#the Time Machine

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Yvette Mimieux

January 8, 1942 – January 18, 2022

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H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine. Paperback edition - 1968.

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The Time Machine (1960), half sheet poster by Reynold Brown

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Reynold Brown, The Time Machine, 1960.

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Near Future NASA  on film part 2: Design Antecedents, More Next Generation Shuttles, and Shuttle-adjacent

1. Planet of the Apes’ spaceship 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey’s Pan Am space plane  3. The Fifth Element’s passenger spaceship* 4. Event Horizon’s Lewis and Clark rescue ship 5. Red Planet’s orbiter 6. The Time Machine’s lunar orbiter 7. Avatar’s Heavy Shuttle*

* not near future but the design evolution is there

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movie poster - The Time Machine - Aug 1960

Roger Soubie

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Rod Taylor, The Time Machine, 1960

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Comic - Godzilla’s Monsterpiece Theater #01 Cover (2024)

Art by Tom Scioli

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Gotta say, they had me at Godzilla vs Dracula and Sherlock Holmes.

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George Wilson “The Time Machine” Classics Illustrated (1956) Source

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“We all have our time machines, don't we? Those that take us back are memories... And those that carry us forward, are dreams.”

H.G. Wells, The Time Machine

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some Pencils by Bernie Wrightson.

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The final shot of Link Click's season 2 ending theme feels veeerrry reminiscent of the prop used in the 1960 movie The Time Machine (especially that red seat!) but interestingly enough, the actual plot being animated before us—screenshots below—seems to borrow elements from the 2002 release of The Time Machine, which is quite different from its predecessor.

In the 2002 movie, the main protagonist's motivation for building his time machine actually wasn't in the original story (both movies are based on an H. G. Wells novel published in 1895). Care to take a guess at what that motivation was?

His fiancée was murdered, so he travels back in time to find a way to save her.

While the motivations behind the character in Link Click's ED aren't really clear, it sure does imply that this man's (implied) wife is dead.

Now, if you haven't yet and really really want to see the 20+ year old movie I'm referencing entirely unspoiled, you should probably stop reading here. For everyone else...

In the 2002 movie, the time machine inventor travels back in time over and over again to try and save his wife, but no matter what he does...something always kills her in the end. She was destined to die. Hmm, sound familiar?

These are lines spoken by Lu Guang to Cheng Xiaoshi during the earthquake episode (s1 e5), while Cheng Xiaoshi was still in Chen Xiao's body.

SO. What does the fact that Link Click chose to reference this specific movie and this specific plot point from the movie mean for season 2??? I'm terrified excited to find out—all I know is that the implications here are making me lose my goddamn mind.

(Also the fact that this time machine is only revealed by making the figurines of the couple touch palms which directly mirrors how CXS and LG clap in order to time travel DOn'T tALk tO ME)

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The Time Machine (1960), British lobby card