History YMMV / TheTimeMachine2002

* MisaimedFandom: Of ''course'' the Morlocks are {{Manipulative Bastard}}s and the Eloi are {{Idiot Hero}}es!

** There is no denying that the actual time machine is beautiful.

** The inner areas of the Morlocks' lair are standard {{horror}} fare, considering that this is a race of subterranean cannibals. The alternate timeline that the Über-Morlock shows Alexander where he had a family with Emma is somehow ''worse'' than that, though, in a DissonantSerenity way. You see it, the somewhat ethereal setting of his old laboratory now converted to a warm, loving home for his wife and children as his little son calls out to him, but you know that it's just ''wrong''.

* DesignatedVillain: The Über-Morlock is supposed to be evil because he controls the monstrous-looking Morlocks preying on the [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman more conventionally human Eloi]], but he comes off as the smartest character in the film and his argument for the state of affairs in the far future being "800,000 years of evolution" makes more sense than Alexander's claim that it's a perversion of nature. He even logically explains why Alexander can't prevent Emma's death (his entire motive for time-traveling in the first place), and after giving him the answer, permits him to leave without a fight. In fact, it's Alexander who attacks him first. Of course, the fact that he's an elitist justifying eugenics, cannibalism, and rape takes some sympathy points from him.

** The inner areas of the Morlocks' lair are standard {{horror}} fare, considering that this is a race of subterranean cannibals. The alternate timeline that the Über-Morlock shows Alexander where he had a family with Emma is somehow ''worse'' than that, though, in a DissonantSerenity UncannyValley way. You see it, the somewhat ethereal setting of his old laboratory now converted to a warm, loving home for his wife and children as his little son calls out to him, but you know that it's just ''wrong''.

** The Über-Morlock, with his pale skin and icy blue eyes, looking [[BishonenLine much more humanoid than his legions]] yet [[UncannyValley subtly wrong]]. His death is pretty disturbing: He gets in a fistfight with Alexander while the time machine is running, and gets knocked out of the machine's sphere of effect, causing him to rapidly age (from Alexander's point of view), die, and decay horribly.

-->''Pearce, as the hero, makes the mistake of trying to give a good and realistic performance. Irons at least knows what kind of movie he's in, and hams it up accordingly.''

* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: The TropeNamer, specifically Creator/GuyPearce, at least according to Creator/RogerEbert:

* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: The TropeNamer, specifically Creator/GuyPearce, at least according to Creator/RogerEbert.

** The Über-Morlock, with his pale skin and icy blue eyes, looking [[BishonenLine much more humanoid than his legions]] yet [[UncannyValley subtly wrong]].

** The Morlocks in general, unlike the nocturnal ghoulish like creatures in the books, they resemble burly Troglodytes with wide reddish animistic eyes and flatten noses that give them a SkullForAHead appearancee.

** The Über-Morlock in general, with his pale skin and icy blue eyes.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "Eloi," "Stone Language," "Time Travel," "Morlocks Attack," "What If?", and "Godspeed" stand out.

* MisaimedFandom: Of ''course'' the Morlocks are {{ManipulativeBastard}}s and the Eloi are {{Idiot Hero}}es!

* MisaimedFandom: Of ''course'' the Morlocks are {{Magnificent Bastard}}s and the Eloi are {{Idiot Hero}}es!

* NarmCharm: Many stock scream effects are used throughout the film, though this is especially prevalent during the Morlocks' attack on the Eloi homestead. The Morlocks also have a stock bull sound as their main call. While certainly cheesy and a bit tension-deflating, it adds a bit of fun B-movie charm to a very B-movieesque story.