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Red Band PINEAPPLE EXPRESS Trailer wins the bake-off!

Second? by WIBoomer1	Feb 13th, 2008 08:27:43 PM

Missed it by that much... by WIBoomer1	Feb 13th, 2008 08:28:24 PM

HA DAVID GORDON GREEN ROCKS by BrightEyes	Feb 13th, 2008 08:31:23 PM
this will be great
The backlash HAS begun! by Musicballs	Feb 13th, 2008 08:35:01 PM
Down with Apatow.
something cool going on here by StreetTrash	Feb 13th, 2008 08:35:35 PM
this looks amazing. and somehow looks different from the apatow-verse. david gordon green everyone.
Trailer was funny! by wackybantha	Feb 13th, 2008 08:36:18 PM
Now we play the waiting game...............AH, the waiting game sucks! Let's play Hungry, Hungry Hippos!
It's like God's vagina. by Jaka	Feb 13th, 2008 08:50:41 PM
Bwaaahahaahahaa!! Effing brilliant! Looks funny, and the shift in tone could be interesting. I'm there.
LMAO by THE KNIGHT	Feb 13th, 2008 08:50:42 PM
This is going to be huge! Congrats to the cast and their Director!
Looks awful and great. by Tourist	Feb 13th, 2008 08:53:15 PM
...Wow...It looks like a really shit film got raped by a really great film. Weird choice of M.I.A for the trailer music, weird choice of director. I was wondering what David Gordon Green could bring to an Apatow world comedy...Seems like he just folded into their style. Looks kind of like Midnight Run meets Harold and Kumar. Odd really.
That was absolutely hilarious by WWBD	Feb 13th, 2008 08:56:50 PM
James Franco rules.
Oh great by theBigE	Feb 13th, 2008 08:57:38 PM
Like those little stoner kids out there need any more inspiration to get high. Now we have this to inspire them! Despite my holier-than-thou attitude, I actually laughed a few times. When can I rent it?
That's the problem with Apatow's shit... by ryanislyin	Feb 13th, 2008 09:01:31 PM
It makes geeks/losers/slackers think they have a chance. I have a couple of daughters, and all I could think of while watching Superbad was "Jesus, as if all I had to worry about was the jocks trying to knock up my girls, now the nerds think they have a shot." If Michael Cera came anywhere near my girls, money and fame be damned. I'd remind them about Darwin, and natural order. What ever happened to "the jocks get the girls"? Oh, yeah. Forgot where I was at.
James Franco is hilarious by WWBD	Feb 13th, 2008 09:05:14 PM
in that
that's the problem with old guys by The Real MiraJeff	Feb 13th, 2008 09:08:21 PM
Ryan, we DO have a chance. There is no natural pecking order. When did you grow up, the 50's? Did you and your spouse 'go steady?' There's nothing wrong with Apatow indulging geek fantasties. That's why people go to the movies. And who knows, maybe one of your daughters will grow up to be the next Midol Girl. Would that be the worst thing in the world? I should think not. Besides, Pineapple Express is David Gordon Green's film, not Apatow's. It's the Greg Mottola thing all over again.
wow by MC-909	Feb 13th, 2008 09:18:53 PM
I'm usually not a big Rogen fan but that looks really good. What a great trailer.
Franco by THE KNIGHT	Feb 13th, 2008 09:19:33 PM
Shedding some of that Spiderman 3 dirt off him I see..
How are you tired of Seth Rogen? by commiepinko	Feb 13th, 2008 09:37:00 PM
the muppets skit from SNL was the best thing ever
makes me want to go by some weed by irrelevntelefant	Feb 13th, 2008 09:38:10 PM

I'm looking forward to this. by Stevie Grant	Feb 13th, 2008 09:39:40 PM
Have been ever since this site first started hyping it.
MiraJeff, by Stevie Grant	Feb 13th, 2008 09:46:04 PM
I graduated high school a few years ago, and am speaking from 2000-2004 experience. The drug dealers get the most poon, followed by the jocks. But the jocks get the good looking girls who are least likely to have vd. Geeks/losers/slackers as a group didn't get the hot girls, but there were many individual successes.
