<![CDATA[Strip Mining Shatters the Moon - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Strip Mining Shatters the Moon - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Strip Mining Shatters the Moon]]> Ah, yes, The Time Machine - starring Guy Pearce's razor sharp cheekbones. Seriously, was he the only one not allowed to eat during the entire shoot?

denisegp

]]> <![CDATA[Strip Mining Shatters the Moon]]> @DocGratis: true, the scope was very good and the ending too was excellent.

Ghost Particle

]]> <![CDATA[Strip Mining Shatters the Moon]]> @Ghost Particle:
I was going to mention that book, if no one else did...
Fantastic continuation of the original H.G. Wells...
[en.wikipedia.org]

DocGratis

]]> <![CDATA[Strip Mining Shatters the Moon]]> @jchasse: the Ring was amazing. The epic scale...!

Ghost Particle

]]> <![CDATA[Strip Mining Shatters the Moon]]> @gybryant: alexander stops at some point in the "near" future, when he marvels at miniskirts and news broadcasts in the background are announcing the upcoming lunar colony plans, and the intent to excavate with nuclear warheads.

that context sets up his next jump forward thru time, which is interrupted by violent tidal earthquakes caused by the shattered moon.

dave the wet sprocket

]]> <![CDATA[Strip Mining Shatters the Moon]]> @NefariousNewt: Really? I think the problem is rather than trying to 'reinvent' Wells, people just keep "redoing" Wells.

If anything, a movie called "The Time Machine", penned by a decent Sci-fi author of the modern day would probably have a bit more Time Travel, and a bit less weird post-humanity... whatever. Not to say HG Wells doesn't deserve his place in the hall of fame, but Time Machine isn't what I would consider his best work. While it DID challenge some preconceptions (chiefly that mankind would always be top monkey), that was really secondary to the plot of the story, and I think the work suffers for it.

Insomnia Bob

]]> <![CDATA[Strip Mining Shatters the Moon]]> I've never seen the movie, so I am at a bit of a loss. Is strip mining mentioned somewhere else in the film?

gybryant

]]> <![CDATA[Strip Mining Shatters the Moon]]> I hated the climactic fight with the Morlocks so much. The friend I saw the film with had to physically restrain me so I wouldn't stand up on my seat and scream, "THE MACHINE DOES NOT ACTUALLY SPEED UP TIME, YOU IDIOTS!"

laughingacademy

]]> <![CDATA[Strip Mining Shatters the Moon]]> Okay, the smashed moon was good enough for Thundarr, because it was a stupid (the good kind of stupid) Saturday morning cartoon.

However, in an umpteen-zillion dollar movie, you'd almost think they could have somebody doing oversight with a 6th-grade understanding of gravity... The dang moon isn't a frickin' billiard ball.
-Kle.


Klebert L. Hall

]]> <![CDATA[Strip Mining Shatters the Moon]]> I second Ghost Particle, if you haven't read it go out and get Stephen Baxter's "The Time Ships".

The continuation of HG Wells story. You can pick it up used on amazon for a penny. Totally worth it.

Just about anything Baxter writes is worth picking up. I particulaly liked "Raft" & "Ring". If the io9 are editors are listening a profile of Baxter would be an interesting read. The hard science heir to Arthur C Clarke.

jchasse

]]> <![CDATA[Strip Mining Shatters the Moon]]> @Robert Isbell: @deckard97: I also want to add my vote to the minority opinion; Time Machine was pretty good. Effects were decent and Guy Pearce is an appealing lead. So there!

Welt am Draht

]]> <![CDATA[Strip Mining Shatters the Moon]]> @t3knomanser: Troy, Ny eh? I went to Colgate, so I know the area well (one of my best friends was from troy). Sadly, I remember this scene pretty well, I think it's the only part I liked in the entire movie (reminds me a bit of the first episode of Futurama where Fry's been chilled on ice).

PVIII

]]> <![CDATA[Strip Mining Shatters the Moon]]> @Darkweave: You totally rock, Darkweave.

I always thought Thundarr would make a great big-screen movie. Then I tracked down some episodes and realized that the best thing about it was the title sequence. That didn't stop me from writing a treatment, though. It's in the files someplace. Ookla the Moc rocks!

