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New CLASH OF THE TITANS trailer unleashes the Kraken!!!
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Hey folks, Harry here with the new trailer for CLASH OF THE TITANS - that first lightning bolt is Zeus striking & cursing a certain character btw. This is a pretty tremendous trailer - and CLASH OF THE TITANS is a film that I feel very confident in. Having been on set and having talked to Louis - he is beyond jazzed to be making this film - and when you look at the results - it is looking pretty damn good thus far. Curious choice of music for their trailers - really hoping that isn't the angle they're pursuing.
Here ya go: Release The Kraken upon your computer!!!
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Dec 16, 2009 7:47:11 PM CST
Good to see they dropped the "Titans Will Clash" tagline.
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...and "Damn The Gods" is totally awesome.
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all of a sudden...
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finally movies are starting to look good again.
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Look at all the generic fucking special effects that we've seen a hundred fucking times before.
You see Worthington with your crack at Harryhausen, the thing is that he made movies because he loved them.
For all their faults he didn't just make by the numbers, one amongst a sea of mediocrity bollocks. And tell me, if "we're not in Harryhausen territory here" how come so much of the design work is nicked from the original?
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for this kind of a movie.
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Game-changing mind-blowing jaw-dropping will change movies forever epic masterpiece awesome this generations Star Wars like dreaming with your eyes open the greatest movie of all time
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yup...Kraken is definitely badass
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While Liam looks all kinds of awesome as Zeus, that soundtrack and all else pushes me towards renting this rather than seeing it in the movies.
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great sound on that roar...definitely shows the scale of that fucker
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'Damn the Gods', while fitting, is the most awkward sounding tagline ever.
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Lawrence Olivier sounded better saying this line. I will go and see this as I lve the direction that they've taken it to
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...for the full body shot of Medusa. Whoa, work on that guys. Brings back bad memories of the Scorpion King in all of it's CG "glory".
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But Harry's right - here's hoping the use an actual score in the film and not the latest hits by Disturbed or Slipknot or Rammstein or whatever.
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It's ballsy. At least it's not generic like "In a World Where the Gods Rule, One Man Must blah blah blah".
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by a few days fellas. Having said that, I really love that they felt confident enough to show the Kraken, which I'm assuming is a really high point of the original with alot of people. I was initially hesitant, but, seeing that it looks pretty kick ass, and they creating a new story, I'm on board. The original was fun, but, as far as following the mythology, it was way off base on alot of things. Looking forward to this one.
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does anyone get a GDT vibe with the creature design? Pale man-esque eyeballs in the hands as well as the look of The Kraken?
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Flaming gay
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And that was so 2004...
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He hasn't done anything good. They don't even advertise his presence in any way. Strange.
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Da big boy Kraken made me think, SHIT, that unglier $%^&* got an ANUS for a mouth, with TEETH...
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Motherfucker uglier than summertime in Mississippi...
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Not sure if the soundtrack they have jives with the movie. . .worried about it. . .trying to maintain composure. . .
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It's even better than the Iron Man 2 trailer! Release the Kraken!!!
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Are we stuck with those kind of monster teeth forever now? I was in love with the trailer until I saw those teefs. But I'll get over that. He probably won't smile that much. I think this trailer is actually better than the Iron Man 2 trailer. But they're both great. 2010 looks to be kickin' ass. Let's hope so.
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it really took me out of that trailer
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Dman, guess I have to install QuickLime
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Dec 16, 2009 8:12:53 PM CST
this is looking more and more like a TBS viewing over at
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my pal's house.
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Dec 16, 2009 8:16:39 PM CST
oh well... 2 sick trailers out of 3 today ain't bad.
by antilife_equation
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That's the Stygian (spelling?) witches. They were in the first one. They can only see with that one eye that they have to take turns using. Not really so GDT-like.
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Movie looks badass, great way to kick off the spring.
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Talking bout the guy w/ the half burnt looking face in the forest.
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Complete awesomeness, other than the music. And that music really must go. But the rest, complete awesomeness. The look of the film and the effects are much more classic than I was expecting. Almost Harryhausen in a couple places. I'm guessing that was intentional, but even if it was accidental, good job! I lllllike it!
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I mean, "the kraken."
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Liam Neeson, Pete Postlethwaite, Ralph Fiennes, amongst others, to play alongside Sammy boy - who really only annoys me because he's completely nondescript average. I don't ever recognize him as being himself.
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really captures how I feel before my first coffee in the morning...or hearing that Roland Emmerich will continue to make movies.
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Dec 16, 2009 8:25:04 PM CST
this looks good enough, ill enjoy it
by beyondthunderdome2girls1cupbillcosby
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apart from that hideous predictable metal/soundtrack music
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apart from that hideous predictable metal/soundtrack music
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After being skeptical, the trailer sold me 100%. Until I realized the Trans-Siberian Orchestra was doing the music. Barf. Hopefully the next trailer is better.
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you know full well you stole that gag from me in the other thread.
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still looks cool though.
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Looks like they have actual weight.
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Am I the only one who gets a "Flash Gordon" vibe from the music? I actually wouldn't mind if the whole movie was scored that way.
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but that movie looks like fun. They seem to have realized that CGI isn't going to work in this unless it's treated like a Harryhausenesque effect--we have to be thrilled when we see the monster, not bored. I kind of liked the scorpion coming over the hill...I think I really want to see this movie, I hope any bad or pointless CGI doesn't fuck it up.
