No, what they mean is the Incredibles takes place in 1962, with the opening part taking place more than a decade earlier.
The Good Samaritan law, which provides immunity to those attempting to save a life without fear of getting into legal trouble, was passed in 1998. (I don’t know if this part is entirely accurate, since upon further research it seems different states have their own versions of this law and I can’t find when the first one was passed)
The Incredibles released in 2004, so the Good Samaritan law has existed by the time of the movie’s release, but in-universe the movie’s setting is in a time before such laws.
Ok, thank you for the clarification! That's a very interesting detail, I always wonder if the writers think about these sort of things or if they just get lucky in situations like this lol
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u/Regi413 Aug 13 '21 edited Aug 13 '21
No, what they mean is the Incredibles takes place in 1962, with the opening part taking place more than a decade earlier.
The Good Samaritan law, which provides immunity to those attempting to save a life without fear of getting into legal trouble, was passed in 1998. (I don’t know if this part is entirely accurate, since upon further research it seems different states have their own versions of this law and I can’t find when the first one was passed)
The Incredibles released in 2004, so the Good Samaritan law has existed by the time of the movie’s release, but in-universe the movie’s setting is in a time before such laws.