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X-Men

TIME TRAVEL MOVIES X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST BRYAN SINGER DID VERY SERIOUS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. I had a two-hour conversation with James Cameron about time travel, string theory, multiverses and all that, Singer said. Then he added, You have to create your rules and stick with them, which is hilarious coming from the director of X-Men: Apocalypse. CRACKED.COM — Source

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TIME TRAVEL MOVIES X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST A PLANNED STAN LEE CAMEO WASN'T SHOT. Lee was supposed to film his cameo in Montreal, but chose to show up for the fans at Toronto's 2013 Fan Expo instead. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Planet of the Apes

TIME TRAVEL MOVIES PLANET OF THE APES THE HUMOR WASN'T IN ROD SERLING'S SCRIPT. The goofy, dated humor was added in rewrites, by a writer whose name associate producer Mort Abrahams doesn't even remember. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Planet of the Apes

TIME TRAVEL MOVIES PLANET OF THE APES THE STATUE OF LIBERTY IS NOT A MODEL. Lady Liberty in the iconic ending is a matte painting, added to the Malibu cliffs (reachable only by helicopter) where the scene was shot. Matte painting was truly CGI before CGI. CRACKED.COM — Source

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TIME TRAVEL MOVIES PLANET OF THE APES THE ORIGINAL SCRIPT WAS TOO AMBITIOUS. Rod Serling's draft would have been too expensive to shoot, so many changes were made. The twist ending, however, is all his own. CRACKED.COM — Source

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TIME TRAVEL MOVIES PLANET OF THE APES SODOMY SCENES WERE CUT. Scenes were filmed with Linda Harrison's character, Nova, being pregnant. However, some studio executive apparently thought that meant that Charlton Heston's character had committed sodomy (with her being a humanoid and all). CRACKED.COM — Source

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La Jetée

TIME TRAVEL MOVIES LA JETÉE THE MOVIE IS MADE ENTIRELY OF STILL PHOTOS. You won't see the actors moving in this 1962 French short film that inspired 12 Monkeys - it's all a series of pictures. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Dead End

TIME TRAVEL MOVIES DEAD END LIN SHAYE WON AN AWARD FOR THIS MOVIE. This French cult film about time travel and bat poop madness won the scream queen a Best Actress award at the Peñíscula Comedy Film Festival. She was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 2005 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards. CRACKED.COM — Source

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TIME TRAVEL MOVIES YOUR NAME THE TIME-TRAVEL GENRE SHIFT IS SUBTLY FORESHADOWED. If you look closely as Mitsuha and Taki chat over text, you will notice that the dates on their cellphones do not match, giving away the plot twist. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Predestination

TIME TRAVEL MOVIES PREDESTINATION THE DIRECTORS KEPT AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO ROBERT HEINLEIN'S SHORT STORY. The Spierig brothers worked on the premise that if there was a way to pick apart the logic ... it would have been done by now. So they didn't look too closely into the paradox madness as they adapted it as faithfully as possible. CRACKED.COM — Source

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TIME TRAVEL MOVIES YOUR NAME THERE IS AN UNOFFICIAL SEMI-SEQUEL. 2019's Weathering With You takes place during the ending of Your Name, and features its now grown-up characters. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Peggy Sue Got Married

TIME TRAVEL MOVIES PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED THE CREW WORKED 20 HOURS A DAY, SIX DAYS A WEEK. Francis Ford Coppola stood to lose final cut privileges if he didn't didn't finish the movie on a very tight deadline. It's amazing that they still managed to pull technically intricate scenes under such conditions. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Peggy Sue Got Married

TIME TRAVEL MOVIES PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED NICOLAS CAGE DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN THE MOVIE. Не told director Francis Ford Coppola (his uncle) he'd only do it if he could talk like Pokey from The Gumby Show. CRACKED.COM — Source

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TIME TRAVEL MOVIES PRIMER THE MOVIE IS INTENTIONALLY HARD TO UNDERSTAND. Director Shane Carruth tried to get viewers in the foggy mindset of scientists failing to manage the consequences of their discovery. The movie has no exposition scenes, and its plot reflects the confusion of his time-traveling protagonists. CRACKED.COM — Source

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TIME TRAVEL MOVIES TENET THE ACTORS HAD TO ACT BACKWARDS. They didn't just reverse the footage-the actors had to actually move like that. Kenneth Branagh even had to learn to say his lines backwards while keeping the Russian accent. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Tenet

TIME TRAVEL MOVIES TENET ROBERT PATTINSON LEARNED HE'D PLAY BATMAN ON HIS FIRST DAY WORKING FOR A BATMAN DIRECTOR. Mark our words: someday, someone will make an Oscar-winning biopic just about the conversations that took place during that day. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Primer

