It was actually...
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Bourdain
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· Score: 5, Informative
on the east coast too at about 40 minutes into the show for those with Tivo's.
Spiderman and the Apprentice?
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nightsweat
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· Score: 5, Funny
I'd rather see Extreme Makeover - Spiderman Edition.
They could give him the extra four legs he's always wanted and graft some acting ability onto Kirsten Dunst.
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Re:Spiderman and the Apprentice?
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Eagle5596
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· Score: 5, Funny
Graft acting abilities onto Kirsten Dunst? There are two rather large reasons why she was hired for the part, and neither were her acting abilities. Instead they were the show cases of the rain soaked shirt scene of the first movie, and are already firmly grafted into place.
The CGI looks kind of cartoonely, kind of like when you can tell during the burly brawl when they stopped using keano and started using the all cgi character. That being said ill still go see it...;-)
Re:cartooney
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phriedom
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I think the problem isn't with the animation, but with the goal. Spider-Man moves impossibley fast and ignores some basic physics. I think it is impossible to have a "person" spring 20 feet straight up into the air and not have it look cartooney. If we are going to enjoy the movie, we just have to suspend disbelief and accept that if there were a Spider-Man, then that is how he would move.
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Trailer or Spoiler?
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Darth_Vito
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· Score: 5, Insightful
Is anyone else annoyed by the amount of story that is given away in trailers now? I guess the production companies must have found that these types of trailers are effective in pulling in audiences to see the movie but it seems to detract from the experience.
Re:Trailer or Spoiler?
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prgrmr
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· Score: 3, Interesting
Annoyed? How about totally pissed-off. I first noticed the give-away trailer format all the way back with "Throw Momma from the Train". There were 3 different commercials they were showing on TV and if you'd seen them all, then you saw almost every physical gag they did in the movie. Very disappointing, particularly as ticket prices keep going up the net effect is we are paying for less and less as the trailers reveal more and more.
The trailer for Hellboy, which I've not seen yet, seems to give a good mix of enticement and still not be a complete give-away. The Hildalgo trailer, however, looks like it shows way too many of the dramatic parts.
Re:Trailer or Spoiler?
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IANAAC
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· Score: 5, Funny
About 10 months ago I decided that I will no longer watch trailers.
So you're the guy that always climbs over me 1 minute into the movie.
Re:Trailer or Spoiler?
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FoxMcCloud
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· Score: 4, Insightful
Well then you should try going to a movie without knowing the plot. It's a totally different experience. I HATE trailers, and try never to watch them... I try to turn my attention to something else during the trailers before a movie.
I like to go watch a movie just on advice from friends whose tastes I trust, and go watch it without reading a single thing about it and only having been told that they enjoyed it. Try it.
For instance I saw Bruce Almighty and when the guy met God and whatever, I was totally amazed cause I didn't see it coming at all... I also watched The Butterfly Effect and enjoyed it a lot more than my friends cause the plot totally surprised me, I had no idea what it was about.
From my point of view, trailers suck, and so do reviews. They just serve to ruin the movie.
I was skeptical after the first trailer came out. However, this one looks just as good as the first, if not better. Looks like real character development (*gasp* *shock*). I also liked the character of the editor of the Daily Bugle. Looks like another weine...er...winner....Cluster bombing from a B-52 flying at 30,000 feet is HIGHLY, HIGHLY accurate: The bombs ALWAYS hit the ground.
Listen to Stan....
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Himring
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· Score: 5, Informative
I really hope they listened to Mr. Lee on this one. He's sorta the guy behind spidey, and he had some sound advice on how the first movie coulda been a bit better. His argument as to the necessity of Peter Parker "making" his web solution and shooter mechanism made for some good sense, and for him to point out that William Defoe was a superb actor and, thus, should have had his face shown while in "Goblin" mode is something the director should have figured out first.
With makeup and CGI like it is, Defoe could have easily had his own face used without a hitch, and being the actor he is it would have been far better than the stupid mask.
Of course, people need to keep in mind that these movies are only "based" on the actual comics and Lee, et al., are not fully consulted....
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Spiderman I teaser w/WTC?
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Anonymous Coward
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Anyone know what happened to the original Spiderman teaser/trailer that had the jewelry store heist, 'copter getaway, and web slung between the towers of the World Trade Center? It disappeared pretty quick after 9/11.
Someone at the web site "got it"
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doublem
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I think this the first time I've seen a "Download" link that lets you save it to disk with a couple clicks, instead of having to look at the HTML source and download it by hand.
I guess they got tired of people complaining about not being able to download the trailer.
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Re:Someone at the web site "got it"
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pronik
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· Score: 3, Informative
If you are using Linux & Mozilla, then just check out the mplayerplug-in, which doesn't only play everything you want, but also allows you (in the latest CVS version, which is quite stable) to save the file by simple right-click!
