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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Chicago Passes to ‘Skyline’ From Visual Effects Masters Colin, Greg Strause
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on November 5, 2010 - 11:39am
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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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End of World
Simply because we loved to be entertained.
End of the world?
I think people like these movie because, as sci-fi as it seems. It could.. maybe.. possibly.. happen. As low in probability as it is.. it’s enough to be fascinating.
End of the World
We are fascinated with End of the World films because we want to see the triumph of the human spirit over adversity.
we like to imagine what we'd do but not actually have to do it
I think we like to imagine worse case scenarios and have death-defying experiences because we want to see how we’d react and survive in a terrible situation without the actual danger.
End of the World
We like to pretend we’d be the survivors. In reality, most of us would be the first to go.
The end?
It’s all about the unknown and the future. The whole survivorist thing about what if is innate just in case it happens.
Maybe because it’s better
Maybe because it’s better (or at least more interesting) to burn out than to fade away. Just think, you wouldn’t have to worry about all the fun everyone else is going to have in your absence.
I think it’s about facing
I think it’s about facing our fear of the unknown in a safe context. Fear of “the other” is a fundamental human trait; it’s not just about media culture, it’s about human culture.
Because it gives something
Because it gives something to overcome by a certain point in time.
Fasincated because
It’s entertainment and we feel it’s not plausible