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where I called AICN posting this days later... self-fulfilling prophecy man.
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has a mullet.He should turn down his armor next time that way it won't be as noticeable.
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esp with the scale of the Kraken...that could be a good movie as well, so long as they have it R rated...
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that it was going to be a thin, story-less '300' knock off but the trailer has me a little excited.
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God it's such HORSESHIT! You can't save it, you can't watch it fullscreen. I paused it for a few minutes to let it finish downloading then when I went to watch it.....NO VIDEO! I used to be a MacHead but my feeling over the last few years is FUCK APPLE!
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The first trailer I saw before Avatar last night was crap.
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something is definitely wrong with your computer because I've watched this fullscreen on 2 different computers now.
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The rock music is silly though, especially how the scorpion stings to the beat, wtf? Medusa looks too CG. All the dark lighting and creepiness of Harryhausen's medusa is no where to be found.
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The few add ins really make the trailer work a lot better. I love it. Is this going on IMAX?
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And guess who's directing.
Go on, guess.
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It was in his closet. No to be serious. I like the look of his armor. It does have that Excalibur feel.
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Please don't let the next words outta your mouth be Uwe Boll...
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And I've gone back and re-watched the trailer two more times to try and figure it out. Looks no better or worse than the effects in the rest of the trailer. *shrug*
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I like big metal music to my Greek Mythology flicks. Iron Maiden should score this whole film.
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Not Uwe Boll.
BRETT FUCKING RATNER.
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dude...you just ruined my night...Ratner?! Geez, Ratner= Hollywood creative bankruptcy + risk management...
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just puked in my mouth...a little
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Don't worry man, he'll probably watch this film a dozen times before making it so if you like Clash, chances are you'll only be moderate-to-highly disappointed by the Rat's GoW.
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The Kraken looks more like a mash between The Abomination and the Cloverfield monster.
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Just to make sure everything's ok. I thought I saw jettl93 hand off something to Lockesbrokenleg, but I was mistaken.
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That was way cooler than I was expecting it to be! I think it's actually better than the Iron Man 2 trailer. The Medusa in that one shot does look awkwardly jerky though.But, everything else looked badass.
Anyways, I've always been a Greek mythology junkie, so I'm totally looking forward to this. I don't get why more films aren't made from Greek myths (and I guess this one only...kind of counts as it's a sort-of remake). Oh well...maybe if it does well, someone, someday, might make a big budget Odyssey movie. But who would play Odysseus? -
When I say you can't watch it fullscreen, I mean you can't black out everything except the video. Unless there's some way to do that that is obscured, you can only match the width to your screen with all the other shit on your desktop around the frame. fucking STUPID! Quicktime didn't used to be that way. You used to be able to do everything with Quicktime, including editing. Then Apple decided to start charging for "pro" or whatever the fuck it is. That was around OS8. Since then QT has been SHIT! It's glitchy, it's very limited, not to mention COMPLETELY incompartible with, oh, EVERYTHING! Thank you Apple for having digital camcorders that record in .mov which cannot be played back on BD players. Smooth thinking. Almost as good as not supporting BD at all! Keep going with those ridiculous hipster outlet stores. I'll stick with my HP that can beat the shit out of any Mac out there and cost $1,000.00. I say again, FUCK APPLE!
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Strange. lol
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Freaking awesome! Some fantastic CGI and with amazing thrill-ride angles. Yeah the Kraken's face is kinda mongoloid ain't it? Looks like a pissed off turtle. Other than that everyhting is great. Even getting used to Perseus with short hair.
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The cast is phenomenal, even with Worthington, whom I believe could have potential, I just think he's been thrown in too early so to speak-he needs to develop himself a little more before he should be in films of this scale...but he has shown flashes of potential...overall, with the rest of the cast to fill it out, this looks like a great escapist night at the multiplex.
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thanks...still, a middling film isn't what I was hoping for...
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I don't think I have an opinion yet on the creature's appearance except I notice they went with what looks like a more attractive face shape (evil and stern?) than the Ray Harryhausen version. Maybe it's the nose?I notice there was a pinball machine named "Mythology" with game art that looks taken from the original movie. http://tinyurl.com/ydjo9fy
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It's too fake CG looking..
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DAMN! THE! GODS!OWN! YOUR! FACE!FUCK! THIS! SHIT!WE! NEED! ZEUS!HELP! US! PLEASE!SAM! THE! MAN!CAN! NOT! ACT!
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Very impressive. The sfx look fantastic. Everything just looks amazing and intense. I am suddenly more excited to see this than Iron Man but I am sure we'll be blown away by the next Iron Man 2 trailer.
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Dec 16, 2009 9:34:19 PM CST
Trailer should've ended with "Release the Kraken"
by shut the fuck up donny
...and then save the reveal for the film. But I guess mystery doesn't put asses in seats...
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otherwise this looks way great
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Looks like some fuuuuun shit.
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This one looks like a mix between the star trek green girl and a ton of green snakes that we've seen before in Hercules with Kevin Sorbo.. What made medusa scary in the first movie was the "Alien" factor where we didn't know what she looked like, nobody did because if you did you'd be dead.. And the scene was in the dark, very silent with hissing.. This looks stupid in that we see her and she looks like a video game CGI pretty face model in green makeup...I don't know, the Kracken looked alright but having a black horsed pegasus seems odd as well. I will always like the original better, but I hope this is at least more entertaining than the last two Pirates films.
