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The Time Machine<\/b><\/i>\u00a0is a 2002 American\u00a0post-apocalyptic<\/a>\u00a0science fiction<\/a>\u00a0action<\/a>\u00a0adventure<\/a>\u00a0film<\/a>\u00a0loosely adapted by\u00a0John Logan<\/a>\u00a0from the 1895\u00a0novel of the same name<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0H. G. Wells<\/a>\u00a0and the screenplay of the\u00a01960 film of the same name<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0David Duncan<\/a>.\u00a0Arnold Leibovit<\/a>\u00a0served as executive producer, and\u00a0Simon Wells<\/a>, the great-grandson of the original author, served as director.<\/p>\n

The film stars\u00a0Guy Pearce<\/a>,\u00a0Orlando Jones<\/a>,\u00a0Samantha Mumba<\/a>,\u00a0Mark Addy<\/a>, and\u00a0Jeremy Irons<\/a>, and includes a\u00a0cameo<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Alan Young<\/a>, who also appeared in the 1960 film adaptation. The film is set in\u00a0New York City<\/a>\u00a0instead of\u00a0London<\/a>. It contains new story elements not present in the original novel nor the 1960 film adaptation, including a romantic subplot, a new scenario about how civilization was destroyed, and several new characters, such as an artificially intelligent\u00a0hologram<\/a>\u00a0and a Morlock leader.<\/p>\n

The film received generally negative reviews from critics and grossed $123 million worldwide. It was nominated for the\u00a0Academy Award for Best Makeup<\/a>\u00a0(John M. Elliot Jr.<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Barbara Lorenz<\/a>) at the\u00a075th Academy Awards<\/a>, but lost to\u00a0Frida<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n

In 1899, Dr. Alexander Hartdegen is an inventor teaching at\u00a0Columbia University<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0New York<\/a>. Unlike his friend David Philby, Alexander would rather do pure research than work in the business world. After a mugger kills his\u00a0fianc\u00e9e<\/a>\u00a0Emma, he devotes himself to building a time machine that will allow him to\u00a0travel back in time<\/a>\u00a0to save her. After completing the machine in 1903, he travels back to 1899 and prevents her murder, only to see her killed again when a\u00a0carriage<\/a>\u00a0frightens the horses of another\u00a0vehicle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alexander realizes that any attempt to save Emma will result in her death through other circumstances. He travels to 2030 to discover whether science has discovered how to change the past. At the\u00a0New York Public Library<\/a>, holographic\u00a0librarian<\/a>\u00a0Vox 114 insists time travel to the past is impossible. Alexander travels to 2037 when the accidental destruction of the\u00a0Moon<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0lunar colonists<\/a>\u00a0has begun rendering the Earth virtually uninhabitable. While restarting the machine, he is knocked unconscious by debris and travels forward 800,000 years to 16 July 802,701 before reawakening.<\/p>\n

The Earth has healed, and the human race has reverted to a\u00a0Stone Age<\/a>-like primitive lifestyle. Some survivors, called \u00ab\u00a0Eloi\u00a0\u00bb, live on the sides of cliffs of what was once\u00a0Manhattan<\/a>. Alexander is nursed back to health by a woman named Mara, one of the few Eloi who speaks English. He observes the broken moon and realizes that maybe his teachings led to this future, just like Philby said. The same night, Alexander and Mara’s younger brother, Kalen, dream of a jagged-toothed face and a creature calling their name. Alexander informs Mara of the dream, and she tells him they all have that dream. She then notices that his watch is missing.<\/p>\n

The next day, the Eloi are attacked, and Mara is dragged underground by\u00a0ape<\/a>-like creatures. They are called \u00ab\u00a0Morlocks<\/a>,\u00a0\u00bb and they hunt the Eloi. To rescue Mara, Kalen leads Alexander to Vox 114, which is still functional after 800,000 years.<\/p>\n

After learning from Vox how to find the Morlocks, Alexander enters their underground lair through an opening that resembles the face in his nightmare.<\/p>\n

He is captured and thrown into an area where Mara sits in a cage. Alexander meets an intelligent, humanoid \u00dcber-Morlock<\/a>, who explains that Morlocks descend from the humans who went underground after the Moon broke apart, while the Eloi evolved from those who remained on the surface. The \u00dcber-Morlocks are a group of\u00a0telepaths<\/a>\u00a0who rule the other Morlocks, who use the Eloi as food and breeding vessels.<\/p>\n

The \u00dcber-Morlock explains that Alexander cannot alter Emma’s fate; her death drove him to build the time machine in the first place; therefore, saving her would be a\u00a0grandfather paradox<\/a>. The \u00dcber-Morlock shows Alexander the time machine and tells him to go home. Alexander gets into the machine but pulls the \u00dcber-Morlock in, carrying them into the future as they fight.<\/p>\n

Accepting that he cannot save Emma, Alexander travels back to rescue Mara. After freeing her, he starts the machine and jams its gears, distorting time. Pursued by the Morlocks, Alexander and Mara escape to the surface as the time distortion explodes, killing the Morlocks and destroying their caves and the time machine. Alexander begins a new life with Mara and the Eloi, while Vox 114 helps him educate them.<\/p>\n

