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See Evil Alien Ships That Look Like They Came From THE MATRIX!! A New SKYLINE Trailer Is Here...Does It Show Promise??
Merrick here...
Hollywood appears to be in the midst of alien invasion mania, evidenced by the continuance of ABC's V
, the coming of Steven Spielberg's FALLEN SKIES on TNT, the arrival of BATTLE: LOS ANGELES in theaters next Spring, Sam Raimi's purported involvement with EDF, and probably one or two others I can't recall at the moment.
Also on the way? SKYLINE. This one's from Colin and Greg Strause, FX geniuses who directed the not-particularly-brilliant AvP: REQUIEM. Having heard story after story of how difficult it can be to jump into a franchise like ALIEN...or PREDATOR...not to mention a hybridization of both...,and being well aware of how difficult making any picture at Fox can be, I'm willing to temporarily suspend my disdain for REQUIEM and give these guys an open mind when approaching SKYLINE.
This new trailer...suggests a visceral and atmospheric film that could feasibly work, and I'm very curious to see how it shakes out on the whole.
See the new trailer (aka "Trailer 2") HERE.
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I just complained in the EDF talkback, and lo.<p>I really like some of the imagery. It's creepy.
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Reinstate D.Vader & Put Harry on a diet plan
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Hope the actors are up to the job. Cloverfield meets Aliens? I am up for that. :-)
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wasn't that bad. it was really bland, but it had some fun bits. it looked really damn good next to the first one though, worst double bill ever
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Until D.Vader is the last one standing. It is his final revenge.
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Shame the Strauses can't direct/cast better actors in their stuff. They're pretty good at pacing/visuals but the acting in this looks just as bad as AVP2. Same old generic-teen looking cast.
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Cause Defender has made a comeback!
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Cause Defender has made a comeback!
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Cause Defender has made a comeback!
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Cause Defender has made a comeback!
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I shot my load
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I shot my load
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but its because of the way those two unproffesional assholes conducted themselves on the imdb forums and here. That and the fact that watching AvPr is like wrestling with shit is why I wont be watching this
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and yet I know I'll see it anyway.
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your dad was a good, yet psychotic man. He didn't deserve what these, exit only fuck holes, gave him.
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It's a dirty, filthy job, but it's gotta be done, There's a battle going on; it's gotta be won I'm a million miles from home in a foreign place The battle ground this time you see is outer space I'm the defender A mutant ender I'm the defender A mind-bender I'll defend this day to the end I'm the captain of this ship and it's men There's a lander up ahead, now he's going down Now I'm chasing the Vader around and around Here comes the bomb and this is my chance To fire the laser and watch him dance! I'm the defender A mutant ender I'm the defender A mind-bender I'll defend this day to the end I'm the captain of this ship and its men I'm the defender A mutant ender I'm the defender A mind-bender I'll defend this day to the end I'm the captain of the ship and its men A pilot is appeared at the top of the screen Their the hardest to get, if you know what I mean I missing the hit, now he's fading away I've done all I can, at least for today I'm the defender A mutant ender I'm the defender A mind-bender I'll defend this day to the end I'm the captain of the ship and its men I'm the defender A mutant ender I'm the defender A mind bender I'm the defender A mutant ender I'm the defender A mind bender I'm the defender A mutant ender
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Dr. Kelso ftw, BUT the acting does look kind of plain. Still give it a shot, though. Love me some alien chaos.
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I would tell you to use < P > with no spaces to make paragraph breaks, instead I'll do you a favor and tell you to abandon this turd site altogether. <p>WHERE IS MY D.VADER?
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Hook me up
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If you don't like this site then fuck off. Why in god's name are you still here? No one around tolisten to your pathetic whining in real life?
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Im in...
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How can anyone comment on whether Requiem looked good or not, you can't see shit. It's the worst colour timed film ever. Even the daylight signs are black. I thought the projectionist had messed up in the cinema where I saw this. Then I got the DVD and it's the same, and when shown on tv it's the feckin' same, just black, black, black. How it got released in that state is beyond me.
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THAT guy? The boy band bad boy/poor man's Federline guy? Fuck it. I'd rather be abducted and anal probed, thanks.
