Just saw "Time Machine"

Elvet · 03-08-2002, 08:41 PM

I don't know what I was expecting - but felt it was a waste of time and money. Saw the original way back when, at the time when special effects were in infancy and I can say I enjoyed the first version more. Maybe its because of the wealth of excellent movies that I've seen lately (notwithstanding 4 viewings of LotR ).
Anyhow, just thought I'd rant in case it's on someone's must see list.

cee2lee2 · 03-08-2002, 09:34 PM

Thanks for your opinion. My husband has been wanting to see it but I'm more ambivalent. We saw the trailer when we saw Fellowship and the special effects looked interesting. We may still go but I definitely won't be insisting on it like I did with Fellowship

Nibs · 03-08-2002, 10:27 PM

I saw the previews and was quite flabbergasted (third time I've used that word today). I read the book a while ago, but I can still recall that there were no interactions mentioned between the Eloi and the Morlocks above ground, except attacks during the night. Also, the Morlocks were nasty little critters with bulging white eyes. The preview didn't reflect any of that. Instead, the Morlocks were more cat-like, aggressive hunters. And I heard it was bad. I don't think I'll see it, especially in the theater.

***HOBBIT*** · 03-09-2002, 12:47 AM

Is there already a topic on this? I'm not sure....anyways, I moved this from GM to the correct forum. The movie looks stupid.......The first half of the preview trailer looked cute, then it got really bad....... I'll see it when it comes to cable : p

And Nibs, you do realize that no one has any clue what you had just said

(unless they read the book or whatever.)

***anduin*** · 03-09-2002, 04:07 AM

I think he was assuming that people have read the book....I mean this isn't a message board centered around cars or something.

Darth Tater · 03-09-2002, 11:23 AM

I have a feeling Harry Knowles' review is more entertaining then the movie!

FrodoFriend · 03-09-2002, 01:41 PM

Gah. That movie makes me angry. I haven't seen it, but it's pretty obvious that it's a complete perversion of the book. You know when they make the Eloi talk that you've lost about half the book right there.

The Time Machine is one of my favorite reads too . . .

***Tessar*** · 03-09-2002, 02:08 PM

Well the trailer looked cool to me........

Elvet · 03-09-2002, 02:46 PM

The trailer looked good to me, too. That's why I went.

aldesign · 03-09-2002, 05:31 PM

well, this is interesting

ill think ill read the book, before it comes out over here in UK.

andy

elf_princess · 03-09-2002, 06:40 PM

I just got back from seeing that movie. I thought it was ok. Not very good though. The special effects were really good though. It had a lot of unanswered questions in it and parts of it i didn't understand....

sun-star · 03-10-2002, 05:25 PM

I just had to study the book for English GCSE and I really liked it. I seem to remember the original film was quite different, although it's a long time since I saw it, and I didn't have a clue what was going on at the time.

Kyote Fields · 03-11-2002, 03:54 PM

I completly enjoyed the film. i thought it was a good little romp and since I haven't read the book i had no expectations. I've made those two little stipulations for myself: 1)If I've read the book, I understand the movie will be nothing like the book, especially my favorite parts 2) I don't haev any expectations when going to see movie any more. I enjoy more movies that way.
I only have, to contradict myself, four "expectation" movies this year. Star Wars, Signs, Spiderman and, of course, LOTR.

aldesign · 03-11-2002, 06:42 PM

just checking Kyote Fields

u do know what ur Avatar is dont u?

its from a british cartoon band called the Gorrillaz. Thats Russel the Drummer.

andy

Kyote Fields · 03-11-2002, 09:15 PM

Love thier music. It's very cool. They should be coming around my area on tour. I heard that thier concert is really just a long cartoon with the real band playing behind the backdrop. Do you know?

afro-elf · 06-19-2002, 07:04 PM

I just a bootleg of the movie here in Saudi and the sound was do do.

what did the uber morlock say to guy pierce about not changing time?

katya · 09-01-2002, 08:53 PM

ooo i dont want to see the new movie if its going to make me mad for being stupid...im curious though. i read the book just before i saw the movie in school. i kind of liked it. its not my type of movie or book but i liked it. it's kind of depressing though i think.

