Timestalkers story
The film is based on Ray Brown's novel The Tintype.
10 total · 3 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with the death of one's entire family | major | Scott became increasing absorbed in all things about the Wild West as a means of coping with having witnessed his wife and young son perish in a fiery automobile accident. |
| life in the American Wild West | major | Must of the story transpired in and around the 1886 frontier town Crossfire. |
| time travel | major | The dangerous Dr. Joseph Cole traveled back from the 27th century to 1886 and 1986, in order to set off a chain of events that would result in his rival being erased from history. Georgia and Scott traveled back to 1886 to stop him. |
| father and son | minor | Scott was playfully reenacted the shootout at the O.K. Corral with his 8-year-old son Billy. |
| human childhood | minor | The 8-year-old boy Billy was playing make-believe that he was a cowboy. |
| husband and wife | minor | Scott kissed his wife goodbye just before she drove off with her son to their deaths. |
| mother and son | minor | Laurie was driving her young son to school when they crashed and died in a fiery wreck. |
| the art of salesmanship | minor | An auctioneer was trying his best to garner interest in Wild West memorabilia. |
| time traveler living secretly among us | minor | Dr. Joseph Cole, who was from the 27th century, tried to play it off like he belonged in the 1886 frontier town of Crossfire. Georgia likewise tried to play it off like she belonged in the year 1986, but she ultimately confided in Scott that she was a time traveler from the 27th century. |
| what if I met an extraordinary person | minor | Georgia Crawform met her distant ancestor Matthew Crawford when she traveled back in time to the year 1886. |