The Sword and Laser discussion

47 Ronin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8cKdD...
Divergent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6HHCx...
Riddick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Blz48M...

I hope others will also post some as well.

I thought 47 Ronin was going to be based on the actual story, but that looked like some crazy Japanese fantasy. Cool but not what I expected. Keanu though....

Same here. The librarian was nice enough to
tracked down a translation of the book a while back.
Great story. I wondered how Hollywood would handle it.
Well they kept the name but not much else.
I'll try to keep an open mind.

47 Ronin has potential but the other two look awful.

A couple I thought were interesting;

Pompeii
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLfQ9_...

It looks like an Armageddon set in the ancient world. Could be good, if they don't try to go all 300 or Spartacus: War of the Damned on it.

Escape Plan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gmt89T...

Yeah I know it's a Stallone movie, but it looks like it has a good story.

The 47 Ronin trailer made me want to cry. I guess it means we can talk about the 'story' on a sci-fi/fantasy forum now, but...no, I can't be happy about that trailer. Just...why? I mean, really, just don't call it that. I submit the film now be called Keanu's Fantastical Adventures in Japanland. Because if it wasn't called 47 Ronin it would probably look pretty cool, but the name kind of left me expecting...well, the 47 Ronin.

Ruth wrote: "The 47 Ronin trailer made me want to cry. I guess it means we can talk about the 'story' on a sci-fi/fantasy forum now, but...no, I can't be happy about that trailer. Just...why? I mean, really, ju..."

Agree. If they'd base it on the original story they had a shot at an academy award.
(Some acting required)
With this version..........

Something for everyone:

Gravity - Drifting

Gravity - Detached

About Time

Thor: The Dark World

How To train Your Dragon 2

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Her

Frankenstein's Army

Seventh Son

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Vampire Academy

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

The Colony

The Prototype

WOW thanks!

Now the Dude is killing dragons.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmgMji...

Terry Gilliam's new movie, The Zero Theorem. See it before it gets yanked.

Bookshelf wrote: "Now the Dude is killing dragons.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmgMji..."

Looks good, haven't read the book.

Is there a name for that style of movie trailer? You know, the type where there's that deep, dangery sound.

BAAAUUUOOOM.

Then something like, "He was the last of the whatevers."

BAAAUUUOOOM.

People fighting or saying something like, "This is the end."

BAAAUUUOOOM.

Explosions! Dying people, etc.

Then silence...and...

Heroically inspired music plays while big stuff happens!

You know. Like that. I swear I've seen it a million times now. Pretty sure World War Z did it.

Thane wrote: "Bookshelf wrote: "Now the Dude is killing dragons.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmgMji..."
Looks good, haven't read the book.
Is there a name for that style of movie trailer? You know, the ty..."

It is based on a book- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh...
I don't know what they call that style of trailer.
Not that it matters since there seldom a relationship
between the quality of the trailer and the actual movie.

It's a version of Inception's trailer. It's called "being Incepted."

Aha, thanks guys. It's certainly prevalent these days.