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UPDATED WITH TRAILER EMBED!! Tom Cruise Pulls WALL-E Duty In The First Trailer For Joseph Kosinski's OBLIVION!
Beaks here...
Universal has been rolling out bit and pieces of promotional material for Joseph Kosinski's OBLIVION this week, so it makes sense they'd cap it all off with the first theatrical trailer. The film stars Tom Cruise as a soldier charged with cleaning up what's left of Earth, which has been evacuated after some sort of alien invasion. He's two weeks away from wrapping up his mission when, wouldn't you know it, he stumbles across a band of survivors who aren't too keen on the idea of being abandoned.
Yes, there's an unmistakable hint of WALL-E here, and perhaps some I AM LEGEND, but Kosinski, as he did with TRON LEGACY, once again displays his gift for world-building. He's also working from a screenplay co-written with Academy Award winners William Monahan and Michael Arndt (and Karl Gajdusek, who wrote on the above-average, sadly-canceled LAST RESORT). I think Kosinski is a major talent in search of a great story. This is actually based on his own graphic novel (which I haven't read), and there certainly seems to be a great deal of potential here. I am afraid there might be a twist telegraphed in the trailer, but I can't imagine that's all there is to the film.
OBLIVION hits theaters on April 19, 2013. Looking forward to this one.
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Dec. 8, 2012, 10:46 p.m. CST
The Super Bowl remarks and Yankees cap seem very forced.
by Stereotypical Evil Archer
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But seriously, call me intrigued. I just hope it isn't as obvious as the trailer makes it out to be.
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Certainly got my attention.
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Dec. 8, 2012, 10:55 p.m. CST
The only Tom Cruise movies I like are the sci-fi ones.
by thefreshestthing
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Wall E has the patent on things that look like legit science ficiton? I call bullshit on that. And I don't like Tom all that much, but ditto on the post above about his sci fi movies being good.
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Dec. 8, 2012, 11:14 p.m. CST
Poster was intriguing. Trailer sold me a matinee ticket.
by tomandshell
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dumbed down, but cool
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sold! -I will be watching this in the theatre.
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one of the greatest conceptualists of all time. If I got to make a big budget sci-fi film I'd borrow heavily from his designs, too.
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I wish Tom wasn't such a weirdo but I do still like the guy. Which is strange. Anyways, let the hate begin. I sure feel sorry for people who just have to be so down on everything. Must suck to be a hater. I can't wait for this!
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Getting Morpheus vibe from Freeman.
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Dec. 8, 2012, 11:34 p.m. CST
Lots of cliches in that trailer. Reminded me of Will Smith's "I am Legend", which was awful.
by Ironhelix
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It's great to see a trailer for another original, hard-hitting science fiction movie! The overall feel of "Oblivion" definitely got my attention. Earth, but massively different than it is now, with all kinds of futuristic architecture and landscapes. Even Cruise looks okay in this. One aspect of the trailer that really got my attention was the specific, well-developed reason Earth looks wasted: there was a war with fucking aliens that we only sort of won. Sweet! Very Stephen Baxter, hard science fiction inspired stuff. This is the shit I've waited years to see, in all honesty. Science fiction writers, classic to modern, create and examine world-changing ideas like this all the time, with some seriously mind-bending examinations of the future. I love that Kosinski went there. Can't wait to see this now.
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Dec. 8, 2012, 11:42 p.m. CST
It's an extended riff on WALL-E that descends into the full laundry list of post-apocalypse sci fi cliches
by Margot Tenenbaum
Mixed in with Cruise's patented "I'm putting 750% into my acting goddammit" technique
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Looks alright.
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They moved it from July to April. That says a LOT.
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Dec. 8, 2012, 11:47 p.m. CST
I want more articles by the "testicle-chinned goblin king!!!" Not his "never-ending legion of goblins..." [to quote Mr. Beaks]
by Timothy Marcione
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Since Morgan Freeman thinks that white people are so racist why should I continue to line his pockets. I would imagine he does not want a white person's money either. Right? -- End of Line --
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like the design work, yes the Yankees stuff seems bit forced, but will have to check it out. My guess from the trailer: It was humans that fucked up the Earth, the aliens were either scapegoats / arrived to stop humans from more damage / are mutated humans, and there's been a cover-up from above.
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Stunning. Its refreshing to see there's a SF film with its own look and feel. Kosinski whiffed badly in Tron Legacy (I was SO revved up to see that, but it was brought down by its truly awful script), but I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt on this one. Can't wait.
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seems like a good sci-fi story to me, problem is that as often sci-fi of this nature does, relies too much on the final act.
