"In A World....." Movie and TV Show Trailers

[crowswork]

I think it's about how it's easier to just say "The world is crap and there's no point in even trying." The whole creepy reality, survival, angry, and yes climate change is one of the things people point to as why things are hopeless.

 

I see it now - young people prefer Mad Max to Star Trek. Some people seem to be looking forward to the apocalypse. Imagine all the things invented by folks who were young during the sixties and became engineers and scientists and tried to make ST reality. Now picture all the wonderful things invented by fans of the walking dead (Which I like) or any number of "it was after the apocalypse" movies, serial killer torture porn and fantasy 'long long ago' stuff.

 

Some good movies and shows but not exactly inspirational for kids. Hey there's always video games "When I grow up I want to drive real fast and blow away hookers"

[callmebetty]

Now I like Emma Stone but I don't know what she is going for with her character but I'm starting to get really irritated by the Aloha ads and her smirk/smile acting, line delivery. It just really irks me for some reason.

[Cobalt Stargazer]

I think it's about how it's easier to just say "The world is crap and there's no point in even trying." The whole creepy reality, survival, angry, and yes climate change is one of the things people point to as why things are hopeless.

 

I see it now - young people prefer Mad Max to Star Trek. Some people seem to be looking forward to the apocalypse. Imagine all the things invented by folks who were young during the sixties and became engineers and scientists and tried to make ST reality. Now picture all the wonderful things invented by fans of the walking dead (Which I like) or any number of "it was after the apocalypse" movies, serial killer torture porn and fantasy 'long long ago' stuff.

 

Some good movies and shows but not exactly inspirational for kids. Hey there's always video games "When I grow up I want to drive real fast and blow away hookers"

 

Well, I don't know if I'd go all that far with it, provided that you're not just being facetious.

 

There are still, from what I can tell, plenty of movies that are About Something, or at least try to be About Something. Hell, even some of the superhero movies tend to get heavily peppered with angst these days. Movies like San Andreas and Lucy are big bucketfuls of delightful insanity, and if they're the Meat Loaf to everyone else's Wagner, then that's all the more reason for me to embrace them.

[Lola16]

Now I like Emma Stone but I don't know what she is going for with her character but I'm starting to get really irritated by the Aloha ads and her smirk/smile acting, line delivery. It just really irks me for some reason.

Hopefully she doesn't do it through out the whole movie.  Not that I'd watch it anyway.  Feels more like a Lifetime movie.  And isn't Cooper way too old to be her love interest?

[spaceytraci1208]

As a lapsed fan of the show Entourage, I can't help but wonder if they're overestimating the draw of the movie by having a Wednesday opening. Isn't Wednesday usually reserved for blockbusters?

[Cobalt Stargazer]

Hopefully she doesn't do it through out the whole movie.  Not that I'd watch it anyway.  Feels more like a Lifetime movie.  And isn't Cooper way too old to be her love interest?

 

Not IMO, as Bradley Cooper is only forty. Granted, Emma is twenty-six, but forty is hardly ancient. Says the forty-five year old, so you can have some salt to go with that opinion. :-)

[Lola16]

Not IMO, as Bradley Cooper is only forty. Granted, Emma is twenty-six, but forty is hardly ancient. Says the forty-five year old, so you can have some salt to go with that opinion. :-)

He looks so weathered!  Still a huge age gap that favors the males.  Typical Hollywood.

[janie jones]

Hopefully she doesn't do it through out the whole movie.  Not that I'd watch it anyway.  Feels more like a Lifetime movie.  And isn't Cooper way too old to be her love interest?

You mean is it a typical movie?

[Actionmage]

::lowers voice:: i'll be very glad when abc's the  whispers starts tomorrow. ::slow, creepy version of the go-go's "our lips are sealed continues to play::  ::takes a shuddery, scared breath:: 'cause these ads are really bugging me.  at least after tomorrow, there will be new ones.

Edited June 1, 2015 by Actionmage

[Lola16]

You mean is it a typical movie?

Well. That was my point so yes.  Typical Hollywood movie.

 

 

::lowers voice:: i'll be very glad when abc's the  whispers starts tomorrow. ::slow, creepy version of the go-go's "our lips are sealed continues to play::  ::takes a shuddery, scared breath:: 'cause these ads are really bugging me.  at least after tomorrow, there will be new ones.

Can't wait until they are off.  I think networks should be smarter about ad placement and factor in genre.  If I'm watching something happy & fluffy on your network, don't show me something scary and/or gory just because it's after 8pm.

[ParadoxLost]

They keep playing this Entourage promo that they cut together from the actual promo and a behind the scenes interview where Mark Wahlberg explains the genesis of the show.  I guess they have little faith in the draw of the movie and need the 'star' power of Wahlberg; but wow, that promo makes Mark Wahlberg look like a giant egomaniac.

