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Listen, in the world of writing - whether it be screenplays, novels, novellas, short stories, comicbooks, or the small print on the side of a cup of Starbucks coffee - ideas get borrowed, reused, and recycled. Star Wars, third highest grossing film series ever, borrowed heavily from thousands of different sources (Blade Runner, Mad Max, Alien, Arthurian tales -- just to name a few). The fact that In Time bears a striking resemblance to a hundred short fiction novels or Penthouse stories or whatever isn't encyclopedic or relevant. 64.253.217.55 ( talk) 14:55, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
So the following probably doesn't fit article/Wikipedia guidelines:
It also sounds very similar to the Jack Vance Novel "To live forever". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Live_Forever_%28novel%29 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.169.9.14 ( talk) 10:46, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
And also to the concept in the short story "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman. -- 68.228.12.6 ( talk) 04:46, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
Did anyone notice the striking similarity to Michael Ende's Momo? First published in 1973, it came later than some stories mentioned here, but predates others. Just a small excerpt from the plot: "The Men in Grey are parasites stealing the time of humans. These strange individuals present themselves as representing the Timesavings Bank and promote the idea of 'timesaving' among the population". Zuckerberg ( talk) 11:33, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
The plot is also similar to a short story published in Playboy in the late 70's (I think). I can't remember the title (it might be "Time's Up), but in the story, set in the future, a man accidentally gives almost of his time away to a prostitute, while under the influence of drugs/alcohol). In this story, you can use your hand like a debit card, and apply your time credits towards your purchase either by speaking the amount and payee of the transaction. This story also made reference to the extremely rich, who could live in perpetuity, because of their stockpiles of cash. The man frantically spends the last few hours trying to find someone to give or loan him some "Time". No one truly believes the predicament he's in, thinking that he's just running a scam. This is similar to the impression that many people have of street beggars. Eventually his time literally runs out when a tiny explosive device goes off in his head, triggering some sort of brain aneurysm. The man is left dead, lying on the sidewalk. Afarkas ( talk) 22:49, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
What about Logan's Run? 173.57.170.151 ( talk) 22:54, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
This movie sounds very, very similar to "Price of Life": http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366919/ -- I've not found a direct link yet, though I was figuring it was the short film concept post development hell. 173.163.172.65 ( talk) 15:50, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
This IS a remake of "Price of Life" http://vimeo.com/16265933 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.228.176.241 ( talk) 12:18, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
WOW!! I've been looking for "The Price of Life" with Dustin Diamond on the Internet since I got online. I saw a brief clip of it on Showtime back in the early 90's. And here it is on Vimeo: [1] Justin R ( talk) 00:41, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
I, too, came here looking for info about Price of Life! I'm glad I checked out the discussion area! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.11.194.144 ( talk) 17:15, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
I also came looking for data about The Price of Life and am glad I found it here in the discussion thread. Thank you to all who provided data regarding such. I did not recall the title, only that I had seen it many years ago on PBS. After checking the Vimeo link I was able to determine that such was the movie I recalled. Odd that there seems to be no mention of it on the In Time article page. Ma'ath'a'yü (aka: Proofing) ( talk) 03:08, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: page moved. Pageview stats are a little inaccurate, but they still give an estimate. The consensus here is that the film is now the primary topic for this title, and as such, it has been moved from In Time (film) to In Time. I've moved In time to In time (disambiguation) to minimise confusion, and added a hat note to the top of the article, as well as update the wikilinks for articles that were referring to the album. Steven Zhang The clock is ticking.... 10:16, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
In Time (film) →
In Time – Relisted.
Vegaswikian (
talk) 19:41, 28 October 2011 (UTC) Besides the compilation album that is a partial title match and two redlinks, this is the only article with this title. Not opposed to having
In time (no caps) not redirecting to
In Time. See also:
Hall Pass,
Limitless.