And, by Stevie Grant	Feb 13th, 2008 09:47:09 PM
Apatow kicks ass.
David Gordon Green by TattooedBillionaire	Feb 13th, 2008 09:47:50 PM
He's a great director. "George Washington" is one of my all-time favorite movies, and I liked this trailer quite a lot. I have much faith.
yea, he's the same guy in all his movies, but by vaudeville villain	Feb 13th, 2008 09:49:43 PM
seth rogen is still good for a laugh. or two.
So, this is an Anti-drug movie? by The Dum Guy	Feb 13th, 2008 10:10:42 PM
Once again, the youth of America will be warned against the dangers of the "devil's weed", consequences include: mental retardation, loss of sexual drive, and the VERY good chance that while smoking reefer one will witness a murder and have fend for their lives...
Great Trailer by Neuron	Feb 13th, 2008 10:14:05 PM
I've watched it a few times now. I love how Gary Cole is playing the heavy... that should be interesting. And who ever thought they'd see a movie with Seth Rogen doing wire work? Not me. Awesome.
Surprisingly ooks badass by PKDKeith	Feb 13th, 2008 10:21:20 PM
I loved that 4-minute clip they released with the Superbad DVD. Between that and Franco's stuff on FunnyOrDie.com, I've become a fan. I think he's also as short as I am, which makes me feel better about myself. I like the slow-motion shot of Rogen jumping onto Cole's back. That occurs after the "tonal shift" and probably during the final action sequence. If this is good, it should cement Rogen's and Goldberg's place amongst the video store school of filmmakers.
Neuron, by Stevie Grant	Feb 13th, 2008 10:22:13 PM
I gotta admit that the trailer clip of Rogen leaping onto Gary Cole was awesome and funny at the same time.
saw a sneak of this... by Leafy McPlantsalot	Feb 13th, 2008 10:54:31 PM
like two months ago. So fucking good. No joke. there really isn't a tonal shift. i mean, there is but the thing is a really dumb stoner comedy the whole way. Also if foot fist way is not released before this, then pinapple express will be the flick that makes Danny Mcbride a star. It's actually probably what whoever owns Foot Fist Way is waiting for... FUCK THE POLICE!!!
Franco looks hilarious by messi	Feb 13th, 2008 10:55:43 PM
The thumb cock joke is funny cos i've done that a few times.
Song in the trailer? by plocock	Feb 13th, 2008 11:07:16 PM
Anyone know what that track is?
PLOCOCK - Song in Trailer by Wasserman	Feb 13th, 2008 11:09:35 PM
The Song is called Paper Planes by M.I.A. Off the album Kala.
Thanks Wasserman! by plocock	Feb 13th, 2008 11:16:44 PM
I've been sleeping on that M.I.A. I better get with it...
They played Paper Planes at the Cloverfield party in Manhattan by reflecto	Feb 13th, 2008 11:20:30 PM
Along with the rest of the soundtrack. But it pissed me off that that badass track was the ONE song that didn't end up on the actual soundtrack CD.
finally by occula	Feb 13th, 2008 11:21:17 PM
james franco doing something other than wrinkling his brow! definite shades of brad pitt in 'true romance.' 'i'll fucking kill you, man.'
that was a great trailer, buuuuttttt.... by BadMrWonka	Feb 13th, 2008 11:40:09 PM
could easily have been non-red band...take out a couple of the swear words...wait, can they say "weed" in an approved for everyone trailer? maybe not. anyway, looks funny and leobloom, stop being an ass. who cares if this was on joblo yesterday? some of us don't go to every geek website on the intertubes, we just come here.
seen this movie three times already by applescruff	Feb 13th, 2008 11:47:24 PM
Yeah it rocked, the trailer was interesting. The actual movie felt slightly different, and I think it had to do with the fact that there was music going throughout this and in the film there was little music. It's one of the funniest movies I've ever seen, and I'm upset that they gave away some of the stuff they did in the trailer. Fuck it, though. If it gets some of you haters out there to give it a shot, then it does it's job. This is the best thing that Seth Rogen and James Franco have ever been involved in. Oh and I saw The Signal tonight. It was pretty fucking cool.
