So I'm watching this and don't want to read the thread yet i case there's spoilers, BUT....

Episode 2 - Jake goes to hear JFK at the Dallas Memorial Auditorium and ends up getting chased by security at the VIP reception. He tries to go out doors and there is a sliding glass door with motion detector. I think ok - they just missed covering it up. But then cops outside come in the doors and they auto open.

Come on! in 1960?

fc2112 said:

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So I'm watching this and don't want to read the thread yet i case there's spoilers, BUT....

Episode 2 - Jake goes to hear JFK at the Dallas Memorial Auditorium and ends up getting chased by security at the VIP reception. He tries to go out doors and there is a sliding glass door with motion detector. I think ok - they just missed covering it up. But then cops outside come in the doors and they auto open.

Come on! in 1960?

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They were available in 1960. Invented in 1954 per Wikipedia. Now did that building actually have auto doors on that day? Who knows, but they could have.

No way motion detection doors were available in 1960. Grocery stores had just started installing pressure plate activation doors about that time. 6 year old me thought that they were the coolest thing ever.

malenurse said:

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No way motion detection doors were available in 1960. Grocery stores had just started installing pressure plate activation doors about that time. 6 year old me thought that they were the coolest thing ever.

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Gotcha. Didn't catch they were motion.

I started the book and could not put it down. It consumed me until I finished. Did a free trial of Hulu to watch and knowing I'd be let down. It wasn't awful. I think I'd like to do a reread.

Hank the Grifter said:

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Guy walks onto a closet in 2016 and ends up in 1960. "Oh how cool!"

Guy in 1960 walks past a sliding door that's motion activated. "What kind of nonsensical bull**** is this?!?"

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Well, yeah - BUT - the magic closet has to be there for the story - the sliding glass doors were a period oversight. Especially when they went to such lengths on everything else - clothes, car, etc. I could see something getting missed in the background (like contrails in the sky during a western movie), but they USED the sliding glass doors.

I saw this a few years ago on Hulu and really enjoyed it.

malenurse said:

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No way motion detection doors were available in 1960. Grocery stores had just started installing pressure plate activation doors about that time. 6 year old me thought that they were the coolest thing ever.

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Pressure plate sliding doors were invented in 1954. Motion sensors were invented in the early 1970s.

They may have been invented in 1954, but I guarantee they didn't make it to Rosenberg, TX until the mid 60's

GreasenUSA said:

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SJEAg said:

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Lot more hate in that thread. Book material probably fresher in everyone's minds.

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I watched it back then and quite enjoyed it. I never read the book, but thought it was a great concept.

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The book had me bawling at the end.

This is one of my favorite book adaptations I have ever watched. And thanks to this thread, I'm watching it again after seeing it back in the day.