Comments on: Reason #1 Why Dark Icon Will Never Time Travel:

By: udgang99

udgang99 — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:22:29 +0000

So I just saw A Sound of Thunder … God, that was a crappy movie! Never read the novel, so I can’t compare. I think the basic of the story is pretty good - go back in time, change something, and the world changes… but this movie was just so badly executed it was reduculus. Bad actors, bad acting, bad cgi and a very bad directing. And as DI said, the science didn’t make much sense.

By: DarkIcon

DarkIcon — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:18:21 +0000

The movie was a special effects action film that made absolutely NO sense from a scientific point of view, and only had the premise in common with the story (There was a T-Rex, though). For the most part, I thought the original story was boring. The movie, while not GREAT, is certainly not boring.

As I said, most people hated it because they loved the original story and this movie ruined it. Which is the exact same reason why I liked it.

By: WeREwOLf

WeREwOLf — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:56:50 +0000

Read the short story many years ago, which (sorta) inspired my earlier post. Never saw the movie cuz I just *assumed* they’d screw it up. But now, maybe I’ll hafta downl- er, rent it, sometime.

And aside from the entirely unlikable characters in the story whose fate I didn’t give a rat’s ass about, I did like Bradbury’s over-the-top description of the T. Rex from Eckelson’s point of view. (Might have the character’s name a bit wrong, it’s been like 15 yrs and I only read it once.)

By: DarkIcon

DarkIcon — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:52:14 +0000

I’ve seen the movie and read the story. The story was a short story and, aside from the concept of what was happening, wasn’t all that good. The movie was universally hated because it wasn’t anything like the story… but I actually liked it. BECAUSE it wasn’t anything like the story.

By: udgang99

udgang99 — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:43:51 +0000

Ahhhh … of course! It was “The Ray Bradbury Theater” … and “A Sound of Thunder” is based on the same novel by Bradbury!! Mystery solved! ;-)

By: udgang99

udgang99 — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:40:12 +0000

It’s also the EXACT same plot for an episode of … uhhmmm … not Twilight Zone, or Outer Limits … but one of those same shows. Damn, I can’t remember what it’s called. Anyway - when the timetravellers return, the word is run by nazis … how’s that for originality? *sigh*

By: nate

nate — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:58:52 +0000

I remembered the title.

A Sound of Thunder.

Not as good as DI’s work, but a decent movie anyway. If you have nothing better to do one night, check it out.

By: nate

nate — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:45:24 +0000

Damn. I forget the title of the movie, but it’s got a group of people who time travel for sport and profit. They have the location of a dinosaur that was killed in a volcanic eruption, so they take people back and let them shoot it just prior to the eruption. This keeps the timeline from changing. Unfortunately one of the traveller accidentally steps on a butterfly, and when they go back to their own time things start to change.

If this sounds interesting to you I’ll try and find the DVD and get the title.

HAPPY TURKEY DAY EVERYONE! As for me, I’m allergic to poultry so I’ll be enjoying a nice Venison Roast.

By: WeREwOLf

WeREwOLf — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:22:39 +0000

Ohh, so THAT’S how China got to host the Olympics.

Way to fuck up the timeline, dude.

By: Loki

Loki — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 05:30:23 +0000

lmao