The Time Machine 1960 (1 Viewer)

[Scott]

I rented the DVD of the older Time Machine movie and found that it has a fun extra on the disc. There is a documentary hosted by Rod Taylor (the time traveler) of how the prop time machine was rescued and restored. In addition, there is a short dramatic scene done in 1992 of Rod Taylor and Alan Young (Filby) with the restored time machine. The Time Traveler comes back from the future to 1916 to try to keep Filby from flying to France.

Nice try on the latest Time Machine movie, but the older one it still my favorite.

I want to show my teen age daughter some of these older Sci-Fi classics of HG Wells and Jules Verne. We've read The War of the Worlds novel together.

 

[jazzeum]

The older version is one I really enjoyed. They sometimes show it on Turner and I'm still fascinated by it.

 

[Spitfrnd]

The 1960 Time Machine is indeed the classic and by far superior to the light and magic laden 2002 Guy Pierce effort. The same can be said for the 1953 War of the Worlds with Gene Barry. The Tom Cruise edition demonstrates that even Spielberg can lay an egg occasionally. Interestingly, the 1979 Time After Time with Rodney McDowell and a delightful Mary Steenbergen was a pretty good variation on the Time Machine and much more entertaining to me than the 2002 effort.

 

[Scott]

The 1960 Time Machine is indeed the classic and by far superior to the light and magic laden 2002 Guy Pierce effort. The same can be said for the 1953 War of the Worlds with Gene Barry. The Tom Cruise edition demonstrates that even Spielberg can lay an egg occasionally. Interestingly, the 1979 Time After Time with Rodney McDowell and a delightful Mary Steenbergen was a pretty good variation on the Time Machine and much more entertaining to me than the 2002 effort.

We just watched the 1953 W of t W. I haven't watched all the extras yet but there is a commentary with Gene Barry and Ann Robinson.

We also just saw Time after Time. Funny it seems "dated" to the 1970s but it is still great. We looked up HG Well's "time line" to see if this relationship was possible realtive to when he published The Time Machine.

Wells cheated on the actual Mary Steenburgen character of Amy Catherine Robbins with a number of notable early 20th century women but stayed married to her until her death.

Mary Steenburgen looks great in period costume from A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy, to Going South, to Back to the Future III.

Yvette Mimieux was the best Weena.

 

[Spitfrnd]

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Mary Steenburgen looks great in period costume from A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy, to Going South, to Back to the Future III.

Yvette Mimieux was the best Weena.

Yes and yes.
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[Combat]

Alan Young had a cameo in the remake. He is still alive if I'm not mistaken. Must be 90 or so. I remember watching him and Connie Hines (bada bing) in Mr. Ed as a kid.

 

[Scott]

Yep! Alan Young is still with us.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949241/

 

[marco55]

Yes the original Time Machine was the best and the original the Day The Earth Stood Still is a classic.The new one will hardly be remembered.Why do they keep trying to redo the classics,just like they try to make movies out of TV classics and they are crap.
Mark

 

[Scott]

They're offering the original Day the Earth Stood Still as a DVD set with the new one. Patricia Neal was much sexier, even as a widowed mom.

 

[Spitfrnd]

They're offering the original Day the Earth Stood Still as a DVD set with the new one. Patricia Neal was much sexier, even as a widowed mom.

That is also quite true. As to why remake classics, they are generally cheaper and a have an established market. Besides, someone always thinks they can do better, no matter how many times that is proven wrong. Occassional the remakes are better; some of my examples of this rarity are
1. INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS:
The 1978 remake with Donald Sutherland is better than the pretty good 1956 original, starring Kevin McCarthy.

2. OCEAN’S ELEVEN
The 2001 remake, with George, Brad, Matt and the Pack, is better the 1960 original, Dean, Sammy and the Pack despite the fact that I don't really care for either. Clooney, Brad and Matt are much better actors than Frank, Dean and Sammy ever were, although Frank did have some decent performances.

3. MUNTINY on the BOUNTY
The 1962 version with Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard edges out the 1935 film with Loughton and Gable. Though I really like Anthony Hopkins the later version with Mel Gibson (Rob alert) does not.

4. CASINO ROYALE
A bit unfair since the original was really not a classic, although diverting. However, the Craig remake is in a different league and maybe at the top of the remake list period.

5. THE FLY
Neither of these may be classics but the 1986 Goldblum version takes the prize.

There are some other remakes that are good on their own but not really better like The THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR, SCARFACE, The PINK PANTHER, CAPE FEAR and THE THING but for the most part the remakes are rather sad.

Upcoming remakes we have to look forward too include Robocop, ‘Romancing The Stone’, ‘Footloose’, ‘The Karate Kid’ ‘Arthur’, ‘Ghostbusters’, ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ and ‘Clash of the Titans’.
Most of these I don't care much about but I seriously doubt Romancing the Stone will be better done.

 

[Scott]

Thats a good list of good remakes. I agree!

 

[marco55]

That is also quite true. As to why remake classics, they are generally cheaper and a have an established market. Besides, someone always thinks they can do better, no matter how many times that is proven wrong. Occassional the remakes are better; some of my examples of this rarity are
1. INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS:
The 1978 remake with Donald Sutherland is better than the pretty good 1956 original, starring Kevin McCarthy.

2. OCEAN’S ELEVEN
The 2001 remake, with George, Brad, Matt and the Pack, is better the 1960 original, Dean, Sammy and the Pack despite the fact that I don't really care for either. Clooney, Brad and Matt are much better actors than Frank, Dean and Sammy ever were, although Frank did have some decent performances.

3. MUNTINY on the BOUNTY
The 1962 version with Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard edges out the 1935 film with Loughton and Gable. Though I really like Anthony Hopkins the later version with Mel Gibson (Rob alert) does not.

4. CASINO ROYALE
A bit unfair since the original was really not a classic, although diverting. However, the Craig remake is in a different league and maybe at the top of the remake list period.

5. THE FLY
Neither of these may be classics but the 1986 Goldblum version takes the prize.

There are some other remakes that are good on their own but not really better like The THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR, SCARFACE, The PINK PANTHER, CAPE FEAR and THE THING but for the most part the remakes are rather sad.

Upcoming remakes we have to look forward too include Robocop, ‘Romancing The Stone’, ‘Footloose’, ‘The Karate Kid’ ‘Arthur’, ‘Ghostbusters’, ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ and ‘Clash of the Titans’.
Most of these I don't care much about but I seriously doubt Romancing the Stone will be better done.

An excellent post.I wasn't even thinking about these remakes.I loved The Thing and Mutiny on the Bounty.
Mark

 

[Njja]

I rented the DVD of the older Time Machine movie and found that it has a fun extra on the disc. There is a documentary hosted by Rod Taylor (the time traveler) of how the prop time machine was rescued and restored. In addition, there is a short dramatic scene done in 1992 of Rod Taylor and Alan Young (Filby) with the restored time machine. The Time Traveler comes back from the future to 1916 to try to keep Filby from flying to France.

Nice try on the latest Time Machine movie, but the older one it still my favorite.

I want to show my teen age daughter some of these older Sci-Fi classics of HG Wells and Jules Verne. We've read The War of the Worlds novel together.

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That sounds like fun, I'm going to look for that one!