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I'm so tired of the "DAMN THE GODS!" mentality we get from hollywood. Cant get a crusades film where someone is a devout Christian, can't get a mythology film where someone believed or doesn't want to kill their own gods. Wake me up when someone makes a halfway believable film. Until then, I'll go back to watching Rambo and Deathwish films every other weekend, as no one can obviously make a fantasy or historical fiction film lately I can stand. Well there's still Gladiator, but that's around 10 years old. Fuck you, Hollywood with the same old anti-hero character ciphers! That said, I think the best Hades/Pluto is in Hercules in New York. He's a sleazy businessman sort and makes the film for me. This one looks like a wannabe member of a Death Metal band who fails because it's Ralph Fiennes. I prefer his brother Joseph.
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For the trailer, anyway. Clash of the Titans is a fun movie, but not one in which I think a lush, majestic score is needed for the TRAILER.
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That was all kinds of badass. 2010 is shaping to be fucking amazing. Iron Man 2, Alice In Wonderland, and this just kicks fucking ass man.
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doesn't belong in fantasy and historical epics. I'm looking at you, Titans and Robin Hood. Shame on you!
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Never liked it. This one seems more... monstrous.
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OrionsAngels, its extremely common for trailer editors to match the beat of the music with action beats. Have you never noticed this before?
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s'alright. I don't think it needs to be wailing women just because there are dudes in sandals, or that this indicates they have sold out. The music fit the mood and beats of the trailer to say what it wants us to think about the film. I dig it. And if it's good I'll just pretend this is God of War.
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The "damn the gods" mentality was not uncommon in Greek mythology. Its COMPLETELY different than a "crusades film where someone is(n't) a devout Christian." That comparison makes no sense at all.
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Am I the only sick fuck in here who actually fantasized about the deadly Gorgons snake tits? I hope we get to see Medusa's tits in CGI.
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by using these ultra quick cuts, cutting to slo-motion in mid-sequence and by using rock music, this director has fully ensured that this film will be completely forgotten, eaten and shat out, like so much popcorn three weeks after it's release.
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I'm totally underwhelmed for this movie. I'm probably biased from remembering the original.
This reminds me of Van Helsing... or the Mummy, what it doesn't make me think of is ancient Gods.
You can't judge a movie by its trailer. But I think movie audiences have finally gotten to the point where having "awesome" effects is not a draw in itself. Was there any memorable dialogue in that trailer? Andy character development? It was just image after image of monsters... and they all blend into each other, just a big diffuse blur of CG.
This is the type of movie that should be getting me excited to race out and see it on opening day. It's not doing anything for me.
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You might be right, except for the fact that that's what the kids like these days. So I doubt it will be "forgotten" unless the story completely sucks. Quick cuts and slo-motion do not a bad movie make.
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I think its MUSE - just adds to the HEAVY METAL comics vibe of the movie. So far from Harryhausen I'm fine with this. Hollywood must like it too - that ROBIN HOOD trailer is almost beat for beat the CLASH trailer - except no drum bangin' to scorpion tails slamming the ground.
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Totally right. The kids will eat it up. And it'll make it's budget back and then some. But will anyone care and talk about it in the future (like blade runner, LOTR, Alien, etc), I really doubt it.
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A] The trailer rocked. Worthington is bland and meaningless to me, but I'm not going to see him. Scorpions looked awesome. Medusa looked awesome. Kraken looked awesome. Black pegasus looked cool. I hope we see the two-headed dog. And I hope we see some new stuff. I don't remember harpies from the original (wasn't that a Harryhausen Sinbad movie?), so that's a plus.
B] You bitches need to quit whining about the music. Trailers are built to draw general audiences in. The music in this is pulse-pounding to get that audiences pumped. The music in trailers is often not in the movie. The music in this trailer is not for you. Get over it. "The music in the trailer makes me not want to see the movie now wah wah wah." Shut the fuck up. If the music in a TRAILER is a deal-breaker for you, go sell Thin Mints with the other little girls. I'll take two boxes, you little bitch.
C] If I recall, the Medusa from mythology was not a reptilian horror. She was beautiful, and punished by a jealous god for that beauty - her beauty now turned men to stone. And she had snake hair. But she was otherwise the same beauty, with snake hair. Harryhausen did a great variation of that myth (ugly serpentine archer). This Medusa both honors Harryhausen and honors the original myth: attractive serpentine archer. I think she looks fantastic.
D] Yes, I did think of Cloverfield when I saw the Kraken. If Cloverfield and a sea turtle had a baby. And they should have left that reveal for the movie. But I still think the Kraken looked great. Again, in mythology, if I recall, the Kraken was just a giant squid. Harryhausen did a wild variation on that (six-armed giant humanoid salamander). This Kraken is a wild variation on Harryhausen. Neither is true to the myth. -
I agree. There is such a thing as too much of a good thing. When there is so much to see like that, it makes me think that each individual scene is meaningless and that the story itself is secondary to all the "awesome" CG effects that EVERY SINGLE MOVIE these days has the capability to produce.
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...the trailer before posting. O_0
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Character development is usually the thing that is MOST missing from a trailer, as there's really NO need to ever show it.
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Because the stuff that was shown outside in the natural light looked just as good, if not better, than the stuff shown in the dark with little light - a trick that is often used to hide CG flaws.
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That's not something you wanna be compared too.
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And yes, the Kraken was/is a giant squid. Also, I think the Kraken looks like Cloverfield, but Cloverfield came from the sea so I have absolutely NO PROBLEM with that visual connection.
