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Saw this movie for the first time in the 1980's and remember recording it on VHS (remember those) in 1990. It's timeless (pun intended). In fact the colors on the panel of the time machine in green, yellow, and red would be copied on the Delorean in Back to the Future. The storyline is great, a little comic book-ish but for 1960 it's fantastic story telling. It was Rod Taylor's first feature film in a leading role as H. George Wells and it's arguably his signature role. Some will say Alfred Hitchcock's: The Birds but I'm going to be biased and say it's this film. Yvette Mimieux who was only 18 at the time, had her first starring role as the demure and lovely Weena. Alan Young, known for his role as Wilbur on the 1960's sitcom Mr. Ed is George's best friend David Filby.

The special effects for the time were incredible and it was the 1960 winner of the Academy Award for best visual effects. Wah Chang, one of the few Chinese employed in Hollywood at the time helped design the Time Machine. Chang later worked on Star Trek and it was he who created the famous communicators used by Kirk, Spock, and the rest of the crew of the U. S. S. Enterprise.

Anyways, this film has a different story arc than the original 1895 novel penned by Wells but it's still a very good movie. At the time the film was released in 1960, all of Wells' actual children were still alive. If you're a fan of Back To The Future, check out this movie, I think you'll enjoy it!

There's way too much profanity in this. My grandmother who has passed away was the age of these ladies in the early 1940s and women then did not drop F-bombs and say S*** every other word. The pluses to this are seeing the clothing worn during the 1940s and the cars. Watchable but nothing at all like the classic movie from 1992.

I agree with most of the reviews here. This is the Trek at its worst, so boring and not interesting in the least. Just using props and familiar faces with mostly a new and inept crew. What's really sad is to see Patrick Stewart looking to be older than William Shatner even though he's nine years younger. His voice is so weak and so is he with no screen presence. Watching him you wonder if he's going to tip over like Humpty Dumpty. This is garbage, watch an older Trek series instead that hasn't been contaminated by Alex Kurtzman.