 Was the brainchild of f/x technician T.G. Weems (qv), who laid out  the idea to writer Keith Kjornes (qv) after the completion of the  movie _Time Tracers (1997)_ (qv). Director Bret McCormick (qv) had  film, sets and equipment left over from that film and wanted to  "knock something out" with it before the sets were torn down.