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Word on the Testing of the MEN IN BLACK 2 Trailer...
Hey folks, Harry here... And looks like Sony is probably readying the trailer for MEN IN BLACK 2, I imagine for attachment on ALI. There's probably a couple of different takes on the trailer and they're testing them to see how people react to them... of course wanting 100% "I WANNA SEE THAT NOW!" reaction... Unfortunately this trailer didn't get that reaction from at least our friend TracT...
I was taken in by a focus group at the mall Friday and I watched the Men In Black 2 trailer. I wasn't sure if it has been reported on yet and or has made its way to the Internet. But if it hasn't I would love to give a summary of it for you.
The trailer starts off like this. The narrator talks about a secret organization and a picture of the US Post office symbol is flashed. Somewhere in the midwest, possibly Arizona Tommy Lee Jones is in a post office declaring that the package he is holding behind the desk is in direct violation of some crazy postal law not involving anthrax. Think of this speech reminescent of the one he gives the alien in the desert in the beginning of the previous film.
Will Smith walks in and tells him to come with him. They re-enter the MIB headquarters and there is basically a role-reversal from the first movie. Now Will Smith is leading Tommy Lee Jones who is confused as all hell around. A few familiar faces wave hello including the coffee alien guys who look like they have jawndus repeat hello and one of them says "Hey I thought you were dead K."
Now the two enter the "De-neuralizer". It's a rather large white room and suddenly a chair pops up out of the ground that looks like it was ripped off from a Total Recall yard sale. Tommy Lee Jones then asks what the chair in the middle of the room is insinuating that the room itself was the deneuralizer rather than the Total Recall chair.
I forget the rest but basically Will Smith is on a subway car and asks for everyone to get up because there is a big bug and then half the subway car is ripped in half and a horrible looking cgi bug mouth takes up the entire tunnel.
NO SIGN OF KNOXVILLE or any aliens...this trailer sucked, I truly hope this is not a taste of things to come. The first movie was somewhat clever this will probably be cliche shit produced from the propaganda machine which is Hollywood sequels.
If I don't receive a response from you I'll just assume that I was mistaken and the trailer has been reviewed. Thank you very much for your time and I hope you continue to put together a great site.
TracT
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Sugar! In water!
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MiB was damn near perfect, especially the chemistry between Smith and Jones. Surely they can't mess that up in a sequwl...can they?
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Pretty pathetic if you ask me. How difficult can it be to cut a decent trailer if the movie is any good? No need to test it, unless the movie isn't actually that good and you still want to ensure a whopping weekend box office return. BTW where is Patrick Warburton in all of this? I had some expectations for his role, but apparently it wasn't good enough to make the trailer.
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I've seen several trailer tests myself. They put some vr goggle things on you and show you the trailer, then they ask you a bunch of questions.
I don't remember any of the trailers i've viewed - none of them were for movies i'd want to go see. But i did have a brief conversation about Current 93 with a cute test-trailer worker girl once.
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never mind johnny, i'd kill to see pontius in a film like this!
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that totally spoiled the film, although it lured enough people in to see the damn thing. This always happens with comedies:best bits are in the trailer. Maybe they're trying something different.
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Uh, I'm probably going to get flamed for this, but does anybody else out there think that the cartoon series was better than the movie?
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Arizona?!? In the Midwest?!? Boy, ILM and Rick Baker can work wonders...
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I didn't think so, judging by your use of the word...
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The trailer he describes sounded really cool then her finished the review by saying it sucked. WHAT? I don't get it,
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man, this film frightens me... will it suck? theyve made so many stupid mistakes! (Down with that awful mercedes!!)
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Nov 26, 2001 12:45:58 PM CST
The First MIB Just Didn't Do Anything For Me, And The Cartoo
by the founder
I will see MIB2, but my biggest complaint is that Famke had to to be replaced. I like Boyle, but she isn't sexy to me, but she'll be a convincing villian though.
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...but i read there's a cameo by michael jackson. think i saw it on imdb. anyone...?
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For the couple of people who are surprised at this practice. Like someone else said, yeah, they do it all the time. A buddy of mine and myself were approached to look at the trailer for Beverly Hills Cop 3 way back then. I think it was at a mall. We watched it on a little tv they had set up and then they asked us a few questions. We told them that we thought it looked cliche and not very interesting and then we went on our way. But anyway, I loved the first MIB and I hope they haven't screwed up the sequel, but it's still way too early to tell.
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Just had to say that. Anyway...MIB was a funny, comic movie that was aimed primarily at those who do not take Men In Black seriously. Have you ever seen a Man in Black? If you have, you are lucky. I wish they would've made the movies darker, but we already have enough darkness now with X-Files. I wanna see a movie about those spooky men in black that come to your house, knock on your door, and ask "Hello, have you seen any UFOs lately? If you have, I suggest you forget it and give us any evidence you may have otherwise you will face the deadly consequences." Usually, groups of 3 MIBs come to your door and only one of them speaks. If you don't follow their orders, they will get Alex Trebeck and Jesse Ventura to come over in their snazzy black Lincoln to knock you out. LOL...I loved that X-File episode! Oh, I would've rather had Linda Fiorentina or that Bond chic as an agent...not that waif of a toothpick.
