| Author | Subject: Re: Yes we are doing New Time Machine Films |
| Bruce Holroyd | Posted At 11:27:04 05/07/2002
My sentiments exactly, Peter! If Lucas is doing a new film or films based on the H.G. Wells classic, they, too, could easily be checked and corrected before marketing takes place! Bearing this in mind, it is possible that Lucas, himself, may have been instrumental in some way of deluding fans into believeing his videos. He could have easily checked into the facts of the machine's dish/peg controversy before he ever decided to complete the documentary and make it available for public consumption. In a way, he helped create this dilemma with his lack of attention to the details... he just believed in what he was told by others! Now, let HIM prove THAT wrong! In retrospect, the machine is beautiful whether it has 365 pegs on the dish..or 348..or even 802,701 (to pull a familiar number out of the bag of temporal facts)! Who really cares about the variance in number of pegs? Is it worth all that has happened here in the last few weeks of posting? We are all adults... and this can be taken as nothing more than a child-like squabble in its simplest form, thanks to Mr. Lucas' hastily-made opinions! 7th Voyage Productuions did a fine job on the documentary... it is too bad that the question that has caused all this debate can't be resolved with an understanding of some sort. I was in favor of the new films...at first.... I have changed my opinion of any future endeavors by 7th Voyage because of Mr. Lucas's caustic accusations... and if it might be of interest, the fans who he says would be interested in his new film ventures are the very same ones who support this incredible web site from Don Coleman! For myself, I believe this site to be one of the greatest tributes there is to the classic film and the book that inspired it! It continues far beyond where a 45 minute documentary stopped... and I hope to see its continuance for years into the future! So, let Mr. Lucas keep making his documentaries, .... the rest of us will continue to support the fine efforts that Don has created here for all Time Machine fans to enjoy! |