Marcus
Qwertyus 22:55, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
Oppose. Only by a mechanical application of policy and guidelines, blind to the actual needs of readers, could such a move begin to make sense. Nothing would be gained by dropping the qualifier, and immediate utility – in making the meaning clear – would be lost. Why even assume, in this case, that there is a "primary topic"? How does it help, to find that there is one? (Those seemingly parallel titles that are mentioned need review also.) Noetica Tea? 00:42, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
Could it be possible there are a bunch of parallels between "in time" and "soylent green"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.68.124.98 ( talk) 18:22, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
Does anyone happen to recognize the skyline in the background at the end of the film? It certainly isn't downtown LA. Ommnomnomgulp ( talk) 06:22, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
A sportscar about the cost of 1.000.000$ is about the same cost 59 years of time in the movie. Thinking about someone earning about 3.90 a day (which is pretty common today in some countries) makes exactly the cost of 59 reasonable. This is kind of shocking... http://slaveryfootprint.org/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.83.15.104 ( talk) 17:07, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
I could not find any source—older than when 2161 was added here—that gives a date. So it's possible that other sites got 2161 from us. Based on the trailers and the film itself, the film could be set 110 years from now, or at least 110 years from 2063, but 2161 does not seem to come from the film. — MJBurrage( T• C) 23:43, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
If there a limited amount of "time" (money), and new "time" can't be create, and "time" is wasted (unlike money which is transferred between owners), eventually all "time" will run out. Galzigler ( talk) 19:37, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
Is this sentence NPOV? "The suit, naming New Regency and director Andrew Niccol as well as a number of anonymous John Does..." I am not that familiar with English language, but in that case "a number of anonymous John Does" seems to me a bit too stretched to be included in an encyclopaedia. -- MarcelloPapirio ( talk) 10:13, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
Note 1 says the following: "It is not actually a full year. When the countdown starts, it switches from 1 year to 51 weeks, 6 days, 23 hours, 59 mins and 59 seconds, which equals only 364 days."
That's not correct. 51 weeks, 6 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds is closer to 365 days than to 364. It is 99.9999968% of one year, whereas 364 days is 99.726%. One is within about 1/31,000,000th of a year; the other is only within 1/365th. 51 weeks, 6 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds is not "only 364 days". If I were one of the characters in this film, the difference between the two ratios could be the difference between life and death. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.223.130.32 ( talk) 13:51, 3 November 2016
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There is a striking similarity between the dystopia described in the movie and concerns raised by monetary reformers.
I would not go so far as mention that in this article but Wikipedia should properly inform the reader about money being more than banknotes since most money out there is electronic and originally created as credit.-- JamesPoulson ( talk) 21:28, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
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Listen, in the world of writing - whether it be screenplays, novels, novellas, short stories, comicbooks, or the small print on the side of a cup of Starbucks coffee - ideas get borrowed, reused, and recycled. Star Wars, third highest grossing film series ever, borrowed heavily from thousands of different sources (Blade Runner, Mad Max, Alien, Arthurian tales -- just to name a few). The fact that In Time bears a striking resemblance to a hundred short fiction novels or Penthouse stories or whatever isn't encyclopedic or relevant. 64.253.217.55 ( talk) 14:55, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
So the following probably doesn't fit article/Wikipedia guidelines:
It also sounds very similar to the Jack Vance Novel "To live forever". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Live_Forever_%28novel%29 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.169.9.14 ( talk) 10:46, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
And also to the concept in the short story "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman. -- 68.228.12.6 ( talk) 04:46, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
Did anyone notice the striking similarity to Michael Ende's Momo? First published in 1973, it came later than some stories mentioned here, but predates others. Just a small excerpt from the plot: "The Men in Grey are parasites stealing the time of humans. These strange individuals present themselves as representing the Timesavings Bank and promote the idea of 'timesaving' among the population". Zuckerberg ( talk) 11:33, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
The plot is also similar to a short story published in Playboy in the late 70's (I think). I can't remember the title (it might be "Time's Up), but in the story, set in the future, a man accidentally gives almost of his time away to a prostitute, while under the influence of drugs/alcohol). In this story, you can use your hand like a debit card, and apply your time credits towards your purchase either by speaking the amount and payee of the transaction. This story also made reference to the extremely rich, who could live in perpetuity, because of their stockpiles of cash. The man frantically spends the last few hours trying to find someone to give or loan him some "Time". No one truly believes the predicament he's in, thinking that he's just running a scam. This is similar to the impression that many people have of street beggars. Eventually his time literally runs out when a tiny explosive device goes off in his head, triggering some sort of brain aneurysm. The man is left dead, lying on the sidewalk. Afarkas ( talk) 22:49, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
