Society’s trend toward historical ignorance is nothing new or recent. Terry Gilliam’s original “Time Bandits” presents it as a kind of passive villainy, although if you were among the kids who saw it in 1981 you might not have recognized that.
Instead, Gilliam banked on the relatable appeal of making a nerdy little boy that nobody listens to, his parents least of all, something every child understands. But when Kevin Haddock is drawn into the adventures of six small beings leaping between portals in space and time with a stolen map, his knowledge becomes his superpower.