Sylvee Estel · 09-01-2002, 10:34 PM

I really liked the movie. Parts of it I didn't understand, but that happens to me in lots of movies, lol. I never read the book though so I dont know how it compares to that.

Rána Eressëa · 09-01-2002, 11:17 PM

Haven't read the book. Saw the movie. Wonderful. Thoroughly enjoyable for me.

HobbitChick88 · 09-08-2002, 04:20 PM

My older brother made me watch it, and it was okay. The special effects were awesome, too

. I haven't read the book, so those brown things (I can't remember what they're called) freaked me out a whole lot. My brother started cracking up when he saw the look on my face

.

03-08-2002, 08:41 PM	#1
Elvet Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Orillia, Ontario Posts: 221	Just saw "Time Machine" I don't know what I was expecting - but felt it was a waste of time and money. Saw the original way back when, at the time when special effects were in infancy and I can say I enjoyed the first version more. Maybe its because of the wealth of excellent movies that I've seen lately (notwithstanding 4 viewings of LotR ). Anyhow, just thought I'd rant in case it's on someone's must see list. __________________ "But do not despise the lore that has come down from distant years; for oft it may chance that old wives keep in memory word of things that once were needful for the wise to know."

03-08-2002, 10:27 PM	#3
Nibs Head Hollara Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 751	I saw the previews and was quite flabbergasted (third time I've used that word today). I read the book a while ago, but I can still recall that there were no interactions mentioned between the Eloi and the Morlocks above ground, except attacks during the night. Also, the Morlocks were nasty little critters with bulging white eyes. The preview didn't reflect any of that. Instead, the Morlocks were more cat-like, aggressive hunters. And I heard it was bad. I don't think I'll see it, especially in the theater. __________________ "People used to ring up and say 'Don't quit your day job' or 'sell your synth', but the joke's on them: we were fired and the synth is broken!" -John Flansburgh from They Might Be Giants Ever heard of Mormons? I'm one. Click here to know more about us.

03-09-2002, 12:47 AM	#4
*HOBBIT* Saviour of Entmoot Admiral Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: NC/NJ (no longer Same place as bmilder.) Posts: 61,986	Is there already a topic on this? I'm not sure....anyways, I moved this from GM to the correct forum. The movie looks stupid.......The first half of the preview trailer looked cute, then it got really bad....... I'll see it when it comes to cable : p And Nibs, you do realize that no one has any clue what you had just said (unless they read the book or whatever.) __________________ President Emeritus (2000-2004) Private message (or email) me if you need any assistance. I am here to help! "I'm up to here with cool, ok? I'm so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis" - Zaphod Beeblebrox Latest Blog Post: Just Quit Facebook? No One Cares!

03-09-2002, 11:23 AM	#6
Darth Tater The man Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: MA Posts: 4,572	I have a feeling Harry Knowles' review is more entertaining then the movie! __________________ Visit the worlds greatest webpage! No, not The Tolkien Trail! Just click this! The Tolkien Trail ~Camelot

03-09-2002, 01:41 PM	#7
FrodoFriend Halfwitted Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Eryn Vorn Posts: 1,659	Gah. That movie makes me angry. I haven't seen it, but it's pretty obvious that it's a complete perversion of the book. You know when they make the Eloi talk that you've lost about half the book right there. The Time Machine is one of my favorite reads too . . . __________________ Fingolfin lives! ... in my finger! The Crossroads of Arda - Warning. Halfwit content. Not appropriate for people with IQ of over 18. The Fellowship of the Message Board Nyáréonié - The Tale of Tears

03-08-2002, 09:34 PM	#2
cee2lee2 Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: 2nd star to the left..... Posts: 566	Thanks for your opinion. My husband has been wanting to see it but I'm more ambivalent. We saw the trailer when we saw Fellowship and the special effects looked interesting. We may still go but I definitely won't be insisting on it like I did with Fellowship

03-09-2002, 04:07 AM	#5
*anduin* Entwife Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: louisville Posts: 3,718	I think he was assuming that people have read the book....I mean this isn't a message board centered around cars or something.

03-09-2002, 02:08 PM	#8
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	Well the trailer looked cool to me........

03-09-2002, 02:46 PM	#9
Elvet Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Orillia, Ontario Posts: 221	The trailer looked good to me, too. That's why I went. __________________ "But do not despise the lore that has come down from distant years; for oft it may chance that old wives keep in memory word of things that once were needful for the wise to know."

