René Laloux’s planet-hopping animated sci-fi adventure — no, not THAT one! — is in two places at once. THE TIME MASTERS wanders very Frenchly through its plot: An orphan needs saving on a weird planet, but our protagonists spend way more time witnessing the world (and freeing some mind-slaves on a completely separate planet) than worrying about the boy. But it comes across as such a genuine, heartfelt tale of camaraderie and creative vision that it doesn’t much matter.

In this episode, we discuss all the Guys in THE TIME MASTERS, the art of Mœbius (Jean Giraud), and how time travel factors in before seeing how well we can guess the runtime of movies we’ve covered on this podcast.

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References:

Trylove Episode 31: FANTASTIC PLANET (1973)
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Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro: “Lamprey Guzzlers” from THE TIME MASTERS.

Timestamps

0:00 - Episode 369: THE TIME MASTERS (1982)

2:44 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary

5:09 - The style and substance of Mobius in an animated feature

12:13 - Seeing this one at the Trylon

17:30 - What happens when your reach exceeds your grasp

28:15 - Why this movie NEEDS to be animation

37:11 - Richness despite a meandering plot

44:51 - Adapting Stefan Wul

47:09 - How successful is the time twist?

59:20 - The Junk Drawer

1:06:17 - To All the Loves We’ve Tried Before: 1982

1:13:49 - Cody’s Noteys: Runtime Masters (guessing the runtime of movies we’ve covered)