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The Time Machine (1960) - 6 corrections

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In the scene where Rod Taylor gets away from the lava and escapes into the future, he's encased in a mountain for eons. He says that he had to wait centuries for the mountain to wear down around him. Seeing as he can hear sounds, the oxygen must remain a constant inside and outside the machine, so while he's waiting for solid rock to wear away through erosion, what can he possibly be breathing in that time? Any air that may have been carried along within the confines of the machine would have run out and he would die, not just swoon as he did in the movie. He would also need to contend with the poisonous gases given off by lava as well as his own carbon dioxide. [Two possible explanations: 1. He only needs as much oxygen to survive the time he is indeed travelling (he's driving very fast, so from his point of view the rocks wear away in seconds). It is not implausible that there is still sufficent oxygen in the time machine for this short period of time. 2. As long as he is in the time machine his interacting with matter is different and therefore he is protected against forces from outside (as can be seen when his house burns away in WW1 or the lava encompasses his machine).]

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The Eloi speak perfect English. One would think that after so many thousands of years had passed, gradually over time the Eloi's English would have degenerated somewhat. At the very least, new slang words would have been adopted reflecting their circumstances. [In the book the Eloi speak an obscure tonal language - not english. It is the choice of the director to use an unaltered English in order to make the movie easier to watch and understand. This cannot be considered a plot hole.]

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If Weena did NOT want to be saved when she was drowning in the river, then why was she screaming? The only possible reason anyone would be screaming in such a situation is if they did want to be rescued. [Screaming in a situation like that is human instinct. They may have the adopted mentality to not care, but they weren't born that way, they must have been taught it, because if people were born not caring, then that would not control the species.]