History YMMV / TimeChanger

* SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer: This is how many of the modern churchgoers are portrayed.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Russell is [[DesignatedHero supposed to be our protaganist]], but thinks the future is so awful and sinful for the crimes of having indecent secular media and women dressing skimpy. That and [[WhatAnIdiot he appears to be a moron]] since a lot of the things he's shocked by, such as water fountains, existed in his era as well. In short, he's a G-rated idiot freaking out at PG-rated things in a film that the filmmakers crapped into the NC-17 rated real world.

* CriticalResearchFailure: Believe it or not, the film industry did exist before the 1930s and UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode (in fact, it started in the 1890s, ironically enough). All the things Russell complains of about the future already existed in his time too, and most of them were far worse, making him come off as extremely sheltered.

* CriticalResearchFailure: Believe it or not, the film industry did exist before the 1930s and UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode (in fact, it started in the 1890s, ironically enough). All the things Russell complains of about the future already existed in his time too, making him come off as extremely sheltered.

* CriticalResearchFailure: Believe it or not, the film industry did exist before the 1930s and UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Russell is [[DesignatedHero supposed to be our protaganist]], but thinks the future is so awful and sinful for the crimes of having indecent secular media and women dressing skimpy. That and [[WhatAnIdiot he appears to be a moron]] since a lot of the things he's shocked by, such as water fountains, existed in his era as well. In short, he's a G-rated idiot freaking out at PG-rated things in a film that the filmmakers crapped into NC-17 rated real world.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Russell is [[DesignatedHero supposed to be our protaganist]], but thinks the future is so awful and sinful for the crimes of having indecent secular media and women dressing skimpy. That and [[WhatAnIdiot he appears to be a moron]] since a lot of the things he's shocked by, such as water fountains, existed in his era as well.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Russell's original manuscript was actually rather progressive ([[TheFundamentalist for him]]), as it advocated being a good person and doing good deeds because it's the morally right thing to do, rather than doing so because of your religious faith. In the end, he's convinced by the "evil" future where people actually follow this and have become more non-religious as a result, that you can ''only'' be a good person if you accept the Lord.

* FridgeLogic:
** Russell's friend tells him the time machine can't be used to bring objects back in time if those objects haven't been made yet. By that logic, how can Russell travel forward in time since he would be (and is even mentioned to be) long since dead in the present?
** The film concludes with a character attempting to send a Bible into the future, reasoning that the date it fails will indicate TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. But according to the Bible itself, no one can know the day or the hour of the End of Days.
** Russell is shocked by seeing the future that would result from publishing his book-- a future that amounts to our present day. So, back in his time, he decides to rewrite the book. But given [[ForWantOfANail the Butterfly Effect]], shouldn't the edits to the book alter the future? Or is Russell's theology book not as influential as he thinks?

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Russell is [[DesignatedHero supposed to be our protagagist]], but thinks the future is so awful and sinful for the crimes of having indecent secular media and women dressing skimpy. That and [[WhatAnIdiot he appears to be a moron]] since a lot of the things he's shocked by such as water fountains existing in his era as well.

* CriticalResearchFailure: Believe it or not, the film industry did exist before the 1930s and the Hays Code.

** Russell is shocked by seeing the future that would result from publishing his book-- a future that amounts to our present day. So, back in his time, he decides to rewrite the book. But given TheButterflyEffect, shouldn't the edits to the book alter the future?

* FridgeLogic: Russell's friend tells him the time machine can't be used to bring objects back in time if those objects haven't been made yet. By that logic, how can Russell travel forward in time since he would be (and is even mentioned to be) long since dead in the present?

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Russell's original manuscript was actually rather progressive ([[TheFundamentalist for him]]), as it advocated being a good person and doing good deeds because it's the morally right thing to do, rather than doing so because of your religious faith. In the end, he's convinced by the "evil" future where people actually follow this and have become more non-secular as a result, that you can ''only'' be a good person if you accept the Lord.

* SpecialEffectFailure: Why does it look like there's plastic in the time machine?
** To be fair, [[OlderThanTheyThink plastic was around in 1890]]...

* SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer -- this is how many of the modern churchgoers are portrayed.

** To be fair, [[OlderThanTheyThink plastic was around in 1890]]...

* SpecialEffectFailure: Why does it look like there's plastic in the time machine?

* CriticalResearchFailure: Believe it or not, the film industry did exist before the 1930s and the Hays Code.