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Robert Rodriguez's SPY KIDS trailer OnLine
Hey folks, Harry here and finally the SPY KIDS trailer has popped online. Just so you know, this is the TEASER trailer and Robert is really adamant about trying to keep the keyest coolest stuff underwraps... but I can point out some stuff that will be different in the final print. Right now, the jet pack scene with the girl... there is like no flames coming out. When I was last at Robert's house, I saw the flame plate as it was being worked on and the flames were pretty damn dynamic looking... and they had lighting elements all over those cave walls reacting to it... so at least on those jetpacks... that's a temp effect... that I know off. I imagine the second trailer will hit sometime in February. As for now.. here's the trailer:
Geeks At Large,
I saw the trailer for Spy Kids a couple of weeks ago in theaters and
thought I'd take a second look at the movie's website, unfortunately,
Dimension has yet to figure out the Internet. I suppose they finally had some
sort of technical breakthrough because the trailer has been posted. You can
download it in 3 glorious Quicktime sizes (the big one gets my endorsement).
Of course, it would be nice if they had the folks at Apple do this one, but
hey, at least they have their hearts in the right place.
12 MB, 320 x 216
http://www.spykids.com/Assets/Video/Trailer_high.mov
4 MB, 264 x 180:
http://www.spykids.com/Assets/Video/Trailer_med.mov
2 MB, 176 x 120:
HREF="http://www.spykids.com/HTML/downloads/trailer/Trailer_low.mov">
Trailer_low.mov
Also, the Spy Kids site itself has been updated and is noticeably faster than
its previous incarnation. Back to fightin' crime...
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I believe that the archetype for this type of behavior among young kids can be traced back to Hogarth Huges. While Hogarths parents where not spies, he still showed a great amount of cunning when hiding THE IRON GIANT from not only his mom, but also the entire town of Rockwell. It would seem that the kids in Spy Kids would seem to have the same type of spirit. Although I cannot imagine the stacks being as high in this new film as they were in THE IRON GIANT, Spy Kids does still looks exciting and compelling. I would also like to note that while it would appear that Hogarths Dad was in the Air force that does not mean he was a spy. On a side note, does anyone think it is strange that in the movie 2001, the main characters daughter, when asked what she wanted on her birthday during a video call, told her dad that she wanted a Bush Baby? Did Stanley know something back then that we did not?
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1-There's not many Brazilian film makers. 2-From Dusk to Duskier wasn't that bad a movie. 3-He's got the balls to attempt a kinda sci-fi movie after the masterpiece that was Mission 2 Mars. 4-He's got the balls to make a spy movie after the masterpiece that was Mission:Impossible. 6-He cast Piper Laurie (Hey someone's got to) 7-He made 'The Faculty' that Tv show with her from Family Ties, hey I thought it was funny. 8-He's not that prick Kevin Smith 9-He sold his balls to science to make a movie 10-He made a movie in Puerto Rico for 75$.
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well anyway, deletions aside, I'm going to give out about the Faculty again, because I thought it was crap.
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The trailer actually looks fun but I think it's time to ease up on the wire-fu,it's becoming as cliche'd as the slow-mo figure in front of the fire ball and the "I'm too old for this shit" line. By the time Matrix2 shows up we're all just gonna sit there and grone. And to go completely off topic am I the only one getting 80's porn flashbacks everytime I see a new photo of Kirsten Dunst. Is it just me or is she looking more and more like Ginger Lynn. If someone wants to write The Ginger Lynn Story the casting would be a no-brainer.
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As an adult with no kids, I'll probably catch it on cable...
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Gotta agree with derek smalls on this one. The "radar-dish-in-the-watch" thingy pretty much did it for me...
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i didnt think the faculty was that bad. Rodriguez is a bit overrated, though.
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Rodriguez isn't brazilian, you &&^%#(*!!
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I think the DePalma thing is a JOKE!!!
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I thought when I heard the premise that this movie was going to BLOW. But this trailer made me smile in several places. I even laughed once. I have to say that this trailer makes me fairly excited for the movie... Just like the coyote ugly trailer made me excited for that movie... waitaminnit... buy the new sam keith one-shot "legs"
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All the advance word (besides Harry's) and pictures pointed towards "ass". But this trailer makes Spy Kids look cool! I agree with the other poster - If I were a kid, I'd be all over this like stink on a monkey. Maybe he should've made an adult spy-comedy. I'm still interested anyway. I'm glad they made the kids goofy instead of totally competent precocious bitches.
