Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Stoutor It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

moonspinner55 Low-end science-fiction adventure from American International, and just a wee bit insane. Story concerns three scientists in 1964 who, along with a joshing technician, find themselves in the strife-ridden future after their experiments in time travel have opened up a portal to the year 2071. Strictly a second-biller, though writer-director Ib Melchior manages to take his premise pretty far on not a lot of money. Earth life in the future is divided between the high-ranking officials and hard-working citizens who live underground and the war-mongering mutants outside--the educated haves and the primitives have-nots--and the conception of the underground city (while obviously restricted by finance) is interesting. The B-list cast isn't allotted much fun within this scenario, however, what with war breaking out and the interlopers from the 1960s potentially being left behind when Earth's finest board a rocket for a distant star. However, the solemnity actually works in the picture's favor: it has the markings of a cult film rather than a camp film. **1/2 from ****

gavin6942 In 1964, a group of scientists create a portal that takes them to a barren, mutant inhabited, Earth in the year 2071.The general assumption is that if a film is picked to be on "Mystery Science Theater", it must be a bad movie. And more often than not, this is correct. They really have found the worst of the worst. But "Time Travelers" is not one of them.Yes, some of the acting is a bit silly, and there to plenty to make fun of. Some of the science does not really make very much sense. But you have to be impressed by the work that went into the androids. Wow. For what was likely a very low budget, the androids come off as some quality work. And mixing in a few clever tricks of the camera turns simple scenes into complex ones.

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.

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.