applescruff by Stevie Grant	Feb 13th, 2008 11:51:07 PM
you're one lucky bastard
This Looks Like It's Going To Get Heavy Rotation... by El Fuego	Feb 14th, 2008 12:00:08 AM
...in my collection. Don't get me wrong, I love Superbad, but this just hits all the buttons for me. This is going to be up there with The Incredibles, Raiders, and Bad Boys 2 for movies I can watch over and over and never tire of.
Heh heh I likey by kafka07	Feb 14th, 2008 12:14:37 AM
heh heh heh
Creepy speaks the truth by Stevie Grant	Feb 14th, 2008 12:30:08 AM

funny stuff by the podosphere	Feb 14th, 2008 12:48:52 AM
looking forward....
Indy trailer looks good by the podosphere	Feb 14th, 2008 12:51:56 AM
even if it a camcorder rip.
Good thing 07 is over by Series7	Feb 14th, 2008 01:09:21 AM
and we can get that bad year behind us. Knocked Up was almost as funny as those horrible DTV comedies that are on Comedy Central. Superbad did rule though. The first teaser I saw for this look really lame. But starting to think that its going to turn out ok, seeing actors smoke fake weed is usually pretty gay though. Oh and also Half Baked already has the title for best weed movie ever, and don't think that this movie will top it. I wonder if the poster is going to be a picture of Hogsqueal with the saying "Would you smoke weed with this guy?". Anyways just like Mottola, David Alan Grier is a better director then the Cable Guy.
wtf is wrong with you people? by TheMcflyFarm	Feb 14th, 2008 01:13:04 AM
You can't wait a few hours to see the most important trailer of our time properly?
wtf is wrong with you people? by TheMcflyFarm	Feb 14th, 2008 01:13:15 AM
You can't wait a few hours to see the most important trailer of our time properly?
Watched the Indy Trailer.... by Brians Life	Feb 14th, 2008 01:29:08 AM
Looks like an Indiana Jones movie, my friends. I'm excited about this.
Looks great. by silentbobfan	Feb 14th, 2008 01:35:16 AM
I'm looking forward to this. Even more than Superbad. The whole action movie angle has me hooked. Especially with David Gordon Green directing.
uuhhhhhh by ClockWorker	Feb 14th, 2008 01:58:14 AM
did I really just see Seth Rogan do a wire stunt
Uh oh... by Tourist	Feb 14th, 2008 02:10:36 AM
...Gave away some of the best stuff in the trailers? I hope not, because there wasn't any laugh out loud stuff there. Seth Rogen, yeah, hes starting to grate. Real bad. But its okay because its good to see Franco doing something other than shit. He looks fun in this. I keep hearing about Danny McBride, and yeah, he must be doing something right because hes in like every comedy in the coming year...But I've only seen him in Hot Rod and All The Real Girls (Weird, David Gordon Green universe melding with apatow land). But, hey, I can't even get a single fucking trailer for this Foot Fist Way.
I know i shouldn't trust trailers but... by FILMFUNK	Feb 14th, 2008 03:02:13 AM
That looks like the funniest, coolest movie EVER MADE! and how amazing is that Franco dude!!!
WOW, THIS LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER PIECE OF SHIT... by ninjatracksuit	Feb 14th, 2008 03:22:52 AM
From Rogen and Co. Goddamn, when are people going to realize that they aren't funny? Rogen epitomizes everything about smartass schtick that sucks. It is kinda funny, though, watching this site suck their collective cock. Oh, and way to take a great MIA song about kids growing up with guns and drugs in a third world country and pasting it onto a fucking white man featherweight drug comedy. Someone needs to sew these stupid cunts up.
