a designer from the art world. Its designs and functionality have a strong sense of originality that is in common with Stark Industrial, the creators of Iron Man.
Tenet
TENET (2020)
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A CIA operative ( John David Washington ) is recruited by Tenet, an organization created to fight against the future human race that has become capable of time travel and to prevent the outbreak of World War III. In order to obtain the Algorithm, a device that reverses time created by humans from the future, he and Neil ( Robert Pattinson ), a physicist and agent, run freely through the flow of time.
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Tenet (2020) has a complex time structure where forward and backward time intersect and intertwine, making it difficult to grasp the whole story after just one viewing. The intense action scenes in reverse time, directed by master director Christopher Nolan , are well worth watching. The Hamilton Khaki Navy Below Zero (Ref. H78505330) appears in this film, a watch brand that is a regular in Christopher Nolan's films. It is a large 46mm diver's watch inspired by submarines. In the film, a digital display can be seen on the dial, but this is a gimmick only in the film, and unfortunately the real thing does not have a digital display function.
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What did you think?
When lined up like this, the results show a truly diverse and unique selection of watches.
In science fiction films with a time theme, in which time, which should only ever move forward, is sent back to the past or reversed, wristwatches are one of the important props that represent the "unusual flow of time," and they are often shown in close-up in scenes where the main character checks the time.
In order to impress " time " on the audience in such a scene, a watch that is not too simple and has a certain eye-catching individuality may be appropriate.
In science fiction movies with the theme of "time," watches often become key items in the story. I feel like there are still many more watches to be found if I look, so I would like to continue digging deeper.
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