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Dec. 9, 2012, 12:25 a.m. CST
Someone should cut a Jack Reacher / Oblivion mashup trailer.
by Scott Sullivan
Two characters with pretty much the same name played by Cruise in pretty much the same way.
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xcept for the whole tom cruise part. ugh.
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Dec. 9, 2012, 12:40 a.m. CST
It's refreshing to see a SF movie not based on a comic book
by lord Baul
Or an old series or a remake of a cult movie. Having said that this seems cliché ridden. Also it looks insanely cool. Will see it in the movie theater.
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He really is one of the few Gen X actors left who knows how to be a star, and who can carry a movie the way movie stars of the past did. I give him a lot of credit for trying interesting material and for delivering solid performances in quite a few top-notch films (Risky Business, Jerry Maguire, Collateral, Minority Report, among others), and ALWAYS surrounding himself with and working with superior talent. Is he a whack job in his personal life? Totally. But otherwise, I'm always kind of interested in what he's doing. We'll see how it turns out, but Oblivion looks like a must-see to me.
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Dec. 9, 2012, 12:45 a.m. CST
An "unmistakeable hint of WALL-E"? Really? I never thought that one bit
by D.Vader
WALL-E is absolutely brilliant sci-fi, and other than a few APPLE-inspired white designs and the idea of a dead planet, there is really *nothing* here that is "unmistakably" Wall-E. This smacks of ridiculous simplification to sound smart. You can do better than this, Beaks.
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Dec. 9, 2012, 12:46 a.m. CST
I'm in cause of WoW & Minority R. - Trailer shows potential too
by even9
& Cruisy has a love for sci-fi Genre, & this is pretty fantasy futuristic stuff for him too. Definitely giving this & his All You Need is Kill a chance to win over my fantasy geek movie Genre heart!
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Dec. 9, 2012, 12:47 a.m. CST
This is all going to depend on the story... and remember that Kosinski's direction was the worst part of Tron Legacy
by locater16
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"... (I was SO revved up to see that, but it was brought down by its truly awful script)" Yeah, bc that was his fault.
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... has my interest piqued.
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there a bit by pointing out how bad the script sucked. Wasn't that clear? Kosinski deserves a lot of credit for the TL eye candy, even though the movie he directed was awful.
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Dec. 9, 2012, 12:57 a.m. CST
Looks like the type of movie I will dig even if it's just OK. Looks promising.
by RedJester
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Dec. 9, 2012, 12:59 a.m. CST
Uhh, Kosinski's direction was one of the BEST parts of TRON: Legacy
by D.Vader
Pretty much all the detractors (and I am not one of them) agree that the worst part of that movie was the script, not the visuals or the direction. That's just a lame attempt at trying to look critically cool.
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I thought by saying he whiffled and then criticizing the script you were tying the two elements together. My bad!
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It's like THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES in space.
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Look it up, Published by Radical Boooks abck in 2005 or so.
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Dec. 9, 2012, 1:11 a.m. CST
I never thought I'd say this, but I think this movie will signal the return of Tom Cruise as the most marketable movie star in the biz.
by RedJester
I can't see this not making a shitload of dough...
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Dec. 9, 2012, 1:36 a.m. CST
This kind of sci-fi i can get behind but fuck the new trek
by dioxholsters_scion
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My bad. Nevermind what I said. Then this is only another example of the hollywood decadence. How is it possible that among so many writers in HW there is not a single original story? Prequels, sequels, remakes and adaptations... I'm still seeing it, though.
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Great work Tom, as always, but even better this time!!!!
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Nice logic. I love how racists make racism logical by saying the other party is being racist. You're looking for an excuse to hate black people because you already do. Go fuck yourself and drink a cup o' drano, you worthless fucking piece of nothing.
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Dec. 9, 2012, 2:06 a.m. CST
It appears to be pretty standard sci if fare, but as Olga Kurylenko is in it....
by Playkins
...it absolutely guarantees that my ass will be in the theater. I could watch that woman sleep for two hours.
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Tom Cruise really brings the Tom Cruisiness to this one!
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Dec. 9, 2012, 2:10 a.m. CST
Tom Cruise plays a cocky hotshot who finds himself in over his head
by ReportAbuse
Until taken under the wing of mysterious, wise old black mentor Morgan Freeman. But ... is Freeman hiding something? What starts off as a routine assignment may just turn out to be more than meets the eye! Has Tom Cruise finally met his match? And what timely lessons will be learned by all of this? See it in 3-D!
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Dec. 9, 2012, 2:18 a.m. CST
How does this look like 'legit' science fiction? It looks extremely generic with gadget porn bullshit like Tron Legacy and Prometheus
by awepittance
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First contact with this movie came yesterday in the form of a poster for me, now I've seen the movie :s
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Looks great. Please oh please, be that sci-fi movie the Prometheus so very nearly was. We need a classic in this genre, soon.
