Trivia: When the trailer for The Time Machine was first shown, Alexander is looking at a futuristic city. When the movie was officially played in theaters, the scene was changed to a red sky with Morlock lairs everywhere. Originally, the futuristic city was to show that the Morlocks had been defeated and that the Eloi evolved. It was changed because Simon Wells felt that if the Eloi won and evolved, Alex would have no reason to go back and start a new life with Mara.
The Time Machine (2002)
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Directed by: Simon Wells
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Guy Pearce, Orlando Jones, Mark Addy, Phyllida Law, Samantha Mumba, Yancey Arias
Other mistake: With how fast Alexander is traveling through time, when the pendant falls out of the time machine, he shouldn't be able to see it fall or hear it hitting the ground.
Uber-Morlock: You built your time machine because of Emma's death. If she had lived, it would never have existed. So how could you use your machine to go back to save her?
Trivia: Lovers of the 1960 version of the movie will know that Alan Young, who made a brief appearance as the flower store owner in this film, portrayed both David Filby and his son James in the original.
Question: When Alex went back in time why didn't we see his machine when 1899 Alex and Philby were talking in the lab?
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Answer: He was only focused on saving his fiancée, he didn't think of anything else. If he did he would have thought about it.