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Spider-Man 2 Preview Online
Several folks noted that you can now see the first
trailers for Spider-man 2, provided you have some broadband action going on. It's nice to know that there will be something to look forward to after RotK comes out.
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Clearly Dr. Octopus is the nemesis, but I read the Lizard will be in this movie as well. Maybe he will appear in a future trailer?
Get it up on Quicktime/Apple like all other trailers, you bastards.
Why was it so tiny? i could barely see anything.
MABASPLOOM!
Right on my Wedding Anniversy...cheapo present :)
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"When will this trailer be in theatres? What movies will it be playing before?"
Both rumour and plain logic says Rings on Wednesday - certainly, there is little else that you'd want to attach it to this week.
"I Know You Are But What Am I?"
It's nice to know that there will be something to look forward to after RotK comes out.
Umm.. there's something called Real Life.. It's a hoot, I suggest you disconnect for a while and try it out.
Trolling is a art,
At the local independant theater house. Check it out sometime, you'll be suprised at what you find.
The anguish between his powers/ reponsibilities and love life looks to play a bigger part in this movie. DocOct looks great without a cheezy mask to hide behind.. and it looks like they're working in the revenge angle for Harry Osborne. Looking good here!
Next up, Spiderman 3.. Introducing Venom!
on the web monkey who coded up that streaming client.
I know it's getting hammered, but you can't even pause the damned thing to let it catch up, and if you restart it, you get 2 simultaneous audio streams at different time points.
Where is the origionality at?
ORIGINALITY went the way of spellchecker.
gone forever never to return again
Yes it would be nice to have it in QT and downloadable.. Yes it has an awesome catch scene at the beginning of the trailer with the still poignant "Peter can't let himself fall for MJ".. Bottom line, its gonna be a summer blockbuster and we all will pay our 8$+$5 for our X-treme 128oz Turbo Chug and Popcorn flavored butter. ;)
Pop culture is often serial. Comic books never end, why should movies based on them end? The comic books usualy reinvent themselves from time to time, to let new blood come in, and introduce new plot-lines.
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If you're ever on the run in a comic, just put on some glasses.
"You've got the wrong man, officer. That guy wasn't wearing glasses."
Works every time.
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the strongest word is still the word "free"
but is ANOTHER sequel to a bad movie something to look forward to?
What sequel to a bad movie are you referring to ? This story is about the Spider-Man sequel, you know, the great characterisation, the innovative twist on an old story, the great acting and The Macho Man Randy Savage as BONESAW!
Oh... right... it's trendy now to bash movies because they're mainstream. Ok, i'm sorry, Bad Mainstream Media for stealing our geek icons!! Bad bad! Spider-Man sucks since it's now popular and enjoyed by those non-geeks.
"Not to mention all the idiots who use words like boxen."
Anonymous Coward on Monday August 04, @06:49PM
I'll wait for the quicktime version so I can actually watch it. I have yet to have streaming video work well, even at postage stamp size and a high speed connection. This one is no exception. Let me download something with decent quality in non-realtime, ThankYouVeryMuch...
"It had zero redeeming features."
Did you step out for a Coke when Kirsten Dunst was getting rained on? That's two redeeming features right there.
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How can you say that?
The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us.
That has to rank as one of the worst ways to deliver a moview trailer, full-stop.
I'm on a corperate network with a nice fat pipe, but I have to play the 100k version, the 300k version plays about 5 seconds, stops, plays the next five, stops, etc. The client doesn't seem to be able to cache properly. Even with flash's cache turned right up.
Just give us a damned MPEG or Quicktime file!
I bet this is mostly done to prevent copying. When will people realise that this just stops your advert from being seen by the most people. Normlly when a trailer comes out on the Apple site, one of us donwloads it and shares it with our mates, cos it's quicker. That's good advertising. This is like saying "no, you can only see adverts for Coke if you go to a special Coke store". It's not like it is the full movie, it is just a trailer, the first rule of advertising is make sure as many people see it as possible.
Bah, bloody suites.
I hope someone manages to extract it.
Paul Leader
There have been what? 4 or 5 sequels out this year? Where is the origionality at?
So you're saying that years in which there are fewer sequels feature more original movies? You must be joking. Every year Hollywood puts out films that are copies of previous films. They change the names, of course, but most films follow the same tired old formula.