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Some skiffy fans you are.
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Why do I want to install a program wanting continuous updates when I can just goto Youtube?
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The trailer really makes this movie looks like a mix of Wall-E and I am legend, plus generic sound effects and lame editing. Hard to get a feeling about the finished movie from this, but it does not appear to be even remotely realistic or aimed at a thinking audience, but I would not mind to be positively surprised. Also, I hope the CGI is not finished, it looks very poor.
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This will be a cool sf movie, not some tentpole extravaganza. I can watch Tron Legacy 5 times a year just for the visuals and the music so i,m really looking forward to this! I can never have enough sci fi, simple as that.
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Dec. 9, 2012, 4:10 a.m. CST
And I agree that this movie looks very generalized... Was expecting more.
by happybunni
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Dec. 9, 2012, 4:11 a.m. CST
Really looking forward to seeing this -- spotted big Total Recall and Elysium influences in the story, though.
by Hardboiled Wonderland
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Looks kind of like a 70's sci-fi film but with modern sfx.
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Dec. 9, 2012, 4:18 a.m. CST
Yeah, a gift for world building just not a gift for story telling...
by Pdorwick
...seriously, Tron Legacy was god awful; the worst film of that year easily.
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He was amazing in Aladdin
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Dec. 9, 2012, 4:49 a.m. CST
This trailer bored me. And there wasn't even a "BWWWWWWWAAAAAHHHH" moment to be seen!
by Gareth Holton
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But I also can recognize the weaknesses in the story. This flick looks kind of interesting, lots of generic (underground army adorned in black leather and shades?), but maybe the teaser is the worst of it. The writing team on this one doesn't give me much hope though, Monahan seems to be the go-to guy to write dry, flat scripts adapting other people's work, and while Karl Gajdusek might have Last Resort under his belt, he also has Trespass as an example of the kind of stuff he makes when he doesn't have a writing staff and Shawn Ryan supporting him, and Arndt's Little Miss Sunshine was clunky indie pandering mainly succeeding by having an excellent cast. Hopefully Kosinski's source material is just sparkling, because these 3 don't strike me as the kind of writers who seek to elevate adapted scripts so much as just complete them.
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you saw influences to elysium, a film that you have not seen, in this trailer, to a film you have not seen? sometimes the pretense really does know no bounds
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..Maybe i missed it, i can't think of a reason why they ignore it.
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let me guess how this story ends....
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Or Mark Wahlberg in Max Payne. Or a Roman Centurion. It' in her contract.
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Could that name be any more generic?
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Dec. 9, 2012, 6:17 a.m. CST
Influences of Elysium? Come on, let's not get carried away...
by D.Vader
Because that's ridiculous.
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I can imagine this having quite a thin plot, and not much meat on it's bones, but i expect the m83 score and the visuals to turn this into a pretty exciting and entertaining fare. Kosinski looks to be the guy who is all visual flair and slick directorial style, but someone who needs a great writer to push him to greatness. I could be wrong and this film could be insanely good in the writing dept.
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Dec. 9, 2012, 6:45 a.m. CST
cactusspade I pity you and your reciprocal homophobic comments, get a life bitch
by Torben
Trailer looks good isn't he called Jack in another film
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I've been writing a graphic novel for, like a year and half and have been banging my head against a wall in the process. Theres no way you can judge the strength of this story on that trailer. The only alarm-bell for me is that the characters called Jack. That's a big no according to what I've read. Instant heroism.
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everythings been done. Everything. So for people to bring up A.I, WALL-E etc..those screenplays don't have a monopoly on the apocalypse. It's what you do with the apocalypse that counts. Stories rely on an element of isolation/soul-searching and the apocalypse gives writers that tool. It's a back-drop, nothing more.
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God damn, wouldn't that be fantastic!
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1) Jack O' The Green (Legend) 2) Jack Reacher 3) Jack Harper (Oblivion) Perhaps he'll have a cameo in Jack Ass Part IV next?
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For being a sci-fi fan. He very nearly got ATMOM made, he's doing All You Need Is Kill, he is one of the few actors that can get big budget SF projects off the ground. I don't give two shits about his private life. He's a scientologist, he's gay, he's anti-psychiatry - who gives a shit? He loves nerdy projects and that's all that fucking matters.
