Blu-ray
The Time Guardian (1987)
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- Release date
- Jul 20, 2021
- Studio
- Kino Lorber
- Resolution
- 1080p
- Region / playback
- 2K Blu-ray: Region A
- Discs
- Blu-ray Disc | Single disc (1 BD-25)
included · Mechanical
The Time Guardian
In the distant future, the human race nears extinction and a new race of beast-like creatures rule the earth. The few surviving people live in the City, a huge protected construction with the ability to travel in both space and time. The City travels back to our time to save humanity...
Science Fiction
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What kind of time-travel story is this?
Time travel drives much of the story.
Meets the archive’s time-travel criteria. The mechanism is classified as Mechanical.
Why the archive makes this assessment (spoilers)
Scouts prepare the city’s 1988 landing, discover ancient paintings of it, and inadvertently summon pursuing future cyborgs.
An engineered city travels backward through time to save humanity.
Check the supporting sources ↓An editorial assessment based on the archive’s documented plot research.
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The scores
Titan23.3
Weighted archive score
Time-travel significance7/10
high confidence
Quality consensus5.0/10
Aggregate source ratings
How Titan works
Titan combines the archive’s quality, audience and legacy base with the significance of time travel. It is an index, not a score out of 100, and is distinct from the FMV archive’s scoring model.
Titan = base × [0.20 + 0.80 × (time-travel score ÷ 10)²]
This film: 39.43 base × 59.2% weighting.
Partial inputs flag incomplete source metadata. Provisional weighting flags a time-travel assessment that remains uncertain; it receives no additional confidence penalty.
The evidence
Research & sources
Research notes may reveal plot details.
These sources support the plot facts and catalog research. The numerical scores are the archive’s judgments, not ratings supplied by these sources.
Cast: Tom Burlinson, Nikki Coghill, Dean Stockwell, Carrie Fisher, Peter Merrill
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Releases & formats
3 cataloged editions. Narrow by format, then check region, audio and subtitles. Missing specifications mean unknown, not absent.
These listings do not establish a best edition. Use the specifications to shortlist compatible releases, then follow the source to verify details and availability.
DVD
The Time Guardian (1987)
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- Release date
- Unknown
- Studio
- Unknown
- Resolution
- 1080p
- Region / playback
- Region 1
DVD
Sci-Fi Movie Marathon (1986-1989)
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- Release date
- Jul 09, 2013
- Studio
- Shout Factory
- Resolution
- 480i (NTSC)
- Region / playback
- Region 1
- Discs
- DVD | Two-disc set (2 DVD-9)