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I'm there.
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Like DVader just said, it's only a trailer people! We've become so accustomed to thinking we KNOW something by seeing a 2 minute MTV edit style trailer that we forget it's actually SUPPOSED to leave you not knowing what happened. It's SUPPOSED to leave you wanting to figure things out. It's SUPPOSED to leave you thinking about it. Wondering. Wanting more. But beyond that, we already know this story! lol I mean really. We know the story they're telling at it's most basic. If they were to give away too much, to show us too much of what's different in this version, why would we bother to pay to see it in a theater?
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very LOTR but am diggin' it. 'Course I will see it.
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i'm wondering if two versions were cut because the studio worried about having "Damn the Gods" in a trailer in this stupid backwards Christian country.
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I guess so. All I care about is how cool a monster looks. Not the actual point of the movie.
I even looked up this director because I don't understand why I am not amped up for this movie. He directed the last Hulk movie. That was pretty good but we had Ed Norton... I've yet to see this Worthington guy in a movie.
I never hope a movie is bad because I don't enjoy watching people fail, but is this supposed to make me think of the adventure movies of the 80s, of which the original is one? I don't get that vibe. Is this a movie like Van Helsing, where it's nothing but monsters vs. Wolverine? What about that Liam Neeson guy? Is he playing second fiddle to this 'Kraken'? Could I see the hot princess chick a little longer please? Is this ancient mythology come to life or a take off on 300?
On this Kraken... I don't get what you guys are raving about. It's a CG monster. But, admittedly, I'm not a monster person, that doesn't sell me on the movie, that there was a scary monster and super creep in it.
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Yes, a trailer is supposed to leave you wanting more. But, it assumes that I want more CG monsters and effects, and that I want a nice over-view of every single monster and battle the movie will contain.
I appreciate that stuff but I want to see more of THE STORY and I want to see if I give a shit about the characters!
You assume people only want more of CG Monsters, and seeing a zillion of them is supposed to get me excited.
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Dec 16, 2009 10:32:42 PM CST
Here's a really good look at Medusa from the 1080p version
by orionsangels
I just made this screengrab. http://tinyurl.com/yh722rq
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Perseus Buzz Cut = stupid
Zeus with medieval armor & nordic hair = stupid
Kraken's face = stupid
These will take me right out of the story, if I bother to see it.
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Bc as Jaka said, trailer are supposed to tease and tantalize and "Show the cool parts", not show how the character develops and changes- that's what you get when you actually sit down to watch the movie. What separates this from Van Helsin is that A) Van Helsing was crap and that B) the writer/director of Van Helsing is crap. At least Leterrier's movies have stronger characters and stronger action (in my opinion), not to mention stronger CGI, which makes this one to look forward to in my book. Also, confusing, but you say "all I care about is how cool a monster look," but then you say something the opposite like "I'm not a monster person," which makes it hard to understand your opinion on the Kraken. Also, as far as "trailers" go, this seems to be just a glorified teaser, as we get NO idea of what the story is, just money shots of characters, monsters, and action, which is meant to whet the appetite of those who enjoy such things (I do when they are done right). You don't seem to be one of those guys, so if you don't like the trailer, that's a-ok. Me, however, me am getting pumped.
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It's the colors too... the brown. It makes me think of the current Clone Wars series... drab color.
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http://tinyurl.com/yjrszz3
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or does that look fucking great?
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I'm well aware of the purpose of film trailers. It's supposed to make me excited and give me just enough that I want to see more. I didn't see anything in this trailer that makes me want to see more. I didn't see one thing that I haven't seen a hundred thousand times before in other monster movies. Except 1 second with Liam Neeson. As of now, that is the only thing that I think might mean this is a quality film. Like I said, I SHOULD be excited to see this. For me the trailer is not effective and it is not convincing me it's worth seeing.
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Dec 16, 2009 10:48:28 PM CST
Overall good, but two bad things about this trailer:
by cletus van damme
1) I think someone said it above, it should've ended with "Release the Kraken" and maybe a black screen with a voiceover of the Kraken's roar.2) The music makes the trailer come off like a damned shit Avenged Sevenfold video. It has to go.
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There's God, and then there are gods (note the lowercase "g"). Why would any Christian get upset that Greek "gods" are being damned (in a movie trailer or otherwise)?Go take a Comparative Studies class after you finish Googling what exactly a Comparative Studies class is.
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probably said that the original was good popcorn fodder and wouldn't be remembered either, but only time will tell for these things. Lots of people thought A New Hope would flop...not that I'm greatness to potential mediocrity, but only later do we usually appreciate these sorts of things.
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There'll always be people bitching that it either "shouldn't have been remade" or that it "will never be as good as the original", but fuck 'em both...this new one looks like all sorts of fun and basassery rolled into one! That Kraken is SICK!
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...I think they're assuming that we know the basic story premise and are therefor only giving us MOSTLY action bits. However, I think they make it more than clear what the film is about with the dialogue and title cards used in the trailer. I mean really, watch it again and just listen to the dialogue and read the title cards (or whatever you call them). Greek peops are pissed off that the Gods are being dickish. The Gods don't care and become more dickish. One dude placed solidly in the middle is trying to "make a stand". It's really pretty clear.
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Why complain about QuickTime? Are you still on dial-up or something? QT, for a VERY long time now, has been the best program/app for viewing trailers! It's just recently that other apps and/or sites like YouTube have been able to start closing in on the video quality that's been a part of QT from the beginning!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-r6YvB5vCI
Yes it looks a bit dated now but this trailer tells me 20X more about that movie than this one does about this, without giving me the entire story in the process.
