U.S. Paul < International Paul
And by “Paul” I mean Paul, the new alien road trip movie starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, and by “U.S.” and “International,” I mean the trailer. That last international trailer I ran was pretty good, but this second American trailer is pretty tame — literally, I swear I could hear awkward redubs over profanity in this, making it Safe for All Audiences but sounding pretty lame. Still, I chuckled at the international trailer enough that this U.S. trailer hasn’t put me off the movie or anything. And I appreciate any movie that has the excellent taste to use an E.L.O. song in its promotional materials.
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Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.