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That’s the sort of construction we prefer in designing train set track layouts. But even if they do follow a path of authentic track layout, the set-pieces we see are obviously the more interesting parts, such as the climactic bridge and elevated curve. First, there are so many shots of track, how they’re connected and how they are laid out over bridges and through different landscapes, and much of this is compiled out of locations that I assume were not in fact as linked up as they appear in the film. The idea of this film being like toy trains and not simply a movie about actual trains comes about for me through both what’s on screen and what got it onto the screen. Or, is the fact that it’s like a action movie version of train sets more appealing to adults - adults like me today and those fathers of 30 years ago, whom the toys were really for? But could it have been more of a movie for kids, given that it’s as much a movie adapted from the appeal of toy trains as it is from the true story that inspired it? We don’t need to imagine it so G-rated that it looks like “Thomas the Tank Engine,” but a PG version might not have lost the opening weekend box office to “Megamind,” either. It’s rated PG-13, not that this would stop anyone younger than 13 from watching. I guess “Unstoppable” isn’t really a kids movie. Is this even exciting for them anymore? I bet after seeing this movie it would be, if they thought it possible the thing could become a runaway train (great, now I have Soul Asylum in my head). “Unstoppable” features a school field trip in which kids get to ride a train.
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I also wonder if train sets are even as popular today as they were 30 years ago. I guess I could have just said this without referencing the other film but I’m trying to make sure I’m not now just train-hungry in general. What does all this have to do with “Unstoppable,” the Oscar-nominated, Tony Scott-directed action movie that arrives on video today? Well, while watching it (before the “CE3K” viewing) I couldn’t help thinking about train sets. Maybe as an homage, I’ll also build a Devil’s Tower in the center, just not using dirt and plants from my wife’s garden. I’ll probably wait until I have kids (and a basement), so I have that excuse, but as is the case in many families, that set will be primarily Dad’s toy. First recalling that in my youth I always desired but never had an extensive set of trains and tracks, one that took up most of my basement, I quickly realized that I can still want it, and some day actually buy and build one. The other night I was watching “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” and during the playroom-set introduction to the Nearys, I became jealous of Richard Dreyfuss as he plays with a train set.