TurquoiseB wrote: > Since we were discussing SciFi flicks the other day, > I just stumbled upon a little-known virtual reality > thriller called "The Thirteenth Floor," which was a > flop about the same time "The Matrix" came out. It > shouldn't have been. It's pretty neat. The scenes > of 1937 L.A. are very well done, and the cast, none > of them very well known, are more than up to the > task of making this a fascinating "Is it real or > is it Memorex?" adventure that brings a new virtual > meaning to 'deja vu.' > > Part of what makes the film interesting is that it's > based on a book called Simulacron-3 that was probably > the first description of virtual reality, back in 1964. > It's been filmed once before, in 1973, by Rainer > Werner Fassbinder, as a two-part TV drama. > > Well worth a rental if you enjoy SciFi and the history > of SciFi. There's even a Wikipedia entry for the book. Think I saw that years ago. For my late night Halloween viewing as a follow-up to seeing the excellent film "The Departed" in a theater I watched "Silent Hill" which is a horror film based on a video game and I would highly recommend. It is an excellent production.
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