As this film, inspired by H.G. Wells, opens, I was pretty impressed with its premonition about a major war that crosses the globe.  When said war lasts 30 years, wipes out most of the human race, and leads civilization into a cliched futuristic utopia...it got a little corny.  I was impressed by the effects this movie pulled off back in 1936, but the acting is hammy and the message is a bit ridiculous, especially when the filmmakers were about 100 years off on their prediction of a flight to the moon.  "Progress!!!  Why Always PROGRESS!!!  Can't the human race just relax??"  See what I mean??