The Time Travelers
written and directed by Ib Melchior
Using their time viewer, three scientists see a desolate landscape 107 years in the
future, at which point the electrician realizes that the viewer has unexpectedly become
a portal. All four jump through, only to have the portal collapse behind them, whereupon
they are chased on the surface by Morlockish creatures who are afraid of thrown rocks,
and they meet an advanced, post-apocalyptic, underground society that employs androids
and is planning a generation-long trip to Alpha Centauri.
The film draws in at least
four important additional time travel tropes: suspended animation, a single nonbranching, static timeline (with the corresponding
inability to go back and change it), experiencing the passage of time at different rates,
and a trip to the far future. And according to the SF
Encyclopedia, the film was originally conceived as a sequel to the 1960 film of
The Time Machine.
— Michael Main
Isn’t it obvious? The war
did happen. You never did go back with
your warning.