Ah, nice. This is much better than the old trailer ("teaser trailer") I saw a couple of months ago that started off with Peter and Mary-Jane in a diner with a car crashing in. Although that one isn't bad at all. Check out the movie's website and click on "watch it now" under the Full Length Trailer section to see the original teaser and some other stuff as well.
Slashdot really needs to be more considerate of small, startup-quality companies like Apple.
Think of the dropped packets.
Great evil villain to get ass kicked
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Anonymous Coward
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I hate that Amoroso. Please have Spidey thoroughly kick her ass please. The bitch just doesn't want to do her job and will end up in politics unless Spiderman saves the day. He could say something like "Your fired!" just before he kicks her skull in.
Anyone noticed...
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Hogwash+McFly
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When trailers are engineered to produce 'false scenes'? What I mean is that two different scenes/shots are spliced together in the trailer because they coincidentally run on from eachother or work well together. For example: In the trailer for Men In Black (the first film):
Linda Fiorentino: Let me guess, this is a government conspiracy and you guys are just trying to cover it up, right? (can't remember the exact line)
Cut to Will Smith: Psh, naw.
Two different frickin' scenes, I swear!
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Re:Ye gods...
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HeghmoH
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· Score: 3, Interesting
Slashdot has never successfully slashdotted Apple; they have more bandwidth than slashdot dreams of. Apple successfully streams realtime full-motion video to tens of thousands of simultaneous viewers a couple of times a year, I think they can handle a few trailer downloads.
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Spoilers, spoilers everywhere
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Gzip+Christ
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· Score: 4, Funny
Is anyone else annoyed by the amount of story that is given away in trailers now? I guess the production companies must have found that these types of trailers are effective in pulling in audiences to see the movie but it seems to detract from the experience.
Tell me about it. I was all looking forward to seeing The Passion but then <***SPOILER ALERT***> some jackass came up to me on the street and told me about how the main character dies at the end to save humanity. So I told him "hey jackass, thanks for ruining the movie for me. I'm reporting you to the MPAA for pirating the plot and redistributing it to me. I think you owe Mel Gibson an apology and $10." It's just as well that I didn't see it - it sounds like they just ripped off the ending from The Matrix: Revolutions.
Re:Spoilers, spoilers everywhere
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mkrieger1277
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Yeah, but what made me mad was Hollywood's interference with the script. They clearly had to have their happy ending since it sells better. The guy comes back from the dead?!? Come on.:-P
Re:Most curious
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GR|MLOCK
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If you want people to download something from your website, you zip it. Pretty much all browsers know how to handle a.zip file. They save it to disk. If you give a link to a.mov, crazy things can happen. People who don't get the whole right-click thing just click on it, and then the QuickTime plugin takes over and loads the thing.
It's all about MIME types.
Trailer opens a website
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oogoliegoogolie
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At the end of the trailer it opens a browser and connects to http://spiderman.sonypictures.com/. That's a 'feature' I can do without.
Re:Most curious
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Eagle5596
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Oh wow! Such hoops! You mean I have to unzip the file? Oh woe is me, for unzipping is such a difficult process.
Stop whining, it only makes you look incompetent. Yes, for your information, 1MB of savings per user, over several million hits really does save a lot of bandwidth you insensitive clod.
Man, this sucks for 2 reasons
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jerkychew
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First off, I'm a huge fan of the first one, as well as the comics. I'm not trying to incite a flamewar, but...
As was said earlier, the trailer gives away pretty much the whole damn movie! We see the initial backstory, the inner demons, Peter throwing away the spiderman costume, Peter putting it back on... I mean, am I going to have to stop watching trailers soon just so I'll be surprised at the theater?
And second, from the trailer the plot looks almost identical to the first. Evil scientist has a wardrobe malfunction (heh) that turns him crazy, and destroys NYC. Peter wants to be with MJ but has to choose what he really wants (Superman 2, anyone?). Crazy scientist captures MJ, Spiderman has to rescue her.
Or am I missing something?
WTC trailer here...
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antdude
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You can still download it from here. I personally thought it was an awesome teaser. Too bad 9/11 had to happen.:(
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and told me about how the main character dies at the end to save humanity.
I read the book, and I have no intention of watching the movie now. In the book, at the end, it was so obvious how they forced it to leave and open ending to then milk more cash in a sequel.
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on the east coast too at about 40 minutes into the show for those with Tivo's.
I'd rather see Extreme Makeover - Spiderman Edition.
They could give him the extra four legs he's always wanted and graft some acting ability onto Kirsten Dunst.
the major advances in civilization are processes which all but wreck the societies in which they occur - A.N. White
The CGI looks kind of cartoonely, kind of like when you can tell during the burly brawl when they stopped using keano and started using the all cgi character. ;-)
That being said ill still go see it...
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Is anyone else annoyed by the amount of story that is given away in trailers now? I guess the production companies must have found that these types of trailers are effective in pulling in audiences to see the movie but it seems to detract from the experience.
