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A Sound of Thunder

Posted by michael on from the storm's-a-coming dept.

blamanj writes "One of the great sci-fi short stories, Ray Bradbury's A Sound of Thunder is scheduled to be released on film next month. Links to the trailers (QT, Real, WMP) can be found here. The original story prefigured chaos theory in its 'small changes, large effects' premise. Indeed, when I first heard the term 'butterfly theory,' I assumed it was based on Bradbury's story. Unlike the original, however, the film won't be touching on dystopian politics, but appears to have been turned into a 'Jurassic Park'-style creature feature. Sigh. Oh, well, we can hope that the new Fahrenheit 451 will be treated with a bit more respect."

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  1. I'll see it... by jmcmunn · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    It can't be worse than the latest attempts at the Star Wars trilogy...talk about runing a good story.

  2. Already Downloaded and on My PC by Laebshade · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What? Doesn't Creative still package Sound of Thunder with their audio cards?