[Lola16]

Director Cameron Crowe apologizes for casting Emma as the 1/4 Asian 1/4 Hawaiian lead.
 

“I am grateful for the dialogue,” the director continued. “And from the many voices, loud and small, I have learned something very inspiring. So many of us are hungry for stories with more racial diversity, more truth in representation, and I am anxious to help tell those stories in the future.”

http://time.com/3906866/cameron-crowe-emma-stone-aloha/

 

 

Baby steps...

[Rick Kitchen]

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[Cobalt Stargazer]

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Rick Kitchen, your post is blank. *head scratch*

[Rick Kitchen]

How odd.  What I said was, that I thought that Cameron Crowe was just saying what people want to hear and doesn't really believe it.

[crowswork]

I laugh at the promo's for Me and Earl and the Dying Girl... "Pittsburgh!" I can spot it in a 30 second promo.

Edited June 4, 2015 by crowswork

[Prairie Fire]

Just a general question about this topic (not a specific movie or TV ad):

 

Does anyone else here who's watching the NBA finals feel like the commercial breaks are like being in a theater watching previews? It seems like the amount of commercial time dedicated to movie trailers is at an all-time high. I realize the target audience for the NBA playoffs (young males) is exactly the same as the audience for blockbuster summer movies, but this is crazy.

 

(This is starting to spill over into the NHL playoffs, though not quite as much....)

[crowswork]

 

And isn't Cooper way too old to be her love interest?

 

Libby Waxner Gelman said in the future films Ryan Reynolds and Bradley Cooper will walk around with a fertilized egg (Zygote?) in a petrie dish and introduce it as his hot new girlfriend.

[Cobalt Stargazer]

On a related note:

 

 

 

I guess that's a direct consequence of letting older guys chase after younger women. The next thing you know, stuffed bears are wanting to get married. :-P

Edited June 5, 2015 by Cobalt Stargazer

[Ubiquitous]

As a lapsed fan of the show Entourage, I can't help but wonder if they're overestimating the draw of the movie by having a Wednesday opening. Isn't Wednesday usually reserved for blockbusters?

I was not aware the show was all that popular or there was any demand for a movie based on the show.

[Moose135]

I was not aware the show was all that popular or there was any demand for a movie based on the show.

 

You're not the only one who felt that way...

Why the ‘Entourage’ film was a total flop

[Chrissytd]

In one of the Jurrasic World commercials,a woman says "Everyone remain calm." It makes me laugh. Yeah, there's a giant dinosaur running after them but you just stay calm.

[ParadoxLost]

I was watching out of the corner of my eye.  Did they make Captain America's Red Skull blue and stick him in a Terminator movie?

[Cobalt Stargazer]

Okay, so I saw this, and I'm almost certain its going to be a spoof.

 

 

[DeLurker]

Not a spoof - Was watching Bride Wars (stop judging me!) while prepping dinner last night and saw a trailer for it on Lifetime.

If it is a joke pretty elaborate set up.

[Rick Kitchen]

Yes, it is a spoof.  They're just not letting on yet that it is.  It's showing up in listings as a comedy.

[Ubiquitous]

Yeah, it's a spoof and alleged comedian Will Feral  tried to gin up interest by pretending to have a contract dispute or something that endangered this "secret project" of his. Yeah, right.

[Rick Kitchen]

THIS looks awesome.

 

[VCRTracking]

A trailer for What We Did On Our Holiday starring David Tennant and Rosamund Pike:

 

 

[King of Birds]

[mojoween]

I feel like the commercial I saw today for "Southpaw" gave the entire movie away in two minutes.

[mmecorday]

I cannot wait for "The Gallows" to crash and burn at the box office so I don't have to watch the trailer anymore. I am so sick of seeing jumpy people being filmed by night vision cameras. Seriously, if you scare that easily, maybe "The Minions" movie is more your speed.

[mojoween]

I need "Trainwreck" to open and be off my TV because I loathe LeBron James and I'm tired of Amy Schumer shoved down my throat.

[Sandman87]

One of the ads claims "Everyone agrees that Ant-Man makes summer bigger than ever!" In my mind that translates as "The movie seems to drag on forever."

[Rick Kitchen]

Well, it is about two hours and fifteen minutes, but you don't really notice it while it's on.  There isn't much drag

[ParadoxLost]

What the hell is 'The Visit' supposed to be..  Its got background music like its a horror movie but the trailer is literally a scene of an old woman in her nice kitchen telling a teenager she really needs the oven really clean and convinces the teenager to climb all the way inside.  A normal range oven and she does.  I wish I could find it on youtube but it looks its a special cut for airing during Sharknado.  Has Shyamalan added the weird scene like with Wahlberg talking to plants to all his movies just like every movie has the 'shocking twist' ending?