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How to do a sci-fi/fantasy film that at it's core is either thematicially or narratively (depending on what type of film it is) a jigsaw puzzle to work out wat it's story is, while at the same time, having another story that is not that story but which gives a, for the most part, satisfactory conclusion to the trip of the movie for people while at the same time, for people who really really like the movie, leaving them a clue that it's not quite the whole monty as the chink of the trip involved in that type of fandom serves as the clue for the solidifying of the shapeshifting puzzle piece underneath. & Oblivion could be one of those type of movies. which when they happen, usually eclipse the initial trip, which has to be pretty darn good in the first place for it to lead ya on. & that 'can' be the fun of the high jinx of the sci-fi/fantasy Genre although there are other kinds of fun in at too to this movie geek.
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For those comparing this to Wall-E or Elysium: *In Wall E, a droid lives on a pollution-stinking Earth, where a more advanced droid returns to determine whether very fat humans could return. In Oblivion, a rather fit man and woman seem to be tagging the last remains of an alien war-leveled Earth before leaving. To sum up: one scenario is Earth piled high with garbage, the other is a post-alien war scorched planet. Similar? No. *In Elysium, which we've only read the most general description of, millions of humans still live on Earth as well as on a massive, rich-persons space station. In Oblivion, again, a man and a woman are tagging the last remains of an alien war-leveled Earth before leaving. Similar? Even less so. Please smoke less pot before posting.
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Go Tigers!
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Dec. 9, 2012, 7:43 a.m. CST
Is just me or does Tom Cruise appears in about every single frame in that trailer?
by drompter
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I admire your attempt to describe the type of film you think Oblivion is. Unfortunately, even after reading your post 9 times (see what I did there?) I have no idea what you wrote. Please smoke less pot before posting.
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But he kind of won me over with War of the Worlds,it was refreshing seeing him play a asshole,Valkeryie again was a good performance. I no longer dismiss stuff he's in straight off the bat so I'll check this out
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but Cruise for some reason sticks out like a sore thumb.
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I thought the first half looked great, and the second half really dissapointing. Then I saw the thing again a couple of hours later, with less anticipation, and I dug the whole thing. It simply looks superb.. and fresh! I've been seeing myself reviewing this for a month now.
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Is working for the conquering aliens and either doesn't know it or has mentally blocked that fact out by reminiscing about the good old days as he repairs the machines that hunt the few remaining humans down. And when he finds the pod with the woman in it, that's the real humans and he starts realizing his coworkers/bosses are the aliens?
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your post is funny, & i'm flattered(in some way) you read my post nine times, thank you.
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Cruise always seem to land roles in interesting movies. Cruise has a LOT of sci/fi cred to his name.
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but they should have hired Com Truise instead.
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Dec. 9, 2012, 8:35 a.m. CST
HELL YEAH that looks fucking great. Turned off trailer after 30 seconds... take my money already!
by Autodidact
Tom Cruise is really Tom Cruisin' it up in the first 30 seconds. That's okay because he's fucking great and as mentioned upthread, can be at his best in sci-fi.
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Dec. 9, 2012, 8:35 a.m. CST
Looks clean but many cliches involved. Better have a cool twists and one hell of a climax.
by Mcgyver29
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I'd actually rather see him tackle a chapter of Star Wars than pretty much any of the directors names being volleyed around. He needs to work a little more on story (but not much) and a tad more on performances. I think Tron: Legacy was genuinely trying to do something great and didn't feel cynical like I feel J.J.'s movies can be, and even Vaughn's... Kosinski just needs better scripts and to get a better grounding in directing actors and I think he could be the director of our next Empire Strikes Back. I have to wait to see Elysium to see if Blomkamp can tell a story that way too. But I think they have in common something that everyone else is lacking: earnestness. They mean it. The admittedly few films they've done are not loaded up with shitty humor and irony. What there is grows out of the situation, so that when it gets dark, you're not flashing back to Kirk's swollen hands or the stupid fucking borderline sitcom plotting of Abrams, Kurzci, and Orcman. Anyway, I think there was a great basic story to Tron: Legacy, it just needed a better script and it also needed to have a lot more tension in the middle section of the movie. If it's on tv, I leave it on, without failure, because the visual direction is perfect and awe-inspiring. He actually reminds me a little of early Lucas... clean lines, beautiful frames, no A.D.D. editing. Plus, the soundtrack, imho, was NOT a safe bet. It turned out to be absolutely brilliant and I think it was robbed for the Oscar by Reznor and his simplistic navel pickings. Clint Mansell does what Reznor tries to do about a thousand times better with more complexity and heart. I don't even dislike his music for Social Network, but it's not the best of that type by far.
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Naked or with body armor indiscernible from nakedness. Copious secretions. Growls for language. As fast and as strong as a panther. So fucking played, and not ever likely to be the manifestations of an intelligent spacefaring civilization.