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What else is new.
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i love me some alien fucking up humanity visual movies... esp with B-2 bombers!
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Hands up who frequents websites they openly dislike just to slag it off? I thought so. I'm not sold on this film. Good visuals in the last trailer (can't see this one yet) but AvP Requiem was so unspeakably bad IMO that I need more convincing on this one.
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I'll hook you up with whatever you want brother.<p>Ludes, Z-J? Whatever.
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Can u hook a brother up with a key to the shelter? I knocked on the door but no one's answered yet ..
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Honestly, I don't even want to write this, I don't but I feel the need to vent. It's the same movie over and over and over and over and over and over again. Nothing is new. This feels exactly like ID4 meets the Body Snatchers and throw in a little District 9 like effects. AVP 2 was worst then bad it didn't even count as a movie on any level. This will have cool moments to watch on blu-ray and nothing more. Also, do aliens only go after wanna be models, or is it just me?
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sminky<p>the problem is I like this site, I just don't like what they did.<p>You must be a redneck right?<p>Love it or leave it and fucking your daddy's sister and all that?
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Is anyone else reminded of the pods the Covenant forces in Halo crash down on? I'm talking about the blue energy coming down from the sky. <p> Also when I saw the first trailer I thought it was some vfx project from a college student or something. Didn't think it was an actual film. Shows what I know.
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thethethe thethethethe scorchio!
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it would be my honor. gimme a minute.
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Thanks Bro! Much obliged!
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with no Fresh Prince.
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the mod s are out and about currently. I'll hit you with it asap. Lemme see if I can email them direct. Sit tight.
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This is an alien invasion movie. You aren't going to get cream-of-the-crop actors for it, unless the Coens or Aronofsky decide to make one. You're not going to this film to see Academy Award-nominated performances, you're going to see aliens kill people and blow shit up.
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Thanks pal. No problem, no hurry. When they get a chance that's great. Appreciates!
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...to bad rubbish. D.Vader was an idiot who didn't know how to keep his mouth shut.
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And iPad? Droid maybe?
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*hour glass spinning*
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Where's the thread that reveals he was banned? How do you keep track of all the names of talkbackers here anyways, unless you have enough time to read every goddamned comment?
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Spaceships? Giant fucking monsters? Hot chicks with gross veins on their faces? Sold.
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cool special effects. And I am a misanthrope, so it's always fun seeing hordes of humans taken out.
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I liked it a lot better on blu-ray. I don't think they get enough credit for making a really nasty hard-R sequel to a PG-13 movie. How often does that happen? <p>And when shit finally starts to really hit the fan (the swimming pool scene), it's a balls-to-the-wall death and gore fest until the credits roll... the first properly exhausting and horrific Aliens stuff since Alien 3.
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did you pay your respects to Greg Giraldo yet?
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This looks awesome, Better then the first trailer. Looks likes a cross between Cloverfield and ID4. I think it will be a fun movie, I always enjoyed alien invasion movies and this one has a very interesting to them.
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....... just did!
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I too was mad to see how dark AVP: R was on DVD. But once I purchased it on Blu Ray it's a completely different film. It is MUCH brighter and there was no squinting your eyes to see details. I know AVP: R isn't an epic by any standard, but it was much better than that crap original.
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Eric Balfour tricks the aliens into installing Windows Vista.
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Looks like a good movie. But the effects house that did this work didn't tell the 'Battle L.A.' people, 'oh yeah...we're also doing another alien spaceships over L.A. movie' before they hired on for their film. If I were the 'Battle L.A.' people I'd be pretty pissed off.
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but the acting and writing seem terrible. That woman shouting "Runnnnnnnnnn!" or the close up of Eric Balfour's face as he screams when the helicopter gets attacked were retarded. And hilarious.
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but then so did AVP1. I just hope it wasn't these brothers who decided to do shit like putting Aliens in a modern US town, or have the PredAlien have an "instant baby" attack against pregnant women. That shit was beyond retarded and insulting to Alien fans.
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I swear I've seen this type of movie before. Same premise wearing a new set of clothes.
