I prefer witches with brooms after watching this appalling time-travel flick. A young witch from the 1400’s falls in love with a university history teacher from the 1960s after viewing him in her sorcerer-father’s time-travelling, smoking fish-bowl thingy. The iconic broom is replaced by a large magical pendant that controls the fish bowl. The witch and the university teacher go on a wild journey through time, although by accident as the apprentice witch struggles to control the time-travel pendant. There is a touch of the Benny Hills about this ridiculous history lesson.
[Marianna and her father (Wurlitz the Wizard)]
The traveler’s sourjoun takes them through the prehistoric grunting fur-wearer stage, what looks to be medieval Europe, then a short stay in the glory of the Roman empire, complete with engaging man-flesh gladiators, before getting to the best bit of all—the future! 2006 has metallic cleavage-enhancing uniforms with shoulder pads to outdo 80’s fashion victims. Only seven beauties remain, lonely and sexually frustrated (they have been orbiting the Earth for 20 years after the apocalypse). Although they haven’t seen a man it doesn’t take them long to get the drinks and canapés flowing in an attempt at seduction—a prelude to repopulating the Earth. In keeping with the 60’s theme the hero is endless propositioned and endlessly willing and the heroine has a fountain of blonde hair.
While Marianna starts out looking like the bad girl as she disobeys her father and draws the object of her affection across time she proves to be hapless with magic and she needs her father to get out of trouble. Predictably, she must give up her magic and her identity to eventually live her life with the man she loves, which of course she does. Disturbingly, she doesn’t remember him although he remembers her. But it all ends well when inside her head she hears the voice of her father encouraging her to return the amorous affections of the seeming-stranger and it all ends with a snog. ERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. Go for it Freudians.
[Marianna receiving her father's message]
M.
1 comment:
Hi there, my father featured in this film as the gladiator who won and a neathertal.
He was a bodybuilder in those days and it was an whole experience for him, also working with his friend Hercules Cortes.
Regards, J.
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