Additionally, the film invents a World War III, which becomes a new backstory for the Eloi and Morlocks. Of course, the World Wars hadn't happened yet when the book was written. Adaptation Expansion: In the book, the traveller doesn't make any stop and goes directly to the very far future without learning about the World Wars.Adaptational Intelligence: The Eloi are far more intelligent here than in the novel, being able to speak perfect English and having slightly more awareness of their surroundings than their book counterparts.Adaptational Badass: While nowhere near as powerful as the Morlocks from the 2002 movie, the Morlocks are nevertheless considerably tougher here than their novel counterparts. Adaptational Backstory Change: Whereas in the book, the division of humanity into Eloi and Morlocks was the result of class divisions dividing society into separate species, in this story, humanity was divided after a centuries-long nuclear war forced some humans underground while others took their chances above ground.Tropes from the 1960 film version which weren't in the book: The audience is left to wonder which three books he chose. After briefly returning to his own time, George heads back to 802701, bringing three books with which to begin rebuilding civilization. George rescues them and teaches them to stand up for themselves. The film concludes with a climax in which a group of Eloi, including Weena, are captured in the Morlocks' underground lair. The Morlocks are, of course, portrayed in the typical 1950s monster movie fashion. When the war ended after three centuries, some people chose to remain underground, becoming the Morlocks, while others chose to take their chances on the surface, becoming the Eloi. The Back Story of the Eloi and the Morlocks is altered, with both being the descendants of people who survived in bunkers during World War III. George's arrival in the year 802701 plays out similarly to the original, though with the Eloi speaking English and Weena ( Yvette Mimieux) being Promoted to Love Interest. George sets off for the future, stopping to see the effects of World War I, the Blitz of World War II, and finally the nuclear holocaust of World War III. Only David Filby ( Alan Young) shares George's idealism, though he warns him to destroy the time machine before it destroys him. After the Time-Traveler, who in this version is called "George" ( Rod Taylor), demonstrates his invention, most of his colleagues criticize him for inventing something which they consider to have no practical value and wonder why a man of his genius isn't inventing weapons for Britain to use in The Second Boer War like a good patriotic citizen should be. There are many changes from the novel, with Wells's socialist critique reimagined as an anti-war parable. Wells' science fiction novel The Time Machine. The Time Machine is a 1960 film adaptation by George Pal of H.
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