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In case you missed it, here’s the Super Bowl TV spot for George Lucas’ “Star Wars” re-releases in 3D. It’s hard not to get excited when you hear the music start up and the sound of lightsabers humming. Those are such iconic sounds, especially if you’re a sci-fi movie geek. Of course, then you realize that you’ll have to see that Godawful “The Phantom Menace” first, and the enthusiasm sort of dims somewhat.
I’m always down for discovering a new sci-fi movie that I’ve never heard of before. Here’s one: Wayne Slaten’s “Patriot Act”. The teaser doesn’t really give away too much, but here’s a little helpful synopsis to fill in some of the holes:
Did you missed the TV spots for “Battleship”, “John Carter”, and other sci-fi films during the Super Bowl this Sunday? Hey, I can see that happening. What with the game going on, the running to the bathrooms between punts, the eating your brains out, the getting all bloated from all the eating and sitting on the coach and then having to run to the bathroom. It’s a vicious cycle, to be sure. Thankfully for you, we have those TV spots below.
Easily the best trailer for “John Carter” yet. It doesn’t only have a ton of new footage stuffed into its minute-long running time, but it’s a lot lighter, fluffier, and goofier trailer. Happier and more fun, if you will. That’s what I want in my sci-fi movies about guys transported to strange alien worlds with four-armed dudes carrying swords, and this trailer delivers that. Good stuff.
Yes, it’s a teaser trailer for the trailer that’s coming during the Super Bowl. What the hell? I ain’t got nuthin’ to do and you probably don’t, either, or else you wouldn’t be reading this totally lame and pointless writing that I’m typing right now. Yes, right NOW. So go on, watch the 20-second teaser, you know you want to.
Snore. Here’s the cliche-filled, incredibly uninspiring U.S. trailer for Guy Pearce’s new sci-fi actioner “Lock-Out”. It really, really sucks. It sucks so much, I had to watch the International trailer again just to get the suckness out of my mouth.
Cybermen! Silurians! The Silence! Daleks! Those are just some of the alien menace that Doctor Who and River Song will be facing in the Time Lord’s new game. Here’s your first look at a new trailer for the new “Doctor who” game “The Eternity Clock”, which reveals the foes the good Doctor will be confronted with. Check it out, won’t you?
You gotta love Volkswagen. Their “The Force” trailer from last year, featuring the little Darth Vader walking around trying to use the “Force” to do bad things to various objects (and creatures) in his house was easily one of the best commercials during last year’s Super Bowl. The car company has a new Star Wars-inspired commercial that they plan to run during this year’s Super Bowl, and this one involves dogs barking out the “Imperial March” from the franchise. Awesome, awesome stuff.
Check out the latest image from Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus”, which finds Noomi Rapace skulking about a mysterious alien ship with some mysterious alien types lurking about behind her in the corridor. Those guys are somewhat dark, but they sure look mighty familiar…
In the Luc Besson movie “Lock-Out”, Guy Pearce plays a character name Snow. He is one badass fellow, as this featurette can certainly attest to. Heck, it’s even helpfully titled, “Snow — The Badass Guy”. I mean, you can’t get more on the nose than that, folks. Check it out, won’t you?
Alexandre Aja’s big-budget, live-action version of “Cobra: The Space Pirate” won’t be landing for a while yet (if, that is, it actually makes it), but until then, check out a quickie fan-made teaser trailer from filmmaker Michael Paris. You don’t see much of Cobra himself, but I guess that’s the point.
Talk about on the nose: if you thought the premise of Juan Solanas’ “Upside Down” was a little lacking in subtlety, seeing the trailer really makes that point. In short: the rich people live on top, the poor on the bottom; so that the rich are, literally, looking down at the poor. Heh. Hey, at least the film looks pretty damn good.
You gotta figure that given the Japanese’s love for all things sci-fi, “Battleship” and “John Carter” should do reasonably well in that country. The studio probably realizes that, too, because here are two specially made Japanese trailers for the two upcoming sci-fi films.
“Battlestar Galactica” showrunner Ron Moore’s attempt at blending “NYPD Blue” with “Harry Potter” in a new show called “17th Precinct” didn’t get picked up by NBC, but if it had, this is what you would have seen. Check out the full pilot episode for “17th Precinct”, and sigh at what could have been.
Sheesh. Talk about kicking a dead horse to death. It seems that way with not one, not two, but three “preview trailers” for this 1-minute long teaser trailer for Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus”. Thank God the damn thing actually looks AWESOME. Without further delay, check out the official teaser trailer for Scott’s return to the sci-fi genre below.
