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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780778603191
Format: Box set, Black & White, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0778603199
Label: Madacy Records
Manufacturer: Madacy Records
Number Of Items: 2
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: Madacy Records
Release Date: February 01, 2000
Running Time: 175 minutes
Sales Rank: 138709
Studio: Madacy Records
Theatrical Release Date: April 18, 1936
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Terrible DVD production values for a great film
With a newly restored version of Things to Come out there is no reason to ever buy this disk. The film reproduction is terrible, almost unwatchable. There are no extras worth mentioning. Just short essays on topics like 'science fiction' you can read on the screen and a trivia quiz.
As for the B side film 'Journey to the Center of Time' it may be the worst film ever made and is not even worth seeing to make fun of.
Give this disk a miss.
Rating: - A classic and a B-movie.
Things to Come, the movie, is a mixture of two of H.G. Wells's books. The first part is out of The War In The Air. The idea is that the nations of the world end up starting a war very much like the First World War but with more powerful weapons, mostly in the form of aircraft, which causes civilization to fall. The war scenes, some of them footage of real military equipment and others very cool looking models, seem very realistic. In the end, H.G. Wells's other book, The Shape Of Things To Come, ... Read More
Rating: - Cheap Rip-Off
This double feature by (shudder) Madacy contains two amazingly poor looking films: "Things to Come" and "Journey to the Center of Time." "Things to Come" is a thought provoking film based on H.G. Welles's book "The Shape of Things to Come," but you wouldn't be able to tell it by this shoddy transfer in which none of the dialogue is even understandable and the picture is dark. A much nicer version is available from Image Entertainment/Wade Williams Collection. Get it.
"Journey to the Center of Time" ... Read More
Rating:  - Things To Come: Good film, bad copy
“Things To Come” is one of those intelligent sci-fi films that you dream about. It is an adaptation of H. G. Wells book of the same name. Filmed in 1936, it traces the history of a (fictitious) world war that begins in 1940, and is continually fought until the 1970’s. The film show life before the war, life during the apocalypse, and finally traces world society into 2036, with a planned space mission, and a group of futuristic luddites who are opposed to the plan.
The sets and cinematography ... Read More
Rating: - Groundbreaking science fiction
This double feature DVD includes one of the best science fiction films, an adaptation of H.G. Wells' story "The Shape of Things to Come." This melodramatic tale, released in 1936, foresees a second World War beginning in 1940 and continuing into the 1970s, devastating the Earth. Eventually, mankind rebuilds, constructing a new and better civilization, culminating in the beginning of space travel in 2036. The film's striking production design, first rate photography, literate, intelligent script, and fine performances ... Read More
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