SeeingI

]]> <![CDATA[Strip Mining Shatters the Moon]]> I thought 'Time Machine' was very entertaining. As I child I read a lot of the 'classics' (Verne, Wells) and it warms my heart when the powers-that-be decide to re-tell the story yet again to a new generation. How many different versions of 'War of the Worlds' is out there? Why? It is a story worth telling.

deckard97

]]> <![CDATA[Strip Mining Shatters the Moon]]> If someone makes the sequel to Time Machine, The Time Ships by SBaxter, now that would be the greatest SF movie of all time.

Ghost Particle

]]> <![CDATA[Strip Mining Shatters the Moon]]> I happened to like that version of "The Time Machine" seems the author of this article has issues with a very decent interpretation of a SciFi classic. I've liked all 3 of the movies, to be quite honest, this one was just nice to have it expand on ideas Wells discussed in his journals and what-not.

Robert Isbell

]]> <![CDATA[Strip Mining Shatters the Moon]]> @Darkweave: Super-science you say?

//Apparently this is the reward I get for years of screwing with super-science. In short, I pissed in God's eye, and he blinked.//

cde

]]> <![CDATA[Strip Mining Shatters the Moon]]> Wasn't this the same guy who said that none of the social ramifications from the original book are still relevant anymore?

I mean, seriously, there's oblivious, and then there's oblivious.

Slatz_Grobnik

]]> <![CDATA[Strip Mining Shatters the Moon]]> We endorse the Release Thundarr The Barbarian On DVD Petition to AOL Time Warner Inc. and Cartoon Network.

Go here and sign the petition. Can't hurt, might help.

[www.petitiononline.com]

OldDog1

]]> <![CDATA[Strip Mining Shatters the Moon]]> I would of seen this movie at the theatre but my friend was horrified to look at the actors sunken face that had the look of AIDS written all over it. His one fear not mine, however I don't work so it isn't an issue. I loved the movie to pieces though even if he looks a little gaunt.

Merlinhoot

]]> <![CDATA[Strip Mining Shatters the Moon]]> I would have enjoyed the movie more if he had continued to look for an answer to prevent the paradox of his girlfriend getting killed instead of the whole Morlock storyline. He could have met with some benevolent future humans who showed him how anything other than his GF dieing would have resulted in the destruction of humankind, but he still went against their guidance trying to save her, pissing of benevolent future humans...

Hey, I think I just wrote a screenplay!

EBone

]]> <![CDATA[Strip Mining Shatters the Moon]]> I was a arts reporter at the time this movie came out, and was given 4 free passes to see this movie.... worst 2 1/2 hours i ever sat through.

Falconfire

]]> <![CDATA[Strip Mining Shatters the Moon]]> This movie seriously could've been great. I was willing to give it the benefit of the doubt until the lame-ass mutant Morlock/Dark City knockoff villain showed up.

mumblingmynah

]]> <![CDATA[Strip Mining Shatters the Moon]]> The year 1994: From out of space comes a runaway
planet, hurtling between the Earth and the Moon,
unleashing cosmic destruction. Man's civilization is
cast in ruin.

Two thousand years later, Earth is reborn...

A strange new world rises from the old: a world of
savagery, super science, and sorcery. But one man
bursts his bonds to fight for justice! With his companions
Ookla the Mok and Princess Ariel, he pits his strength,
his courage, and his fabulous Sunsword against the
forces of evil.

He is Thundarr, the Barbarian!

Loved it!











Darkweave

]]> <![CDATA[Strip Mining Shatters the Moon]]> Isn't a broken moon what led to the apocalypse that created the world that Thundarr the Barbarian lived in?

Spiral

]]> <![CDATA[Strip Mining Shatters the Moon]]> I wrote a whole novel based on that clip. Freaking amazing!!

matriaya

]]> <![CDATA[Strip Mining Shatters the Moon]]> One other redeeming element of this remake: it was partially filmed in my then hometown, Troy, NY. Lovely little Victorian holdout. They did a cattle-call for extras, and then cut the scenes involving my fellow Trojans (or Troylets, depending who you ask). The locals were pissed, let me tell you.

t3knomanser

]]> <![CDATA[Strip Mining Shatters the Moon]]> People have to stop re-inventing Wells. I'd prefer the books over any of the movies.

NefariousNewt

]]> <![CDATA[Strip Mining Shatters the Moon]]> Quick someone get the time machine and go back to where all this extra musical crap was starting to take off!!!

Simpsons-Movie-ruled

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