Avengers wasn't the only movie that had a new trailer out during the Super Bowl yesterday. Both Battleship and John Carter -- who both star Taylor Kitsch -- had trailers too, and here are the extended versions.
The extended version of the Battleship trailer just gives it more time to try and trick people into thinking it's Transformers 4, which, as you might guess, does nothing for me. But the extended John Carter trailer is much better than the ad that aired, as the giant JOHN CARTER letters take up less time overall, and there's more footage including a spectacular shot of Taylor Kitsch hitting a giant Martian ape-creature with a big fucking rock. That's a hell of a lot more entertaining than Battleship's alien disaster porn, in my opinion.
Tags: Battleship, John Carter of Mars
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has anybody already mentioned the resemblance between John Carter and Planet Hulk?
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I really enjoyed John Carter...a helluva lot more than I did Avatar, which has gone on record for borrowing aspecting from the Princess of Mars novel which the film is based on.
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Yes, because all three of those franchises existed 100 years ago, when Burroughs introduced the character.
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Thank god I have The Hobbit and Prometheus to look forward to.
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Brilliant, I say. I'd totally see this.
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I...am...your singing telegram... BOOM!
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And don't forget Clue! errr....oh wait. I love that movie still.
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They didn't think Floating Museum would make a good title. Plus, they figured audiences would be confused why Ben Stiller isn't in it.
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Well I heard moms were not the exact quality of women Mars needed. In fact I heard from a source that Mars in fact needs women. Specifically angry red women.
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Oh yeah, I think Jeffrey Jones was gonna be in that one.
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OMG, Battleship has earth being invaded by the home planet of Sonic the Hedgehog.
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The only take away I got from this was, "What the hell is Liam Neeson doing here?" That aside, what the hell is all this? I don't remember my Battleship having alien, force bubbles or CHARACTERS I WOULD BE INCLINED TO CARE ABOUT. And John Carter is . . . LOTR meets Avatar meets Gladiator?
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My buddy hadn't heard of the Battleship movie yet, and when the commercial aired, he stated, "Well, that's it. We're out of ideas.", and then we began hypothesizing that the Mayan Appocalypse doesn't refer to Doomsday in 2012, but instead the end of entertainment, as if the Mayan Calendar was not a calendar at all, but a Programmer's Schedule.
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Jon Carter of Mars would have been the better title, but meh it's still got my money hands down. As for Battleship could care less about it. Probably let it cycle thru netflix list eventually.
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They do. Another trailer showcases that several of the projectiles used by the aliens resemble the giant red and white pegs.
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NO. DO NOT DISPARAGE THE CANDY LAND MOVIE! It was described to me as "Lord of the Rings" but with candy. I can support this. "Thou must hurl the Lifesaver of Sourpatchon into Mt. Fudge, young Choco." "But Gingerdalf, what if I get caught by the Nestlegul?" "Do not worry, for Legolicorice, Gimlickastick, and Mars Baragorn shall accompany you into Marshmallowygumdropidor, and you shall be, the Delicious Fellowship of the Circle Thing." ...Dear god I want this movie. Trolls with candy-corn teeth, caramel dwarves with lollipop axes, DON'T KILL MY DREAMS.
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I'm still sad Mars Needs Moms was such a failure. This means we'll never see Uranus Needs Uncles.
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Awesome! I didn't know that existed
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You're not that far off. Hasbro and Universal struck a deal back in 08, specifically mentioning Battleship and... wait for it: Monopoly, Ouija and Candy-effing-Land. (shameless website plug) My wife reported on it way back when: http://media-geeks.com/news/universal-to-make-hasbro-movies/
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*in contact with civilization
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I take it this ticket-buying public is some sort of an isolated tribe that comes in contact only when exciting new movies are being shown in theaters.