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Dec. 9, 2012, 9:23 a.m. CST
Everyone's been evacuated" literally means "everyone shit their pants.
by trevoasisr
You evacuate places, not people (unless you are talking about pooping). Also, while I'm being pedantic... In the Prometheus special feature where he's giving a TED talk, Guy Pearce uses the term, "begs the question" completely incorrectly... at a motherfuckin' TED talk. Most of the world uses it incorrectly to the point where it has completely lost its original meaning. Learn what it means before it's lost forever!!!
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Dec. 9, 2012, 9:58 a.m. CST
Visuals are nice, but the trailer tells me almost nothing about the movie.
by AlienFanatic
And the monsters with glowy eyes seem a bit cheesy to me. Might turn out to be good, but it looks like it lacks any 'hook' that would draw in wide audiences. I'm thinking it'll top out at about $120M domestically, and maybe $280M worldwide, because Cruise is still pretty popular abroad.
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Dec. 9, 2012, 10:04 a.m. CST
Looks fun ... Cruise may be a weirdo but he makes fucking entertaining flicks!
by Judge Briggs
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The movie cost well north of $100 million and it looks like it is all on the screen. In other news, Morgan Freeman is a bad sign. You know he's going to get into his all-knowing, morally-disapproving, Magic-Negro-I'm-here-to-help-the-violent-not-too-bright-white-guy (a.k.a. God) schtick and it's just been done to death. Do not want. As for Wall-E, half of it (the good half) was ripped off of Idiocracy. I doubt this movie will be that good or that much fun. But who knows? Here's hoping, and hope is all movie goers have left. Hmmmm, kind of sounds like Pandora's Box.
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Dec. 9, 2012, 10:24 a.m. CST
I hope it's ace. But that trailer isnt. Looks as generic as fuck.
by J.B.M.A.
And I'm still stumped by the praise for the director of Tron Legacy. SUCH a disappointing film and the 'world building' for that film is terribly overrated. More missed opportunities than successes.
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Dec. 9, 2012, 10:37 a.m. CST
So let me guess: Cruise is unknowingly working for the aliens
by Dr Lizardo
And Freeman's bunch are the real human survivors. Just a guess.
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so there goes that theory.
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apparently makes an appearance
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Instead it's a weaksauce movie that fails to live up to an interesting premise and squanders all it's goodwill on terrible casting, a meaningless script and some confusingly mundane effects work. But don't worry - rubber costumes are cooooool...!
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I'm pretty sure she got well and truly naked kinky-bondage banged as recently as 2006 in 'Le Serpent'. Must've been in her earlier 'naked kinky bondage' contract days.
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bored after 30 seconds.
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Dec. 9, 2012, 10:59 a.m. CST
In 10 years Avengers will be forgotten, and Tron Legacy will be a cult classic.
by Gary Makin
You'll see.
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Dec. 9, 2012, 11:02 a.m. CST
Tron Legacy will never be a cult classic. Sorry. It's not Bladerunner (but it wishes it was).
by J.B.M.A.
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FACT!
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Dec. 9, 2012, 11:07 a.m. CST
So Morgan Freeman is the good guy side, right? He's always the good guy.
by KoolerThanJesus
I hope the twist isn't like Moon, but that's what it looks like.
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Nice to know you have at least 3 things in common with Tom Cruise!
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It is forgettable though.
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Morgan Freeman played a bad guy in the terrible movie where they were bending bullets.
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I'm guessing it's all a simulation to keep him happy , since he's the last person left alive. Just like Vanilla Sky. Hoping not.
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I'm down, I remain a Cruise fan. I couldn't care less about the guy's personal life. He makes damn fine films.
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Are you kidding?! You can tell what this story is going to be about: the trailer pretty much gives away the big twist.
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Tom Cruise is dangerous just like the radical, violent religious cult he belongs to. Don't be a sheep.
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--a meaningless script and some confusingly mundane effects work-- That's what you thought of Tron Legacy? Funny, that's EXACTLY how I felt walking out of the paint-by-numbers Avengers. Avengers brought NOTHING to the superhero genre except for a crowd of costumed heroes we all love separately working together. Bland enemy threat, sometimes sloppy CGI effects and a script that was more comedy than drama. I was expecting a laugh track every time a joke was told. Iron Man 1 is a FAR better film than The Avengers.