That looks fucking fantastic. by a goonie	Feb 14th, 2008 03:24:15 AM
Holy shit I want to see that movie now. Or at least tomorrow. Wow, I was looking forward to this one before, but now I'm just stupidly excited to see this. I love Seth Rogen and this trailer is damn hilarious from beginning to end. I love the bit with Franco diving into the dumpster in broad daylight and suggesting they just stay there, complaining that he's "already in the dumpster." Damn that's great. This looks silly as anything, but following in the footsteps of Knocked Up and Superbad, this looks like it might have real heart and soul. Also, love that kicking the windshield out gag.
Can I get some Covered in Bees by tehBIGIvan	Feb 14th, 2008 03:43:42 AM
I would love to hear the Bee's "Pineapple Fight" song somewhere in this movie. Maybe like the last song during the credits.
I'M ALREADY STANDING IN LINE LINE FOR THIS! by alucardvsdracula	Feb 14th, 2008 04:00:52 AM
Yep, thats me outside the multiplex, stoned and waiting for August.
Looking gooooooooooddd......Could this be the next Lebowski???? by EvilGeek1	Feb 14th, 2008 04:09:59 AM
Nah, just kidding. They'll never beat that. Looks funny as fuck though.
Foot Fist Way by acorvey25	Feb 14th, 2008 05:09:47 AM
Is still not out yet? What gives? I saw that movie like two fucking years ago.
Ninjatracksuit by acorvey25	Feb 14th, 2008 05:11:10 AM
You wouldn't know funny if it fucked your mother.
Fed up of stoner comedies by lex romero	Feb 14th, 2008 06:35:33 AM
I like the idea of these two guys having to go on the run from gangsters and getting caught up in some kind of action film, but i'm tired of the "lol weed is cool". Reminds me too much of the two types of people who smoke weed, those that enjoy it and just get on with it and know that it's pretty much as accepted as alcohol and cigarettes as an enjoyable drug, and those that enjoy it and have to shout about it to everyone about how awesome weed is and how cool they are for smoking it.
I wanna be Seth Rogen's friend. by ELGordo	Feb 14th, 2008 06:59:40 AM
He seems like a fun dude.
OK, underwhelmed at first by Son of Hades	Feb 14th, 2008 07:31:11 AM
But I LOLLED after Franco got his foot stuck when trying to kick through the blood-smeared car window. Might be good.
Looks fantastic by Cysquatch	Feb 14th, 2008 07:33:11 AM
Perfect summer movie. Burn a wheel, couple shots of tequila and hit the local AMC.
I'm down for this, Rogan is on a roll! by KillaKane	Feb 14th, 2008 07:39:47 AM
Dig the concept of Stoner's fighting for their lives cue riffs on paranoia and much wacked out floundering japery! Cool to see James Franco departing from type.
Seth Rogen is a fucking jerk... by Motoko Kusanagi	Feb 14th, 2008 07:58:27 AM
...and his flicks are not funny. Thanks for listening.
M.I.A fuck yeah by ianrewel	Feb 14th, 2008 09:31:43 AM
awesome trailer, even awesomer because it features the greatest recording artist of our generation
Actually, dicksmack (yes, you, MiraJeff)... by ryanislyin	Feb 14th, 2008 09:59:44 AM
I spent my 20's playing professional baseball. I'm 35. You'll have to pardon me if I wince at the fact that modern marketing tries to capitalize on the fact that there are a shit ton more nerds in the world than Alpha Males. And I knew Apatow didn't direct. Got some "Story" credits, though, right? Finally, if you think Apatow doesn't have complete control of every film he is credited on, even as a writer, you're sorely mistaken. Why else would they all equally suck?
that was really funny by Charlie Murphy	Feb 14th, 2008 10:13:25 AM
and that's all i have to say.
That looked way better than I expected... by Billy Batts	Feb 14th, 2008 10:21:50 AM
Franco getting his foot stuck in the windshield put it over the top. I've been watching Freaks and Geeks again lately and realized I actually like him when he's not half-asleep like everyone else in the Spider-Man movies.
This reminds me of Midnight run by Your Moms Box	Feb 14th, 2008 12:47:54 PM
and i hope it snowballs into more late 80's style R-rated action comedies.