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It doesn't look dragon wars bad.
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How many people are going to relate to twenty-something neo-yuppies from Los Angeles? At least "Independence Day" made an effort to portray somewhat-regular people.<P> "Cloverfield" syndrome. I doubt I'll care if any of them survive.
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"AVP2" Sucked hard alright, but I thought in comparison it made "AVP" look like a masterpiece.
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I can't imagine an engineer creating blueprints for something with ten millions spikes and tubes and tentacles coming out of it. Why not just make it round.
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Why has no one mentioned the fact Peter Berg's "Battleship" will also be an alien invasion movie? (Yes, that Battleship. The one based on the board game.)
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that is all.
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Tell me, how are people suppose to act when a fucking alien is after them? Would have have time to come up with some philosophical, meaningful dialogue? Hell no, you would be like "RUUUUUNNNNN, LOOKOUT!!!!!!!!!! Geez, everything can't be fuckin Inception. I think this looks great. And I understand that it is what it is. Can't wait!!!
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Without reading any reviews, or blogs I got to see the film completely disconnected from influence from douche bags that think they know about movies (and they don't even have one hair in their balls). The film is EXACTLY what you read in the comics. A gore fest where no kids or babies survive. Everyone gets eaten. HUGE kudos to that! Fun movie that a bunch of dickheads with no opinion but a followers opinion will rediscover later in life.
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and that's about it.
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It's alien tech, the ships may have been grown organically for all we know.
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But this looks like a fun, dumb time at the theater...even if it's totally derivative of: <p> Childhood's End/V, (giant ships hovering over multiple cities) <p> Transformers (alien robots that look like The Fallen) <p> Cloverfield (retarded cast of drunken 12-year-olds watching monsters on TV, ETC)... <p> Close Encounters, (light through the window) <p> Independence Day, (aerial dogfight) <p> And that's just in a two-minute trailer! <p> BTW, I have to admit, I'm a little freaked out that Colin Strause is German, and he married a JAPANESE woman!...Why don't you two adopt a couple of little Italian kids and be done with it, ADOLF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Highest praise I can give these days. I always thought an independence day sequel should have the aliens return and we discover the first ship was just a smaller part of an even bigger mothership which completely encases the earth and rips it out of orbit and drives off with it to be used for resources on the go. Lucky for us we've reverse engineered much of their tech and built our own weapons to fight them. Golblum and smith must don alien power suits specially designed for them and infiltrate the ship so that goldblum can get the earth back into orbit around our sun. It's a tough mission for our heroes this time.
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I'd rather they spend the money on effects, so I don't have to listen to Will Smith or Bill Pullman.
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Umm, how about utter piece of maggot riddled donkey shit that was AvP:Requim? I'm sure thats the only time the words brilliant and AvP Requim have appeared in the same sentence, even if it's a slam. Way to soft pedal...
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what about, uh, Jeff, uh, Goldblum, Goldblum?
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Here, let me dangle these keys to get your attention. Whoza good boy? Whoza good boy? Yes you are....<p>Fucking retarded moron. Do you stare at traffic stoplights because changing colors fascinate you?
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Seriously, ignore (or, if you have the software, edit-out) the human plotline and just focus on the Predator as the main character and it's a pretty decent flick. the human Planet Terror plotline is what ruined the film.
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Just seems like a poptboiler of imagery lifted from the likes of Matrix, Independence Day, Final Fantasy, WOTW etc. Is there a plot? Are the Straus Bros breaking any new ground here or is it just yet another predictable Alien Invasion rehash to showcase their VFX.
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Sept. 30, 2010, 12:14 p.m. CST
I should mention I watched it without sound...
by Fa_Tass_DinoMolester
I'm in a library. I'll see if I still want to see it after I hear what's sure to be God-awful dialogue.
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Their Alien Gods required them to build the spaceships like that. Good enough?
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what this was a movie? but it was funny as hell dont tell me this supposed to be scary!
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FX and concept both look decent, but the acting is on a "Sharktopus" level.
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It's on a lot of PPV sites. Looks very impressive for a low budget DIY, but I swear nothing at all happens in the movie. So many scenes of two people walking down a deserted road/path/city, etc. I'm guessing this film will similarly have great FX but absolutely no story.