Maybe the goal of a trailer now is to not give you any plot details, but that has not always been the goal of trailers, as this video attests to. -
1) Yes you can go fullscreen, maybe you have an old version?
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Been pickin' through the coolness of this thing... her snake half is way bigger than the Harryhausen version and as he is running, she strikes at him like a snake would. Which, IMHO, is bad-ass!
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just sayin'
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Welll... Myths change over time and I don't personally care whether she's got a better-looking face in this movie or not, but wikipedia is saying that prior to the idea of her once being a human being, she and her sisters were offspring of marine deities. (another place is saying she was probably a Libyan moon goddess.) Attitudes about her looks changed over time. For the once-human part, she was raped or seduced by Poseidon in Athena's temple, for which Athena changed her into a monster. Talk about blaming the victim. http://tinyurl.com/y9q7xfo has an ancient and ugly-ish version, but that may be pre-Perseus myth.
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if you want, just youtube original clash of the titans trailer, you'll see what I mean. They didn't shy away from telling me what the movie was about.
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if its going to look so unoriginal might as well have it resemble the Harryhausen original
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I figured this out when Watchmen, Batman, 300, and Ironman trailers came out. Companies are getting crazy good at making fantastic trailers... But they haven't gotten any better at making fantastic movies. Some are going to be letdowns despite the amazing trailers. Not necessarily bad, but letdowns when compared with the trailer. Also release the Kraken is what my wife says before we have sex.
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That there is no such thing as a new plot. So essentially you're telling me that I should be satisfied with just CG monsters since the plot you just described is the same plot of just about every fantasy/sci-fi action epic.
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You're saying you prefer the original's trailer because it shows character development that movie actually DIDN'T have versus the trailer for the new one. I mean, I'm sorry, I must've missed all the original's subtlety, but by my estimation, that was just as much a production about f/x as this one is. Nothing about the first Clash of the Titans was dramatically original or complex. It was a special effects movie then, and it looks like they've done a pretty decent job of updating it.
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...from his 18725778 movie contract. I'm sick of this talentless cunt.
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Movie makers are so overwhelmed by the power of CG, that they don't have respect for that power. They abuse it. The main problem is how easy it is to use CG. It's like it didn't require any discipline to attain it. Movie makers saw what others had done and they took the next step. They didn't earn the knowledge for themselves, so they don't hold any responsibility for it. They stood on the shoulders of geniuses to accomplish something as fast as they could and before they even knew what they had, they patented it and packaged it and slapped it on a plastic lunchbox, and now you have these shallow movies. Movies that have no magic, no soul.
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I prefer the original's because it looks like it's actually about Ancient Greece, for one. This new one could be anywhere, any era... And it says the names of the characters.
Let me ask YOU a question. In this day and age where every genre movie has the capability to have "awesome" special effects, how else are you supposed to judge if you'd like to see the movie? Maybe characters? The drama of the story? -
...my description is every action movie? Because every action movie is about Greek mythology, right. Every action movie is filled with Greek people and Greek Gods and ancient mythological beasties, right. lol Come on, you're just being difficult. I respect completely your dislike of the trailer and/or the movie, and your right to do so. I just don't agree with your reasoning for said dislike. The trailer shows me more than enough to get interested AND want to know more. Which is it's purpose in totality. Peace, though.
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a giant snapping turtle? Looks aiiight though.
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I was just watching Star Wars, Episode 4, and listening to the commentary with George Lucas. He explained how he had to be creative to get what he wanted because he didn't have the budget, he didn't have the time, he had to think on his feet and when you look back on it, those limitations actually call even more creativity forth from the filmmakers. It keeps them sharp. He was trying to draw attention AWAY from the effects!
GL was saying how he's glad that he now has the money and CG ability to make whatever he wants. Well, that is a great thing.. but it also makes you a bit lazier. What he gained in cool visuals he lost in the ability to have to make tough decisions for the good for the story.
So you see a trailer like this and think "so what? Every movie looks like this? HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT THAN THE LAST CG FX FILM???"
I don't want the movie to suck, I hope it really is a great film. But one thing you can definitely tell from the trailer, is that "they" think they can get by just on the cool visuals, and that should make us excited.
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The methods of achieving those goals has changed, as have audiences, as have films and their structures. A trailer made to look like a classic trailer of yesteryear would get laughed out of the theater.
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...not trailers. Cool. Got it.
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If the victim was a woman. You got raped? Your fault for being so damn pleasing to the God's eyes.
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That's what it is now. Everyone wants to just hear a good song but the freaking guitarist has an "epic" solo he's just got to play, at the expense of the other instruments.
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... Against these characters, and the only one on my side is the bloodsucking lawyer!
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Dec 16, 2009 11:34:31 PM CST
Silly rabbits, trailers aren't made by filmmakers. They have bar
by happybunni
Trailers are made by marketing companies. They decide what will interest you and throw them in the trailer. So don't blame the filmmakers by saying "they" thought pretty CG would attract you. It's the Marketers doing that.
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I love effects films. I grew up on them. But they are much more easy to make these days. They used to be strategically placed in a film. Now they ARE the film. And when all movies have the potential to be long on CG monsters, and low on actual drama, a trailer should sell the parts of the film that are UNIQUE TO THAT FILM. And these days, all an effects film has to offer is concept/drama/story/acting. Effects just come standard with the package.
