Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
…Look, I’m no comic expert, but is ‘kind of bleak and depressing’ really the direction you go with to sell Superman? Superman? Have you learned nothing? Superman: Still not Batman. Superman: Will never be Batman.
(There’s another version that features Kevin Costner’s Pa Kent. Still depressing.)
(Relevant.)
The first trailer (high-res) for Sam Raimi’s Wizard of Oz prequel, starring James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz and Michelle Williams. It’s… I don’t know? But then again, I’m pretty sure Wicked overexposure – and that awful SyFy miniseries a few years back – has pretty much burned me out on Oz all-together. On the other hand, the cast is more or less a Successful Alumni of 90’s Teen TV reunion, which amuses me to no end. Your thoughts?
Entertainment Weekly has the Clone Wars trailer that was shown during Star Wars Weekends at Disney, as well as some hints from Dave Filoni.
While I admit that making a comedy out of Dark Shadows is a completely natural progression from the (naturally) campy source material, this… I don’t know. But it did make me laugh, so at least it has that going for it.
This one is fantastic (I can’t help it, I love Florence and the Machine) with a lot of new scenes (Tyrion in armor! The ‘ashes’ line!) I have to say I really appreciate that the TV series is rounding out Cersei.
Also noteworthy: The Simpsons’ couch gag last night spoofed the Game of Thrones opening titles.
Disney seems stuck on how to market John Carter, so even fandom is stepping up. The above trailer is fanmade from released footage (though I still say the first trailer is pretty good.) Moviefone’s Mike Ryan has a few tips.
Today is one of those days that the collective internet loses its shit over a comic book movie trailer… On the other hand, I wasn’t a big fan of the whiny Raimi versions, so this already looks like an improvement? (The power of Emma Stone compels you!) And does Andrew Garfield look a lot like Hayden Christensen or am I hallucinating? (The Celebrity Genome Project lives!)
50 days! 50 DAYS!
Sunday TV has been sucking this season: I need GoT back. (Sorry, Once Upon A Time.) Is it April yet?
…That’s a lot of dwarves.
In related news, this tweet wins the night:
I looked at my feed for the first time in a few hours and thought, oh no, The Hobbit must have died!
— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) December 21, 2011