In 1903, Philby and Mrs. Watchit, Alexander’s housekeeper, discuss his absence in his laboratory. Philby tells Mrs. Watchit he is glad Alexander has gone to a place where he can find peace and would like to hire her as a housekeeper. She accepts until Alexander returns. Mrs. Watchit bids Alexander farewell, and Philby leaves, looking toward the laboratory affectionately, then proudly throws his\u00a0bowler hat<\/a>\u00a0away in tribute to Alexander’s objection to blind conformity.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cristal<\/b>\u00a0is the flagship\u00a0cuv\u00e9e<\/a><\/i>\u00a0of\u00a0Champagne Louis Roederer<\/a>, created in 1876 for\u00a0Alexander II<\/a>,\u00a0tsar<\/a>\u00a0of Russia.<\/p>\n

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History<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

Champagne increased in popularity with the Russian nobility from 1855 onwards. An especially popular brand was Louis Roederer’s, who shipped a third of his production to Russia.<\/p>\n

Cristal was first created for\u00a0Alexander II of Russia<\/a>, and is viewed by many as the first\u00a0prestige cuv\u00e9e<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n

<\/sup>As the political situation in Russia at the time of his rule was unstable, the Tsar feared assassination. Thus when he visited Paris in 1867 for the\u00a0Exposition Universelle<\/a>, the Tsar ordered that champagne bottles for the lavish dinner he hosted for the Prussian King\u00a0Wilhelm I<\/a>\u00a0and Chancellor\u00a0Otto von Bismarck<\/a>\u00a0(later termed the\u00a0Three Emperors Dinner<\/a>) be made clear, so that he could see the bubbles and also to prevent an explosive being hidden beneath them, as could happen with a typical dark green indented bottle.<\/p>\n

<\/sup>Louis Roederer commissioned a Flemish glassmaker to create a clear\u00a0lead glass<\/a>\u00a0Champagne bottle with a flat bottom.<\/p>\n

The Champagne has since become known as \u00ab\u00a0Cristal\u00a0\u00bb.<\/sup><\/p>\n

The wine was not commercially available until 1945.<\/sup><\/p>\n

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Hip-hop culture The time Machine Experience<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

In the mid 1990s to early 2000s,\u00a0hip hop music<\/a>\u00a0discovered the brand, with several artists referencing the drink in song lyrics and as part of their public image, including\u00a0Raekwon<\/a>,\u00a050 Cent<\/a>,\u00a0The Notorious B.I.G.<\/a>,\u00a0R. Kelly<\/a>,\u00a0Diddy<\/a>,\u00a0Big L<\/a>,\u00a0Jeru the Damaja<\/a>,\u00a0Trina<\/a>, and\u00a0Jay-Z<\/a>. Those in hip hop sometimes used the nickname \u00ab\u00a0Crissy\u00a0\u00bb for the drink.[<\/span>5]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>[<\/span>6]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\u00a0Tupac Shakur<\/a>\u00a0created a cocktail called \u00ab\u00a0Thug Passion\u00a0\u00bb, which is a blend of\u00a0Aliz\u00e9 Gold Passion<\/a>\u00a0and Cristal.<\/p>\n

In an interview with\u00a0The Economist<\/a><\/i>\u00a0in 2006, Louis Roederer managing director Frederic Rouzaud said he viewed the attention from rappers with \u00ab\u00a0curiosity and serenity.\u00a0\u00bb Asked if he thought the association would harm the brand, he replied, \u00ab\u00a0that’s a good question, but what can we do? We can’t forbid people from buying it.<\/p>\n

I’m sure\u00a0Dom P\u00e9rignon<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Krug<\/a> would be delighted to have their business.<\/p>\n

Subsequent interpretations and reactions to these statements resulted in those associated with\u00a0hip-hop culture<\/a>\u00a0disengaging from the brand.\u00a0Jay-Z<\/a>, for example, released a statement saying he would never \u00ab\u00a0drink Cristal or promote it in any way or serve it at any of [his] clubs\u00a0\u00bb.[<\/span>8]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>[<\/span>9]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>[<\/span>10]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\u00a0The loss of position in hip hop and Jay Z’s statement had no effect on sales of Cristal; output doubled from 400,000 bottles in 2004 to over 800,000 bottles in 2010.<\/sup><\/p>\n

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Production<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

The 1974 vintage was the first release of a\u00a0ros\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0Cristal.<\/p>\n

<\/sup>The\u00a0grape<\/a>\u00a0composition is an approximately equal blend of\u00a0Chardonnay<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Pinot noir<\/a>, while the ros\u00e9 contains more Pinot noir, and is coloured with red wine via the\u00a0saign\u00e9e<\/a><\/i>\u00a0method rather than by the Pinot noir grape skins.<\/p>\n

<\/sup>The 2000 vintage was 55% Pinot Noir and 45% Chardonnay, with a\u00a0dosage<\/a>\u00a0of 10 g\/L.<\/sup><\/p>\n

Cristal had an annual production run of 300,000 to 400,000 bottles in the early to mid 2000s <\/sup>but that had doubled to 800,000 bottles by 2010.<\/sup><\/p>\n

Since 2012, all vintages of Cristal champagne are produced entirely from\u00a0Demeter<\/a>-certified, biodynamically-farmed fruit, which is a landmark for Maison Roederer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[19],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-2935","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-non-classe","first","instock","sale","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/champagne-bond500.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/2935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/champagne-bond500.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/champagne-bond500.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/champagne-bond500.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/champagne-bond500.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/champagne-bond500.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/champagne-bond500.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=2935"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/champagne-bond500.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=2935"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/champagne-bond500.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=2935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}