Book vs. Movie: The Time Machine (1960, 2002)

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Throughout fiction and film, time travel has served as a device through which one can explore the nature of humanity and its relationships with technology. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells was one of the earliest works to introduce the concept of time travel by mechanical means.
Prior to The Time Machine, H.G. Wells had written "The Chronic Argonauts", which features an inventor who builds a time machine and travels in time. However, it is The Time Machine that is often called the progenitor of today's time travel subgenre. Besides countless derivative works as well as new stories, there are two notable film versions that take place during the Victorian Era and follow the adventures of the Time Traveller to the year 802,701:
The Time Machine (1960)
Starring Rod Taylor
The Time Machine (2002)
Starring Guy Pearce
Chapters:
0:00 Prologue
1:11 The Time Machine (1960)
3:33 The Time Machine (2002)
5:31 Epilogue
(We’ll be referencing the Heinemann edition of The Time Machine that is found in modern reprints, rather than the shorter Holt edition.)
#BytheBook #TheTimeMachine

Пікірлер: 28

  • @bldrgn
    @bldrgn3 ай бұрын

    I like both versions, because they both bring something to the table. And the 2002 version the overarching paradox of why he can’t change the past coming to fruition near the end of the movie makes the ride worth it. and there is also one that came out in the late 70s called. Time after Time where the author Herbert Wells chases Jack the Ripper through time definitely worth a watch.

  • @Improvisa2_
    @Improvisa2_ Жыл бұрын

    I love the version of 1960. Better than other

  • @varelion
    @varelion2 жыл бұрын

    I find your lack of comprehension of the novel's main theme somehow ... naive. You missed the fact that Wells used his novels to understand and also criticize his society, that of Victorian Great Britain. In "War of the Worlds" he confronted the self-righteous Britains with the horrifying impact of colonialism when a supreme civilization invades and exploits an indigenous culture, this time Great Britain itself. And in "The Time Machine" Wells criticized the harsh separation of upper and lower class. Here, the cozy Victorian citizen learned about the result of this caste society: A future society of two classes: one slave-like underground culture that works and feeds the upper class that live likes in paradise or elysium. But the high society also serves as food cattle for the restless workers. Both depend on each other. Both have no conscience since the strict cast rules have become unquestioned and totalitarian. Though the main character sides with the Eloi, he is also depressed about the transformation of the working class. Now compare this development to the current trend in our recent culture: The intellectual elite becomes more and more naive to practical work and economics, also indulging in a vegetarian movement while the lowest class of workers are caught in the growing unsecure temporary employment sector, indulging in a mass consumation of flesh food (Trust me, I've seen this tradition too often). So, regarding both movies, I must conclude that the older movie still confronts us with this dark development and clearly reveals the reasons for this. In the newer adaptation this warning message has been eradicated and replaced for a simple good vs. evil story. A failed, emptied adaptation.

  • @MavenCree
    @MavenCree3 жыл бұрын

    I love the musical score for the 2002 version.

  • @octoberboiy
    @octoberboiy3 жыл бұрын

    I really feel like 2002 movie left me with an empty feeling after it was over. It felt unresolved. At least in the book it had a better ending.

  • @innekewallisch5235

    @innekewallisch5235

    Жыл бұрын

    I don't agree first time I ever watched movie bizarrely. I felt Guy Pearce character destiny was to save humanity😸

  • @ozwunder69

    @ozwunder69

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@innekewallisch5235 post 911 reality tv millennium mentality.. infantile and simp..le

  • @sandralantau7395
    @sandralantau73952 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the analysis!

  • @stephenbriandeleon5119
    @stephenbriandeleon51193 жыл бұрын

    I love your page to screen classics. Please make a review about Wuthering Heights

  • @frostbjorn
    @frostbjorn3 жыл бұрын

    Great video! Only feedback I would give is that the music is a little loud and distracting at times.

  • @guytremblay1647
    @guytremblay1647 Жыл бұрын

    its funny that Allen young played in both movies

  • @unaanguila
    @unaanguila3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing!

  • @user-jc2we4sn1i
    @user-jc2we4sn1i3 ай бұрын

    Futurama's "Late Philip J Fry" was best adaptation to film.

  • @willlyon7129
    @willlyon71293 жыл бұрын

    Will you do more of H G Well's works, like The Invisible Man or The War of the Worlds.

  • @xalpal
    @xalpal3 жыл бұрын

    JUST in case! You don’t do videos for me, right? But JUST in case this inspires you, I’d love to see: “Sense and Sensibility”, “Howards End”, “Vanity Fair” - the way you format these is just amazing!

  • @snowprincess6430
    @snowprincess64303 жыл бұрын

    Great video. Very interesting! 💕

  • @Rob_Shoot
    @Rob_Shoot2 жыл бұрын

    My favorite book from Wells.

  • @wawanardhyansah1980
    @wawanardhyansah19803 жыл бұрын

    Love this video👍🏾

  • @rogerlynch5279
    @rogerlynch527918 күн бұрын

    Yes, the version of 2002 had been directed by SIMON WELLS ! a Great - Grandson of H.G. Wells. Fun Fact: As his famous Great - Grandfather he does not believe in " THE NATURAL SUPERIORITY OF THE CAUCASIAN RACE " as it had been common in his time, hence he used many Asian and African based people for acting in the movie. Just mentioning it because I heard often people complain about this talking about the 2002 version

  • @mroldnewbie
    @mroldnewbie2 жыл бұрын

    They may not have had much intellect in the future as depicted by the movies, but they had good hairdressers.

  • @stargirl7646
    @stargirl76463 жыл бұрын

    Love your videos! Always found this book creepy haha

  • @mirandacoenen2402
    @mirandacoenen24023 жыл бұрын

    🖤👌👌👌👌

  • @RoScFan
    @RoScFan2 жыл бұрын

    Why is this video in 12fps?

  • @chubbychinnedgiraffe3603
    @chubbychinnedgiraffe36033 жыл бұрын

    Would you be able to do IT next or do u not do horror?

  • @FabianoCigano
    @FabianoCigano3 жыл бұрын

    I always love HG Wells, but im here because the last movie ( is a shame , to all mankind, have only two of this brilhant master pierce project) but, as a seeing, i came here from the past, by a beloved song by IRON MAIDEN - " CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN TIME ", and a fan made movie clip, with the second movie, i just loved (a clip, not a 2º movie ate all), but the drama of the traveling, as a my self drama, make us wonder ! dont you ??? Is my 24 h/day, unfortunately

  • @user-jc2we4sn1i
    @user-jc2we4sn1i3 ай бұрын

    Ironically, novels of H.G. Wells inspired Adolf Hitler's Nazi atrocities and Serbian Halloween of 1990s to consider how Europeans had lived in dank castles for centuries of how even Queen Victoria had to burn garbage for illumination.

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