[janie jones]

Well convincing someone to climb completely inside an oven to clean it sounds like a horror movie situation to me.

[janie jones]

What the hell is 'The Visit' supposed to be..  Its got background music like its a horror movie but the trailer is literally a scene of an old woman in her nice kitchen telling a teenager she really needs the oven really clean and convinces the teenager to climb all the way inside.  A normal range oven and she does.  I wish I could find it on youtube but it looks its a special cut for airing during Sharknado.  Has Shyamalan added the weird scene like with Wahlberg talking to plants to all his movies just like every movie has the 'shocking twist' ending?

Okay, so I saw a longer version of that ad tonight, and it really appears to be a horror movie.  But then I saw the version you're talking about (unless there's an additional one).  At the end, they actually show the grandmother closing the kid in.  Why the fuck the kid actually got in there is anyone's guess.

[Rinaldo]

That's the story of Hansel and Gretel; sounds like they're using it.

[janie jones]

I thought Hansel and Gretel put the witch in the oven?

[ParadoxLost]

That's the story of Hansel and Gretel; sounds like they're using it.

 

I know its the story of Hansel and Gretel but a teenager is climbing into this

 

 

Its like he wants to be mocked on SNL.

[riley702]

Or by us. 

[Jamoche]

I know its the story of Hansel and Gretel but a teenager is climbing into this

 

 

 

Its like he wants to be mocked on SNL.

I'm going to imagine it's the older version of the kid who jumps on the dishwasher door. Revenge of the appliances!

Edited July 25, 2015 by Jamoche

[Ubiquitous]

THIS looks awesome.

 

Oooh!

 

Well convincing someone to climb completely inside an oven to clean it sounds like a horror movie situation to me.

Yeah, that's totally Hansel and Gretel. IIRC, Gretel feigned ignorance and asked the witch to show her how, then turned the tables on her.

[djc101790]

Who else remembers that very over dramatic Friends season 8 promo? I do because NBC literally ran that promo for what felt like an eternity leading up to the season 8 finale where Rachel who was pregnant for what also felt like an eternity finally has her baby. In the promo they had the “In A World” guy hyping the upcoming episodes, the promo also had specifically selected clips and sound bites from those episodes such as Marlo Thomas saying “My Little Girl” as she hugs Rachel or the drippy dialogue from Ross to Rachel about future parenthood, but the topper of this promo is that during the it Enya’s "Only Time" is screeching through enitre thing. This Friends promo is so over the top that Its actually amazing despite at the time it was airing on TV it made me go crazy.

                                

[mojoween]

They are airing commercials for "Fear the Walking Dead" on TBS and it makes me sad. Not because of the show, even though I don't plan to watch it and I don't watch its companion (my husband and kid LOVE it, I however, am SUPER queasy).

No, it's because the announcer guy's voice just makes me think of "Mad Men" and yeah, I still miss that show. I'm going to miss it for a long time. AMC needs to get a new promo VO guy!

[xaxat]

 

Johnny Depp's face falls into uncanny valley for me in this trailer. He doesn't have enough real life wrinkles (especially on the forehead) to go along with all of the makeup they used to age him. Especially compared to all of the other male leads who wander around with furled brows of "serious" acting.

Edited August 21, 2015 by xaxat

[LoneHaranguer]

I saw an ad for the new Supergirl series that spent most of its time seemingly justifying why it's okay to call the character "Supergirl". If that was an actual scene from the series, I don't watch superhero shows to see political commentary. If not, are there really that many people who would care as long as the character is properly written? Use the ad time to tell people about the show.

[riley702]

 

Johnny Depp's face falls into uncanny valley for me in this trailer. He doesn't have enough real life wrinkles (especially on the forehead) to go along with all of the makeup they used to age him. Especially compared to all of the other male leads who wander around with furled brows of "serious" acting.

He looks creepy good - kinda like Christopher Walken lite. Wonder if the part was offered to Walken first, just based on the makeup job.

[Bruinsfan]

Johnny Depp's face falls into uncanny valley for me in this trailer. He doesn't have enough real life wrinkles (especially on the forehead) to go along with all of the makeup they used to age him. Especially compared to all of the other male leads who wander around with furled brows of "serious" acting.

When I first saw that ad, I mistakenly thought it was Bill Hader in his Clint Eastwood makeup:

https://screen.yahoo.com/clint-eastwood-chrysler-ad-000000116.html

 

"Get a Chrysler. And get off my damn lawn!"

Edited August 24, 2015 by Bruinsfan