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Dec. 9, 2012, 12:40 p.m. CST
I've seen Avengers and Tron Legacy for a month now. Both will be forgotten. Fact!
by Brian Hopper
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EXACTLY. Was gonna post the same thing about Cruise. Who GIVES a shit about his personal life if he's getting movies like this made. And do you have ANY FUCKING IDEA how many people in his cadre of hangers-on probably argue against doing stuff like this? Or the cameo in Tropic Thunder? The fact that he uses his clout to get a movie like this made from a director coming off of the Tron sequel? Clearly he saw the directorial promise cause he's super intelligent like that (Brad Pitt can be too) and figured he'd give it a whirl. As a result, Kosinski gets to attempt some original sci-fi on a grand scale.
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Dec. 9, 2012, 1:40 p.m. CST
other than the fact that he ages very slowly, what is cruise's appeal?
by walt
his range is limited he has only not played himself in two movies and he is an evil scientologist
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mainstream movie audience doesn't know what a producer does
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Dec. 9, 2012, 1:43 p.m. CST
yup. the truth is all of humanity has been destroyed and he is the last, living in a construct
by walt
you can all stay home now
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Dec. 9, 2012, 1:59 p.m. CST
Cruise is ok by me. Scientology fanaticism aside, he seems like a good guy.
by Quake II
And if he used his clout to get this movie made, good for him. Hollywood doesn't exactly green-light pure science fiction movies unless they're directed or produced by Spielberg. Cruise probably saw the potential Kosinski has (architect degree, associate professor or architecture) and wanted to see his visual style come to life unrestricted. This is 100% Kosinski's baby with no Disney and toy marketing involment. His story, his designs, his movie.
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As Ebert likes to say, "It's not what a story is about but how it's about it."
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The dude is 50 and easily could pass for ten years younger.
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Somehow I didn't think that label applied to people born in the 60s. 70s, sure. Wait, are we even labeling generations anymore? I never noticed "Generation Z" appearing into the pop culture lexicon. Oh yeah, this looks nice. Lots of imagery I'm used to seeing in Sci-Fi art for years, and I'm sorry it's now tied to Crazy Cruise now, but at least it's in motion. Seems like an obvious twist that Cruise and his partner aren't actually working for surviving humanity after all, though if he's still human or like an alien-bred clone is not clear. Why would the aliens, if there ARE evil aliens, needs a human or human/clone to do what he's doing? Whatever, seems like a fun way to spend a few hours at least.
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Pretty cool.
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Yeah, his personal life is whacked and I don't agree with his views, but the guy has made consistently entertaining movies. He cares a lot about the end product that goes up on the screen. He has always been willing to work with a wide variety of directors, and the fact that he's clearly a sci-fi fan makes him ok in my book. I am looking forward to Oblivion as well as his next sci-fi film, All You Need Is Kill.
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Dec. 9, 2012, 2:36 p.m. CST
Question: Which costumes/FX style do you prefer: TRON or TRON LEGACY
by Autodidact
Personally I prefer the costumes from 1981 which looked like sort of electronic skins. The 2010 costumes just look like motorcycle gear with EL tape laid in (that is what they are). And despite loving the look of TRON LEGACY's effects, I prefer the look of the effects in the original. It is completely unique. There is no other movie that looks like TRON from 1981. LEGACY just does not set itself apart that way.
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Dec. 9, 2012, 2:37 p.m. CST
Quicktime = click on 1080p, wait about five seconds for glorious perfect quality
by Autodidact
I have never understood people's distaste for Quicktime. Get a computer with adequate RAM.
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what's the point? aside from just higher priced tickets?
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So it starts at about 1963/64 and goes to the early 80s.
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...he's an annoyingly terrible pixie of an actor who struggles in any role he can't smile and charm his way through. I really don't understand this site. People are obviously going to disagree and debate with each other (which is always entertaining), but I can't help notice that many opinions in talk-backs/reviews have seemed more planted than normal. I usually dismissed the "planting" as more paranoia than anything, but it's horrendously obvious (Jack Reacher). What the Hell?!
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Movie looks good. Hit!
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Is it the 90's again? Lately, the box office disagrees with you...
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Cruises last starting effort, ghost protocol, was a massive worldwide success. The facts disagree with you.
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Dec. 9, 2012, 3:49 p.m. CST
Yeah...let's cast him in the Crow remake and make the world suck that... much... more....
by evilhoban
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spoilers spoilers spoilers spoilers tom is unwittingly repairing the drones for the aliens to wipe out the remaining humans
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Starring Mark Hammill... looks kinda similar.
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What do you have to gain from that? TELL ME!
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it's just an assumption
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Dec. 9, 2012, 5:28 p.m. CST
I've seen gooseflesh emerger from water for about a month now
by animatronicmojo
...looks alright- although the major plot points are pretty well covered by this exposition heavy trailer, and that tweeeest is pretty well telegraphed, man! Whatever happened to building mystery and intrigue in Sci-Fi trailers? It's almost like after Prometheus they have to spell it out: "One man will discover a a plot that YOU can UNDERSTAND, because answers will be SPOON-FED to him and you in the end!" <BR> Also, Tom should do a 90-minute film in real-time- where he just. keeps. sprinting. Seriously. One, 90-minute, non-stop sprint. Maybe it could be about some messenger in ancient Greece who must sprint to warn of an impending invasion or something.