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The more I'm exposed to modern movie trailers and movies, the more I hate electronic music, just because so many of those annoying "digital" sounds have their roots in the MOOG and its accursed offspring. If it isn't thanks to a random "twittering" or bass sound, it's usually a really awful techno remix of some song. Oh, and dub step, but that's just one more crime in a list of them.
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Then add sea salt. Then kick him again to grind it in.
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It makes me want to kick Michael Bay in the nuts repeatedly,then soak his wounds in rubbing alcohol.
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The John Carter movie, if it accomplishes nothing else, at least justified the publication of this: http://www.amazon.com/John-Carter-Warlord-Mars-Omnibus/dp/0785159908/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328561365&sr=8-1
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Well I heard they named it John Carter because that was the name of one of the doctors on E.R. and they were hoping that would bring in female viewers who wouldnt go if they thought E.R. was on mars.
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They made it so obvious they are riding Michael Bay's coat-tails that I almost want to cry.
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I can't believe they actually wrote "From Hasbro, the company that brought you Transformers".
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They should look like giant white and red pegs.
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I know but it was way too funny and scarily believable to leave off my list
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I'd heard it was because they didn't think female viewers would watch a movie with "Mars" in the title, specifically. In any event, "John Carter of Mars" is just as meaningless to 99% of the ticket-buying public.
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In the Battleship trailer, I noticed that the alien had a humanoid shape and a reptilian eye, and that's disappointing. I know I shouldn't expect creativity or intelligence from people making a summer action movie based on a board game, but if they're going to have animal-people who live underwater they could at least base them on aquatic creatures - there are way scarier things in the ocean than lizards.
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Robot Chicken already beat you to that first one.
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As much as I hate the Battleship movie, the part where the alien was looking all badass and then the turret swings around and blows him up was awesome. "What now! You were talking all that good shit a second ago! Then you got blown up!"
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Coming soon to a frightening, artistically and intellectually dead movie industry devoid of new and original ideas near you: Hungry Hungry Hippos - They're hungry FOR JUSTICE Connect 4... Murder Operation - The Deadly Game Snakes on a Ladder ... and many more!
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I heard that they dropped "of Mars" from the title because "Mars Needs Moms" failed. It failed because it was terrible, but the suits assumed it failed because audiences hate Mars now.
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If Real Steel couldn't be called Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, and the upcoming This Means War can't be called Spy Vs Spy, then Battleship should be renamed to Navy Vs Aliens. The world is an unfair place.
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,,, sounds familiar. I just hope the aliens actually HAVE a plan this time....
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As much as I love Peter Gabriel (and I love him ridiculous amounts), I am still totally digging the trailers with the orchestral Kashmir song in them. I can only hope it will be available on the soundtrack so I can rock out to it on my iPod. Suck it, P. Diddy!
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What year is the Battleship movie supposed to be in? The US Navy stopped using Battleships almost 20 years ago and most of them are floating museums now.
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Why the hell aren't the RED martians, you know... red? they looked barely tanned (specially Dejah Thoris) And I always imagined the green Martians a little bulkier I'll still watch it of course!
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The whole "giant John Carter words" motif would've been better had this been 1940 or so and the name John Carter still had some q-value. As it is... this isn't exactly revealing the Bat-Symbol for the first Batman 89 trailer. The universal reaction was "who's John Carter"? It's not as though this is Sherlock Holmes / Batman / Spider-Man / (insert name of character with multiple successful re-inventions through the years here). And I know Disney's trying for Avatar redux here, but that was sold on Cameron's involvement and the 3D gimmick. Oddly, Battleship looks like... it could be worse? Although I suspect it's going to be another "we don't need to know why these aliens are here, let's just get them!" type of superficial blockbuster attempt such as Battle LA / Transformers* / Independence Day. But I'll just pretend it's some messed up Friday Night Lights fanfic and go from there. * - Yes, *WE* know what Megatron's all about. It's not like they ever bothered explaining that much in the eight godawful hours of the movies thus far.
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