Dr. Who? Time traveller caught on film....

[hover]

http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/10/28/...ere-skeptical/

It definitely IS weird. Thoughts?

[Phalex]

It's a man baby!! Look at the size of "her" shoes compared to the guy in front of her.

[bassrique]

I didn't see a phone, but I do remember when I was a kid I held salve up to my ear after being stung by a Yellowjacket. The filmmaker on YouTube is merely bringing attention to himself.

[hrodbert696]

It's a bit of internet silliness. All that you can really see is a hand held up to her ear. I think maybe she's holding her collar up against the wind.

[Mark Latimour]

So, ummm, what satelites would be sending and receiving her cell phone signal?

[neurotictim]

Doesn't look like she's got anything in her hand...

[Dr. Cheese]

Originally Posted by Mark Latimour

So, ummm, what satelites would be sending and receiving her cell phone signal?

Ditto!

[stratovani]

It's not logical. First of all, going back in time is impossible. Second, if it were possible, a time traveller would do everything in his power to limit interaction with the people of that time. Third, it makes no sense to be using a cell phone decades before that technology is invented. No, there has to be a logical explanation for this.

[john turner]

whatever gender they are, they're just scratching their ear - you can see them push their hat up at the end and there's nothing in their hand. the fact that they're -talking- isn't anything special - they could have been commenting to the individual shooting the film. silent movies have this often - they were -silent- so nobody cared about making comments to the director about where they should be or what else was going on.

this film-maker guy is an attention-hound.

[Mr. Pickles]

Also, there is some confusion about whether the shot is from the Chaplin film itself, or random footage from the front of Mann's Chinese Theater, where the film was premiered.

[Phalex]

Originally Posted by Mr. Pickles

random footage from the front of Mann's Chinese Theater, where the film was premiered.

That was my take on it.

[john turner]

i think i'm going to invent the naso-phone, a human-computer-interface device connected/implanted in the nose.

then, some day, every bit of footage of toddlers and grade-school kids will be considered filled with potential-time-travellers.

[Mark Latimour]

Originally Posted by john turner

i think i'm going to invent the naso-phone, a human-computer-interface device connected/implanted in the nose.

then, some day, every bit of footage of toddlers and grade-school kids will be considered filled with potential-time-travellers.

...or indeed any Englishman on the tube!

[hover]

Killjoys, the lot of you.

Imma gonna start a "girls don't like me, waaaaaah" thread.

Should be a 12 pager by noon.

[Phendyr_Loon]

Originally Posted by Mark Latimour

So, ummm, what satelites would be sending and receiving her cell phone signal?

From the article that evidently a few posters failed to read;

"It can't be a cell phone — or at least our version of one. The time-traveling woman must have been from further into the future than we are, because her phone seems to work without the help of satellites or towers."

I'm going to gut an Ampeg fridge, line it with negative matter and own the first bass cab time machine.

Though seriously, Einsteins theory about time being like a river makes a lot of sense to me.

[john turner]

Originally Posted by hover

Killjoys, the lot of you.

Imma gonna start a "girls don't like me, waaaaaah" thread.

Should be a 12 pager by noon.

hey, i thought my naso-phone was a good idea. could power it from boogers - seems to be an efficient power source, judging by my 3 year old and a few of her friends.

[hover]

hahaha, indeed, too funny.

"Ok, are they turning on the phone, or just dialing? Must be a text, that finger has been up there for ages.."

[Sonic_Death]

I find this video pretty interesting. I do not buy into what this guy is saying whatsoever and I think, while he may be genuine, he obviously wants to gain some popularity from it.

To me, it's important to consider the circumstances and perspective with which we are looking at this from. To us, it would seem very natural to suppose that someone walking in a manner like that, seemingly talking to somebody, would have a cell phone beneath their hand. He obviously tries to make that claim, despite not being able to see anything at all under her(his?) hand.

Also, I know nothing about silent movies, and have never seen a silent movie in my life, but I would imagine that an advantage of a silent movie could be that it is silent. You could talk to a director, anybody off camera, etc... this person may have just been walking by, it seems to be an extra or something.. maybe she was talking to somebody off camera and found something humorous, who knows. To overemphasize such a small piece of film, while imaginative, might not be much more than that.

And I would say, a better explanation, is that if this is a man as the film maker in the video suggested, it may make sense that he was covering his face quite a bit to keep the idea of him being a woman and playing a woman. If I had to cover or hide my face for some reason, I think it would be reasonable to do it like that.

The dude was probably walking by the screen, hand over face to give the illusion of being a woman, and then started cracking jokes to someone.. "Hey Chip, I look like a friggin' woman, hahaha.." -- "Yeah, you're a total queen, dude!"

[GregC]

Originally Posted by Mark Latimour

So, ummm, what satelites would be sending and receiving her cell phone signal?

Originally Posted by Phendyr_Loon

From the article that evidently a few posters failed to read;

"It can't be a cell phone — or at least our version of one. The time-traveling woman must have been from further into the future than we are, because her phone seems to work without the help of satellites or towers."

I'm going to gut an Ampeg fridge, line it with negative matter and own the first bass cab time machine.

Though seriously, Einsteins theory about time being like a river makes a lot of sense to me.

It gets its signal through the time machine. Duh!

[bassrique]

Why does it have to be a phone? Why not...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-way_radio