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New/Rented Movies: Have Mercy on Michael Bay's Soul, He Knows Not What He Does

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Handyman said:
Man I can't wait for this:

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Im crazy excited for it too.

I know they are saying its not a direct sequel to Alien but man...the similarities that would make it a direct sequel are there. Heck I'm pretty sure this trailer uses some of the same music/noise from the first Alien trailer.

From what I did read though it sounds like it may be intended as an indirect sequel to Alien if you will....as in the xenomorph in this movie is a precursor to the ones that appear in Alien. I already get this feeling that Charlize Theron's character is an android. It would not suprise me at all. Either way, this movie looks AWESOME. This will definetly be an opening weekend viewing for me.
 
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goldy_331 said:
So is this in the Alien cycle? :confused:
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It is and it isnt. It is a prequel to Alien taking place (I believe) on the planet where the Nostromo landed (LV-426) only many years before. You can see the Space Jockey (the thing the Nostromo Crew find before they find the eggs) in the trailer. Beyond that they have been pretty tight lipped about the details. While being part of the Alien story it is a standalone movie from the sounds of it. The ties to Alien are as much about easter eggs for long time fans like myself as anything else. That is why it even uses the Alien font and reveal when they show the name of the movie.

Truth be told though, Ridley Scott has been abot as vague as possible since he first started working on the script. I know Sigourney Weaver read it and loved it and the fans have been clamoring for it for so long that it is a ridiculously big deal. Since it seems to take place many years before Alien though I am guessing minus a cameo from a true xenomorph at the end and the death of everyone there wont be much tie in overall, although it would be cool if a scene that said something like "100 years later" happened with a shot of Nostromo picking up the distress signal finished it out. :)
 
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"It's just like that song, 'I get knocked down but I get up again'...except in North Dakota...which is the worst place on Earth."
 
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This trailer has a clearer Bane voice AND a break-dancing prisoner? Count me in.
 
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On one site someone watched it frame for frame and said the breakdancer is Catwoman...I dont have the patience to verify such things :D

I wonder if Bruce is going to die...
 
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So 21 Jump Street is absolutely hilarious. Just so many one off jokes that I definitely need to watch it again and laugh my asterisk off one more time.
 
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Handyman said:
On one site someone watched it frame for frame and said the breakdancer is Catwoman...I dont have the patience to verify such things :D

I wonder if Bruce is going to die...
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Why else create a character for JGL?
 
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Dark City:

It's some sort of weird sci-fi/noir hybrid. It's f*ed up. I didn't care for it when it was all said and done. Just too much going on to really hook the viewer, IMO. It's this, no, it's this, but it's kind of this, now we're back to this. Blah.

Interesting story, but again, execution of the story is the key here, and I think they failed.
 
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collegehcky2 said:
Why else create a character for JGL?
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That is definitely the hot rumor out there...especially with how much he is in the trailer.

Thing is though usually you do that if you plan to continue the series but Nolan wont direct another Bat Flick he said. (he will help produce them like he is the new Superman movie) The Nolan-verse doesnt really allow for the addition of any other heroes and I have to believe that WB wants to continue to expand their movie-verse with how much Avengers is about to make. (even if Green Lantern was a disappointment) If there is ever even a shot at a Justice League movie there needs to be a Batman but I dont see a Nolan version of that working.

Who knows, but since Bane's purpose in the comics was to break the Bat I like that it seems in this movie he is going to break the Bat. I wonder if he will figure out who Batman is like he did in the comics...always loved that he was smart enough to do that.

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And remember that Nolan has misdirected us quite a bit in the past with this trilogy (especially in The Dark Knight) with the rumor of a main character getting killed, and then the goose chase with the Commish in that second chapter.

Edit: and remember the rumors of Mr Reese? (Mister Reese/Mysteries/Riddler?)
 
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Nolan has played it perfect...the trailers tell just enough but almost nothing, the actors say nothing and viral campaigns/word of mouth keeps the movie around longer than they have any right to be! I mean Batman Begins had a pretty laid back opening but word of mouth kept it in the top 5 movies every week for months. Then the viral campaign for TDK went on for a year before that movie came out and had people drooling. For all the mistakes WB has made the last few years with movies they revitalized Batman to perfection.

Hopefully Nolan being the head of Man of Steel will bring Superman back from the dead too.
 
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Handyman said:
Nolan has played it perfect...the trailers tell just enough but almost nothing, the actors say nothing and viral campaigns/word of mouth keeps the movie around longer than they have any right to be! I mean Batman Begins had a pretty laid back opening but word of mouth kept it in the top 5 movies every week for months. Then the viral campaign for TDK went on for a year before that movie came out and had people drooling. For all the mistakes WB has made the last few years with movies they revitalized Batman to perfection.

Hopefully Nolan being the head of Man of Steel will bring Superman back from the dead too.
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Agreed. He has let the fans (and fanboys) do all the dirty work. I'm undecided on the new Superman. The last new one was okay, I suppose. It's just hard to replace the Kneel Before Zod days. Those were phenomenal movies (the first 2, anyway).
 
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Brenthoven said:
And remember that Nolan has misdirected us quite a bit in the past with this trilogy (especially in The Dark Knight) with the rumor of a main character getting killed, and then the goose chase with the Commish in that second chapter.

Edit: and remember the rumors of Mr Reese? (Mister Reese/Mysteries/Riddler?)
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I should be over it, but I wish the Riddler was the villain and not Bane. Riddler would've been an excellent follow up to The Joker.
 
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MountieBoyOz said:
I should be over it, but I wish the Riddler was the villain and not Bane. Riddler would've been an excellent follow up to The Joker.
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I would have liked to see how he did that, but as a very casual (comic) fan (I didn't know who Bane was until this all came about), I'm more intrigued by this.
 
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Dark City:

It's some sort of weird sci-fi/noir hybrid. It's f*ed up. I didn't care for it when it was all said and done. Just too much going on to really hook the viewer, IMO. It's this, no, it's this, but it's kind of this, now we're back to this. Blah.

Interesting story, but again, execution of the story is the key here, and I think they failed.
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Eh, I kinda like it. They probably could have executed better, but it's one of the old chestnut premises and this one played it out OK for me. I think it will be ripe for remake in say 10 years.
 
Handyman said:
That is definitely the hot rumor out there...especially with how much he is in the trailer.
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io9 did a shot by shot breakdown of the trailer (talk about the fanboys doing all the work, right?). It was claimed there that some of the shots of Batman actually might have had JGL behind the mask.

As for Bane finding out who Batman is, I think there's a quick shot or two of Bane holding Batman's cowl in the new trailer.
 
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