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Let me preface my comments by saying I DO like most of R.R.'s films. But this seems like a cross between 'Baby Geniuses' and 'Undercover Blues'. This, I don't need to watch.
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Well what do you expect from a crowd that thinks Robert R. is Brazilian and from others who use the expression 'Like Stink on a monkey..' People, there is nothing cute about this. This is something you go and see if you have 2 screaming children that you don't want to have to deal with for 90 minutes. This is NOT going to be entertaining, its not going to break even at the Box Office and it certainly in NO FREAKEN way is going to be memorable... People, save your money...
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Oh, come on people. This looks like it's going to be a whole lotta fun. Just look at the last film R.R. made with youngun's, The Misbehavers from Four Rooms. Goddamn that was funny. If Spy Kids is even half as good, we'll have ourselves a good time on out hands.
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Sick of this Peter Pan, Cathy Rigby wire shit. I will not see anymore movies with this junk. Xmen's action was unwatchable, Matrix was ridiculous looking and Charlie's Angels wire stuff at least was over-the-top, but still annoying.
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A bush baby is a monkey-like creature with really big eyes.
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I really like RR though and I wish him financial success so he can keep making movies. But not kid movies.
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This looks just like a Matrix rip-off. It even used a song from the Matrix soundtrack! I can't believe Rob has ripped off another flick after going on and on about Creativeness, in his frist book, and the Mariachi/Desperado commentaries.
I can't comment on second book yet as I didn't read it due to lack of seeing RoadRacers.
Although, what I said was negative, I think it'll be like a kids Matrix, which is a good thing. All the kids who couldn't/weren't allowed to see Matrix on the big screen with stereo sound, this is for them.
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I agree completely with the prior call for a moratorium on Wire-fu. Every friggin action movie has it in one way or another...Charlie's Angels, Spy Kids, that lame Wesley Snipes movie (sorry for the redundancy), etc. Enough already!!!! Get some friggin originality. Oh yeah I forgot it's Hollywood.
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When I first heard about this, I didn't give it a second thought. But damn if that trailer doesn't actually look good. I've seen like two movies in the past three months (one super good: "Unbreakable," and one super bad: "Charlie's Angels"), but I might make it out to the multiplexes for this one.
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Even Hong Kong films can't pull off a movie that features little kids beating the shit out of grown men with punches and kicks.
Unless they've got weapons, it's total bullshit that an 8 year old child is going to drop a 200 pound man with a roundhouse kick. If anything, it's just going to piss the guy off.
As badass as that little kid from Jet Li's My Father is a Hero ('The Enforcer' in America) was, he still couldn't take down all the guys that he did. As a matter of fact, the only film I've seen where a child was just pounding the hell out of adults and it looked convincing was Yuen Woo-Ping's Iron Monkey. But that guy was a teenager, so I guess it doesn't count. Point being, kids + Wire-fu = Crap. I hate seeing it and I'm a huge fan of wire-fu when it's done right. The only American movie that has done it even half way decent was of course, 'The Matrix'. The martial art sequences in Charlie's Angels & X-Men suck ass (what the fuck was wire-fu sequences doing in a movie about mutants anyway? would you kick someone in the face when you could just wait for them to swing a punch at you, stick your adamantum claws out and let them slice their own arm off? fucking PG-13 rating) -
Not in the final cut. Trailers, especially teaser trailers, are made before the scoring is finished-sometimes before it's even begun. That's why you hear so many trailers with that Confundite Maledictus, or whatever that "Ba-Ba-ba-ba-ba, Ba-Ba-ba-ba-ba" thing is called, I forget. You know what I'm saying.
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roger r. is a horribly overrated director. The trailer looks like baby geniuses. And like baby geniuses it will make no money. Now that Data from goonies deserves his own movie. His inventions were better anyway. This will blow!!!!!!!!!
