# Safety Not Guaranteed **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 3, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safety-not-guaranteed/627110 "2012-07-03T15:56:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safety-not-guaranteed/627110/42 "2013-07-29T22:22:45Z")
I watched Primer as well. Just shoot me if I ever contemplate watching that remedy for insomnia again. It sounds much better on paper than it is on-screen. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safety-not-guaranteed/627110/43 "2013-07-29T23:23:20Z")
I watched Safety Not Guaranteed. It was ok. I think they could have had a better ending that made it clear that the time machine worked, but not showing it actually happening. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safety-not-guaranteed/627110/44 "2013-07-29T23:26:14Z")
We know the time machine works; read the ad again: > [@](#): > > Wanted: Somebody to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. P.O. Box 91 Ocean View, WA 99393. You’ll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. Safety not guaranteed. **I have only done this once before**. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safety-not-guaranteed/627110/45 "2013-07-30T01:33:34Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > We know the time machine works; read the ad again: I thought it was pretty likely he was lying about that. ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safety-not-guaranteed/627110/46 "2013-07-30T03:46:24Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > We know the time machine works; read the ad again: No, we know _he said_ the time machine works. That’s the whole premise of the movie. I’m actually surprised people saw the ending as unambiguous. I thought it was great we had no idea what happened to them. Something happened, obviously, but I thought it was equally likely they just vaporised themselves. Which still somehow works. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safety-not-guaranteed/627110/47 "2013-07-30T04:40:00Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Bumping this thread from the grave to say how much I was disappointed with the ending. Yes, it does recast the entire movie in a different light - but it was still a cop-out. They didn’t give any indication throughout the movie that Kenneth might have been right, and there were plenty of ways to do it. Have Kenneth tell a story about something weird that happened with the metal box in the old truck, any other weird inconsistency - maybe a newspaper clipping about Kristen Bell’s character’s death pinned to the wall. > > I loved the entire 99% of the movie leading up to the end. I suggest that everyone who liked this movie in any way give “[Take Shelter](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1675192/)” a look - they cover nearly all these themes, but do so about 1000x better. I recently tried to watch “Take Shelter”, but totally lost interest after about 30 minutes. Part of the reason I didn’t like it was because the deaf daughter was, what, 6 or 7 years old, and they’re only just now learning sign language? :dubious: 😕 I thought parents were supposed to start learning ASL the day they found out their child was deaf, but apparently this is not the norm. I mentioned this on another board, and one poster said she’d worked in the field for over 20 years and had never once encountered hearing parents of a deaf child who had learned ASL beyond the very basics, and in most cases weren’t interested. :mad: As for SNG, I did finish it but only because I wondered when it would get good. What kind of weirdo is obsessed about his co-workers’ virginity status anyway, let alone a guy who’s THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS OLD? And accusing his co-worker of being a lesbian in an employee meeting? That would get most people fired on the spot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safety-not-guaranteed/627110.md?page=2)