Topic: TRON: Legacy

[Dr. Hasslein]

What about the trailer for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World? That's was a terrible trailer. I haven't seen it but it's generally regarded as a good movie.
I felt embarrassed and a shamed to be someone who likes video games. It was the most juvenile trailer I've ever seen and once again Michael Crea as Michael Cera.

[Critter]

There were some Kick-Ass trailers closer to the release date that showed proper footage from the film, including scenes of violence and Hit-Girl swearing etc which gave me a better idea of what the film would actually be like. I remember the first one or two trailers took extra care not to show anything even slightly offensive and I remember thinking "that movie looks boring and horrible". In those early stages it really did look like some bad superhero parody film.

What about the trailer for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World? That's was a terrible trailer. I haven't seen it but it's generally regarded as a good movie.
I felt embarrassed and a shamed to be someone who likes video games. It was the most juvenile trailer I've ever seen and once again Michael Crea as Michael Cera.

The first trailer I saw for Scott Pilgrim was an amazing one, and it made me so excited for the film! But then after that I saw some really poorly made ones that made the film look crap. So I suppose it also depends on which order you watch the trailers in.

[Najemikon]

Hmmm... I've just seen Pilgrim. The trailer was just about spot on, I think. The gaming aspect of it is huge, in fact it's the plot. But I found it nostalgic, a throwback to the nature of coin operated classic 80s video game machines. Wonderful stuff! As a proper gamer, I think if you watch the film, you may feel a nostalgic tug for those more naive days.

The opening Universal logo has been redone in pixels and 8-bit sound too!

There were some Kick-Ass trailers closer to the release date that showed proper footage from the film, including scenes of violence and Hit-Girl swearing etc which gave me a better idea of what the film would actually be like. I remember the first one or two trailers took extra care not to show anything even slightly offensive and I remember thinking "that movie looks boring and horrible". In those early stages it really did look like some bad superhero parody film.

Ahhh, the first teaser clips I saw were the guy at the start crashing into the car and the "I want a puppy..." scene that ended, "I'm just f***ing with you, dad!", so I was in the zone straightaway!

[Dr. Hasslein]

The opening Universal logo has been redone in pixels and 8-bit sound too!

I might just see it now, just for that alone. But I really think the whole 'nostalgia is cool thing' in movies is really getting old.

[Najemikon]

Trust me, my friend, there is nothing, I repeat nothing old about Pilgrim. It's unique and brilliant and I doubt anyone will pull off anything quite like it for some time.

Certainly Edgar Wright has made a career out of very effective nostalgia trips. Spaced, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz are all parodies in a sense. But Pilgrim, while it still does that... is so very clever.

[Critter]

Haven't you seen it Kevin? I really enjoyed it, I even went to Melbourne to see an advanced screening of it, first showing in Australia by a week and a half for MIFF.

[Dr. Hasslein]

I haven't seen it. And it will take a lot to convince me, being that I found the trailer to be so discouraging.

[Jimmy]

Contrary to what some seem to think I can watch and enjoy new film. I just don't watch them because the hype tell me to do so. Just some exemples :

Les septs jours du tallion (easilly the best french canadian film of last year)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (see I can even enjoy a remake, the trailer was excellent)
The Myst (except for the end in B/W this movie is good)
Ocean 11 (nice surprise, but the sequel is awfull)
Suzie Heartless (a very depressing one from Tony Marsiglia)
The Seduction of Misty Mundae (a masterpiece from my friend Michael Rasso)
A Better Place (an obscure gem from Vincent Perreira)
Chantal (another depressing one from Tony Marsiglia)
Saw (the first one was interesting as is and no sequels were necessary)
.....

[Jimmy]

Since Kevin had deleted his message, this is a screen capture of it.

and my reply is for this message and none of the precedent one...

Who the fuck you think you are?  

It's the second time today that you did a jab at the genre of cinema I watch. BTW I watch far more than that and I consider myself as an expert on obscure exploitation cinema of the sixties and the seventies, so next time take the time to check what I own and what I've wrote about before you'll do another stupid comment like that.

I'm here since day one, so I think I know what are the practice around here. If I want to answer a topic post 3 years ago to add some info I can do it, so it is certainly permited for a subject open less than a week ago whatever you like it or not...

This is certainly not a guy who is here since 2 months who will tell me how this forum works, attack me for what I watch or tell me to shut up

So to really close this discussion you can go fuck yourself and play the majorette as you do most of the time

[Critter]

Really Jimmy I think we should calm down a little. What he said wasn't even that bad. He maybe just took your attitude the wrong way as he isn't used to it yet.

[Jimmy]

Yes it was and I'm sure perfectly right to be pissed off at this...

[Dr. Hasslein]

I love this place. 

Look I admit it's wasn't the smartest thing to say, you've clearly expressed how you feel so let's just leave it at that.

[Najemikon]

Jimmy, it's just unfortunate people will always make this assumption.

Adult Cinema is not Pornography. If you read Jimmy's reviews he makes that distinction very clear. He watches films from the exploitation period, where film-makers were not restricted by censorship, but storytelling was intact. Porn is very different.

Mind you, as I often tell him, most of what he watches looks like crap, but that's just me...  Seriously, you should see the version of Fantastic Four he prefers. 

[Jimmy]

Jimmy, it's just unfortunate people will always make this assumption.

Wich is quite sad and depressing (even more when I've explain the difference for Sophie yesterday). Of course this kind of people will be the first to rent or watch a movie because whoever flavour of the month actresses is topless in it...

And FF94 rules

[Critter]

Wich is quite sad and depressing (even more when I've explain the difference for Sophie yesterday).

That actually was a really good explanation. 
I still don't exactly have interest or respect for either genre, but at least I know the difference now.