Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

Haven Kaycee It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

bensonmum2 Four scientists use a device they've created to view future events to actually travel into the future. They visit an almost barren Earth in the year 2071. Escaping mutants on the surface, The Time Travelers find themselves in a cave where they meet a small group of survivors working on a spacecraft to take them to a new world. They're running short on time, so our heroes agree to help. Before the ship can take off, however, there is growing resentment between the future humans and The Time Travelers. The mutants eventually break through and destroy everything. Our heroes, with a small band of future humans, try to escape back through the time portal.Let me begin with what is quickly becoming a standard disclosure – I watched The Time Travelers courtesy of the new MST3K. This was a first time viewing for me. I've always prided myself in my ability to separate MST3K from the movie being presented and not let the jokes cloud my judgment of the movie. In this case, I really enjoyed The Time Travelers. It seemed smarter than your average early 1960s era B Sci-Fi film. I liked the idea of the time viewer and they manner it was used to travel in to the future. It's a little different from the standard spaceship that goes off course and ends up years in the future. The special effects, though cheap, were more than adequate. Director Ib Melchior keeps things moving at a brisk pace. The acting in The Time Travelers is especially strong given the film's budgetary limitations. The cast, featuring Preston Foster, Merry Anders, Dennis Patrick, John Hoyt, and Joan Woodbury, is good. Even the comic relief, Steve Franken, isn't as annoying as you'll find in a lot of these films. A lot of the film, however, felt familiar to me. Whether it's Queen of Outer Space, Missile to the Moon, Phantom Planet, or a half dozen other movies I can think of, the notion of an advanced civilization living and sometimes working on an escape plan from beneath the surface while constantly being attacked by monsters or mutants was a common theme in 50s/60s Sci-Fi. I suppose that part of the reason was budgetary, but it does give these movies a tight, confined feeling that usually works. Some of these movies are better than others and The Time Travelers is on the positive side of this scale. A strong 6/10 from me.

reozone Yes, some of the special effects are a bit dated, but it was more than made up for with a liberal sprinkling of magic tricks throughout the move to compensate. Very original, in my opinion. I found myself, more than once, hitting the rewind button to watch it over. Of course, that alone is not sufficient to make a movie good. The story line, although rather typical at first, had enough interesting twists and turns to keep you from getting bored. I am not sure if the comic relief was necessary or not. Perhaps the writers were unsure if they were writing a serious or humorous story. The ending, for it's time period, was quite bizarre although I would have liked to have seen a bit more of their final destination than just a view through the portal.

Kingofbad I've been watching old sci-fi films for 45 years, and time travel is my favorite of the genre. I've seen them all, and collected most, and this is a must see for any aficionado of time travel stories. I'll skip the synopsis and stick to why your brain must ingest this movie. To begin with this is the first of the straight forward time portal movies, and one of the best. The budget is surprisingly meaty for an AI movie, and the effects are quite good for the time. The quaint rear screen portal effect may seem cheesy by today's standards, but it allows for the unexpected discovery of the portal, advances the storyline nicely by providing a plausible way to get them out of the room, and sets up the totally cool story twists....especially the ending. The collapsing portal effect is very neat. Compare it to Hewitt's remake/rip-off Journey To The Center Of Time (1967). That rehash (directed by the co-producer, co-story writer, and effects manager of this movie) has everyone leaving though the door. There are so many interesting features to the story including a post apocalyptic hell scape complete with radiation scarred mutants, androids, teleportation, advanced food production techniques, force-fields, weird recreational activities, futuristic blue pant suits, and of course 60's babes including Delores "Va-Va-Voom" Wells. Almost all of the actors are above par for the time and genre, with Steve Franken doing a memorable job as the comic relief guy, and Preston Foster and John Hoyt delivering their usual workmanlike performance. Carey is a passable hero, with his Heston-like delivery, and Wells and Anders provide more than just pleasant window dressing. Of course there's the obligatory as-much-boob-as-we-dare scenes, which adds to the campy fun. I disagree with some reviewers whom assert the android factory and Wells music scenes were drawn out to kill time. This was no Coleman Francis movie. You get the impression throughout that the makers thought this was cutting edge sci-fi stuff, certainly the best androids to that time. There's some good action as well, especially the mutant attack finale. By far though the best part of this movie was the great ideas generated by the writers, a skill that seems sadly lacking these days. So much of the science was cutting edge for the time and its hard for a contemporary audience to appreciate that now. Imagine living in 1964 and only having seen the movies to date and you can begin to give this film the credit it deserves. Finally, the time-loop ending and tie in foreshadowing to the first scene is a classic and was groundbreaking. If you like time travel stuff you must collect this if only for the historical perspective it will give you on the genre. I'm just disappointed that I won't live to the year 2079...really would like to have an android and see everybody in sky-blue futuristic jumpsuits :) .

gatebanger First saw this one in a theater when I was sixteen--sat through it twice. It's a pretty standard entry in the "what comes after the end of the world" genre, from the "we did it to ourselves" theme to the cheesy mutants (lots of mutants in the fifties and sixties--them atom bombs, y'know).That said, this is a pretty good movie with some familiar faces. Preston Foster is the obligatory 1960s German Scientist--no accent, but he does sport a monocle and a goatee. Foster is the veteran of quite a few two reeler Westerns. Philip Carey is the "hunky" Scientist. His claim to fame is that he was Philip Marlowe on TV. The real pro here is John Hoyt, who did just about everything one could do on film and TV. Merry Anders (remember "Dragnet?") and Steve Franken, as the love interest and comic relief, respectively, round out the cast.As for the story line, the protagonists sure are a lucky bunch--after winding up on a burned-out earth, they manage to stumble onto the only bunch of people on the whole planet who have any technology and are actually willing to help them out.The only real minus is that there is a considerable amount of dead time comprising views of the future scientists' underground labs and factories, all to the strains of perky background music, but it's not too excruciating.As with all drama, there is conflict, mostly with the aforementioned mutants. In addition, there's a "villain" among the future people. Not that he's really what you'd call "evil"--he's more of a cranky guy who just doesn't like competition with the bunch from the past.Even with the holes, the story is better than many other SF offerings of the era and has a neat little twisty ending. If you really want to close the loop on this one, watch the whole show then replay the beginning. Watch carefully and you'll see what I mean just prior to the line, "What was that?" about six and a half minutes in.Hard core fans, be sure to look for Forrest J Ackerman at about minute 44.