My point though is that they ARE pandering, just pandering to what is trendy now. Obviously it's only a trailer, but just off that, it looks extremely similar to Dark Knight and Skyfall in terms of a "dark" story setup, and aesthetically it's going for the Mass Effect crowd. A classical "to-the-stars" exploration story would be way more original, ballsy, and novel in today's movie market, but they're playing it safe by going to the action crowd.

Again, nothing necessarily wrong with that if it's a good movie, but we should acknowledge that that's what they're doing.

Fascinating how we've got two incoming post-apocolyptic movies with big stars, but each comes across as being quite different. They look interesting, although I do think both trailers show and reveal far too much.

First up is After Earth with Will Smith.

Then Oblivion with Tom Cruise.

I'm not so sure. Remember Brave? The trailer made it look kinda cool, but the actual plot of the movie was completely different, and had nothing to do with the trailer at all.

The thing that scares me the most about that trailer is "From the team that brought you... [Pirates of the Caribbean logo]."  Really? You need to so us a logo now? Are we that stupid as a species and we can't read a title anymore?   

"Life is about movies; anything else is a bonus!"- Me   

Oblivion marks the second film in a row in which Tom Cruise plays a character called Jack. Last time he played a 'Jack' was back in 1985, now he's playing two in a row.

I am so bored.

I am so fucking down for Man of Steel. It looks like Snyder toned his style way down, and I actually love the look of this. Gone is the awful CG artificiality of Watchmen and Sucker Punch, this thing looks super tactile, almost Terrence Malick in spots. Super pumped for this now.

Wait, did Pa Kent just say "maybe you should have let a bus of school children DIE"?

At the end of the trailer, Will Smith should have said...

I like it too, like I say, it caught my attention. It makes sense that he'd worry about Clark in that way

This summer, CANCEL THE APOCALPYSE

Last edited by Doctor Submarine (2012-12-13 00:25:11)

Oh fuck yea.

And the only reason I'm not horribly dejected thinking it will be just another Transformers things blow up movie is Guillermo.

Fingers crossed he can can pull this thing off.

EDIT: ALthough yeah, the Glados rip is a little weird.

Also... why on earth would you need 2 pilots trussed up for a machine that is built with only 2 arms and 2 legs?

Last edited by BigDamnArtist (2012-12-13 00:59:54)