One of the many curious tales of the late 1980s is the story Twice Upon a Time. Yes, there was such a story and such a movie but maybe only 80s to 90s children could relate to his film by Lucasfilms and by Warner Bros. There was also an adult version that had profanity which surprised me. I did remember watching this film when I was a child on Cable TV. Ah, those were the simpler times when having an Internet connection was a slow luxury, when dial-ups didn't allow you to use the phone, and when there were no social media yet. So, the form of escapism was television. Twice Upon a Time was a movie that I watched just because I was a child. It was a weird film with the voiceless Mumford (who looks like Charlie Chaplin) and the multi-animal Ralph as the main protagonists.
The plot has Synonamess Botch (heading the Murkworks who cause nightmares) who intends to trap the world in endless nightmares. To do so, he takes advantage of two idiots namely Mumford and Ralph to get the Cosmic Spring from a tower. The plot was to freeze time itself and Botch intends to well, botch things. The fictional world of the Rushers called Din (that's black and white REAL LIVE PEOPLE) - they are always in a fast-paced work due to the Cosmic Spring being wound up too tightly. Botch himself also hates to compete with the dream makers of Frivoli so he cheats his way out. The events result in a team of misfits trying to get the Cosmic Spring back to the Cosmic Clock to return the flow of time.
It's a team of unlikely superheroes such as the Fairy Godmother, Rod Rescueman, Frivoli Foreman, Scuzzbopper, and Flora Fauna join Mumford and Ralph in their quest to restore balance. What's amusing to find out is that the characters are actually way smaller than we are. You get to see Mumford jump on a keyboard or that the Rushers are actually much bigger than the characters. So think of dwarves who run the flow of time itself. They seek to restore time itself and destroy the plans of Synonamess Botch once and for all. Botch wanted to stop time, drop a nightmare bomb, and restore time as to make a world of never-ending nightmares.
What entertained me though (well, as a child) was the unique way of presentation,. The Rushers are Black and White cinematography. The main characters look like collage cutouts come to life. It was really trying to explore a non-existent world we never knew exist and determines our fate. Also, it also shows how time itself must not be wound up too tight or too loose. In the end, time ended up moving at just the right pacing after the villains are defeated.
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