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The History of Time Travel: 2010s So Far

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The first half of this decade has seen some great and successful movies for time travel. We start in 2010 with the release of the comedy Hot Tub Time Machine. The movie follows four friends who travel back in time in a time travelling hot tub to the year 1986. They become their younger selves. The movie would get a sequel, Hot Tub Time Machine 2 in 2015. Also released that year was video game adaptation Prince of Persia:The Sands of Time. The movie was not a hit but is historical in time travel for being the first time travel … Continue reading The History of Time Travel: 2010s So Far

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History of Time Travel: 1960s & 1970s

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When people think of the 1960s they might think of The Beatles, Woodstock, JFK and Vietnam. Movies during this decade would see some important releases including Psycho, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Easy Rider and the first James Bond film. However the 1960s would be a pivotal decade for time travel. This is the decade that would see time travel start to be apart of big movies and television series. The Time Machine Time travel movies in the 1960s would get off to a great start with the film adaptation of  H.G. Wells novel The Time Machine. It was released in the year 1960. The movie … Continue reading History of Time Travel: 1960s & 1970s

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The History of Time Travel:The Early Years

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Time travel would have a presence during the early years of film. It would be seen in from early short films and silent movies to musicals and horror. A Christmas Carol The earliest known use of time travel in a film could be found in the earliest film adaptation of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. It was called Scrooge, or Marley’s Ghost and was released in 1901 by the British. The short film ran for six minutes and 20 seconds and is the earliest known use of intertitles. They are text cards used to show dialogue in silent movies. Many more adaptations … Continue reading The History of Time Travel:The Early Years