The Time Machine (1960). A Daily Driver with 800, 000 Years on the Clock.

#thetimemachine #hgwells #classicscifi
Stam Fine Reviews looks at the 1960 telling of one of Science-Fictions all time classic stories, H.G. Wells' The Time Machine. Directed by George Pal and stars Rod Taylor and Yvette Mimieux.
The Time Machine is based on a book called The Time Machine, and both versions are about a guy who has invented a Time Machine who then takes his Time Machine on a journey to the future, but then his Time Machine is stolen and he needs to recover his Time Machine. This last sentence was either masterful SEO or highly irritating.

[@alannevin2490]

My Dad loved this movie, he told me he went to the cinema to watch it in the early 60's. RIP Dad.

[@matttcoburn]

As a kid of the sixties, whenever this movie appeared on the TV, i would watch it without blinking!

[@CesareVesdani]

That is an all time classic movie that I do like to watch again.

[@alanmike6883]

One of those great movies you remember watching growing up as a young person with family

[@TomTimeTraveler]

Passed it along to my boys. Has become “part of the family.”

[@ReidSchmidt]

This is one of my top ten favorite movies. Loved it as a kid, and continue to love and appreciate it as an adult. The charming atmosphere, the Russell Garcia score, the Rod Taylor, everything about it is wonderful.

[@cros_dead]

The remake(2002) is also good one. Watch it

[@ActionPanda-g5n]

I am continually amazed at how entertaining Australians are at movie reviews. This guy is one of the best. Just Fine, Stam!

[@angbald]

I see James and Maso led you here as well. Lol.

[@bluewinds10]

Me thinks he's not 100% Australian

[@bluewinds10]

Reason being, he knows too much about films and culture.

[@kennethmartin1300]

@@bluewinds10Whaaaahh??

[@StuartRaweakaStuOz]

​@@bluewinds10I am Australian and have extensive knowledge of last century US TV/Cinema. The reason being that Australian TV/ cinema mostly sucks so Australians turn to other countries for cinema/TV.

[@fmsyntheses]

This has a wonderful Star Trek TOS quality to it. I was spellbound by it when I was a kid.

[@TheBeird]

Harumph indeed sir, Harumph!

[@TomTimeTraveler]

The 1993 “The Time Machine: The Journey Back” with Rod Taylor, Alan Young and Whit Bissell is a short film guaranteed to bring tears to your eyes.

[@kali3665]

I still love the 1960 movie, even if it is a bit dated now, and Rod Taylor is wonderful as the Time Traveler. The effects are pretty good, even if they film everything completely on the lot (including a view of a very familiar main street set!) and it shows. I absolutely fell in love with Yvette Mimieux from this film. And to this day, the Time Machine is one of the three most recognized time machines in media (along with the TARDIS and the DeLorean). Bob Burns (Tracey the Gorilla from the Ghost Busters TV series) owns the Time Machine prop today, and it showed up in Gremlins and Carl Sagan's Cosmos. MGM used the Morlock underground set a lot over the next several years, including in a couple of Twilight Zone episodes. I quickly recognized the set in the Fourth Season episode, On Thursday We Left for Home. In the 80s, they did a kind of "sequel" to The Time Machine set during World War I when George tries to convince Filby to accompany him into the future while avoiding mentioning that Filby is destined to die shortly -- and got Rod Taylor, Alan Young, and Whit Bissell to reprise their roles. That was cool. The 2002 remake was such utter crapola though, and I didn't much care for the TV remake either. I did like Time After Time, however. Malcolm McDowell made an interesting HG Wells, and, of course, you can't go wrong with David Warner as the bad guy.

[@MrPleers]

I watch this movie every new years eve. It has become a personal tradition.

[@LaborHours]

Hmmm I think I might steal this from you and tell everyone it was MY idea! HA!

[@tycannah4271]

Your scripts are spot on and funny and yes the original and best time travel movie.

[@daverage4729]

One of my favourite 'Ever' sci-fi films! I loved everything about it from the action to George wandering around the ruins of the futuristic society and the creepy vibe of the Morlocks. A fantastic film....even if it shows you can't escape the 'Macarena' 800,000 years in the future.

[@markeastwood74]

I saw Time After Time many years ago buy could only remember the smallest details and not the name. Thanks for mentioning it, so I can finally seek it out.

[@peterwilson5528]

He is happy to be alive but can't remember if he left the light on in the kitchen. Wonderful Aussie humour. Well done :)

[@philmarsh5593]

Oddly enough, watched this again just the other day. Watched this as a kid on TV in the early 70s and loved it. The part that made me laugh was at the end - George disappears, his housekeeper asks "will he ever return?" and Filby, instead of trying to reassure someone who's employer and landlord just disappeared, smirks enigmatically, says "he has all the time in the world" and walks away without so much as a "goodnight". Charming. 😆 Very "of it's time" but still entertaining. This is a great summary, once again.