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I actually meant "they" in the sense you meant it. I was going to say "Hollywood" but I just meant the people in charge of the trailers. Not the actual filmmakers who often have zero to do with trailers.
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...I got it. But thanks for repeating it. lol Peace y'all. Nothing left to discuss here at this point. The trailer got me, personally, excited for the film.
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Just don't tell people they don't understand the purpose of a trailer. No need for that.
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So you're mad at both the marketers, and the creators of this film without having seen the film?
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When you suggest you want character development from a trailer, it does seem to suggest you don't understand what trailers usually show =P.
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I mean come on guys! What fucking dolt-headed suit convinced you that using glam/thrash metal was the right move here? This not only kills the intense vibe of the trailer but it causes serious concern for the scoring of the movie! ITS JUST ALL WRONG!
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Dec 17, 2009 12:07:23 AM CST
God, please throw more money at Medusa...
by blood_bubbles_in_bathwater
They could stand to spend a little more time rendering that CGI bitch.
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The trailer is the fault of the marketers for assuming that CG is enough to sell a movie. If the movie has nothing going for it, that's the fault of the filmmaker. I've said a few times that I hope the movie is good.
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Maybe they don't show it, but if the purpose is to sell tickets to people who care about that sort of thing, maybe they should.
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Probably more than I should. Dear God let there be tits and gore...
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Like I said above, you're not one of the guys who liked what they saw and that's a-ok.
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Krakens will be released.
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No way that'd slip past me!
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The only redeeming thing is Liam Neesan.
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and the camerawork of that scene works pretty well, I like it, except the Kraken's face looks like a kid with downs.
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I don't believe I ever told you that you don't understand the purpose of the trailer. I believe I told you I thought it perfectly fulfilled it's purpose. And then I told you that your real problem appears to be that you don't like the current glut of special effects filled spectacles and that you were projecting that dislike on to this trailer, which was actually clearly what you were doing for quite a few posts. But aaaaaanyway....
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Now, I'm not so sure about this :(
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look how they did Davey Jones, the bet CGI of any movie.. .EVER.
They could do wonders for this film's Medusa. -
Kraken should look like something out of CLOVERFIELD, with seaweed and crabs dripping off of his barnacley hide.And remember, people making this movie, Medusa isn't JUST supposed to be scary. She's supposed to give every male in the audience the most uncomfortable, scary and unpleasant erection they've ever had. Am I right, guys in thw audience?
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...but wasn't Zeus a good guy? And wasn't it Poseidon that unleashed the Kraken?
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Seriously, as quick flashes it's cool and fun but none of that looked that much better than Mummy Returns' shoddy efforts. It was only when the kraken got itself unleashed that I had flash backs of scorpion king. Hope i'm right coz that movie was FUN!!
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Face is so flat, looks like he's been shoving his face in Smack.
Absolutely no need to reveal the money shot.
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wtf dude.. you hit the view menu, and hit the fullscreen tab... it takes up the entire screen.. fills it up... just like I drink your milkshake... I drink it up!
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I loved the original as a kid and this film brings back those exact same emotions I had but lost over time... I'm glad it didn't try to take itself too serious and become a politcal drama or some shit. Looks perfect.
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could conquer the universe and swallow time itself. Spam Worthington ought to come out of this fight looking like a wad of skoal
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Medussa looks shite. Too much leaping. Other than that, good stuff!
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This trailer answered a question I had. Is Pegasus going to run in mid air while flying like in the original? Yes! And dodge Kraken tentical while doing it. Now that is pod racing!
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...that scared the crap out of me when I saw the original as a kid. Still have nightmares about it...
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I agree with earlier posts that Kraken needs to look more frightening and realistic, with seaweed hanging down, sea creatures clinging to him. Probably some horrible looking injuries too.
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are dissing the trailer music. Hell I don't like emo bullshit either but it fits the fast action shots they are showing...I guarantee it gets people excited. Maybe not the geeks, but it definitely has that awesome factor, and by awesome I mean the shots match the music which in turn gives the viewer a certain chill...if you even remotely understand trailers then you know what I mean.
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Loose the breast armor, show fucking nipples please, give her a frightenly gorgeous face and a more sensual body and snake tail, so male viewers will get erections and be embarrased and female viewers will get jealous.
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'Kraken Good Fun' after that last 'Titans Will Clash' bollocks...
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This does look like it could the most amusingly silly film of the year for that trailer. Especially if they keep the soundtrack and the big scorpion stabbing along in time :)
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they won't keep The Used for the soundtrack...and doubly sure they won't keep the scorpions stabbing along in time...
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Okay, now this movie used the best and worst taglines of the year. Titans Will Clash was so bad, they had to go back and come up with something great like Damn The Gods!
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That looks as rotten as my cold dead buried gran's old snatch.
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Medusa should be so scary it turns you to stone. Not your cock to rock.
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Interesting interview with Mark Strong concerning his upcoming films and how Avatar is changing the game and raise the stakes on everyones favorite martian.
http://www.collider.com/2009/12/16/mark-stong-on-john-carter-of-mars-kick-ass-and-ridleys-scotts-robin-hood/ -
was that a cover of chop suey? if not, serj should sue.
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It is the stare from her eyes that turns men to stone, not appearance.
