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Well, THE TIME MACHINE was state of the art in 1960, and won the Oscar for Best Special Effects.
Nowadays, TV films have more intricate special effects than the best movies of yore, even the original STAR WARS.
One reason I never watched the original STAR TREK TV series was that I thought the effects, sets, and costumes were cheesy...
(Another reason was that I was mostly marooned in a prep school in New England, where TV watching was not only unavailable, but not allowed.)
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I happen to have liked the remake with Guy Pearce, and what about the great "Time After Time" with Malcolm McDowell?
Hey John -- nice to find you up so early this morning! Or is it STILL up?
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I liked the remake up until he arrives in the future. After that, I thought it became too New-Agey, and the introduction of Jeremy Irons as the "Ur-Morlock" was ridiculous.
Originally, there was a subplot involving the moon crashing into the earth, but the effects looked too much like the fall of the World Trade Center, and the sequence was eliminated before the film's release.
I like Klaus Badelt's score, though it doesn't reach the breadth of Russell Garcia's music in the original, which I regard as one of my Top All-Time Favorite Film Scores....
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Wonder if there will be any discussion of the possible sequel. Apparently, Pal, Taylor, et al. were eager to make one, which was supposedly nixed by MGM. Too bad. Would have been fun.
There's a kind of sequel on one of the DVD releases, a sort of short one-act play, on one set, with no special effects, wherein older Taylor meets older Young, next to the full-size machine, in which Taylor has supposedly just arrived onscene. Watched this once, found it earnest, but wayward, more situational than dramatic.
Wonder if there's anything like "Deleted Scenes." Doubt it, after so long.
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Warner Brothers has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of director George Pal's classic adventure film The Time Machine (1960), starring Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot, and Tom Helmore. The release will be available for purchase on July 8th.
George Pal's incredible adaptation of H.G. Wells' novel stars Rod Taylor as the Victorian scientist whose invention catapults him thousands of years into the future, where humanity has mutated into the gentle Eloi and the savage Morlocks. Dazzling, Academy Award-winning effects and the dazzling Yvette Mimieux highlight this "timeless" adventure.
Special Features:
Original theatrical trailer
Behind the scenes documentary Time Machine: The Journey Back, hosted by Rod Taylor and featuring Alan Young and Whit Bissell
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=13677
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