That's what we are led to assume.

WHAT A TWIST!

^ I love the first 20 minutes or so of that movie.  It totally sucks (to me) once he meets the eloi.  I wish the "broken moon rains down on metropolis" stuff wouldn't have been cut.  That sounded rad.  I guess the timing of 9/11 sort of killed it.

I did, however, really like the ubermorlock's theory on why he couldn't change time.  I don't think I've heard/seen that one anywhere else before.

I do rather like North by Northwest, it has everything I like in a movie: intrigue, solid performances from every actor, and a director's cameo. It's Hitchcock exploring past his niche, while still using the techniques everyone loves in his other movies. Look to it, I charge you.

What Plans? said:

xhonzi said:

I wish the "broken moon rains down on metropolis" stuff wouldn't have been cut.  That sounded rad.  I guess the timing of 9/11 sort of killed it.

That stuff wasn't cut... there's a scene where he stops the machine a few years after visiting the NY Library in which the moon is raining down in pieces and the city is totally destroyed and in flames.  It's an awesome scene!

EDIT:  I found this short clip from that scene on YouTube.  The quality sucks, but it shows the moon cracking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcjuVCsO_is&feature=related

I should have said, "The end of that scene was cut."  I think there's an animatic or something on the DVD that shows how the actual destruction scene would have gone.

wiki says:

A scene that was scripted, but abandoned as it was considered inappropriate in light of the then recent events of September 11, 2001, was to have shown sections of the shattered moon crashing into the futuristic skyscrapers of 2037 New York City. This led to a 3 month delay of the film's theatrical release.

bkev said:

I do rather like North by Northwest, it has everything I like in a movie: intrigue, solid performances from every actor, and a director's cameo. It's Hitchcock exploring past his niche, while still using the techniques everyone loves in his other movies. Look to it, I charge you.

It truly is one our best films ever.

What Plans? said:

But even aside from the social aspect, the movie itself is fantastic.  Great story, great visual effects, FANTASTIC music.

Had the incongruities been ironed out of the film's method of time travel, and the film run longer, I'd probably agree.

"A Hard Day's Night"

Always has been, always shall be.

What Plans? said:

My favorite movie is the 2002 version of "The Time Machine." 

lol

I thought you were kidding. My sincerest apologies. Have you seen the original?

What Plans? said:

...Especially the Morlocks... omg... don't get me started on the Morlocks...

You have a point there. Especially compared to Stan Winston's Morlocks.

bkev said:

I do rather like North by Northwest...... Look to it, I charge you.

Possibly a top ten for me.  I've been a huge North By Northwest nerd since before you were born.  Even silkscreened my own North By Northwest t-shirt many years ago.  I put this artwork an a shirt;

And here is a picture of me wearing it, back in 1981;

"My secretary is a great admirer of your methods, Mr. Kaplan."

Regarding the topic;  I could never come up with a single favorite film. Truth is,  I'd be hard pressed to nail down that Top Ten list. 

Anchorhead said:

And here is a picture of me wearing it, back in 1981;

You look like you could take on Chuck Norris and almost win in that picture.;-)

Man, that's brilliant that you made your own shirt. I was lucky enough to see it on the big screen a number of months ago, with a Q&A afterwards with Eva Marie Saint. Good gravy, the woman barely looks any different!

What Plans? said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

Had the incongruities been ironed out of the film's method of time travel, and the film run longer, I'd probably agree.

Just out of curiosity... in what ways do you think the method of time travel was incongruous?

Everytime Guy Pearce went back in time to save his girlfriend, his past version was nowhere to be found.

doubleofive said:

Anchorhead: A badass since before I was born. You look like you're still pissed off that Vader ended up being Luke's father, and you're on a personal campaign to destroy every print around the country. ;-)

 

The Vader\father part - pretty much right on the money.

The badass part - not really.  I have, however, been a daily rider for 39 years Truthfully, I think I'm fairly easy going and non-judgmental.

Oh, and the hair - long gone.  ;-)  The facial hair is a different matter - man, I haven't been clean shaven since the 11th grade.  I'll see if I can't get a current pic going.  Might as well put a face to the name.

Anchorhead said:

 I'll see if I can't get a current pic going.  Might as well put a face to the name.

Should I be scared?

bkev said:

Man, that's brilliant that you made your own shirt.

Man, I used to silkscreen tons of shirts.  Almost all were album covers, but a few were film-related.  It was a big hobby of mine from about 1980-1994 or so.  After that it was just one a year or so. 

I put a great deal of time into them and was very strict about remaining true to the source artwork. I was in graphic arts for many years, so getting film positives shot to use on the screens was easy for me.  I just had to do the color separations myself.

The very last one I did was U2 - Pop.  The one before that was Yes - Talk.  I wore the Yes shirt to the Talk concert and several people asked where I got it, because it wasn't at the souvenir shirt booth.

Been a long time, man.  These days you can buy just about anything.  No need to make your own. 

*edit*
Target and Walmart have huge selections of Ts with all sorts of stuff on them - music, movies, etc. The internet has access to even more.  I sometimes think about jumping back in and knocking out a few, but I can find just about anything I want online.  Every T-shirt I wear these days is either Astros, Genesis, or Triumph.

By the way, Kev, very nice on getting to meet Eva Marie Saint.