[@davidtomlinson6138]

I did aswell.Every now n then i watch it again , when I'm in a sci- fi mood 🙂

[@catherinebirch2399]

I love the bit where Rod Taylor has just arrived and is walking through the forest. You can see him getting anxious and breaking out in a sweat. The strange warbling sound made me wonder whether it was a bird or just soundtrack music.

[@TheDukeofMadness]

This is my favorite film starring my favorite actor and fellow Australian in Rod Taylor. I'm glad you liked it like I do. I watch it every New Years Eve.

[@6581punk]

A favourite of mine. You should also cover the film Somewhere In Time.

[@jeremysmetana8583]

My mom loved this as a kid, then one day saw it was on TV and sat my tiny butt down in front of it, and said, "You sit there and watch this. You'll really like it." I really did, and I have rarely missed a broadcast and have owned it in at least two types of media.

[@FatNorthernBigot]

A true classic. How Leonard and Sheldon bought the eponymous contraption on eBay is beyond me.

[@lalkayy.9541]

The Time Machine That Was Featured in The Episode of The Big Bang Theory . In Season 1 Episode 14 Entitled " The Nerdvana Annihilation " Was a Replica of The One Seen in The 1960 Movie .

[@inkermoy]

A truly...timeless... classic! It made me a sucker for timelapse photography. Say what you want about the special effects, but for some reason the most memorable one out of the film for me was when a frustrated George holds a book that disintegrates in his hands, then proceeds to wave his arm at a load of books on the shelf and they all go poof! I highly recommend Stephen Baxter's sequel The Time Ships. It does address the Butterfly Effect right off the bat and causes the Traveller to go on a rollercoaster of adventure through a new timeline.

[@matthiaskochsiek3746]

One of the best sci fi Classic movies.i ve Seen IT a lot of times and can warch IT every time again.better AS the reeboot for me.

[@inamorata966]

I Love. Love. Love The Time Machine of 1960. And every time I see Rod Taylor in other movies -- and he made many, sometimes as a heavy -- I can only see him as George, the melancholy, romantic time traveler. RIP Rod. Miss ya buddy.

[@peterwilson5528]

I must have watched the movie hundreds of times in my life by now. Sometimes I watch it because it is a link to the 1960s I am now 66 The movie is a time traveller.

[@andreapinzow1630]

This movie is one of my favorite sci-fi movies. The morale of this movie is that war destroyed civilization as well know it and he took a few books to help them rebuild their lives hopefully to the better.

[@marksmadebyrobots]

I literally watched this last night! Still great. Shame they missed out the giant crabs bit, though.

[@jimjam51075]

Man, this is my favorite channel of all time. Thank you for another video. The best part... 6:43 where you harumph in Sebastian Cabot's voice. It's details in the humor like that which makes every video a treasure. Thank you!

[@paulclarke7571]

I loved this movie when it played on Saturday afternoon in the 1970s. Great to see you with 47k subs Stam Fines. I joined up at 15K. Please keep at it. You are very clever, witty, and do great work here. Cheers from Canada!

[@lisapinfold506]

I bloody adore this movie😊

[@tedthesailor172]

It's quite extraordinary that such a seminal movie was created in just a month...

[@TheNightBadger]

An absolute classic... _"You're right David, that's just what I do have... all the time in the world."_ The 70's version is maybe the most 70's film ever made.

[@kennethmartin1300]

Thanks again, Stam. These reviews are great and constantly inspiring me to dig up and re-see these old movies, some even in my ancient 30 yr old VHS(OMG!😨) collection. The review titles are classic, too ("We cannot sanction this Tomfoolery").

[@timoliver9895]

Love this film, not only is it about time, it also captures and reminds us of the time in which it was filmed.

[@evo5dave]

For all its foibles, this remains one of my favourite films.

[@duncancurtis5108]

Everyone agrees they got 1966 spot on, even the clothing six years ahead.

[@AllanGildea]

Amusing, informative and insightful - as always. Cheers, Stam.

[@jamestoney6108]

its a wonderfully charming movie

[@TomTimeTraveler]

The BEST time travel movie of all time. It had warmth, charm, a great storyline and cast. Rod Taylor was perfectly cast as George. The other “star” of the movie, of course, was the machine itself. Watch “The Time Machine: The Journey Back (1993). Guaranteed to bring tears to your eyes.

