Black Space: Imagining Race in Science Fiction Film

The Time Machine, in book or film form, is NOT about alien invaders. The monsters, known as the Morlocks, used to be society’s working class, which in the future evolved into a clan of brutal and cannibalistic underground creatures. A strong social commentary by writer HG Wells and filmmaker George Pal, nevertheless, but they are not from outer space. Such a misleading piece of information may be a problem with the book itself, or with the author of the review, but in any event you should check your facts more carefully.

Comment by Oliver Bean from Virginia, USA — April 18, 2008 @ 7:34 am

I haven’t seen it in awhile but I am fairly certain that in the “original future” the city is not crime ridden and the mayor is still Goldie Wilson.  The city decayed due to a mistake in judgement by Marty McFly.  The downfall of Hill Valley is obviously attributed to Marty’s actions and in no way could be interpreted to be the fault of Mayor Wilson.  Also his son would go on to become mayor of Hill Valley in 2015.  A Hill Valley that is far from crime ridden.  Hopefully this is just an aside in the book and does not occupy more space than a sentence.

Comment by Verbon Graves — April 18, 2008 @ 8:54 pm