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CHICAGO – In our latest animated edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 admit-two passes up for grabs to the advance screening of the new film “Astro Boy”!
“Astro Boy” features the voices of Kristen Bell, Nicolas Cage, Charlize Theron, Samuel L. Jackson, Bill Nighy, Freddie Highmore, Donald Sutherland, Eugene Levy, Nathan Lane, Moises Arias, Matt Lucas, Madeline Carroll, Sterling Beaumon, Victor Bonavida and Tony Matthews from director David Bowers. The film is distributed by Summit Entertainment, which is the same production company involved with “Twilight,” “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” in 2009 and “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” in 2010.
To win your free pass to the advance screening of “Astro Boy” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, all you need to do is answer our question below. That’s it! This screening will be held on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009 at 10 a.m. in Schaumburg, Ill., which is a suburb of Chicago. Directions to enter this Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.
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Here is the “Astro Boy” plot description:
In the futuristic world of Metro City, which is a gleaming metropolis in the sky, the brilliant scientist Dr. Tenma creates Astro Boy to replace the son he has lost. He programmed his creation with the best of human characteristics and values and has endowed him with extraordinary super powers.
Cast out when he can’t meet the grieving father’s expectations, Astro Boy is dealt a cruel double blow: he’s also crushed to learn he is a robot and not even a human being. Astro Boy, who carries within himself the Blue Core (a power source made of positive “blue” energy), is sought out by the troops of the militaristic President Stone.
They are obsessed with obtaining the Core for the “Peacekeeper” robot, which has been invented to be used as a weapon to dominate Earth. Fleeing from the military, Astro Boy crashes to the surface of the Earth. Lost and unsure of his identity, Astro Boy simply seeks to fit in.
Denying his true nature, he tries to pass himself off as a human being with a gang of child vagabonds. He falls naively under the sway of their leader Hamegg in whom he sees a father figure. To Astro Boy’s horror, Hamegg exposes him as a robot and tries to turn him into a robot gladiator.
In “Hamegg’s Robot Games,” Astro Boy is forced to face wave upon wave of robots. Refusing to fight but only disabling his opponent when the safety of spectators is threatened, Astro Boy’s nobility wins the crowd over.
Alerted by the Core’s power surge, the military swoops down and captures Astro Boy as he resigns himself to his fate. As Dr. Tenma removes his energy source, Astro Boy forgives him for what he’s doing. This display of innate goodness finally opens Dr. Tenma’s eyes to the terrible mistake he has made.
Reconciled to the son he had wrongly rejected, he allows Astro Boy to escape. The destructive Peacekeeper, which has been given the incredibly dangerous negative Red Core energy by presidential order, is out of control and causing havoc in Metro City. Astro Boy returns to help the citizens, fight the Peacekeeper and save Metro City from crashing to Earth.
In the climactic battle, the strands of the story come together as Astro Boy accepts his mixed human-robot nature and finds his destiny as mankind’s savior.
The “Astro Boy” trailer can be watched now below.
To secure your free tickets now, make sure you’re logged into your HollywoodChicago.com account. If you don’t yet have one, you can quickly register here. Having an account with a valid e-mail address is required. Then, simply add a new comment in the form below. In your comment, include an answer to this question:
Like all Hookups here, this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup is simple: Just submit your comment below and we will award 40 people randomly via e-mail for our “Astro Boy” Hookup. Winners needs to arrive early as seats are consumed on a first-come, first-served basis. Good luck!
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favorite superhero
batman cause i really liked that batcave and he got to be around catwoman. I loved the tv series………. mighty mouse is good too.
Iron Man for sure..
Rich, genius, and a super sweet suit. What else do you want.
My Favorite Superhero Is Batman
I like the mission behind batman’s origin and also his powers are backed up by science rather than skies..
best hero
My favorite super hero is superman. I love that he has flight skills, superpower and was very human like.
Favorite Superhero
My favorite would have to be either Iron Man or Batman because neither of them have super powers, just money, and lots of it. If i had to choose i would probable say Iron Man because he was born a little more normal, he was just intelligent so he worked hard, made money and then used the money to help others
Spider-man because he’s
Spider-man because he’s just an average dude who becomes a superhero. Being an average dude is something I can relate to.
peter petrelli from heroes
peter petrelli from heroes on nbc. He can absorb anybody’s power, which is really killer!
Fav Super Hero
My fav would probably be Iron Man, because he’s just different. Doesn’t actually have powers. He used his smarts to create the super hero and he is not your typical super hero personality. He’s a believable person.
Tough call
This is a difficult question for me. There’s the classics (Batman, Captain America, Superman, Wolverine, Spider-man) and the second tier (Thor, Iron Man, Green Lantern). So it depends on when I need to look to their examples to solve my problems, or the moment it’s Batman.
Though not gifted with “super” powers, the detective leads a caped crusade against injustice.
Super hero
My favorite super hero is Wolverine, because he fights for the little man, the others choose to fight because it is the right thing to do, WOlverine takes justice one step forward, he defneds the man who can’t stand up against evil