Gene Roddenberry must have seen this episode and loved it. This is nothing more than a Star Trek episode, 10 years early. The special effects look like 1966, rather than 1956 which makes me more than a little disappointed in the original series of Star Trek. When I see and hear the same noise when automatic doors slide open, I wonder if the original series was as groundbreaking as I thought it was when I was a kid. Anyway, of you loves science fiction B films and the original series of Star Trek, check this one out. If not, take a pass. I watched it only because I had nothing better to do...

I came across this movie, which I had never seen in the 50's. It starred Rod Taylor, who subsequently had great success with "The Time Machine" in 1960, which I remember very well and have a copy of.I find it intriguing watching this oldie for its simplicity, even a little corny, but gave me much pleasure in taking me back to this era of movie making. Watching it on Blu-Ray now, probably gave me a better reproduction than was available then. I remember many old films that I saw in those years and watched them again recently in Blu-Ray. It surprised me that there were parts that I could not distinguish then and now are clear for all to see. Using modern technology to watch old movies is really a wonderful experience in nostalgia.I am happy to give this movie a solid 6 for what it is, but the enjoyment I got out of it is worth 8 out of 10.

'Planet of the Apes' Meets 'The Time Machine' Just to clarify this film was made years before 'Planet of the Apes' so it's not a rip off as some have claimed.'World Without End' is a truly great film. We really care about the characters and the story is original and keeps us on the edge of our seats.I cannot reveal too much of the plot without revealing The plot: In 1957 four astronauts (dressed like WWII fighter pilots) travel at the speed of light and crash on a mysterious planet.After dueling with giant spiders and cave men they realize they're actually on earth 550 years in the future.By coincidence they wander into a cave where the last vestiges of civilized man have been hold up since the nuclear holocaust. All the men are old and all the women are young, gorgeous, and scantily clad. The reason for this is never explained. I suspected that it would turn out all the men were mad scientists and all the gorgeous girls were just robots or clones. But I was wrong.'World Without End' is worth watching if you don't expect to much. It is very interesting how many elements were clearly the inspiration for the later sci-fi giants 'Planet of the Apes' and 'The Time Machine.'

I'd actually rate this 6 and 1/2 out of 7, but compared to the movie that came out immediately before it ("Forbidden Planet"), this somewhat derivative production comes off looking a bit less than classic. So down it goes to 6 stars.Some of the SFX in the early part of the movie are poor enough to make a modern day fan of this genre wince (think Rocky Jones "Crash Of Moons" poor), but once the movie gets out of outer space and once you get past the ludicrous spider puppets, things look a lot better and you can start concentrating on what's good about the movie instead of what's painful about it.Yes, the screenplay has more than a little resemblance to "The Time Machine", and some of the "underground scenes" and future costumes are undistinguished, but the actors manage to save it. The intrepid astronauts are practically interchangeable as characters, but they are, as I said, intrepid and daring and admirable, and the actors work hard to sell their lines, and somehow, most of the time, things work fine.There are some enjoyable bits of staging here and there, and a nice climactic duel between the chief astronaut and the villain caveman. There's a believable depiction of human nature (and human frailty) in the far future, and a "Wagon's Ho!" coda that will probably put a nostalgic smile of the face of many viewers my age - that sense that hard work, a forward thinking attitude and perfect teeth will always save the day.Worth seeing once for its own sake.