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BEASTLY & THE LAST AIRBENDER footage is out!
Hey folks, Harry here! BEASTLY is apparently some sort of abhorrent atrocity to the story BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - that literally looks like Eye Diarrhea. However, the brief glimpse at THE LAST AIRBENDER has me very excited to see the trailer soon. M. Night neads THE LAST AIRBENDER to reinvent him. He's had a series of critical and financial failures - and this is where he needs to reforge his reputation. And I think a great M Night Shyamalan as a quality director is better, than an M Night that had early triumphs followed by mediocrity.
So it looks like this trailer will be on TRANSFORMERS 2 - and released to the nets this Monday. But for now - you have to tolerate the shit of BEASTLY for a glimpse of what looks like a cool Avatar, The Last Airbender adaptation.
Check it here!
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Jun 21, 2009 12:35:34 AM CDT
So is this the children's cartoon where all the characters get k
by santoanderson
Gosh I hope so.
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"So is this the children's cartoon where all the characters get killed by plant pheromones?"
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I think I swooned a little bit in my pants. AWW Beastly an't got shit on Twilight.
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I'm starting to think you might need some help.
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Huge fan of the series... guess I'll see this one in theaters...
Really does depend on how Slumdog Zuko looks in a clip. -
Or watching Youtube videos of grown ass men playing with Shitformer toys?
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Is it really necessary to post a story because of half a second of a dude in a robe and some candles? Harry, I think you have to re-adjust your trigger level. That's not footage, it's a fart.
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i mean really. who wants to see superman be clark kent for 90% of the film? show some flying already!
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After The Happening, i'll never watch an M. Night movie again, such a waste of time and money
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Surely you're not being *shock* rude, are you?
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Ain't marketing a bitch?
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Jun 21, 2009 1:03:43 AM CDT
come on, Tranny... there's enough impetus for hate
by jackknifed_juggernaut
in this talkback on the strength of Shyamalan and Beastly alone... no need to add Transformers 2 to the mix as well.
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Thhhhhhhhuuuuup.
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Bhap!
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why have standards? just TURN YOUR BRAIN OFF. what, you were expecting Shakespeare?
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Watchmen was the worst movie of the DECADE! Who still watches SNL, ANYWAY? DGDB is HILARIOUS! Sarah Palin's a WHORE!
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Part of me feels he should keep his name out of the marketing period because since this is supposed to be targeted at kids, the parents might be a little apprehensive because M Night is associated with the thriller/scary types of films... It looks pretty cool so far though!
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Dissappointed Night didn't shoot 2:40:1 though... He's working with Andrew Lord of the rings trilogy Lesnie! Try SCOPE Night! The epic story and locations would have better suited a scope format... Oh well...
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He kinda looks like Heath Ledger and he's hanging around an Olsen Twin.
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While they weren't hits, I don't think M Night has made an actual flop yet. They all turned at least a modest profit.
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Jun 21, 2009 2:02:44 AM CDT
I thought Lady in the Water was a definite financial failure?
by d.vader
And The Happening didn't do too hot either I thought?
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More TF TB's!!! Harry, WE DEMAND THEM!!!
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You rejected half-wit punjabi from a slum in bombay...
You are a no-talent one-hit donkey, and I am sick of seeing your pathetic name associated with anything connected to film.
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Hmm. I just went and looked them up. The Happening made $163 million worldwide, Lady in the Water made $72 million.
So, yeah, Lady in the Water probably lost money. I thought it made more than that. On the other hand, I don't think any of Night's movies have had exorbitant budgets, either. -
Wha? Is this hack still making movies? About fucking water?
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I mean, c'mon, dude.
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In J.C. we trust
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starting to think harry spells words wrong on purpose
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Coming between mid July to start of August. Most likely. It's a bit longer to wait, but the film will be unveiled by August.
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You retards there's like one comment so far about actual Avatar.
Go and watch the anime, it's damn good for what it is. The few seconds of footage looked great. The wind effect nice, Ang looked good and the setting/scenery was good.
I reserve hope with M Night on this. I think this would be more similar to Signs and he can pull it off. There's already a story he can't F up.
Oh and you pricks go and learn a thing about the movie coming out. -
If he fucks up such a magnificent piece of material then he should never set foot on a film set again.
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M Night Shyamalan's Last Airbender, by M Night Shymalan, probably starring M Night Shymalan in some badly miscast bit part? No thanks.
