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The Time Machine was based on the H.G. Wells classic about
time travel, that was first published in 1895. Rod Taylor plays a
scientist who travels into the future, where a race of people, called
the Eloi, have been forced to hide from the brutal Morlocks, a race of
people eating monsters. The makeup and the effects in this movie are
dwarfed by today's technology but the story still shines through. I
believe it takes more than special effects to make a Sci-Fi classic
because I just feel that you have to begin with a good story or
original idea. This movie contained what were original ideas at the
time that have since become over-used and abused by the Sci-Fi genre.
The concept of time travel alone has been used on countless occasions
in who knows how many movies and television shows. This story was an
idea that was born long before it became a tired old concept. The
movie still conveys many of the points Wells hoped to convey and
therefore, I believe that the movie is still relevant on that basis
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