I had seen the remake film based on this and didn't like it - even I knew Jeremy Irons as a talking Morlock was wrong. I'm always a bit weary of 19th Century novels because I find a lot of them are hard to read (Eyre, Dickens), but Wells is an absolute genius. It's so simple and so easy to get into. The dinner scene, the wonderment towards the disheveled Time Traveller, the shift to his narrative that completely takes you to this dystopia that is the future.

I think the best thing about the novel is the ending. The novel is so gripping, and you feel so much for the Time Traveller that once you close it, you honestly believe he might happen upon your bedside. Or maybe that's just me. And now that I read that back to myself it does seem very creepy.

It might just come down to the fact that I'm a sci-fi lover, and this was right up my alley (that sounds sinister...), thus my want for time travel to be real somewhat overrides my imagination. Sad, now that I'm having to write it.

I have yet to see the 1960s film, but apparently it's much better than the new one, I might try to see it later - contrast and compare, etc etc. (40 marks)



But these stills from the film are amazing! The Time Traveller and his machine aren't quite what I pictured (I was thinking something more cynical, more Industrialisation - so the colour black, rusty metal...) but since it looks great in technicolour I'm impressed with the way they imagined it. And the Morlocks shockingly resemble exactly how I saw them. Although mine were more hairier, instead of ... loincloths?

things I should post soonish: Buffy; The Goonies; clothes.

Labels: 1800s, book, H. G. Wells, Sci-Fi, The Time Machine

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Below are some of my favourite illustrations of Chewbacca and Han Solo (and AT-AT!) by James Hance. When I saw these in Empire magazine a couple of months back, I almost threw up a rainbow. They're so adorable - who could imagine a walking carpet as a lovable plaything? I'm buying these when I move out - my current four walls already resemble a jumbled jigsaw of pop culture and politics.

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Today I tried to explain to someone the jist of this 50s classic, using reference to another romantic classic Sleepless in Seattle (which was equally unheard of for this person), and I found myself caught in detailing situations and conversations of cheesiness and exhausted romance. Though, strangely, An Affair to Remember is none of those things. perhaps because it was made in the 50s which makes everything about it overblown, melodramatic, fairytale-like, and utterly wonderful in every way. This is my first Cary Grant film (insane!) and he encompasses just about everything charming in a male lead - and oh, Deborah Kerr is so lovely, it made my head hurt. She's so sassy, confused and proud. One thing that made me completely fall in love with the film was its camera movements - you honestly don't get much of these pans and 14 second shots anymore. Unless you're in a low budget British movie or a Woody Allen oldie.

Labels: 1950s, An Affair to Remember, clothes, film

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.... I will not buy any more things.

I've been on a bit of a shopping. I've really been into balconette bras for that 50s vibe. Also, I was chasing this drinks bottle decorated with a map, and it's finally been reduced to a tenner! It's so beautiful, I just had to buy it! Besides, I'm sure my soon-to-be university future self won't mind - I'm clearly only thinking about her...

Whilst I was checking the site, I came across these delightful polka dot pumps... which I hopefully won't have to return!... Might get some pictures up of them soon. No more spending, God knows my bank account can't take it.

Labels: 1950s, clothes

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