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That would be the 2nd greatest man that ever lived second to Michael Mann; a man by the name of Johnny Knoxville.
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And yes, to whoever asked, Michael Jackson is already confirmed to have a cameo (which, of course, means it won`t be as funny in the movie since they`ve already let everyone friggin` know about it).
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So let's see.. There's "the coffee alien guys who look like they have jawndus" and a "horrible looking cgi bug mouth" but there's no sign of aliens.. Uh-huh..
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It's funnier, more creative and more action-packed. And K sounding like Cornfed makes me laugh. Maybe TLJ will consider playing Cornfed in the live action Duckman, with Will Smith playing that wisecrackin' mofo, Duckman (screw Jason Alexander -- he'll have the "Bob Patterson Goes to Paris" TV movie on his plate by then)! Hip hop wackiness ensues. Throw in a hit rap single from Willie, like "Do the Duckman," and we're just one step closer to Hell, folks. Enjoy the brimstone.
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I hate her sooooooooooo much! She's like Anne Heche and Gwyneth Paltrow rolled into one horrible, stringy thing. God, I don't know if I want to see the movie now. Of all the women in Hollywood to choose from and they pick her? I was all set to see Famke in this! She is so fine, and an above decent actress. Maybe I can start off by warming up to a pencil then work my way up to not quite despising Boyle by the time the movie comes out. Word to all actresses in Hollywood: DON'T BE AFRAID TO EAT! GAIN SOME DAMN WEIGHT!
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I hate her sooooooooooo much! She's like Anne Heche and Gwyneth Paltrow rolled into one horrible, stringy thing. God, I don't know if I want to see the movie now. Of all the women in Hollywood to choose from and they pick her? I was all set to see Famke in this! She is so fine, and an above decent actress. Maybe I can start off by warming up to a pencil then work my way up to not quite despising Boyle by the time the movie comes out. Word to all actresses in Hollywood: DON'T BE AFRAID TO EAT! GAIN SOME DAMN WEIGHT!
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I hate her sooooooooooo much! She's like Anne Heche and Gwyneth Paltrow rolled into one horrible, stringy thing. God, I don't know if I want to see the movie now. Of all the women in Hollywood to choose from and they pick her? I was all set to see Famke in this! She is so fine, and an above decent actress. Maybe I can start off by warming up to a pencil then work my way up to not quite despising Boyle by the time the movie comes out. Word to all actresses in Hollywood: DON'T BE AFRAID TO EAT! GAIN SOME DAMN WEIGHT!
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You guys MUST have known that there was trouble brewing from the get-go. Have there been ANY positive reports for the set? EVER? This flick is gonna tank (Almost as much as I'd HOPE LOTR tanks just to shut up the fanboys)
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I couldn't give a shit one way or another about MIB2, but I loved your hack-and-slash on Lara Flynn Boyle. That's the only thing that fucks up the Buffy on F/X experience -- seeing those goddamn ads for "The Practice" with Boyle's corpse-like visage trying to make with the sexy.
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Hey Hollywood...here's an idea: instead of making what will undoubtedly be a shitty 2nd movie, and testing people's reactions to the trailer...how about testing whether or not it should even be made? Anyone else think they should have left this one alone?
Oh, and I personally would have liked to have seen the return of the lesser-known actress who played the morgue attendant in MIB 1 over any of the female leades that flirted with starring in this film. She had some acting chops, and played well off of Will Smith. Laura Flynn Boyle is a skinny, alien-looking dyke -
Wanted to like the first one,didn't do anything for me,and that was before Smith started annoying me.Yes,I will grudgingly admit he's got acting skills.But Johnny Knoxville?The guy from Jackass?What is the appeal?Remember decades ago,when people actually had a SKILL to entertain you with?The show was amusing sometimes,but why all the hype?
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I used to manage one of those booths in the mall that tested trailers. (None of my employees were cool enough to discuss Current 93, though)
You'd be suprised how much work goes into trailers, and how crappy some versions of trailers are, and how long they get worked on. The Reindeer Games trailer took about 6 months to finish up, and it still sucked. Shaft was almost as bad. They weren't all bad though. I still have the Spy Kids and Royal Tennenbaums trailers at home. -
Absolutely the only reason to see MIB2 is Tommy Lee Jones! Why? Cos he showed brilliant comedic timing and talent in the first one... him and Will smith made a very funny, entertaining team. Need anymore reasons? The SFX are cool! Most important reason? Tommy Lee Jones is GORGEOUS!!!!! Nuff said!
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I had ZERO desire to see MIB2 until Lara was cast, and I love Famke Janssen. So LFB could use a few burgers, NO SHITE! Get over it. She is an excellent actress and is one of those rare actresses who oozes sex appeal thru her attitude. She's also got a great undeveloped knack for comedy and can't nobody play nasty like her.
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