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- It's a fun film that presents an interesting scenario and raises a unique possibility. What it lacks in depth and acting skills it more than makes up for as a thoroughly enjoyable popcorn film.
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The Final Countdown is a 1980 American science fiction war film about a modern nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that travels through time to the day before the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor.
It’s an appealing idea: A nuclear-powered carrier with a full complement of jet warplanes, right off Pearl and knowing the Japanese attack plans. Unfortunately, the movie makes such a mess of it that the biggest element of interest is the aircraft carrier itself.
Dec 19, 2023 · The Final Countdown is a thrilling and captivating movie that has left a lasting impression on audiences since its release. This 1980 science fiction film, directed by Don Taylor and starring Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, and James Farentino, takes viewers on a suspenseful journey as a modern aircraft carrier is transported back in time to the ...
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The title uses a classic title archetype, the Problem, being a reference to the countdown to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. (For more on titles, see How to Choose a Title For Your Novel)
When a modern aircraft carrier arrives near Pearl Harbor in 1941 and discovers the Japanese ready to attack, the time-travellers must decide whether to change history by destroying the Japanese fleet. (For more on loglines, see The Killogator Logline Formula)
Warning: My plot summaries contain spoilers. Major spoilers are blacked out like this [blackout]secret[/blackout]. To view them, just select/highlight them. It’s 1980. In the Pearl Harbor naval base, the USS Nimitzis preparing to leave for a routine patrol of the Pacific. The aircraft carrier is under the command of Captain Matthew Yelland and his ...
Alternative History
Some people describe The Final Countdownas an alternative history movie, but I disagree. I define it as a secret history movie. In alternative history, a Point of Departureoccurs: there’s an incident that’s not the same in the alternative world as it was in the real world. Because of that one alteration, more and more things change, creating the alternative history. As the ‘time vortex’ moving the USS Nimitz to 1941 is a point of departure, The Final Countdownis potentially an alternative his...
Missed Opportunities
By modern standards, The Final Countdownis quite a slow movie. There’s a lot of what looks almost like stock footage of aircraft, helicopters and US Navy crewmen just doing their jobs. One sequence of an aircraft making an emergency landing seems to have nothing to do with the rest of the movie. I also thought that the screenplay didn’t make enough of the danger of a time paradox. It felt to me like the writers got a bit lost in the complexities of the scenario. For example, it makes no sense...
What if?
“What would have happened if the Nimitz remained trapped in 1941?” is the alternative history scenario raised, but not entirely delivered, in The Final Countdown movie. However, fan fiction on AlternateHistory.com has explored that scenario. The stories describe the battles the Nimitzwould have fought and look at the issues it would face, such as keeping its reactor going and its aircraft flying with no access to spare parts or fuel. Similarly, John Birmingham used a related scenario to The F...
There have been many rumours of sequels and remakes of the Final Countdown, but no actual movie has emerged so far.
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Nov 24, 2008 · When things are complicated with unexpected bloodshed on-board, the race against time to halt the attack becomes almost secondary to stopping Chapman from spilling the beans to Pearl Harbor Command about this mysterious ship named after Chester Nimitz - a still-serving commander in the US Navy.
The movie feels more like a "day in the life of a carrier" rather than a traditional science fiction movie. In fact, according to Wikipedia , the US navy cooperated with the production company and saw The Final Countdown as an excellent recruiting tool.
Sep 10, 2012 · What happens when the mighty US aircraft carrier 'Nimitz' is carried through a timewarp to find itself off Pearl Harbor minutes before the Japs attack in 1941? An idea worthy of Harlan Ellison ...
