| Author | Subject: Time Machine(truth or fiction) |
| William Feehan | Posted At 14:17:06 03/27/2002
In 1962,at the age of 10,I built my first Time Machine with a hand full of rusty nails, a wood crate,a stove pipe for the console,two hoola hoops, and the front wheel off my CCM bicycle. The wheel had to be hand spun but that was all that was needed for a boy's imagination to make the Time Machine work. I built it in in the front yard under a large maple tree. Through the summer months I spent countless hours sitting in my Time Machine encountering new adventures in time travel. Then one day it happened. It was a frightening experience. The sixties was a dangerous unnerving time. I don't remember the Cuban crisis in 1962, but I do remember nuclear war survival pamphlets,people building fallout shelters and storing contingency rations in their basements. I recall the school drills when I had to dive under my desk and wait for the classroom to reach one million degrees Farhenheit. I remember the the emergencey television broadcast tests that frequently interrupted regular viewing. My mother said the Time Machine was an eye sore and told me to move it into the garage. I was pulling my Time Machine into the garage when suddenly I heard the sound of sirens everywhere. It was the exact sound as the sound that emanated from the pipes that protruded out of the Morlock's sphinx. Like the Eloi I knew what I had to do. Mother was not home and we had no basement so I went into the garage with my Time Machine. I remember trembling with fear and crying. If only that Time Machine held together with nails and tape really worked. Then the sirens began to die and it was quiet. I heard the phone ringing and it was no doubt mother calling me from her work. She told me it was just a test and not to worry. From that day on I wondered if the future depicted in the classic Time Machine movie is science fiction or an accurate prediction of the fate of man's destiny. |
| Francois Beaulieu |
Re: Time Machine(truth or fiction) (Currently 0 replies)
Posted At 15:16:59 03/27/2002 Your posts are certainly quite thought provoking, not to mention fascinating to read. They also demonstrate not only that David Duncan's screenplay addressed serious concerns of that period, which are still pertinent today, but also that he did so in a way that even very young viewers could understand. They also show that you had quite a vivid imagination, as it seems that memories of George Pal's movie lingered long in your young mind and permeated many of your daydreams. I look forward to read more of your captivating anecdotes. |
| Bruce Holroyd |
Re: Time Machine(truth or fiction) (Currently 0 replies)
Posted At 17:28:42 03/27/2002 Gosh...if only my childhood memories could have been formed by sitting within a makeshift Time Machine like yours, William! Thank you so very much for bringing back the sweet longing of youth! Your words have sent us all on a time journey that we need to take every once in a while... just to remember a time when life was more like a dream and it was great to be alive!!! Are you quite sure you aren't an actual time traveler? If so, please say "Hello!" to Weena for me when you get back 'home!' :o) |