03-09-2002, 05:31 PM	#10
aldesign Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Uk Posts: 447	well, this is interesting ill think ill read the book, before it comes out over here in UK. andy __________________ The funniest story on the net, made by entmoot fanatics, visit it @ FOTMB.com FRODO LIVES!! GET FREE AVATARS HERE!

03-09-2002, 06:40 PM	#11
elf_princess Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: la dee da Posts: 275	I just got back from seeing that movie. I thought it was ok. Not very good though. The special effects were really good though. It had a lot of unanswered questions in it and parts of it i didn't understand....

03-10-2002, 05:25 PM	#12
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	I just had to study the book for English GCSE and I really liked it. I seem to remember the original film was quite different, although it's a long time since I saw it, and I didn't have a clue what was going on at the time. __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

03-11-2002, 03:54 PM	#13
Kyote Fields Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: California Posts: 218	I completly enjoyed the film. i thought it was a good little romp and since I haven't read the book i had no expectations. I've made those two little stipulations for myself: 1)If I've read the book, I understand the movie will be nothing like the book, especially my favorite parts 2) I don't haev any expectations when going to see movie any more. I enjoy more movies that way. I only have, to contradict myself, four "expectation" movies this year. Star Wars, Signs, Spiderman and, of course, LOTR. __________________ No longer posting. If you'd like to write to me I can be reached at kyote_fields@hotmail.com. It was nice knowing all of you.

03-11-2002, 06:42 PM	#14
aldesign Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Uk Posts: 447	just checking Kyote Fields u do know what ur Avatar is dont u? its from a british cartoon band called the Gorrillaz. Thats Russel the Drummer. andy __________________ The funniest story on the net, made by entmoot fanatics, visit it @ FOTMB.com FRODO LIVES!! GET FREE AVATARS HERE!

03-11-2002, 09:15 PM	#15
Kyote Fields Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: California Posts: 218	Love thier music. It's very cool. They should be coming around my area on tour. I heard that thier concert is really just a long cartoon with the real band playing behind the backdrop. Do you know? __________________ No longer posting. If you'd like to write to me I can be reached at kyote_fields@hotmail.com. It was nice knowing all of you.

06-19-2002, 07:04 PM	#16
afro-elf Hoplite Nomad Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 3,931	Help I just a bootleg of the movie here in Saudi and the sound was do do. what did the uber morlock say to guy pierce about not changing time? __________________ About Eowyn, Does anyone know what her alias Dernhelm means? She was kown as dernhelm because of her exclaimation when she realized that the rider's headgear was heavy and obscured her sight. 'Dern Helm" Culled from Entmoot From Kirinski 57 and Wayfarer.

09-01-2002, 08:53 PM	#17
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	ooo i dont want to see the new movie if its going to make me mad for being stupid...im curious though. i read the book just before i saw the movie in school. i kind of liked it. its not my type of movie or book but i liked it. it's kind of depressing though i think.

09-01-2002, 10:34 PM	#18
Sylvee Estel Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Tennessee Posts: 115	I really liked the movie. Parts of it I didn't understand, but that happens to me in lots of movies, lol. I never read the book though so I dont know how it compares to that. __________________ ~Sylvee

09-01-2002, 11:17 PM	#19
Rána Eressëa The Rogue Elf Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,722	Haven't read the book. Saw the movie. Wonderful. Thoroughly enjoyable for me.

09-08-2002, 04:20 PM	#20
HobbitChick88 Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2002 Location: Sweet Home Alabama Posts: 237	My older brother made me watch it, and it was okay. The special effects were awesome, too . I haven't read the book, so those brown things (I can't remember what they're called) freaked me out a whole lot. My brother started cracking up when he saw the look on my face . __________________ "Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars..." ~The Hobbit "And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whose you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." -Joshua 24:15 Step follows step, Hope follows courage. Set your face toward danger Set your heart on victory! "Where is Elizabeth?" "She's safe, just like I promised. She's all set to marry Norrington just like she promised, and you get to die for her just like you promised. So we're all men of our word, really....except for Elizabeth who is, in fact, a woman." ~Will Turner and Jack Sparrow, POTC fROdO LIVeS!!!!