Wow...I've never burst out laughing that hard for a trailer by Freakemovie	Feb 14th, 2008 02:28:52 PM
So I was watching it, it looked offbeat but definitely worth seeing, and then the foot-through-the-windshield joke completely took me by surprise and almost had me on the floor laughing. I'm gonna go watch it again.
ryanislyin by password.swordfish	Feb 14th, 2008 02:30:29 PM
From a female perspective (and someone who spent a lot of time in a relationship with an alpha male), the jock alpha male tends to be an enormous douche. Engaged to a nerd now... way happier. You should hope you're daughter avoids jackass dickheads with massive overcompensating tendencies (Dude! Check out how big my truck is!) and heads for people who actually care about her and have a brain. Oh right, laughed my ass off at the trailer. I think it'll be a blast. Out of curiosity, those of you in the "we hate Apatow" camp... what do you find funny? Honestly, I think the guy saved American comedy... apart from the flicks he and his crew are making I watch almost no new comedy. I'd rather enjoy some Monty Python or Top Secret than sit through another Epic/Date/Scary/Shitty Movie.
Shit by password.swordfish	Feb 14th, 2008 02:40:21 PM
I just realized I'm going to get torn a new asshole by Will Ferrell fans. Whoops. Like the guy, but don't love him. Steve Carell was far and away my favourite part of Anchorman ("I hear they attract bears...")
If this is half as good as Midnight Run... by Somerichs	Feb 14th, 2008 02:51:32 PM
It will be twice as good as what most studios try to pass of as action/comedy these days (Hot Fuzz excluded)...
by TiPPiDa	Feb 14th, 2008 02:55:08 PM
Weed is cool, weed is fun, it gets its food from the rays of the sun. hehehe dicksmack, its funny because you think of a dick being smacked.. hehe. I like these words y'all make up that don't mean anything... like fucktard, another favey.. means nothing but gives me a chuckle, never the less. Its easy to do too.. here we go, lets say I was to proclaim "Harry Knowles is a great pasty wobblebottom" (
by TiPPiDa	Feb 14th, 2008 02:58:04 PM
lookit lookiot I made one up too... wobblebottom... I like it.. ahh I love this place... oh well, off to work where the websites are all blocked for 'security purposes' tra-la-la-la-lahh...
That foot through the window gag is fantastic... by DanielKurland	Feb 14th, 2008 03:58:11 PM
Franco is wonderful, and typically under utilized, and I really hope that this changes that.
So Fucking Excited by egg86	Feb 14th, 2008 04:07:59 PM
Seriously - this movie looks awesome. I am so stoked at James Franco and Seth Rogen working together again. And as a girl dating a geek, I gotta say, geeks rule. Never into the alpha male type. Much prefer dorks. Why don't parents teach their daughters how to handle guys who try to get in their pants, rather than just being scared of the guys?
MIA/The Clash by SleazyG.	Feb 14th, 2008 05:04:12 PM
Not that I don't dig MIA and all, but I think it's only fair to point out the music she's on top of there is The Clash's "Straight To Hell". She's also done cuts that sample the theme to "Sanford and Son" and have her singing the chorus to the Pixies' "Where Is My Mind". I have no problem with sampling, covers, or anything else--just like to make sure people know their source material.
very cool by pipergates	Feb 14th, 2008 05:46:14 PM
im in
Unimaginative douchebags. by Hellboy	Feb 14th, 2008 06:10:35 PM
That's what I think of people who "backlash" against popular culture. Shut up. If it's good, it's good. Deal with it.
Kicking out the glass by TruPhan	Feb 14th, 2008 06:38:07 PM
made me laugh a little too loud here at work.
ryanislyin by The Real MiraJeff	Feb 14th, 2008 07:48:34 PM
Are baseball players really jocks? You guys run 90 feet at a time and mostly stand around and wait for your HGH-fueled pitchers to take all day to throw a single ball or strike. It's a painfully boring national pasttime. An intense game of checkers is frankly more exciting. As for me being sorely mistaken, I think you're a little out of your league on this one, pal. Apatow does not have 'complete control' on all of his movies, especially the ones he's not even directing, nor do any of them suck. I'm surprised more vitriol has not been directed at you in this talkback. How dare you slander the Apatow name! Your daughters would be embarrassed if they knew their old man was such a square alpha male.