What about Logan's Run? 173.57.170.151 ( talk) 22:54, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
This movie sounds very, very similar to "Price of Life": http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366919/ -- I've not found a direct link yet, though I was figuring it was the short film concept post development hell. 173.163.172.65 ( talk) 15:50, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
This IS a remake of "Price of Life" http://vimeo.com/16265933 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.228.176.241 ( talk) 12:18, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
WOW!! I've been looking for "The Price of Life" with Dustin Diamond on the Internet since I got online. I saw a brief clip of it on Showtime back in the early 90's. And here it is on Vimeo: [1] Justin R ( talk) 00:41, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
I, too, came here looking for info about Price of Life! I'm glad I checked out the discussion area! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.11.194.144 ( talk) 17:15, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
I also came looking for data about The Price of Life and am glad I found it here in the discussion thread. Thank you to all who provided data regarding such. I did not recall the title, only that I had seen it many years ago on PBS. After checking the Vimeo link I was able to determine that such was the movie I recalled. Odd that there seems to be no mention of it on the In Time article page. Ma'ath'a'yü (aka: Proofing) ( talk) 03:08, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: page moved. Pageview stats are a little inaccurate, but they still give an estimate. The consensus here is that the film is now the primary topic for this title, and as such, it has been moved from In Time (film) to In Time. I've moved In time to In time (disambiguation) to minimise confusion, and added a hat note to the top of the article, as well as update the wikilinks for articles that were referring to the album. Steven Zhang The clock is ticking.... 10:16, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
In Time (film) →
In Time – Relisted.
Vegaswikian (
talk) 19:41, 28 October 2011 (UTC) Besides the compilation album that is a partial title match and two redlinks, this is the only article with this title. Not opposed to having
In time (no caps) not redirecting to
In Time. See also:
Hall Pass,
Limitless.
Marcus
Qwertyus 22:55, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
Oppose. Only by a mechanical application of policy and guidelines, blind to the actual needs of readers, could such a move begin to make sense. Nothing would be gained by dropping the qualifier, and immediate utility – in making the meaning clear – would be lost. Why even assume, in this case, that there is a "primary topic"? How does it help, to find that there is one? (Those seemingly parallel titles that are mentioned need review also.) Noetica Tea? 00:42, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
Could it be possible there are a bunch of parallels between "in time" and "soylent green"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.68.124.98 ( talk) 18:22, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
Does anyone happen to recognize the skyline in the background at the end of the film? It certainly isn't downtown LA. Ommnomnomgulp ( talk) 06:22, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
A sportscar about the cost of 1.000.000$ is about the same cost 59 years of time in the movie. Thinking about someone earning about 3.90 a day (which is pretty common today in some countries) makes exactly the cost of 59 reasonable. This is kind of shocking... http://slaveryfootprint.org/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.83.15.104 ( talk) 17:07, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
I could not find any source—older than when 2161 was added here—that gives a date. So it's possible that other sites got 2161 from us. Based on the trailers and the film itself, the film could be set 110 years from now, or at least 110 years from 2063, but 2161 does not seem to come from the film. — MJBurrage( T• C) 23:43, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
If there a limited amount of "time" (money), and new "time" can't be create, and "time" is wasted (unlike money which is transferred between owners), eventually all "time" will run out. Galzigler ( talk) 19:37, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
Is this sentence NPOV? "The suit, naming New Regency and director Andrew Niccol as well as a number of anonymous John Does..." I am not that familiar with English language, but in that case "a number of anonymous John Does" seems to me a bit too stretched to be included in an encyclopaedia. -- MarcelloPapirio ( talk) 10:13, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
Note 1 says the following: "It is not actually a full year. When the countdown starts, it switches from 1 year to 51 weeks, 6 days, 23 hours, 59 mins and 59 seconds, which equals only 364 days."
That's not correct. 51 weeks, 6 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds is closer to 365 days than to 364. It is 99.9999968% of one year, whereas 364 days is 99.726%. One is within about 1/31,000,000th of a year; the other is only within 1/365th. 51 weeks, 6 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds is not "only 364 days". If I were one of the characters in this film, the difference between the two ratios could be the difference between life and death. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.223.130.32 ( talk) 13:51, 3 November 2016
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There is a striking similarity between the dystopia described in the movie and concerns raised by monetary reformers.
I would not go so far as mention that in this article but Wikipedia should properly inform the reader about money being more than banknotes since most money out there is electronic and originally created as credit.-- JamesPoulson ( talk) 21:28, 15 August 2021 (UTC)