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Every one of his films has been completely unique, both to his catalog and to the genre's which they're founded in. When I saw The Village for the first time, it made me furious, because it was such a tease. But in retrospect I realized that what it lacked in scare tactics, it made up for with brilliant cinematography, and unique characters and pacing. As far as I'm concerned every movie he's made is dead on. How can people dismiss the man who made Unbreakable? You all need to get over yourselves.
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Beastly is the kind of moviemaking that deserves to be slandered for its "ego" (Something that every single filmmaker in the world has)
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have never seen the cartoon... but mystical kung fu genre = A+ imo. Hoping for the best despite m nights massive ego and failures.
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if you watched the series those clips gave you fuckin chills of joy. doesnt matter who directed.
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then you have an aids dick.
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Is AICN just going to start pulling viz from Entertainment Tonight? Really?
I worked for ET CANADA and I can't even be bothered to watch their crap.
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... a property he didn't create. Arrogance, times 10. Hope it bombs and his career goes with it.
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Jun 21, 2009 6:06:02 AM CDT
The Last Airbender starring everyone except orientals.
by damien chowder
I've heard orientals aren't even allowed in the same cinema as other races and have to drink from a different tap.
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I'm a fan of M. Night Shayamalanadingdong...(least his good stuff) but I have no interest in seeing that at all.
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I watched through the Avatar: The Last AIrbenders series a few weeks back and seriously don't see wy people are kicking up fuss over non-orientals being cast. I think it's mighty sad when we see an animated character with big eyes and scream for them to be oriental. Very sad indeed. Characters in this show were from all over the world, not just the east guys.
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Rugs are Oriental. Jackasses...
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from Hell. Or perhaps another planet like hell.
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Seriously they don't give a shit about their craft but the glossily wheels on their Rovers and Mercedes...
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this film will either remake him or break him.
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You can say they ain't asian or whatever, but they ain't white either.
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why the hell is it called M.Night Shayamalan's the last airbender? He did nt create it for fucks sake. Im fine with a name being attached if that person created the property, but come on that just smacks of ego imho...
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The cartoon had a good layered storyline going on. Better not fuck that up with some cheap mediocre bullshit script! We'll see how it looks monday
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journalism?
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"What about My Neads?!"
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So this is what Twilight spawned. GOD HELP US ALL.
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Guarantees at least a rental.
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So, who was the creator? Would it get bums on seats if it was his name first? I think you'll find the answer is NO. it's a product guys, and the marketing is trying to use the recognisable name of Shyamalan. Love him or hate him, people WILL see his films.
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Jun 21, 2009 9:53:54 AM CDT
I actually think that M Night will do okay with this
by my friends call me killjoy
Visually, he's a strong director, and it's not an original story that he can screw up with a twist ending.
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I don't care that they're calling it Shyamalan's "Last Airbender," since it makes it all the clearer that this has almost no resemblance to the original series.
And big eyes do not a white kid make. When your cartoon character's dressed up like a Tibetan monk with a shaved head and lives in a damn temple, that's not a white kid. -
It takes years and years of practice, but finally M. Night has surpassed the holy threshold of utter ass. Yeah, more like hate him...his name guarantees ridicule and a deserved shit-storm. No amount of planting can off-set that stench.
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I used to think that M Night was an original voice and that his potential was boundless... Until I realized it was ctually his ego which was boundless... This guy deserves every all the shit he gets and more.
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Geez... I think I was on glue... let me say it correctly... I used to think that M Night was an original voice and that his potential was boundless... Until I realized it was ACTUALLY his ego which was boundless... This guy deserves all the shit he gets and more.
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You are correct, sir! This might have been good time for him to step back from the "M. Night's this and M. Night's that" ad campaign. He should just direct a good movie and check his ego at the door.
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Proofreading FTW
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Even thought "The Happening" was ATROCIOUS, Shyamalan brought us three really good movies, and one that was passable.
Sixth Sense had all of us excited when it came out. It was a great film. Unbreakable was even better, and Signs, tho weaker and sometimes a bit sill, was solid as well. (Tell me you didn't jump when the alien came out during the birthday party, if not you're either dead or lying.)
The Village was still good, and if it had come out under another director as the same product,would have been praised as a nice little low-budget film. Yes, it would have been better as an episode of an anthology horror series (and I think it actually was...), but it wasn't horrible by any means.