You call it "square"... by ryanislyin	Feb 14th, 2008 09:20:43 PM
I call it the "bandwagon". I can accept anybody thinking baseball is boring, mainly because most of the interesting stuff doesn't happen on television. What I can't understand is you swinging on Apatow's nutsack like you (and most of the talkbackers on this website) do. I like to think I have a fairly good idea what "funny" is (for instance: your response was "not funny"), but with Superbad, I was dumbfounded. Here, on a site I read just about every day, with a bunch of critics I semi-respect, you guys just fucking GUSH over this movie. I kinda wish I HAD taken HGH... maybe the side effect would have been I'd agree with your sweet nutsack lovin' of Geek-King Apatow. As for me, I'll go back to wistfully looking at my baseball jersey hanging on the wall, wishing for a time long since past, where men were men, critics were pussies that couldn't hit curve balls, and I accidentally impregnated the girl of your dreams.
... by ryanislyin	Feb 14th, 2008 09:22:14 PM
Shall we continue?
MiraJeff, Ryan... by Stevie Grant	Feb 14th, 2008 10:14:43 PM
by and large: baseball hardly qualifies as a sport, and geeks don't get the hot girls. Alpha males rule (literally), and being able to hit a curve ball means you either weren't athletic or man enough to play football.
Thug Life by George_Lucas_Beard_Goiter	Feb 14th, 2008 11:17:56 PM
How has no one posted about the funniest line in the trailer?
MiraJeff & Ryan by TheBigChill	Feb 15th, 2008 01:50:52 AM
MiraJeff, having played baseball for much of my life and am still doing so in college, I can argue both for and against the fact that baseball players are athletes. We prepare for those 90 foot sprints as much as anyone else. I can agree that baseball is terribly boring, but in all those minutes that you go without seeing a play in the field you still have to be ready for it to happen, which requires more focus than in any other sport. Its the perfect balance of athleticism, intelligence, and patience. If there was a sport for geeks, its baseball. Look at Greg Maddux. The guy is a McLovin' on a pitcher's mound. Anyway, Ryan, you're like every douchebag teammate that I've ever been around, totally vacant from the neck up. You can argue that you have some great life, banging some hot wife whose equally as airheaded as you. Doesn't really matter because it doesn't change the fact that you still find fart jokes funny, really enjoy misogynistic comedy, and still talk about that time Tex rubbed IcyHot in Scrappy's jock and then went on to rail the girl that he was hitting on at the bar that night. Being parts of both geekdom as an English major focusing on Creative Writing and of 'alpha male' position being a pitcher and utility man, its clear that girls are more in awe of the nice, intelligent, and funny guy aspect, not the raw meat, obscenity spewing, jock scratching physicality. Go back to talking about your glory days and avoid comedy that more often than not resonates with a wider audience.
Oh... and Ryan... by TheBigChill	Feb 15th, 2008 02:08:44 AM
What exactly is your definition of funny? I've yet to see any sort of evidence that makes you a credible source in anyway. In fact, all you've done is point your baseball bat at everything Apatow and call it shit without telling us what exactly makes it shit? Is it that they are don't have an alpha male figure? Is it the fact that your kind isn't represented? If thats the case then I guess you've basically missed the point on the entire history of comedy, because in order for something to be funny, the lesser person has to come out on top. Pretty sure that has been the comedic formula since its inception. And I'm glad you found your accidental impregnation of the girl of someone else's dreams to be something to brag about, hopefully you'll be there to high five the father of your sixteen year old daughter's child.
by duffman26	Feb 23rd, 2008 11:01:31 AM
2:14 when seth is carrying james outta the fire hes not wearing any pants. i cant wait to c this shit
2:14 no pants (wtf?) lol by duffman26	Feb 23rd, 2008 11:04:11 AM

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