[@gerardtessers]

Thank you so much for this! I was hoping you would eventually come up with The Time Machine, since I saw your review of the George Pal version of War of the Worlds. I very much liked this film ever since I've seen it as a kid on Dutch television and I have searched a long time to own a copy on DVD. Ironically, mine is a Spanish version (with English audiotrack), which makes your connecting the movie with The Macarena hilariously inevitable! Loved your take on it, I truly believe that George Pal is on a par with Ray Harryhausen concerning his use of special effects. Thank you!

[@iasimov5960]

I am so old I recall seeing this at the theater.

[@Joshua-uw7wm]

I love this movie

[@mandroid-rb4uy]

hello Stamfine ...Rod Taylor chest rug and dreamy eyelashes always good hair even after a fight with a Morlok as a child this movie obsessed me ...a timeless classic no pun intended

[@Nigel_The_Crab]

I love this movie. Nothing more need be said.

[@morbidmanmusic]

Pretty arrogant.

[@Nigel_The_Crab]

@@morbidmanmusic 🤣🤣🤣

[@mhoppy6639]

More Blake’s 7 please (you intimated that you’d do a series of vids so really looking forward to that when you get time !)🎉

[@RH1812]

One of my nightmare inducing movies as a small child in the late sixties

[@colinwatt9387]

I recommend the Stephen Baxter novel, "The Time Ships" which is an unofficial sequel to "The Time Machine"

[@emitindustries8304]

Another brilliantly funny and thoughtful review. Stam could review a phone book(remember those?), and make it funny.

[@davidsmith5523]

Do The Power. There were several films that I saw on TV back in the day that I really loved. When Worlds Collide. War of the Worlds. The Day the Earth caught fire. The Day the Earth Stood Still. Forbidden Planet and this. They opened up science fiction for me. Great content.

[@jamesabernethy7896]

Although I have said it before I probably still don't say it enough. I love your snappy and creative humour but it's also clear there's a lot of love for what you review. This movie is a lot older than me but movies of this era were often played on TV when I was young. Although I also like the Guy Pierce Remake, it still didn't have the charm of the original. Great video.

[@swagmanandy]

Don't forget the awesome "The first men in the moon." an awesome bit of steampunk rocketery.

[@l.a.gothro3999]

The Morlocks still scare me. And Rod Taylor in this is so swoonworthy!

[@CaminoAir]

The film may only have had a one million budget, but it had Rod Taylor, an instantly likeable and engaging actor who was worth another million.

[@mightycaine8254]

Love you Stan, please do street hawk

[@waltergiles86]

Your voice sounds remarkably similar to Rod Taylor's 😊!!!

[@Nick-ty9us]

It does sound a bit like rod Taylor

[@StuartRaweakaStuOz]

Great video. I hope this means Irwin Allen's Time Tunnel (1966) series is on your list of future videos?

[@Caleb983]

Dude, I started watching this because I like time travel shit, then suddenly, I realized this was a movie I saw years back when I was a child. I remember watching it with my family and my mom commenting that there'd probably be a sex scene. But there wasn't and now I know why lol Crazy, I'd forgotten all about this movie and the memory of watching it

[@adampoll4977]

I'm not gonna lie, a musical might actually convince me to watch a Fast and the Furious movie. On topic, Rod Taylor tossing Morlocks about is one of the most under-rated action set pieces for its time - that guy really leaned into the physical.

[@user-uf5gp4fu3n]

Awesome movie... 😊

[@jamesstewart7736]

I watched this film as a kid on TV and it always resonated with me. I'm not sure why exactly. Maybe because of similarities with Doctor Who. I also enjoyed the novel. Stam Fines jokes take this review to a new level for me. :)

[@oobrocks]

This novel isn’t the first time travel film But it is the first time travel concept using a machine: HG the genius 🎉

[@paulaburrows8660]

I would love to see them try and adapt the official sequel book "The Time Ships" by Stephen Baxter. You think the multiverse stuff in the MCU is hard to follow.

[@inkermoy]

IMHO, The Time Ships is a worthy successor to The Time Machine, a real adventure page-turner.

[@MatthewCaunsfield]

Great novel and an interesting adaptation...

[@NieR.Amanda]

I've often thought that the time machine in this movie led to many of the visual cues of the Steampunk aesthetic, alongside the *Nautilus* from 1954's 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, and the airship *Albatross* from 1961's Master Of The World. Might as well throw in 1964's First Men in the Moon and 1968's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang for good measure.

