Trailers

[neglet]

And I loves me some James MacAvoy. Mmmmmmm.

[Dalty]

I really liked First Class which is I am nervous about it not being First Class 2.

[neglet]

I'm looking forward to the 70s fashion, and not having to wear it, unlike the first time around.

[Dalty]

It'll be back...... again!

Luckily the 90s revival seems to have been evaded.

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

[Jubbers]

Is it July yet? I'm ready for my movie day.

[Corporal_Hicks]

It's a TV show some people insist was created "by that Matchbox Twenty guy."

It was!

[Dalty]

Rise was cool. Really cool. That trailer makes me want to watch it again.

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

[Mal Shot First]

This trailer kind of creeps me out. Not because Maleficent herself is creepy, but it's more about the composition of the whole thing. So she's supposed to be an evil fairy in command of terrifying creatures, but the voice-over narrator describes the creatures she commands with a sense of wonder that I find slightly disturbing. Once he gets to Maleficent and describes her as the "most fearsome of all creatures," he basically sounds as if he's admiring her. I get that this is the retelling of a classic story from the villain's perspective, but the villain is still supposed to be sort of evil, right? I don't know, the tone of this trailer just rubs me the wrong way.

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

I'm not sure about this, but I think they're going for a John Gardner's Grendel sort of vibe. I think they're hoping to paint her as misunderstood so that kids can root for her a bit. That, or they're going to work overtime to show us why she became evil in hopes of making people more sympathetic. Whatever the case, I know they're going to engage in some revisionism.

I guess it's technically a featurette. It appears it's trying to sell Maleficent and her forces, specifically. I guess this gives it a little leeway for its tone. That said, I agree that the tone of the trailer is a little off. On the other hand, it reminds me a little of the tone of certain cartoon trailers and toy commercials from the mid-eighties. To help sell bad guy toys, they would often revel in the bad guy's badness in some way, and the announcer would come across almost pro-bad guy. I'll see if I can dig up an example.

It seems like I remember them doing it with characters like Cobra Commander, Darth Vader, Skeletor, and Robotech's Breetai. A lot of kids liked to play as a bad guy (I was one of them), and these bad guys, in particular, were pretty charismatic.

[Corporal_Hicks]

There are some actors that can't pull off sci-fi/fantasy and Jolie is one of them.

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

I was expecting Dalty to drop in at some point, quote Mal's "rubs me the wrong way" comment, and say something like "Jolie can rub me any way she wants" in response, but I guess that's not gonna happen.

*sniff*

[Dalty]

I may be against the curve here, but I don't find her that attractive anymore. In her Tomb Raider days she was epic, and poor old Aniston never stood a chance against her Mr & Mrs Smith phase...... but these days? Also coming home and finding the house full of random Cambodian children is even worse than marrying a crazy cat lady.

[Jubbers]

I'm with you, Dalty. I used to find her extremely want-to-bang attractive (as you say... Tomb Raider!), but I think it is her increasing skinniness that has turned me off. She's so skeletal now.

[Mal Shot First]

Which makes her a very good fit for Maleficent!

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

She wore fake boobs in Tomb Raider.

[Dalty]

Way to ruin it totally Goiter. Buzz Killington.

[Corporal_Hicks]

You just know learned she wore fakies for the 1st Tomb Raider?

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

Jubbers made an incredibly cruel joke over Facebook about how she now wears fakies all the time.

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

You know. Because of the cancer.

[Dalty]

I realised that Hicks, I was just kidding myself!

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

Don't kid yourself.

[Dalty]

Back in her TR days she would have made a great Wonder Woman.

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Back in her TR days she would have made a great Wonder Woman.

No way. WW should be sexy and beautiful, but not a pouty sex goddess like Jolie. WW is a fucking Amazon, she shouldn't look like she gives a shit about pleasing a man.
And no, Steve Jobs, I did not mean to say "ducking Amazon." Duck you, autocorrect.