#thetimemachine

Chapter 14; The Time Machine

Sci-fi films have a long history of prop reuse, with one of the most well-known examples being the 1956 film 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒃𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒕. This Armillary Sphere, also known as the "Astrogator," played a significant role inside the spaceship. It was made over for use again in the 1960 film 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆.   Find out more about this prop and others at bit.ly/Prop014      

The Time Machine (1960), poster by Reynold Brown

#TheTimeMachine, first released in cinemas #OnThisDay in 1960⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #TitleScreen #OTD #HGWells #GeorgePal #RodTaylor #AlanYoung #YvetteMimieux #SebastianCabot #WhitBissell https://www.instagram.com/p/CSr0-L3lWt6/?utm_medium=tumblr

I have been thinking about #hgwells recently. The other day I heard a recording the @bbc had found of him, and he sounded like a right #nerd, i.e. one of my peeps😆. I went on to watch the movie he made “The Shape of Things to Come” and it was pretty stunning. His book “The Outline of History” got more me more interested in the #history than all the schooling I ever got in the subject. I also watched the most recent adaption of “War of the Worlds”, which I enjoyed for its period accuracy and visuals, but no much else. Someone needs to do the Jeff Wayne version! Anyway, here is my take on Wells’ vision for the distant future of humanity, the #Morlocks and #Eloi, from “The Time Machine”. Included is an even more ‘evolved’ form of Eloi from an even more distant future (a concept somewhat stolen by Kurt Vonnegut for his novella “Galapagos”). By the year AD 802,701, humanity has evolved into two separate species: the Eloi and the Morlocks. The Eloi live a banal life of ease on the surface of the Earth while the Morlocks live underground, tending machinery and providing food, clothing, and inventory for the Eloi. The narration suggests that the separation of species may have been the result of a widening split between different social classes: the Morlocks are the working class who were relegated to working and living underground so that the rich upper class could live in luxury on the surface. With time, the balance of power changed – the hedonistic surface people no longer dominating the underground dwellers, but instead becoming their livestock. Many of Wells’ ideas are centered around class struggles. He considered himself ‘Middle Class’ and was a great advocate for the growth of the middle class. Something with which I wholeheartedly agree... bearing in mind that we don’t want to end up like the Golgafrinchans from Douglas Adams’ “Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy” either.😆 #morlock #thetimemachine #timemachine #futurepeople #scifi #characterdesign #illustration #characterillustration #scifiart #scifinovel #waroftheworlds #galapagos #kurtvonnegut #watercolor #penandink #penandinkillustration #dippen #analogart #evolution #evolved #class #classstruggle https://www.instagram.com/p/CO-yHS6BD2W/?igshid=1b82ddbui43ex

"Herkesin bir zaman makinesi vardır. Bizi geçmişe götüren; anılarımız. Geleceğe götüren de; umutlarımızdır." The Time Machine

I got a hold of the Time Machine at @clockworkalchemy! Where am I headed and why? (Drop your answers in the Comments!) #steampunk #writerslife #writersofinstagram #authorlife #authorsofinstagram #GeorgePal #HGWells #TheTimeMachine #sciencefiction #time #adventure (at Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvaSoiJgEgh/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1p7c7k72m1ghs

Has anyone here seen my zeitmaschine? #TheTimeMachine #Morlocks #60s #movies #itcamefromblog