Part 1: This doesn’t seem like the same story as H.G. Wells’s 19th-century tale! But there's still a time machine, Eloi and Morlocks here, so let’s look at it anyway
It almost seems like they could have repeated the girlfriend getting killed some way or another a la "Groundhog Day" before the Traveler wises up.
But remember that this is not the first time Hollywood f'ed up a literary source, nor will it be the last...
And Wells saw this happen in his lifetime- the original film adaptations of "The Invisible Man" and "The War Of The Worlds" are miles away from their sources. "Things To Come" (based on his non-fiction speculation book "The Shape Of Things To Come") was a little more accurate, but only because Wells participated in making it.
There's nothing more infuriating than watching Hollywood writers change something up because they think they can do better. Then they scratch their heads, wondering why their films don't do well.
It almost seems like they could have repeated the girlfriend getting killed some way or another a la "Groundhog Day" before the Traveler wises up.
But remember that this is not the first time Hollywood f'ed up a literary source, nor will it be the last...
And Wells saw this happen in his lifetime- the original film adaptations of "The Invisible Man" and "The War Of The Worlds" are miles away from their sources. "Things To Come" (based on his non-fiction speculation book "The Shape Of Things To Come") was a little more accurate, but only because Wells participated in making it.
There's nothing more infuriating than watching Hollywood writers change something up because they think they can do better. Then they scratch their heads, wondering why their films don't do well.