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Okay, I didn't pay attention to this film becuase it had the word kids in the title. Now, I have seen trailer and I have to say I'm going to be right there opening day front row! Speaking as a latin male there hasn't been too many Latin actors, directors that I looked up to. Have you ever seen the spanish channels? What a load of crap! So I grew up with Cartoons, Comic books, Kung Fu films, and anime. Then came El Mariachi. Finally, a spanish film I could enjoy! Then came Desperado, and I just solidified Robert Rodriguez as a GOD! Bad mouth this film all you like, but I'm in love with it. We Latin, hispanic, and spanish need to look up to someone. The bad part is that we don't have too many heroes in films other then Zorro. Robert is more then a hero! He makes films that I'm proud that I'm latin. He doesn't make those crappy comedies like the bubble bee guy from the Simpson (Yes, I know the name of the actor who he is based from). He makes Fucking Awesome films! I would love to meet Robert and shake his hand. This film doesn't feel too childish. It looks like it would be more fun then Charlie's Angels, and you know why? It's becuase of that boy who keeps screwing up. You never see that in any of the trailers for Charlie's Angles (By the way I didn't see the film becuase I'm was like Harry at first, they look too happy and cute to be doing Kung Fu). Overall this film looks great! I can't wait to see the next trailer with better special effects. What is Robert going to do next?!?! Wasn't he working on Madman? Oh well, correct me if I'm wrong. But this whole site should be devoted to Robert. Harry, get a web cam in his house! :)
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Dec 07, 2000 10:17:21 AM CST
Aw c'mon this is a Walt Disney friday night sit the crumb snatch
by alleykatt
8 fiddy for this? Unless you have kids that beg you (who probably won't since they were so let down by the Grinch) why see this shit? Wire fu kids have to rescue Zorro. I'll pass and stay at home cleaning my choo-choo automatic.
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Dec 07, 2000 1:38:32 PM CST
"When I was last at Robert's house," This is whyHarry pisses me
by sundown
Spy Kids may rock but it may suck. Bottom line is it's pushed by Harry cause it's his buddy and I think thats sorta wrong. Now I have seen Roadracers which was fun and original (hell I BOUGHT IT and I HATE David Arquette) and I have seen Maraichi -LOVED IT Desperado -LOVED IT and Dusk Till Dawn- LOVED IT!!! So when the Faculty was coming out I was so psyched. Kevin Williamson had just written a really cool horror film chock full of good dialog and memorable seens. Rodriguez had just made D till D- over the top violence and kick ass action. I was expecting a film that (and I conceded in my head it may not be as good as the Thing) could be original and atleast deliver on kick ass action and violence and cool characters. What I got was the worst piece of trash since Lost In Space. This film sucked like MI2 the Cell and Devlinzilla all rolled into one. Bad performances, bad generic directing, bad dialog and no violence or sex! It was one of the worst 'cheese' horror films ever and lets not even try to address this thing as an 'a' horror film. I won't offend people that way. The bottom line is that film was hollywood crap and this looks like he has taken the next hollywood trend- bubblegum action wire fu and adapted that. But instead of calling him on it Harry is too close to call it what it is and has to sugar coat it cause its his bud. This film looks like TOTAL crap Harry. Keep that in mind when you slam Paul Andersons films for no apparent reason. Mortal Kombat, Event Horizon and Soldier were much better films than the Faculty. So even though someone doesn't come over your house doesn't mean you should rip them apart every chance you get. Your site is important and if you want to continue its success you must remain objective.
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Like the previous guys posting Im sure anyone up till the age of 13 will lap this but being almost twice that age I'm not exactly qualified to speak on behalf of the younger brothers and sisters. What I can say is that although I see RR as the king of the crap finale i.e. The Faculty-it was the quiet little blonde one all along, Desperado-you don't even see him kill Butcho and the entire second half of what up until then had been a very tight and funny film Dusk til Dawn. What Mr Rodriguez did unleash upon the unexpecting world was the sight of Salma Hayek naked. I think for this alone the man demands our unbound grattitude as well as our undying respect cos you may never see the like of it again. Even in Dusk he gave us Salma writhing around with a snake and for gods sake if being RR's buddy gets you the chance to drink liquor off the toes of someone like Miss Hayek as Quentin T did then do you blame Harry for getting into bed with him and sacrifycing the objectivity he never initially claimed anyway.
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