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...and after you see it, you’ll know the name and what it stands for.
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Iron Man is indeed a superior film to Avengers, though that strikes me as a somewhat unfair comparison given that the first Iron Man is an almost perfectly pitched movie experience. I thoroughly enjoyed Avengers and found it enormous fun. Personally I liked the witty script, though I concur that the bad guys were somewhat generic (even Loki). None of this makes Tron Legacy a better film. It's a complete waste of the premise set up by the original and despite all the flim-flam talked on here about 'visionary' design and 'epic world building' it in fact has very little of either, updating The Matrix's disco-goth for it's costumes and pinching from a myriad of sci-fi art books for it's Bladerunner-esque cityscape. The original Tron attempted to translate the 'look' of computer graphics into it's vehicles, environment and even the slightly shonky costumes and struggled gamely with the limits of the technology available at the time. Tron Legacy presents us with guys in fetish rubber and a fantasy world that for the most part fails to look remotely computer based but instead appears entirely real. Why? This is a total waste of an opportunity to really go nuts with all the toys that current filmmakers enjoy. It's no fun having the Solar Sailor in the film if it now looks like a series of shipping crates tacked togther or the Recognizers if they now resemble entirely solid, alien spacecraft. It staggers me that years after the fact they managed to produce a lightcycle race that is actually LESS thrilling than the original!!!!! And then have an original cycle turn up and have NOBODY DRIVE IT PROPERLY!!! Add the almost brain-hurtingly bad acting of the lead, the terrible script and yes - a really dull bad guy in KLU (clever idea - doesn't work at all) and you have a raw turkey that should have been perfect hog roast. There are bits of it I can enjoy (the soundtrack is superb) and some of the visuals are plenty pretty, but it just could have been so, SO much more. Oh, and points off for Micheal Sheen as a scenery chewing albino...
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Only somewhat related.
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Ah, good to hear. I know the script is circulating out there in internet land, so one has to thread lightly...
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Is, in part what made Tron Legacy a little ridiculous. Yes....the script was awful...Garret Hedlund's character was poorly realized....some of the sets looked like a backlot....
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Dec. 9, 2012, 7:32 p.m. CST
michael arndt is a dickslap hackjob star wars is doomed this fucking movie is a cliche of itself - more ranting!!!
by wannabedirector
fuk off
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Dec. 9, 2012, 7:46 p.m. CST
Actually, I'll take bets on whether it gets pushed back to Thanksgiving, Christmas, or Memorial Day 2014 at this point.
by lox4444
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Like him or not, he is a great leading man who has the ability to command many different types of audiences and has happened to have starred in more than a few films worthy of mention in the annals of film history. Cue annals jokes.
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what a name haah
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Dec. 9, 2012, 9:48 p.m. CST
That trailer is Jack Reacher in space! I've been seeing it for a month.
by Clio
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You are so right.
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I think they are tailoring the trailer to be very action orientated. I can see this film maybe be very deep and Cruise turning in a worthy performance. It seems the trailer is going to pull one over on us.
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Dec. 9, 2012, 10:19 p.m. CST
Cruise does actually do some cool things out of the spotlight, like....
by Crobran
A co-worker's niece is a massage therapist in Telluride, and Cruise was one of her clients. She and her husband wanted to adopt a baby, but couldn't afford to, so he paid for them to be able to do it. So yeah, he can be weird, but that's not all there is to him.
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I like that crazy motherfucker. The whack job has starred in some great movies, he always give 100% to his running scenes and does his own stunts. Sure he's a bit nuts with his beliefs... but hey, he's more interesting, love him or hate him, than the latest batch of hollyweird douche bags.
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Dec. 10, 2012, 12:17 a.m. CST
Speaking of wall-e, Netflix signed a deal with Disney. Well see the new Star Wars movies, and marvel movies streaming.
by mistergreen
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Dec. 10, 2012, 12:33 a.m. CST
As much as I love to bust on Tom Cruise.....he has made some entertaining films
by HoLottaMo
and this looks like it could be a good one
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I'll watch the remake, because that film won't have Tom Cruise in it. I won't put money in the pocket of Tom Cruise.
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... bad and boring. Nothing and Tom Cruise is really starting to get old and not in a good way.
