xhonzi said:
^ 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.
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.