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Chicago 2055 - Awful movie, killer matte painting

Chicago 2055 - Awful movie, killer matte painting

homepage.mac.com - 44 weeks ago - 831 views

What might Chicago look like in 2055? At least one Hollywood matte artist has gone to the trouble of figuring it out.

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Cool but...why are flying saucers shooting at birds? And what's with that giant wing thing sticking out of the water?

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by Len Kody 6 days 19 hours ago

oh man! That's so gnarly!

Reminds me of a dream I had once.

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by Len Kody 6 days 19 hours ago

You know that feeling people describe when they fall in love at first sight?

That's how I felt when I found out that a movie set (at least partially) in Chicago 2055 also has time travel and dinosaurs in it.

trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dIuFyK8RBA

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by Len Kody 6 days 19 hours ago

Okay... my curiosity has been sated.

IMDB - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318081/

In the year 2055, the rich are able to travel back in time and hunt a live dinosaur for a huge price. Sonia Rand (Catherine McCormack) has developed a machine that can take people back in time. Charles Hatton (Ben Kingsley) has taken this technology and opened a business know as Time Safari. Anyone with the money can travel back millions of years and shoot a dinosaur. Dr. Travis Ryer (Edward Burns) leads his team together with the big game hunter on a floating walkway to a spot where they can kill the dinosaur. The trip protocol is that they must stay on the walkway and not disturb the land or anything creature around them. Unfortunately for the human race, one hunter steps on and kills a butterfly!

official website - http://asoundofthunder.warnerbros.com/#

wikipedia entry - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Sound_of_Thunder_(film)

and a video game based on the flick for Gameboy Advance! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Sound_of_Thunder_(video_game)

The game follows the exploits of Travis Ryer, who is a Time Safari guide and biologist. After a tourist kills a butterfly in the prehistoric era, the future feels the consequences when they return. Ryer must then go back in time to prevent this from happening. The main special feature provided to Ryer is the Time Freeze Disruptor, which can slow down his surroundings while he continues to move at regular speed (similar to bullet time).

Bullet time! Yes!

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