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Dec. 10, 2012, 5:10 a.m. CST
Always annoyed when sci-fi movies have stupid tech because it "looks cool"
by Knuckleface
Maybe I'm just an old troll, but why can't Hollywood conceptualise futuristic planes/cars etc that show at least some respect for the laws of physics and practicality?
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Tugg Speedman is the best action hero!
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Dec. 10, 2012, 6:44 a.m. CST
Yeah, it does look like that Tom's character is unknowingly working for the aliens to destroy the last of humanity...
by Prof. Pop-Cult
The more I watch the trailer (the production design of this movie looks topnotch, by the way), the more it feels like that that is the plot twist. But maybe that's not the case. Maybe we're supposed to predict that, but the writers have other things in mind.
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Dec. 10, 2012, 7:06 a.m. CST
WAR OF THE WORLDS is so great whenver Tom is onscreen and so irritating whenever his kids are speaking or in frame
by Autodidact
Why did they make the fucking kids in that movie so infuriating? I think it was to make Tom's character more sympathetic, and it worked.
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Tom Cruise is a lunatic member of a dangerous cult. He is a whiny little fraud. When I saw Top Gun as a kid I wanted to smoke his choad I thought he was so awesome. Ever since he paired up with Katie Holmes I have seen him for what he is....a mental midget. I like the Jack Reacher (stupid name) trailer where he beats up five guys. Yeah, sure. He's like 5'3''. This also looks stupid. Why is Manhattan covered by mountains? That is impossible. And don't tell me about "the magic of the movies"...I need to have at least some plausibility.
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I don't care for him as an actor. He plays "Tom Cruise" in every film he is in (except for maybe Tropic Thunder, which was terrible, and just included more body hair).
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Dec. 10, 2012, 10:42 a.m. CST
This trailer seems fresh in comparison to World War Z which has elements of trailers that are well into parody now
by ufoclub1977
You know a huge series of effects shots with the bass heavy orchestral long note hit, or the sudden accident that shows how unsettling the situation is... or did this have those in it? I think this seems like it could be refreshingly scifi as opposed to simple action wearing a scifi disguise.
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This is the first Tom C movie released in April the last 20 years, I think, or ever... I watch the trailer twice. Beat by beat, it has every element in MOON. It takes place 60 years after everything goes to hell. Yes, he find the clones, yes, he is a clone. They were supposed to be the group to clean up the planet, so the originals can come back, right. Of course u r going to meet the old Tom C as the bad guy in the end...
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Dec. 10, 2012, 3:30 p.m. CST
EYES WIDE SHUT = greatest thing Cruise has and will ever be in
by la_sith
Also, I am not interested in this new movie.
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Dec. 10, 2012, 4:23 p.m. CST
SO he's playing the same guy from Spielberg's War of the Worlds, just several years later?
by Refrigerator_running
It's the baseball hat. <P> "I'm jack whoever whoever".. yeah, sure you are Tom. Just a normal guy. Riiiiight.
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I'm in just for Olga. Ever since Hitman I've been her slave.
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Seriously? People think this looks fresh? I almost expected Morgan Freeman to offer him a Red pill or a Blue pill at some point in that trailer. I'm guessing Cruise is a guy that is a clone of a guy who lived in the "old days" and has recurring memories of that life and is working unknowingly for the aliens. Betting the people underground are the real humans, and that "monster" is probably just a red herring. Not very fresh. Not even very original.
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Cruise is a robot and all of humanity has been digitized uploaded into him. Twist is he doesn't know he is a robot or about his fate until the end.
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...was old a month ago.
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kick that plexiglas instead of punching it? Y'know, instead of kicking a wall... or chewing to show of his developed chewing muscles... or hunch shoulders and kick floor... oh he does that... I AM SOOOO TIRRRRRRED OF CRUISE PERFORMANZZZZZZZZZZ...
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This looks pretty good. Better than that Will Smith shite
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Dec. 11, 2012, 9:17 a.m. CST
I do feel like Cruise pulled off the Red Sox hat a whole lot better in Knight & Day, but I will not hold this Yankees hat against the movie.
by JackSlater4
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Dec. 11, 2012, 3:17 p.m. CST
Interested. Hoping its smart scifi (unlike Prometheus), and if not, at least Will Smith gets blown out an airlock
by j
Surviving that ejection might bite into the "smart in scifi" but there is plenty of time to hate later as this develops :) btw: Wall-E does not get dibs on Evacuated Earth. Read it many times before in many variations, and will likely read/see it again. Its kinda like having the punk scene thriving in London and New York and the first kid in LA with a mohawk trying to act OG.
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LOL. Honestly, looks good. . . great visuals, and shows a vested interest in sci fi on joseph kosinkski's part.
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