BEFORE: Yes, I'm doubling up by watching 2 short movies tonight - not just to get ahead of the numbers of films on my list, but also because Memorial Day weekend is coming up, and it looks like we'll be going on a weekend trip, so I will probably be unable to watch films for a couple of days.
How did I miss this film about time travel, which is one of my favorite plot devices?
THE PLOT: Elroy Jetson invents a time machine that takes his family back to prehistoric times, where they meet the Flintstones family.
AFTER: The big question I'm left with is, why am I watching crap like this, when I have some classic movies like "On the Waterfront" and "Rebel Without a Cause" on my list? It's a damn shame that I have to resort to this, just to get ahead of the count.
Even by lame cartoon standards, this is crap. There are glaring continuity mistakes - Elroy's time machine has just two settings - "Past" and "Future" - and he states that he's got it set on "Future", but we can clearly see that the lever is on "Past". This is a cartoon, couldn't someone just re-draw the shot so it can be correct? Either no one noticed, or the original plan was to have Elroy screw up - then someone came up with the clever idea of having Astro's tail bump the lever. But it was set on Past, then his tail bumps it from "Future" to "Past"? Unacceptable...
And ELROY is the genius who builds a time machine? Unlikely - about as unlikely as encountering your doppleganger sitcom when traveling back to caveman days...
Wouldn't you know it, the two sitcom families become friends - and there's a wacky mix-up that sends the Flintstones back to the future, and strands the Jetsons in the past...and things seem fine for a while - the cavemen are a trend-setting hit in the future, and the spacemen easily financially take over half of Bedrock in the past...
But there's a lot of stupid dialogue, and most of the jokes don't land right. Plus Judy manages to be whiny and annoying as she moons over boys in TWO time periods. And all bosses are evil and manipulative, no matter what year it is.
RATING: 2 out of 10 talking appliances
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