What was that tiem travel movie a few years ago...
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What was that time travel movie a few years ago...
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I was wondering if anyone happens to remember the title of a time travel movie from a few years ago, I think it came out around the same time as "Butterfly Effect."
The plot, IIRC, was supposed to be about a group of scientists who had invented a machine to allow them to travel to the past, but as observers only. The machine projected some type of path which was surrounded by a force field. As long as they stayed on the path they couldn't be harmed, detected, nor make any changes to the past. Then somehting happened and 1 or more of the studens fell and stepped off the path. After returning from the trip, they find the world h is drastically different becuae of thier tiny mis-step in past. In fact it's kind of a similiar plot as Butterfly Effect in that a tiny change in the distant past could have a huge impact on the future. However, I distinctly remember something about a path (similiar to yellow Brick Road in Oz, lol) and that the distant being travelled was was in the order of thousands, if not 100s of thousands, uears
Sound familiar to anyone?
I was wondering if anyone happens to remember the title of a time travel movie from a few years ago, I think it came out around the same time as "Butterfly Effect."
The plot, IIRC, was supposed to be about a group of scientists who had invented a machine to allow them to travel to the past, but as observers only. The machine projected some type of path which was surrounded by a force field. As long as they stayed on the path they couldn't be harmed, detected, nor make any changes to the past. Then somehting happened and 1 or more of the studens fell and stepped off the path. After returning from the trip, they find the world h is drastically different becuae of thier tiny mis-step in past. In fact it's kind of a similiar plot as Butterfly Effect in that a tiny change in the distant past could have a huge impact on the future. However, I distinctly remember something about a path (similiar to yellow Brick Road in Oz, lol) and that the distant being travelled was was in the order of thousands, if not 100s of thousands, uears
Sound familiar to anyone?
Last edited by Mongo; 02-14-08 at 11:34 PM. Reason: typo in title
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Damn I love DVD talk. Just checked IMDB, and yep, that's it! Thanks Groucho.
Reviews paint it as being a waste of time to watch it, but I don't always agree with reviews, and I'm a huge fan of time travel movies. So, is it worth my time?
Reviews paint it as being a waste of time to watch it, but I don't always agree with reviews, and I'm a huge fan of time travel movies. So, is it worth my time?
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I thought it was horrendous. Unwatchable, in fact. I gave up after an hour or so, and I have sat through some real crap (including Uwe Boll's The House of the Dead).
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Originally Posted by Groucho
I thought it was horrendous. Unwatchable, in fact. I gave up after an hour or so, and I have sat through some real crap (including Uwe Boll's The House of the Dead).
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when I first heard of A sound of thunder I thought i looked cool. but the movies pretty lousy. theres some nice moments, but mostly its pretty awful with some really bad CGI.
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Originally Posted by Chew
Mongo, as a fan of time travel movies: have you checked out Primer?
Or maybe the guy got Troy Duffy syndrome and it all went to his head?
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Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
Primer is like reading a research paper movies are supposed to be about the visual aspects.
I love anything time travel related but didnt care for Primer
Originally Posted by fmian
Speaking of Primer, is the writer/director doing anything as a follow-up?
"iW: What are you going to work on next?
Carruth: I was half way through a script when all this started, so when this dies down, I hope to get back to it. It's a romance between an 18-year-old oceanography prodigy and the daughter of a commodities trader and set on the trade routes of Eastern Africa and Southern Asia."