Lady in the Water was better than any of you fucks give it credit for. A fun little modern day fairy tale, it make me smile every time I watch it, even now.
The Happening was shit. I know, you know. But with everything else the guy has done, I'm pretty sure he doesn't deserve the over the top (and sometimes racist, wtf is up with that?) flogging he gets here regularly. -
Some of the guys on this TB need to get over themselves. Let the movie come out before you start trashing Night.
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His mistakes (and he has had REALLY BAD mistakes) are far more interesting than many smash hits. And airbender might mitigate his worst traits, because it has a pre-existing story and characters, and is also very different than anything he's done before.
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to use the word "literally." As usual.
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WWW.RACEBENDING.COM
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Homeboy's name is Manoj, a perfectly good name. The sooner he accepts this, the better it will be for all of us.
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lmao...it'll bomb just like streetfighter and dragon ball
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"And I think a great M Night Shyamalan as a quality director is better, than an M Night that had early triumphs followed by mediocrity."
Not only starting a sentence with and, but that is one of the most inane sentences I have ever read. News flash, someone thinks a director who makes good movies is better than one who makes crap ones. Do you also think that having two legs is better than having to chainsaw one off? Is eating chocolate ice cream better than a shit sandwich? Please, share your insight, the world is dying to know. -
LADY and HAPPENING were cinematic abortions. The latter was almost his attempt to see how bad he can make a movie (pretty bad). It was absent an iota of cinematic competence. What can you say for a movie where people try to outrun...wind. Sadly, I think this is probably closer to what he's like as a director than his early stuff.
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Nicely done. Hilarious.
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Yeah, that's right. Suck on it.
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He really helped me out that time I called Dell tech support.
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Arrrraaaggahhh fucking release the damn trailer already you fucking cocksman son of a bithc, I need AVATAR already fuk u Cameron, why Bogart the fucking trailer like a filthy fucking prostitute????
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Go fuck yourself!
The racial abuse from some of these Talk-backers is incredible! Easy to shout abuse anonymously on the web! -
And the rest of the Shyamalan supporters (and, although I hate to use the word in this case, apologists) Lady In The Water is a gorgeous adult/children's movie, and if it had been made by somebody else (Let's say Guillermo Del Toro) people would be jerking off on the prints. People have decided they hate anyone who ever shakes hands with Shyamalan, and so now there is no saving him from the piranha mob mentality. I swear to god I will never let you people forget the time you started bashing Stan Lee because he wanted to make a kid's movie for Disney.
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i think it is fine to defend the man's work... remembering that it is subjective... What is not however is the man's out of control ego. If you have ever seen an interview or talked to any who have worked with the man you will realize that he is unadulterated pure and simple arrrogance... Capital E... Ego run amok. Considering that so much of his work is decidedly substandard then factoring in the immense conceit... This is why he gets RIPPED.
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Only fans of the TV show will see it, and that's really not very many. It won't add anything new to the series, cause it's all the 100 or so episodes packed into one.
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M. Night would really do well to go back and study Hitchcock and Serling. One 30 minute episode of the Twilight Zone had more character development and insight into human nature than the typical Shyamalan flick. He's does the surface but not the depth.
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On the subject of ego, it may well be that M. Night is a complete asshole, but so was Orson Welles, and Hemingway. I'm not comparing the quality of the three, but the arts are no stranger to ego, and I don't see how it really relates back to a body of work. Putting your name at the beginning of one of your films is not a new concept. Beethoven's Fifth was written by a fuckin' asshole, but it still sounds good, even if it was based on the popular NBC series "The Fifth" of the era.
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It was fantastic sci-fi fare.
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looks like a terrible bad copy of Twilight....just like push is of jumper
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How fucking bad does this look, Twilight was terrible.
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An avatar is a representation of a higher power. It is explicitly explained in the cartoon that aang is nature's avatar. When he is in the "avatar state", is is literally posessed by all the forces of nature that seek retribution for the planet's unbalanced state. He is an Avatar, the title is correct, call the fucking movie as the show is call, Avatar, the Last Airbender. Fuck James Cameron and his overhyped, guaranteed to suck movie.
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and his soon to be shitty ass movie.
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sixth sense=good unbreakable=awesome signs=good the village=shitty the lady in the water=good the happening=boring
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That's an idiotic statement.
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You're a politically correct douche. There's no "racial abuse" going on. Get laid and lighten up.
