The Time Machine (1960) October 12, 802701

[jnb]

I was OBSESSED with this film when I was a kid, remember my Dad watching it on TV once nearly 20 years ago and watched it with him and blew my mind. Got the VHS and then DVD and just watched it constantly. Never ever got tired of it.
There's just something about it, that I just can't take my eyes off the screen. Particularly this scene and the scenes before where he stops in 1917 and then 1940. Watched the 2002 remake a few weeks back, definitely nowhere near as good as this version.

[alansmithey]

This film really changed my life after I saw it back in 1960. I was even able to meet George Pal at Paramount studio.

[BorisTheAnimal-py]

The "lava" in the volcano scene in downtown was actually oatmeal with orange and red food coloring spilled onto a platform and slowly moved down the miniature set.

[Sameoldfitup]

“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams.

[matturban]

One of my favourites. I built a scratch built time machine model. I also sculpted a couple Morlock heads.

[WizardOfHumor]

The first time I was introduced to him as a baby, he was the voice of Pongo in 101 Dalmatians. The second time I was introduced to him was when I was still a kid was the male lead in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds.

[marksamuelsen]

I’m a 70yo Disabled Veteran and retired Corporate Pilot and I remember watching this when it first came out.
I remember thinking what would our world truly look like in the next century. It seemed so far away ! In the blink of an eye I’m an old man and it’s just about 2024 and I’m wondering what our world will truly look like in the next century.

[mikerusby]

I travelled in to the future, went through a train tunnel and when we emerged, it was 1 minute later :)

[earlsmith]

I saw this movie in the theater as a kid.

[TheDragon]

Time Travel Rule #1: If you stop and the first thing you see is a giant stone idol, keep going.

[ivanbreak]

I want to go back to 1960 to see this movie

[twistedyogert]

It's really sad that he went into the future but all he saw was war. It breaks my heart to know that humans are fighting other humans.
Aren't we all the same under our skin? The same muscles, bones and organs. Sure there are differences but we are almost identical. Why must we fight? Is compassion dead? Do people honestly think that compassion and kindness are a weakness? I'm far from a pacifist but I resent those who fight for their own political or economic interests.

[stebaer]

How I recall first seeing this in the Springtime of 1976 when at my Middleschool when I was 13 & we ran out of time because the day ended and we had to catch our buses.Then years later in 1985 I rented this from Centre Video and got to see how it ended?

[TheMikester]

I was about eight when I read the Classics Illustrated comic s version. I got the real thing (Wells' book) for Christmas a few years later. Wonderful how they follow the book so closely with his stopping too fast and toppling off the machine!

[O-DogKubrick]

“Oh. Please! It's not a time machine, if anything; it looks like something that Elton John would drive through the Everglades”

-Penny from season 1, episode 14, TBBT.

[jacke.]

My art teacher did some of the special effects for this movie.

[seagreenspiral]

Rip Yvette. One of the best movies of all time

[KingOli]

That time machine looks cool in my opinion!

[catherinebirch]

I've just ordered the DVD of this movie for my new DVD player. I can't wait for it to arrive.

[BorisTheAnimal-py]

George Pal had long planned to do a sequel to this film. Several submitted scripts were reportedly rejected by MGM.