TIME TRAVEL MOVIES PRIMER THE MOVIE COST 7,000 TO MAKE. Only five people worked on the film, with Shane Carruth acting as director, writer, producer, editor, designer, composer, and protagonist. To call Primer an indie film is truly an understatement. CRACKED.COM — Source

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X-Men: Days of Future Past

TIME TRAVEL MOVIES 482 X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST WE WERE GOING TO SEE MAGNETO KILLING JFK. When Matthew Vaugh was supposed to direct the movie, an early idea was to open with Magneto controlling the magic bullet that killed the president. In the end, it was all reduced to a remark by Beast. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Christopher Reeve

TIME TRAVEL MOVIES SOMEWHERE IN TIME CHRISTOPHER REEVE'S AGENT DIDN'T WANT HIM TO DO A TIME TRAVEL MOVIE. The producer had to sneakily slip the script under Reeves' hotel room door. Reeves loved it and agreed to do the film. (Plus, he deemed it way better than his other offer, a viking movie.) CRACKED.COM — Source

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TIME TRAVEL MOVIES TENET ELIZABETH DEBICKI'S CHARACTER WAS REWRITTEN JUST FOR HER. Kat was supposed to be older, but Nolan rewrote the part after his producing partner suggested Debicki and he saw her movies. Her response? To insist on auditioning, as to actually win the part. CRACKED.COM — Source

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I Know What You Did Last Summer

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER LOIS DUNCAN The book by Lois Duncan: I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST Four high-school SUMMER friends accidentally kill a boy, and try to hide it. The movie: A bloody slasher film full of dead teens. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM THE RAVEN The poem by Edgar Allan Poe: A man grieving for his lost Lenore is driven mad by a bird. The Roger Corman movie: Rival wizards duke it out in the 15th century. Also, Lenore is alive! — Source

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X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST ICEMAN SLAIN wo The comic: Kitty Pryde is sent into the past by psychic Rachel Summers. The movie: The more lucrative Wolverine is sent into the past by suddenly psychic Kitty Pryde. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Mask

CRACKED.COM THE MASK The movie: The mask turns Stanley Ipkiss into a living Looney Tune. The comic: The mask turns Stanley Ipkiss into a sadistic murderer.

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HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON The movie: Hiccup learns to ride Toothless. HOW TOTRAIN YOUR DRAGON The books by Cressida Cowell: Toothless is tiny, GREASTO CONTEL and he rides on Hiccup. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN - MDM YORK Cheaper by the Dozen - - - - - ROAS A UNITED I - The book: The real-life story of two engineers, and how efficiently they manage their large family. The movie: A comedy about parents overwhelmed by their large family. GRACKED.COM — Source

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BLADE RUNNER - - Philip K.Dick Happ Seoul witting - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The book by Philip K. Dick: A bounty hunter chases fugitive androids-who look just like humans, but are devoid of emotion or empathy. The movie: A blade runner hunts fugitive replicants-who can indeed feel empathy and human emotions. CRACKED.COM — Source

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THE BOYS The comic: The Boys work for the government - and they all have superpowers. The show: The Boys are an independent team of (mostly) regular people. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM MARY POPPINS Mary Poppins P.L.T. AVERS The books by P.L. Travers: Mary Poppins is a harsh, unlikable nanny. The movie: Mary Poppins is the sweetest nanny ever! — Source

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THE BEASTMASTER Andre Norton THE BEAST MASTER The books by Andre Norton: A science- fiction western with a Navajo protagonist. The movie: A blond Conan knock-off. CRACKED.COM — Source

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THE LAWNMOWER MAN STEPHEN KING THE LAWNMOWER MAN AND OTHER STORE ES FROM NIGHT SHIFT - JOHN GLOVER The short story by Stephen King: A creepy groundskeeper worships the Greek god Pan. The movie: A mentally challenged groundskeeper becomes a genius thanks to virtual reality. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT ROGER WHO CENSORES RABPIT? .. .. S.I um US The book by Gary K. Wolf: Roger, a comic strip character, is murdered. The movie: Roger, a cartoon character, is framed for murder. — Source

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CRACKED.COM SHREK - William Steig SHREK! SV be WITH The book by William Steig: Shrek is ugly and misanthropic to the core (and happy about it.) The movie: Shrek has layers (you know, like an onion) -he's a sensitive guy underneath the ugliness. — Source

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AVENGERS AGE OF ULTRON The Marvel comics: Ultron was created by Hank Pym, and his mind is based on Pym's brainwaves. The movie: Ultron is Tony Stark's project, given intelligence with the Mind Stone. it E - CRACKED.COM — Source

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MEN IN BLACK The comic: The MIB cover up all kinds of paranormal activity, while being humorless and ruthless. The movie: The MIB keep tabs on aliens while quipping and bantering. CRACKED.COM — Source

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