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if del toro had made lady in the water people would be jerking it on the prints.
yes they would because it would have actually been a good movie and m night wouldn't have been in a starring role.
people dont hate it because its an awesome movie that happens to be directed by shymalan, they hate it because its a shitty movie that happens to be directed by shymalan. del toro is far better at the "adult fairytale" genre. lady in the water can't touch pan's or devils backbone.
i was with m night up to lady in the water. i even like the village, but lady and the happening were so fucking retarded that i could barely watch them. also if you want to see how big of a jackass he is watch "the buried secret of M Night Shymalan". its hilarious that he would make a fake documentary about his "mysterious" origins. -
Only Lady in the Water lost money. Everything else made money. So shut up and get your facts straight.
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i care if the movies are good, and i would say that he is on a definite decline.
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That's what they said about his last 3 movies. And each time, he gave the world a stinking turd.
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Jun 21, 2009 7:36:26 PM CDT
BUT WILL IT HAVE PEOPLE STARING BLANKLY AT THE CAMERA?
by ayatollahsexyback
You bet your arse it will.
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Is that Vanessa Hudgens?
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Yes, I'm sure it was quite idiotic when people predicted episode 1 would suck too. Those people were fools...oh wait.
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but the name change makes sense as Avatar was first written in 1995, many years before the last airbender was even a twinkle in its creators's eyes. Thus Cameron has long since had first dibs on that name as it were. And if you have read the old scriptment or actually know anything about it, you would know exactly why its called Avatar. Also not sure how you know its gauranteed to do anything, Neither you nor I can predict anything concerning either its quality or its success, unless you have a time machine you re not telling us about....
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What's wrong with starring in your own movie? Again I'm going to point to Orson Welles, and countless other filmmakers who have put themselves in starring roles. His performance in Lady In The Water was as believable as anyone's, I actually thought he did a great job. I didn't make the Del Toro comment to compare the quality of Lady with Pan's, they're not really anything alike, although Hellboy 2 was definitely far worse and more vaudevillian than anything M. Night has done (The first one was alright, but also pretty lame in comparison with the comics).
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is gauranteed to suck too, right? Afterall have you seen M.Night's last two movies?...
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The bottom line here is that this movie illustrates how viciously racist Hollywood is. Aang Ain't White. He's Asian. There's a kid named Boo Boo Stewart who's Asian who practically IS Aang, but did Hollywood cast him? No - they cast Noah Ringer - who might be a nice kid and all - but he's not Aang. "What do you mean ... you Avatars?" "What do YOU mean, you Avatars?!" This movie angers me and it should anger anyone - of any race - because of the horrible way Hollywood has whitewashed this Asian mythology into yet another Americanized piece of filth designed to make white America happy and help them forget all those horrible red, brown and yellow people.
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episode 1 have to do with anything here dude? Cameron and Lucas could nt be more different in every way if they tried. Do you actually know much about either?....
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You, not nearly that often.
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...is that they decided to go with that cash cow Vanessa Anne Hudgens instead of a girl who fit the character of Linda. Because Linda is an Irish redhead, not a Latina. Why didn't they get that girl from "The Secret Life of the American Teenager"? Is this because Vanessa wanted to be in "New Moon"? Anyway...
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He is a fantasy character in a cartoon that features blue eyed quasi-eskimos and flying bison. Are you as pissed that Zuko is Indian rather than Japanese? Or is it only white people that are unacceptable in this fantasy world?
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I was expecting "Adrian" (What Kyle calls himself after being turned into a monster) to look more like Cocteau's lion-looking version. That's also how the author imagined him, too. (And glad Kendra's a beautiful blonde goth girl instead of the overweight one she was in the book. I am so tired of that stereotype...)
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Pussies, that's who!
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And the kid wakes up as a japanese.
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Deucalion from Dean Koontz's "Franksenstein". So does this mean the scene where he accidentally mauls that girl at the Halloween dance will be cut out? DAMMIT!!!!
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i just wrote a longer post but lost my connection so i will paraphrase. m night makes things look pretty but sucks with actors and dialog. hopefully due to the nature of this movie (big special effects movie that he didn't write) he wont fuck himself over like he has in his last couple of movies.
