I wrote... > >Based on a short story by Ray Bradbury
Ronn wrote... > So howcum they didn't adapt the Bradbury short story as a film?
It's been a while since I read that story, but it appears that is exactly what they did, right down to the floating pathway.
Humanity was not erased in the story. When they got back home to the future, the results of the recent election had been reversed, with the more dictator-like candidate being elected instead of the more freedom-loving candidate (hence my allusion to the current political race), and that is when the hunter discovers the butterfly crushed in the mud on his boot and the safari guide shoots him (the titular "sound of thunder") for changing the future. The end.
Therefore, all the stuff you posted about humanity being erased and about them going back in time to replace the butterfly and fix the problem did not happen in the original short story.
-- Ronn! :)
"Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot remain in the cradle forever." -- Konstantin E. Tsiolkovskiy
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