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CHICAGO – Excelsior! Comic book legend Stan Lee’s famous exclamation puts a fine point on the third and final play of Mark Pracht’s FOUR COLOR TRILOGY, “The House of Ideas,” presented by and staged at City Lit Theater in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. For tickets/details, click HOUSE OF IDEAS.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Chicago Passes to ‘Skyline’ From Visual Effects Masters Colin, Greg Strause
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The movie poster for “Skyline” from the Chicago visual effects masters Colin Strause and Greg Strause.
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Why are we morbidly fascinated by end-of-the-world films?
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CHICAGO – In our latest sci-fi/thriller edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 admit-two passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of “Skyline,” which is co-directed by the Chicago visual effects masters Colin Strause and Greg Strause!
The Strause brothers directed “Alien vs. Predator: Requiem”. Their company, Hydraulx, has provided visual effects for “Avatar,” “Iron Man 2,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and “300”. The brothers grew up in the Chicago suburb of Waukegan, Ill.
“Skyline” stars Eric Balfour, David Zayas, Donald Faison, Scottie Thompson, Brittany Daniel, Crystal Reed, Neil Hopkins, J. Paul Boehmer, Tanya Newbould, Pam Levin, Phet Mahathongdy and Tony Black. “Skyline,” which was written by Joshua Cordes and Liam O’Donnell, opens on Nov. 12, 2010.
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Here is the plot description for “Skyline”:
In the sci-fi thriller “Skyline,” strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles. This draws people outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human population off the face of the Earth. The film is executive produced by Brett Ratner, Ryan Kavanaugh, Tucker Tooley, Brian Tyler and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones.
The movie trailer for “Skyline” can be watched now below.
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never really thought about
never really thought about it but I suppose it is a modern day horror and to some more realistic than a freaky guy with a mask.
World Media
Media Has Implanted In Our heads since Birth
End of the world
I think that these types of films are a sort of escapist film. We all fear the end but these films give us an excuse to go out and experience that we hope never to come face to face with.
Curiosity.
People love seeing the different ways the world can end. I think it’s a common fear amongst people. People also love seeing destruction in film, something on a grand scale and epic.
Why you ask?
Being a race (humans) that has no natural predators… it’s only natural to wonder “what if”. Whether it’s aliens, random tornadoes, floods, alien invasion, or the most ridiculous… 2012, we just like to see what COULD happen to us… without having to live it ourselves.
It is something we can all
It is something we can all be a part of. For example, if the world was ending what would you do? That is basically how most of these films work. They, in a way, put you in the film. They allow you to relate and create a fantasy. Also, we love epic things. The biggest the best, the most. What can be more superlative than the end of the world.
Skyline
This movie looks awesome! I would love to see it.
Why are we morbidly fascinated by end-of-the-world films?
For the same reason we enjoy horror movies. It is fascinating to see something that we can not control and scares us.
morbid fascination with end of the world films
Through the years there have been all kinds of predictions, warnings, religous leaders, politicians, etc. warning the us about the day of reckoning. All of us grew up with the sense of impending doom.
The end
Because we love the morbid
End of the world?
It’s always fascinating to find out if the aliens are gonna be friendly or incredibly angry. Lol