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from Dyson!
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If the acting looks this bad on the trailer, it's going to be 5 times worse on the actual movie, these guys can shoot decent eye candy though, too bad dialog is probably gonna be shit...
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and nothing on the cast<p>my god, some of that acting was god awful<p>if independence day and cloverfield had a bastard child, they would have named it skyline
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If it wasn't for the "don't you get it?! We are AT WAR!" crap, I might have gone all the way, but god damn that is lazy writing. And it looks like it should be called Transformers 3: Things Turning Into Things.
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"not particularly beautiful pile of steaming shit"
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Makes my mind go in the gutter.
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CGI carrying movie on its shoulders.
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Skyline chili is gross. Beef plus cinnamon and brown sugar vs. Beef plus tomatoes plus beans plus onions, etc. <br><br> Texas-style Space Chili wins every time.
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I'm there
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but I bet ID4 story is wayyy better.
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Looks like some earth fighter craft we haven't seen before are revealed in one of the scenes battling the aliens. This may be an alright matinee.
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Sept. 30, 2010, 1:44 p.m. CST
The ID4 CGI still outdoes this. This is straight to DVD stuff
by cgih8r
I love how the dude screams after the helicopter gets hit by tentacles.
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Between these critters and the ones in Monsters, Cthulhu is getting a lot of love this year.
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...See Evil Alien Ships That Look Like They Came From THE MATRIX!!
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They are dumb.
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The initial teaser showed just enough of the (very polished) special effects, and had the money shot at the end of all the people getting sucked into the giant mother ship... but this full trailer shows how shitty this movie will probably be. the acting looks atrocious, just like in the Strause bros' AvP movie. and while I like the idea of actual monster-sized organic alien creatures running amok, the 2 minute trailer already had me bored with the over-saturation of the SFX shots. I'm such a sucker for alien/monster/invasion movies that I'll definitely catch this on DVD, but thats about it.
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Why is everyone up in arms over someone getting banned from an internet message board, I dont get it.
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Looks like a syfy channel movie.
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Every time I try to watch a bloody Quick Time trailer I get a black screen, audio, and then "Oh Snap!". Back to Firefox again...thought they fixed this bitch.<P>Trailer looks alright, tho.
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ID4 is a mix of practical effects with CGI. This is 100% CGI and it shows.
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Yep, I probably already know how the movie plays out, but the visuals look decent. Oh, and fuck Vader. If people miss him, or any poster, so much maybe they should not visit here any more and go find another site. I'm tired of this whiny gay Vader shit on every single TB
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see for yourself: <p> http://bit.ly/bGqfFh
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so technically I'm some sort of fuckin idiot but I fucking despise AVPR<p> It's like someone actually filmed shit, painted it with some shit, processed it through abit of shit, then played it onto more shit, and made me watch it through some shit.
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...gaining the ability to know that something sucks before it even comes out. No matter what it is. As a AICN read I just label things as shitty the moment that I see it. Even movies that most people like, such as No Country For Old Men or There Will Be Blood. As a AICN reader I KNEW that both of those films were shit before they even came out. I'm so happy to be a AICN reader.
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Oh Merrick, you're such an expert. I hope you'll share more of your wisdom.
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has been growing as an actor<p> He's been showing some decent range on Haven<p> Most of it he's a cocky smartass, but there's been some opportunities to show some depth
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Fuck D.Vader
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when that helicopter is racing toward them, they look at each other, smile, and then some huge tentacle knocks the heli out of the sky... just laughable.
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Been done, and better. I am STILL waiting for a proper "alien invasion" movie. You know, one where the aliens don't travel light-years across the galaxy to suck people up into their ships. Also, if your civilization has the technology to travel between the stars, then subjugating the Earth is not even going to be a battle. At that level of technology, just travelling the distance would be the only difficult part of the mission. Wiping out the puny Earthlings would not be a challenge.
