A few different portals
Portals are fascinating. As my story continues, I’ll only be using a tiny selection of them, but there are so many more worth mentioning. I thought I’d list a few particularly memorable portals to well-known worlds. Some of them are quite obvious, like the twister going to Oz, and others are not, like a marriage counseling session going to Twister. Yeah, I have no goddamn idea how that came to be, but that’s the way the wind blew.
Anyway, here goes:
Grease (film, 1978): a flying car. Whether you believe the fan theory that states the flying car is the fever dream of a dying Sandy, or an actual flying car, or just a neat way to end the film, either way, it’ll get you there. I would tell you more, tell you more, but we simply don’t have the time.
The Eyre Affair (book, 2001): any copy of Jane Eyre will do. Just open the book and jump right in.
Sadly, jumping right in is also true for Jaws (book and film, 1974 and 1975). I hated this one. No, not the film or book, but the bloody portal. When I went to that world, I had to jump into the mouth of a Great White Shark. The bastard bit me. Twice.
The Chronicles of Narnia (book series, 1950 to 1956). Of course it is stepping into a wardrobe. Doesn’t take a genius to figure that one out.
Scarface (film, 1983 – an entirely different realm than the 1932 original): to travel to and from there, you will need to do a line of cocaine. Unpleasant – very much so – but I suppose we should be glad the portal didn’t involve a chainsaw.
Back to the Future (film, 1985): it was, to my great surprise, climbing up a tree and falling out of it. Yeah, I don’t get it either. I feel like the Nexus missed out on an opportunity there. Somewhere out there in the real world, DeLorian-enthusiast Ernest Cline is shaking his head angrily.
The Illiad (epic poem, 1186 BC): enter through a wooden horse, which usually means the Trojans themselves rarely get to travel. They so often forget the horse is hollow, so they tend to stay put. Seems a bit unfair to me.
The Great Gatsby (novel, 1925): dance the Charleston.
Assassin’s Creed (videogame, 2007): dive into a haystack, preferably from a great height.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mister Hyde (novella, 1886): drink a potion.
Deep Throat (film, 1972): you don’t want to know.