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What a asshole! This guy makes ORIGINAL MOVIES and takes chances-BIG chances. Sometimes he hits, and sometimes he misses. HOW DARE HE NOT HIT THE MARK EVERY TIME! I dont get this with Bay, or Sommers, or any other re-make coming out. I dont want ANY surprises-they hurt my brain. I need fast-food type movies written and directed for 3rd graders. You can say what you like about M.Night, but he's EXACTLY what this film industry needs more of-people not afraid to have the Courage of their Convictions, to have faith in their vision and to take chances, something NOBODY takes anymore.
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That will be all, folks.
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Jun 22, 2009 12:09:31 AM CDT
PLEASE DON'T PROMOTE M. NIGHT'S NAME IN THE AD CAMPAIGN!
by copontheedge
THE HAPPENING would have had a decent opening if it was marketed as "a Mark Wahlberg disaster movie," as opposed to the WELL WORN AND IDIOTIC "He gave you the sense. He showed you the signs" b.s. M. Night's name was Mudd, so they base the entire campaign around...his name? Not saying The Happening wasn't an awful movie (it was) but here they need to do like they did with Woody Allen on Match Point -- put his name only in the credits at the end where only the intelligent people who care will find it. Let the FILM find its audience. Then, and only then, can M. Night overcome all the burned bridges and score his redemption in the eyes of the public and critics. I'm out.
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im telling you its gold.
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but Beastly looks awful. Riiiiiiiiight.
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I thought you were being prematurely harsh regarding Beastly. OH MY GOD! I actually ran away from my computer with a little mini puke in my mouth to boot. Wow! I don't often prejudge film, in fact I often rail against pre judging but OH MY GOD MAGNUM! Disclaimer: I'm happy for the actors getting work. It's not their fault *sigh*
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more directors to take chances, put their balls on the line and try original things. Thank God for Cameron, Nolan, Jackson etc...
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with his ego worries me, but at least he is doing his own thing...
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Mary Kate Olsen looks more like a treasure troll than ever before. Goodness.
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You, sir, are bang on the money. As far as I'm concerned, his name is now toxic
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It may look like a steaming pile of horse manure from this clip, BUT it is directed by Daniel Barnz, who was also responsible for the quirky and - in my opinion - rather brilliant little film Phoebe in Wonderland. Please go see it when you get the chance.
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Jun 22, 2009 7:55:41 AM CDT
is it gonna have a twist? the most surprising twist would be
by michael_bay_rox
the movie not sucking.
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... how you guys provide more and more proof that Hollywood's racism is working, especially when my remarks about "Asians" are met with "That guy's 'a Japanese!'" Nice. Forget Chinese, Inuit, etc. Asian = A Japanese, awesome!
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Jun 22, 2009 9:48:00 AM CDT
THE ACTUAL *CREATORS* OF LAST AIRBENDER SAID AANG IS ASIAN
by ayatollahsexyback
M. Night is a right git for fucking around with the races. I'm boycotting the curry.
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That is all.
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For Christ sake.
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What the fuck ever, BSB. His first 4 films are some of the best ever made. His last two were less enjoyable but I still like them. The Happening was jus tanother example of Wahlberg trying to ruin every film he is in. Stick with Donnie, Night!
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You're apparently one of those people ("THOSE PEOPLE! *GASP*") that goes looking for a reason to get offended over anything. Yes, Zuko looks Japanese, the whole Fire Nation is obviously Japanese influenced, why is it offensive to point that out? You never answered my question, either... is it only offensive to recast roles as white people? Hollywood routinely offends ALL people by pandering to lowest common denominator stereotypes, so why should Asians get special treatment? Are you just this Boo Boo kid's agent? The only problem I have with the casting of Aang is that he's not nearly skinny enough. OMG! I'm a size-ist now, too! The horror... -
I don't get you!!!!!
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The fact that I don't pander to everyone on AICN by hating things everyone else wants to?
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misfires. His backing of Airbender is really surprising to me. It's a far cry from his Serling-esque films.
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"Lady In The Water" and "The Happening" may not have lived up to his previous films narrative but the direction was still ridiculously good.
I think he's only grown as a director over the years and him taking a step back from the writing and focusing on the visuals is definitely a good choice in my opinion.
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To be a one-hit wonder. I need more M. Nyght twists like I need a Fight Club 2: The Revenge of Tyler Durden.
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http://tinyurl.com/klyo6z
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Harry, "need" is a FOUR LETTER WORD. That kind of spelling is far worse than anything ET does to trailers.
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Anyone got a plunjer?
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Spell check dude....damn.
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Interesting read; thanks for that.
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