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Why would it be difficult to jump into the Aliens or Predator franchise? there all these great ideas about what to do. AICN talkback had at least three good ones.<p> the only danger is if you are dumbass and decide whatever you do is going to win...eg Aliens vs Predators on present day Earth in Antarctica so you can go for the the teen slasher AND sci fi crowd. Fucking idiots should have adapted an AvP novel.
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wait, so the ships are alive? there are giant monsters that somehow managed to fly ships? the aliens have frog tounge? the ships are transformers? everyone in LA is white and 20 odd years old? I dont get what the hell is going on. <p>The special effects also look syfy channel level. Seriously. I mean, look at 1:33 and 1:48<p> I also laughed when the tentacles grabbed the chopper. Not only is it funny but when the tentacles hit at 60 odd mph, it barely moves.
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A proper alien invasion movie would be awesome. You could essentially base it off of earth colonizations. Aliens arrive with shiny toys/weapons. They put down resistance brutally, take everything, and enslave or put the humans in reservations. The humans eventually die out, and a few are preserved with endless life by the aliens, who observe them for scientific reasons. For a happy ending, the humans can run away and find a new planet, perhaps with help. Or give it a twist and make the aliens humans from the future, who have traveled back in time to ship earths resources to their alternate universe.
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So it's a movie with aliens and a large monster? I think my nerd meter just exploded! I have to see this movie on the big screen!! I can't wait!!!
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Now if she only shows some skin! Scottie = Hottie!
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Starring.... Dave 1 from Chromeo
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'just don't look, just don't look'
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Could be fun. I've been seeing comments around the net mentioning that the creatures/ships have a very similar design style to Crysis. I have to agree. Still looks interesting.<P>I really hope that Hollywood doesn't overdo the alien invasion films now that the bandwagon has left the cabin. We've got so many in the next year or two already. Plus all the PS3 and XB360 games that are doing the same thing.
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Ridley's ALIEN ZERO and Cameron's AVATAR sequel(s) are gonna feel like a breath of fresh air.<P>Now if somebody could just get cracking on a "stellar" adaptation of Alastair Reynolds REVELATION SPACE, or one of Iain M. Banks CULTURE novels. They might as well make films of RINGWORLD and THE FOREVER WAR too.
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At the rate the HALO feature film is developing, by the time a HALO movie is released, so many other films will have lifted stuff from the franchise, that it will have a hard time standing out in the crowd. They need to get on it, now or never.
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more excited for battle los angeles
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Sept. 30, 2010, 8:07 p.m. CST
SOOooooo BASICALLY INDEPENDENCE DAY + DRAGON WARS = SKYLINE
by gruemanlives
That's how I see it anyways.
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Not gay as in sucking dick but gay as in cool enough to be gay.
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This looks awful...dreadful actors, dreadful dialogue...please-guys-stop-making-movies-and-stick-to-fx!!
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with the new addition of the techno-organic ships & minions. <P><P>But being the SciFi junkie I am, I'll still be there opening weekend - just mebbe not for 3D or IMAX if offered ^_^
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Can't wait to see it. Stephen Hawking was right...I'm just saying.
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I swear the reapers came early. Where the f*** is Commander Sheppard!!! him and his rag tag crew of misfits will save us!
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Was Brian Austin Green busy?
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I actually liked that trailer, since I'm a fan of Eric Balfour. "Six Feet Under" and "Hell Ride" aren't horrible performances to have on your resume.<p> Hated "AVP: 2" for many reasons, but this looks more polished, like it's going somewhere. I hope it goes sick, disgusting-ville with the aliens and what they do to humans. I hope it's disturbing.<p> Maybe I'm just sticking my head in the sand. Oh well.<p> But I hope.
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You mean the guy who got his dick sucked by Lauren Lee Smith in LIE WITH ME? And by that I mean, he really got his dick sucked on film. And when I say "dick", I'm talking about an embarrassingly short penis. Good lord. I don't know how he lived that role down.
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...He subcontracted the Rapture to them. They're kind of clumsy, but they get the job done...
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After watching the trailer with sound, I've lost all interest in this.
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D.Vader Reinstatement Countdown
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SKYLINE was the best they could come up with?
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I kinda wished that it was Turk and JD fighting the aliens...
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