Aladdin took place in the future

[F1N3ST]

I feel like you're overthinking this.

 

[Theweeknd]

OR the genie is a time traveler or has the ability to travel forwards or backwards in time and went back in time and somehow got trapped...that would make an interesting prequel.

 

[Theweeknd]

OR since the genie has god-like abilities that he himself is God and therefore he is all-knowing

 

[yllus]

Terrific thread, amongst this website's best ever.

 

[amddude]

For all these smart guys you're missing the obvious conclusion: islamic calendar.

The third century in that calendar is like 1100 years ago. I think.

 

[her209]

OR the genie is a time traveler or has the ability to travel forwards or backwards in time and went back in time and somehow got trapped...that would make an interesting prequel.

Your first post and this is the subject you were searching for?

 

[Theweeknd]

Your first post and this is the subject you were searching for?

Let's stay on-topic here

 

[Krazy4Real]

This is a groundbreaking story!

 

[Jeff7]

This thread is so 3rd century.

 

[ElFenix]

Your first post and this is the subject you were searching for?

the nef moves in mysterious ways

 

[Atomic Playboy]

I have no recollection of this thread whatsoever, but apparently I won it. Good for me.

 

[peonyu]

Aladdin: In one scene, Genie calls Al's clothes "so 3rd century." Genie has been trapped in the lamp for 10,000 years, so there's no way he could know of the fashion trends which have happened since he's been trapped. Which means the latest Genie could have been trapped in the lamp is the 3rd century. If he spent 10,000 years in there, it is now AT LEAST the year 10,300 AD when he gets out.

Conclusion: Aladdin takes place IN THE FUTURE. A post-apocalyptic world where only Arab culture (and some Greek) survived. It has been so long that the name "Arabia" has been corrupted to "Agrabah." The Muslim religion has atrophied to the point where there are no mosques, Imams, or prayer mats, but people still give praise to Allah in moments of happiness. Amazing technological marvels left behind by the previous civilization, like sentient flying carpets or genetically engineered parrots which comprehend human speech instead of just mimic it, are taken for granted by the locals or considered "magic."

The Genie proves this by making impressions of ancient, long-dead celebrities like Groucho Marx, Jack Nicholson, etc.

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UPDATE:
AtomicPlayboy made the realization that the actual earliest date Aladdin could be set in was 11,989 AD.

Aladdin is set in China actually. And Islam cant be Atrophied, since it is the one true religion and the only religion that stands for peace.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Because one can not get out of ones restriction does not mean that one can not be aware of ones surroundings.

 

[sactoking]

It never says the Genie had no awareness of the world around him. Phenomenal cosmic power and all...

 

[Fayd]

i disagree.... 10,000 years from now is around the time of the beginning of the butlerian jihad.

IE, thinking machines controlling everything prior to a human uprising. IE, skynet.

By that time all religions have combined into one religion, Orange Catholicism.

Do you see any thinking machines controlling things in Aladdin? no? so wrong time frame.

 

[Genx87]

If the Genie had been trapped for 10,000 years (evidenced by his lack of knowledge of fashion trends) then how the hell would he know who Jack Nicholson or Groucho Marx were? Clearly he had to have been around at least through the late 1980s, so the film, in fact, would be set in 11,989 AD and not 10,300. Moron.

Explains his pants. MC Hammer was the last thing he saw before going into the bottle.

 

[acheron]

Aladdin is set in China actually.

The original story was. The Disney movie isn't.

 

[Leros]

Oh I don't remember making this thread.

OH MY GOD...

In the future, I must have invented a time machine and gone back in time to post this thread. ATOT could hold the secrets to my future!

 

[RPD]

 

[MotionMan]

On a related note:

http://moose.spesh.com/teletubbies/riddle.html

MotionMan

 

[TallBill]

I have no recollection of this thread whatsoever, but apparently I won it. Good for me.

Hah yeah I was wondering why it popped up in my favorites. Btw, my wrists are fine.

 

[Ichinisan]

If the Genie had been trapped for 10,000 years (evidenced by his lack of knowledge of fashion trends) then how the hell would he know who Jack Nicholson or Groucho Marx were? Clearly he had to have been around at least through the late 1980s, so the film, in fact, would be set in 11,989 AD and not 10,300. Moron.

Genie also imitated Arsenio Hall, from the nineties.

 

[Jeff7]

It never says the Genie had no awareness of the world around him. Phenomenal cosmic power and all...

Phenomenally cosmic wifi service.

 

[Rage187]

OR since the genie has god-like abilities that he himself is God and therefore he is all-knowing

First, WWYBYWB


Second, I agree.

 

[DrPizza]

Some of you never get out of your mom's basements, but thanks to television, you have some idea of what's going on in the world.


On a related note, if the glass slipper fit so perfectly, why did it fall off Cinderella's foot?