In homage to the history of “The Time Machine” itself, on inquiry to Vox for information on time travel, Alexander is shown photos of comic Books, other sci-fi classics, the H.G. Initially stopping in 2037, Alexander finds us colonizing the moon compliments of big-screen multi-tron ads for condos on the Sea of Tranquility right next to the 18 hole Neil Armstrong Golf Course! A trip to the New York Public Library introduces Alexander and the audience to a photonic known as Vox who holds all the information known to mankind in his computerized-holographic self. Seasons change, days turn into nights, days into weeks, months and then years, technology, architecture and even the very structure which he knows as home, all evolve and progress courtesy of a breathtaking and exhilarating ride in his machine. Using computer-generation and the look of time-lapse photography, as in the original film, we see time passing all around Alexander at an incredible rate. This course of events gets those well-oiled wheels in Alexander’s mind turning even faster, causing him to opine that if the past holds no solution to his quest, then perhaps the future does. A beauteous contraption of brass, glass and polished wood complete with the comfort of a reclining barber chair for travelling comfort, this 2002 version of Wells’ vision is itself alone worth the price of admission! Going back in time to moments before Emma’s death, Alexander believes he can change the course of history and although he prevents Emma’s murder, he cannot prevent her death, as she is ultimately run over by a team of horses. Following the murder of Emma, Alexander sequesters himself in his laboratory for four years where he develops and builds his time machine. Wells’ great-grandson, Simon Wells (no proprietary rights problems here) in his first live-action venture, set in the late 1890’s New York, “The Time Machine” stars Guy Pearce stars as Alexander, a brilliant physics professor obsessed with time travel, whose beliefs and theories are shared by some unknown German patent clerk named Einstein with whom he corresponds. Fueled by the loss of his beloved fiancé Emma, Alexander builds a time machine and hurtles 800,000 years into the future, finding mankind has de-volved into two “human” species, the Morlocks and the Elois, with Darwin’s theory of survival of the fittest taking on even newer and more devastating meaning.ĭirected by H.G.

Wells and up-dated from George Pal’s 1960 film version (of which I am a BIG fan), “The Time Machine” is the story of scientist and inventor, Alexander Hartdegen, a man obsessed with proving that time travel is possible. Based on the classic sci-fi novel by H.G.

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