[@i.m.evilhomer5084]

I really enjoyed both the novel & film. Probably the few times I've enjoyed an adaptation as much as the original novel. Interesting note about the Time Machine, not only is it the grandaddy of the modern time travel genre, but it's also the grandaddy of speculative evolution & biology, a sci-fi genre that sometimes skirt the edges of scientific thought experiments. So not only do the likes of Back to the Future & Doctor Who own a debt to H. G. Welles, but so do the likes of After Man, James Cameron's Avatar & Itv's Primeval. Talk about six degrees of H. G. Welles...

[@greyareaRK1]

Morlocks or Macarana: the eternal debate.

[@garrettreganhobbs6949]

Alan Young, who played Filby in the movie, made a cameo in the 2002 movie as the florist.

[@bedtimesd.1247]

Great Review on a Classic movie. I am sorry I was not here to be the first to comment on your review due to the fact my time machine is guided by a wheel of fortune spinner and I never know where or when I will end up.

[@raybearoz]

Great work as always... but no explanation on how it ends up in Gremlins :)

[@Peter50501009]

I remember being very drawn in by this one as a kid, my other half always holds up the Guy Pearce remake as the worst film she ever went to see at the cinema, perhaps I should watch this with her for a point of comparison. But what I really wanted to say is how did the Macarena come to you as the joke hook for this one, it is such a silly link to keep returning to and I loved it, such a utter contrast to the Victorian genteelness of the setting period. Please keep em coming, howsabout a Stingray review?

[@kennethmartin1300]

Stingray, Stam! 👍

[@gussyt1761]

Keen for you to do some more Aussie movies like Sunday too far away or Crackerjack

[@darrensmith6999]

I like both Movie versions 1960 and 2002 , but i wish they would make a more accurate version with a British cast.

[@Nazz1967]

love the movie

[@white-dragon4424]

You can tell by the lack of mocking the film is pretty good for its age. They even predicted CDs in 1960 with the talking rings!

[@angbald]

Special place in my heart for the Guy Pierce travesty in 2002.

[@michaelwhalen2442]

The guy on the right at 6:36 is Whit Bissell. He was one of the regular stars on ABC"s 1960's series, "The Time Tunnel." Revision: I typed too soon. Sorry 'bout that!

[@micronoid]

You should check out the Alien Voices adaptation of the Time Machine. Alien Voices was a project by Star Trek actors to do audio adaptations of classic sci-fi novels.

[@rf159a]

"Give the Governor a Harrumph"

[@colincofield3747]

Rod Taylor had a bit part in "GIANT"(1956) and the Time Machine made an appearance in "Gremlins"

[@michaelstaunton1632]

👍👍👍🎥

[@colormedubious4747]

I found the 2002 remake to be worth watching. It's a bit darker, but so was 2002.

[@carlh-thehermitwithwi-fi679]

good adaptation.

[@1978rharris]

Now do The Time Machine with Guy Pierce

[@danielwilliamson6180]

I've seen the 2002 adaptation. But I've never seen the 1960 adaptation.

[@torchwood00]

The Sliders Machine

[@PaulGreeve]

If you check the plaque on the Time Machine, it shows George’s last name is Wells. H G Wells?

[@neiltaylor6645]

Watched this a couple of days ago so much better than the pointless remake in 2002

[@doodemog]

His Friend David, is Wilbur from Mr Ed 🐴

[@d.bcooper7819]

Cracked up at the “saving a drowning woman is too socialist “! 😂😂

[@RogueWJL]

This movue, along with Pal"s War of the Worlds and The Forbidden Planet form the holy trinity of classic sci fi movies for me. Outstanding in every sense and a reminder that even a genre which was considered 'second class' in Hollywood terms, was being produced by people far more talented than the 'hacks' currently on strike.

[@brotherkellymatthewbarnes8882]

""Mary Steenburgen, she's hot." - Col. Jack O'Neil USAF Stargate SG-1.

[@Halbared]

Good film, the remake is decent too.

[@casinodelonge]

Its a super film.

[@nicholashqar1654]

This movie is a cult of sci-fi❤

[@pappyknox]

👍

[@ronaldpokatiloff5704]

Universe is in a computer controlled by gravity. GO BACK OR FORWARD IN TIME.

[@user-ch1by3th8s]

Harrumphing AND the macarena ?

[@bensneb360]

This movie is very… “Wells” done… I’ll see myself out lol

[@alannevin2490]

Does anyone else think Rod Tayor looks like Robin Williams?

[@andrewmurray1550]

Simon Wells is the GREAT-Grandson of HG Wells, not the grandson. 12:50. The actress 12:12 reminds me of Mary Steenbergen who was in Back the Future 3

[@StamFine]

That's probably because Mary Steenbergen was in Time After Time.