If anything, sequels provide the opportunity (I'm not saying they always succeed) to do something different from the first film for the simple fact that a lot of the character development has already been completed. Not to mention there is a built-in audience so they could (again I'm not saying they always do) try something a little more radical. The Empire Strikes Back was very little like Star Wars. Even The Matrix Reloaded wasn't very similar to the original Matrix, although some would argue that the sequel was a step in the wrong direction.
Bottom line: if you want to see something original, then look for movies by new directors or new countries (check out some of the movies coming out of India if you want something radically different). Complaining about Hollywood showing too many sequels is rediculous. Even if there is ever a summer with NO sequels, I doubt the films will be any more original than any other year.
GMD
watch this
...There's also a QuickTime trailer out for the upcoming Hellboy movie.
I'm still trying, but it looks like they got smart.
.SWF file. The flash file itself is only 61.8 KB
A ctive.attributes.appName;
a) The video is not contained within the
b) They did more then just load a video file on the same server, it appears to be coming from a streaming server of sorts, here is a piece from the flash code that someone brighter then me might be able to figure out:
StreamEngine.prototype.doConnect = function () {
this.standard_nc = new NetConnection();
this.tunnel_nc = new NetConnection();
this.standard_nc.cType = standard;
this.tunnel_nc.cType = tunnel;
this.standard_nc.connected = this.tunnel_nc.connected = false;
this.standard_nc.owner = this.tunnel_nc.owner = this;
this.standard_nc.onStatus = this.tunnel_nc.onStatus = function (info) {
};
fcServer = "flv1.broadcast.vip.dal.yahoo.com";
appName = this.playList.firstChild.childNodes.this.playList
var connectString = "rtmp://" + fcServer + "/" + appName;
this.standard_nc.connect(connectString);
trace (connectString);
this.tunnelLoad = setInterval(this,"tunnelConnect",1500);
Isn't Doc Oc suppose to have a east european accent? I guess in today's politically correct world we can't portray ANY foreign person as the bad guy, in fiction anyway.
Technoli
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I bet this is mostly done to prevent copying.
Yeah, it's a pretty sad state of affairs when companies are being this overprotective of their "intellectual property". I remember the good old days when companies actually WANTED customers to see their ads, now the ads themselves are restricted and controlled as if they were a separate product.
Oh well, if I can't see the ad, I can't get hyped about the product, and I'll spend my money elsewhere. They chose control over profits.
On a side note, I'm guessing Apple releases a DVD of all their ads in High-Def pretty soon. No kidding, it'd sell like hotcakes, and only Apple seems to realize that a fanatic fanbase is a GOOD thing.
I'm not normally an irrational zealous dickhead, but I figure "When in Rome..."
/Stan Lee.
Let me see if I have this straight.
You don't like one of the most fun movies of the last year because:
1) The movie used a storytelling effect that differed from your interpretation of the comic book.
2) 4 seconds of seeing a guy's muscles made you uncomfortable, and you didn't like seeing Dunst in a wet shirt.
3) You disagree with the one thing that the movie did to really improve on the credibility of the story (web-shooters; what the hell, that was the stupidest part of the comic book, like a teenage kid is going to make those on his own), but your suspension of disbelief hinges on the credibility of the supposed actions or inactions of a bit character in an introductory subplot.
Not only does 1) make it clear that someone has funnelled the Saharah into your vagina, and not only does 2) make us question your sexuality -- but "Spider Man 2099!ONOZ!!" -- wtf.
I direct your attention to every episode of the Simpsons where Comic Book Guy is remotely involved.
Now, in classic Bart fashion, go and write on the blackboard 10 times "I WILL NOT EMULATE COMIC BOOK GUY".
Seriously, I'm sick of this trend. The trailer for the original Alien is still the best one I've ever seen; rather then show you the plot or good glimpses of the monster, all you got were quick shots that let you know that Alien was going to scare the hell out of you. Now we have trailers like the one for the Matrix Reloaded (they showed the best parts of the Hundred-Agent Fight) and this monstrosity for Spiderman 2. I think it would have been much cooler if we had seen Doc Oc's mechanical tentacles walking up... and nothing more. Leave well enough alone; let us know we're getting something cool, but don't show the best parts. Leave some surprises for the actual movie.
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