I mean make her so gorgeously hot in a disturbing way to make men uncomfortable watching her, like a Priest walking into a nudie bar for the first time. She captivates her prey with her body and face then they come to realize what they are looking at but to late they have locked with her gaze and bam they become rock hard (get the sexual metaphor from the mytholgy). That is the basis for her character, and her curse, men get excited to look upon her and ignore the warnings (tail and snakes) then she locks eyes with them and, well, you know the rest. -
will they attempt to pull that one off?
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First, I'm assuming the music is just for the trailer, to get the younger crowded motivated.
SECOND, and here's where I REALLY hope the trailer's deceiving...wtf is this Damn The Gods crap? Please don't tell me they're taking the Hercules/Zena route and making the Gods into villains. Because that would be a TERRIBLE interpretation
of the source material.
Liker I said, the trailer is great. But these two things, ESPECIALLY the second, really bug the hell out of me. -
Just to let you know the song from the trailer is by a band called The Used - The bird and the worm, Mthe soundtrack to the movie itself will be made by the lead singer of a british band called Muse, i think this is a stroke of genius by louis letterier as Muse is well known in the uk as being atmospheric rock opera with a very alternative take on it, kinda like queen but a more modern rock/punk sound.
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If so I HATE the look; the original devil was too cool a look to drop for a goofy forest troll appearance instead. Otherwise it looks great, but here's to hoping for ample nudity as in the 1981 PG-rated original!
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The movie looks pretty good though. Go figure!Rancor's all growns up!
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This looks like shit.
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They didn't happen to film this cleveland steamer in New Zealand, did they? Medusa's pretty hot though, so that's something.
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I hate to be that Talkbacker, but for Christ's sake, this was online three days ago. You know, when you were posting Sex and the City posters?
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Dec 17, 2009 10:28:08 AM CST
Hmmm...that's looks, in the words of Jarv, "delightful"
by just pillow talk
Sure, the original is full of hoots, but this remake looks awright to me.
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is getting a lot of screen time over the last few years... his mother must be very proud.
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"300 Gladiators of the Cloverfield Rings"
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...or at least having a hot face really bugged me at first thought, but I'm wondering if she might look like that until someone looks at her and then she would get her zombie face on. That might be cool and could be pretty scary too.
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I'm intrigued by the snazzy black Pegasus, and awesome to see a bit of dialogue from the brilliant Mads Mikkelsen. Still not totally sold - there's a touch of the old Scorpion Kings going on - but I'm more on board than I was with the terrible 'Titans - Will - Clash!' trailer. I'm totally stoked that they are really going for the crazy mythological shit too, rather than trying to present a version 'as it would have happened in real life'. Fuck that shit - gods and monsters all the way!!
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I wonder if there will ever be a movie presenting an alternate mythology where so many people visit Medusa and bring her gifts and look into mirrors so they don't get killed that Athena becomes angry the victim of her malice is more popular than she ever was before her change, and changes Medusa back into a human being.
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And feel the thunder!!!
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Minus the music.
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These trailers have me far more excited to see each movie than Avatar did.
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"Now THAT is pod racing!" Oddest paraphrased movie quote I've seen on here in awhile!
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That's the point. She may be beautiful, she may be ugly (and she was considered one of the most beautiful in the world before her transformation into the Gorgon), but you never get the chance to know bc once you get a look at her face you die. So honestly, I don't think it matters one way or another if she's beautiful or ugly. The end result is still the same.
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Spotted him at 1:10. It's good to see these guys are still getting work these days.
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Go to youtube and pull up the "Bishop's Countdown" track from the Aliens score.
Queue up the CotT trailer to the part where Liam Neeson says "Turn them on each other."
Then, press play on "Bishop's Countdown."
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Am I the only one? Went perfect with the editing.
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Now I'll actually go see it.
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When you press enter by mistake... Anyhow...I wanted to say that I felt this trailer was much better than the first even though it wasn't all that different which does confuse me....
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Rock and epic metal need to be used more often (though not overused) when appropriate. Fantasy imagery and metal have always gone well together. It's a good change of pace from the "choir of doom" and "Requiem For a Tower" clones that have dominated most epic trailers the past half-decade.
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And release us from unnecessary remakes lacking in vision.
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Should have saved the full frontal shot for the movie.
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It was Roman Scholar/Poet Ovid who altered Medusa's appearance to being monstrous, prior to that the ancient Greeks protrayed her with a beautiful face and body, minus the serpent tail and hair, the parable of the myth was that a man upon looking at her would not notice the tail and feel lust upon gazing at her face and figure, then she would become enraged and lock onto his gaze and then the man would become rock hard according to his lust. It is a sad tale as Medusa apparently had a lovely personality but upon being raped and cursed became bitter, as the only way for a man to live was to love her upon sight and not lust for her, so all these men lusted upon first seeing her and her rage shown thru the eyes turned them hard as their erections.
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Dec 17, 2009 2:46:58 PM CST
$70 Million Steaming Pile of Unoriginal Scorpion Shit
by swivile bobble fizz fizz
not even LOTR, just more of Troy, 300, those shitty Mummy movies, and a turtle version of the big robot from the last godawful Transformer movie. Thanks for posting the trailer, you've prevented me from sitting in a theater crowded with the obnoxious little shitheads who will go this.
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Goddamn. Usually I am not a fan of remakes but this one has my geek cock standing at full attention!! WOW! Looks incredible. Consider me stoked.
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...all of the haters fuck off. But unless I see a mechanical owl in future trailers, I will consider this an epic fail.