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I was skeptical after the first trailer came out. However, this one looks just as good as the first, if not better. Looks like real character development (*gasp* *shock*). I also liked the character of the editor of the Daily Bugle. Looks like another weine...er...winner. ...Cluster bombing from a B-52 flying at 30,000 feet is HIGHLY, HIGHLY accurate: The bombs ALWAYS hit the ground.
It's spider-man, not spiderman, you insensitive clod!
Is the sound of all that data suddenly being shot through Akamai's pipes louder than a maglev or not?
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I really hope they listened to Mr. Lee on this one. He's sorta the guy behind spidey, and he had some sound advice on how the first movie coulda been a bit better. His argument as to the necessity of Peter Parker "making" his web solution and shooter mechanism made for some good sense, and for him to point out that William Defoe was a superb actor and, thus, should have had his face shown while in "Goblin" mode is something the director should have figured out first.
With makeup and CGI like it is, Defoe could have easily had his own face used without a hitch, and being the actor he is it would have been far better than the stupid mask.
Of course, people need to keep in mind that these movies are only "based" on the actual comics and Lee, et al., are not fully consulted....
"All great things are simple & expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope." --Churchill
Anyone know what happened to the original Spiderman teaser/trailer that had the jewelry store heist, 'copter getaway, and web slung between the towers of the World Trade Center? It disappeared pretty quick after 9/11.
I think this the first time I've seen a "Download" link that lets you save it to disk with a couple clicks, instead of having to look at the HTML source and download it by hand.
I guess they got tired of people complaining about not being able to download the trailer.
"Live Free or Die." Don't like it? Then keep out of the USA
Ah, nice. This is much better than the old trailer ("teaser trailer") I saw a couple of months ago that started off with Peter and Mary-Jane in a diner with a car crashing in. Although that one isn't bad at all. Check out the movie's website and click on "watch it now" under the Full Length Trailer section to see the original teaser and some other stuff as well.
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Slashdot really needs to be more considerate of small, startup-quality companies like Apple.
Think of the dropped packets.
I hate that Amoroso. Please have Spidey thoroughly kick her ass please. The bitch just doesn't want to do her job and will end up in politics unless Spiderman saves the day. He could say something like "Your fired!" just before he kicks her skull in.
When trailers are engineered to produce 'false scenes'? What I mean is that two different scenes/shots are spliced together in the trailer because they coincidentally run on from eachother or work well together. For example: In the trailer for Men In Black (the first film):
Linda Fiorentino: Let me guess, this is a government conspiracy and you guys are just trying to cover it up, right? (can't remember the exact line)
Cut to Will Smith: Psh, naw.
Two different frickin' scenes, I swear!
Mother, do you think they'll like this sig?
Slashdot has never successfully slashdotted Apple; they have more bandwidth than slashdot dreams of. Apple successfully streams realtime full-motion video to tens of thousands of simultaneous viewers a couple of times a year, I think they can handle a few trailer downloads.
Mod down posts with a "Free Mac Mini/iPod" sig, they're spam!
If you want people to download something from your website, you zip it. Pretty much all browsers know how to handle a .zip file. They save it to disk. If you give a link to a .mov, crazy things can happen. People who don't get the whole right-click thing just click on it, and then the QuickTime plugin takes over and loads the thing.
It's all about MIME types.
At the end of the trailer it opens a browser and connects to http://spiderman.sonypictures.com/. That's a 'feature' I can do without.
Oh wow! Such hoops! You mean I have to unzip the file? Oh woe is me, for unzipping is such a difficult process.
Stop whining, it only makes you look incompetent. Yes, for your information, 1MB of savings per user, over several million hits really does save a lot of bandwidth you insensitive clod.
First off, I'm a huge fan of the first one, as well as the comics. I'm not trying to incite a flamewar, but...
As was said earlier, the trailer gives away pretty much the whole damn movie! We see the initial backstory, the inner demons, Peter throwing away the spiderman costume, Peter putting it back on... I mean, am I going to have to stop watching trailers soon just so I'll be surprised at the theater?
And second, from the trailer the plot looks almost identical to the first. Evil scientist has a wardrobe malfunction (heh) that turns him crazy, and destroys NYC. Peter wants to be with MJ but has to choose what he really wants (Superman 2, anyone?). Crazy scientist captures MJ, Spiderman has to rescue her.
Or am I missing something?
You can still download it from here. I personally thought it was an awesome teaser. Too bad 9/11 had to happen. :(
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Did anybody else catch the joke here?
With the trailer shown during The Apprentice, they had to include this:
JJ Jameson, Peter Parker's boss at the paper, says
"YOU'RE FIRED!!"
I read the book, and I have no intention of watching the movie now. In the book, at the end, it was so obvious how they forced it to leave and open ending to then milk more cash in a sequel.
"There is no teacher but the enemy."-Mazer Rackham