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'''"Roman Holiday"''' (also known as '''"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Race"''') is the fifth episode of the first season of ''[[Back to the Future: The Animated Series]]''. It first aired on [[October 19]], [[1991]]. |
'''"Roman Holiday"''' (also known as '''"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Race"''') is the fifth episode of the first season of ''[[Back to the Future: The Animated Series]]''. It first aired on [[October 19]], [[1991]]. |
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| ⚫ | In the question and answer session at USC, [[Robert Zemeckis]] and [[Bob Gale]] discussed their view of time travel. "You travel through time, you don't travel through space," Zemeckis noted, "and most of your time travel movies make that fatal mistake. You're in California, and you travel back to ancient Rome. How did you get to Rome, if you're in this longitude and latitude?" In this episode of the animated series, of course, the DeLorean indeed does travel from California to ancient Rome. It should be noted, of course, that in order to sustain a weekly series, particularly for a cartoon, the characters would need to travel to other locations besides California. |
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| ⚫ | In the question and answer session at USC, [[Robert Zemeckis]] and [[Bob Gale]] discussed their view of time travel. "You travel through time, you don't travel through space," Zemeckis noted, "and most of your time travel movies make that fatal mistake. You're in California, and you travel back to ancient Rome. How did you get to Rome, if you're in this longitude and latitude?" In this episode of the animated series, of course, the DeLorean indeed does travel from California to ancient Rome. It should be noted, of course, that in order to sustain a weekly series, particularly for a cartoon, the characters would need to travel to other locations besides California. |
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Revision as of 06:45, 17 April 2008
"Roman Holiday" (also known as "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Race") is the fifth episode of the first season of Back to the Future: The Animated Series. It first aired on October 19, 1991.
In the question and answer session at USC, Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale discussed their view of time travel. "You travel through time, you don't travel through space," Zemeckis noted, "and most of your time travel movies make that fatal mistake. You're in California, and you travel back to ancient Rome. How did you get to Rome, if you're in this longitude and latitude?" In this episode of the animated series, of course, the DeLorean indeed does travel from California to ancient Rome. It should be noted, of course, that in order to sustain a weekly series, particularly for a cartoon, the characters would need to travel to other locations besides California.