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...Now there's a piece of inspired and entirely unpredictable casting. Never would have guessed they would have gotten him to play essentially the same role he's played in SWTPM, Narnia, Batman, etc. Yeah, he's a great actor and I guess I can't blame him for cashing in on his popularity, but do we have to see him in every single film that has an all knowing and wise god/master/teacher/mentor character?
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Dec 17, 2009 4:40:34 PM CST
They should have just composited in Monster from Black Lagoon
by codename
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I like the overall look of this film, but man that kraken has a tiny head eh?
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YAWN
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I somehow agree. Liam is a great actor.. but is a little too off-key for this role. I see more of an angry version of Qui-Gon Jinn than Zeus.
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I hate to say it - I even like the music in that trailer. The images though - it really looks like someone actually cared about this movie - can't wait!
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Goodbye stupid fuckin' 2009 (with only a few exceptions).
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...2 trailers in. The extra monster money shots look nasty CGI-tastic, and the Kraken looks like arse. Maybe the whole thing will be atmospheric as fuck, but not if this preview is anything to go by. Awful.
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That's exactly what I think of this. And I mean the one in the Mummy, not the actual Scorpion King standalone, which I never saw.
The Mummy movies are great though. But not because of The Rock. Because of Brendan Fraser. The Rock as Scorpion King completely takes you out of the movie.
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Because I do dumb stuff sometimes.
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I assumed you were pulling a MAAAAT DAMON.
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The original CLASH was one of Harryhausen's weakest movies. And this new one looks like a lame CGI attempt to make CLASH look very 300-ish.
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Wow great trailer!
Yeah the music was lame though.
They should definitely go a more serious and classical route.
The Scorpians looked like they need more GCI work too.
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Dec 17, 2009 8:17:08 PM CST
PHANTOM MENACE REVIEW!!!WATCH THIS RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!!
by tehcreepythinman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxKtZmQgxrI
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I question if this property was really "begging" to be remade. It's a valid question. I know the original was beloved by culty film fans, so what thought goes into the process of making these things? "We can do so much better. Ours has *hot* actors and updated special effects!" It remains to be seen if it was worth the effort, but I'd be surprised if it truly impresses.
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Bishop's Countdown does work amazingly well with the images of that trailer. The pacing is almost perfect.
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The dudes with no eyes on their faces holding eyes on their hands...they make an appearance at 1:22.... should they be thanking Guillermo Del Toro or did Guillermo himself steal the idea of that kind of creature from somewhere else? It would be cool to know the origin.....
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Is the Kraken smiling? I guess you could say he's kraken himself up? (drum roll and cymbal splash )....
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But the comment way, way above about the Kraken "not smiling that much" in the finished movie, just has me laughing in hysterics. I thought the same thing when I saw it. Marvelous.
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Are the three women with no eyes. To see, they must hold the one eye that they share between the three of them. Its part of Greek mythology, so this is in no way a theft of Del Toro, and it was in the original Clash of the Titans (though the eye was a crystal ball in that one). Also, in Disney's Hercules, the Three Fates used one eye ball that was shared between them, only they would put it in their sockets.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graeae And what does your name mean?
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I might wait now to see the movie until it's released on Blu-ray and just watch the trailers until then.
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Charabicharabia mean meaningless talk in French...kinda like blah blah blah in English?
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To go to a Greek section of a museum with you !!! I'm reading some of your comments... you sure are knowledgeable !! I am humbly jealous !
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Why the Kraken is laughing...Cause those Norse beings sure knew how to drink !
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I just watch a lot of tv is all =P. "Blah blah blah." Nice.
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What are you babbling about? Medusa is a gorgon. She isn't meant to be attractive. She was cursed for her vanity and turned so ugly that all men who look upon her turn to stone. It's not her eyes that do it. That's a basilisk. It's just an effect that Harryhausen put in, to make his Medusa look cool. Her eyes would do the same thing if she saw a 6000 SUX.
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I don't recall him saying anything bad? His response to Cylon's "Cylon" comment was gold!
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about me that was gold, he's been a pretty cool guy thus far.. but how the hell did he delete his own posts on this 1996 era talkback?
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You were a decent dude. Hope the post that got you ostracized wasn't a character attack on me. After all, it's just movies.
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After yelling, "Yeah!" when seeing the Kraen my left arm knocked over the Pepsi on my desk and spilled it all over. Do you know how many times you have done that to me Harry??
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and Butthead are slightly deaf you know. Yeah, they didn't have to reveal the Rancor on steroids money shot. And i think Medusa would have been better sexier .
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Still looks cool but reminds me of that monster in ROTJ.
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Drop the metal for THE LOVE OF THE GODS.
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and I have to say I'm looking forward to this. That said, whoever they've hired for doing their trailers needs firing. Would you have any clue that Worthington is the lead from these trailers? Hell, it could be any ONE of those guys with a sword. Also, as others have said the Kraken was way over-shot at the end, Just a cut to black after seeing those writhing tentacles would have been enough.
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If not I claim dibs. I like the trailer. Definitely gonna see the movie. But Krakenfield is a bit disapointing.
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in trailers. They could have done what you just said, and when it fades to black have the Kraken roar and end it like that.
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...I'm not able to view this trailer, but to the person who asked about creatures holding their eyes, they are most likely the "Grae Sisters" three blind old chrones who share a magical glass eye. They definitely came before anything Guillermo came up with, and were also the inspiration for the Wyrd sisters in Shakespeare's Macbeth.
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"That thong-tho-thong-thong-thong!"
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