Here’s a quick BTTF/Raiders mashup video that I put together last night in lieu of playing video games. Watch Marty unleash divine six-string fury at the Enchantment Under The Sea Dance!
The Trailer For (Insert Fake Die Hard 5 Title Here)
Fresh off the heels of yesterday’s promotional still, 20th Century Fox has released a teaser trailer for A Good Day to Die Hard. There isn’t much to see other than explosions, guns and a sexy leather-clad woman unzipping her bodysuit (I’m going to assume she’s a Russian webcam stripper). Also Jai Courtney looks like “Not Tom Hardy”. Also I will now have “Ode to Joy” stuck in my head all day now.
Like I said yesterday, I think it’s still too early to tell where this one is going to rank in the McClane oeuvre. I’m optimistic but am hesitant due to the lack of lens flares, hand-held cameras, and blood-spattered Bruce Willis*.
*I’m a sucker for John McTiernan’s use of lens flares, hand-held camerawork and blood-spattering in the first and third movies.
Today Seems Like A Good Day…TO DIE HARD
If you’ve met me, then you are aware of my unwavering (if not unhealthy) devotion to Die Hard so I am bound by honour to post this promotional still that EW just posted from the latest installment, A Good Day to Die Hard. I’ll be honest, I can’t even type that title without rolling my eyes but the Die Hard franchise has never been great with titles. I fully expect the next movie to be called Die Harder They Come, Die Harder They Fall.
There isn’t much happening in this still other than John McClane looking stoic and John Jr. (Jai Courtney) looking not-as-stoic. This time around, the McClanes are going international and taking on the Russians.
I’m still somewhat reserved about this one and not just because it’ll probably be rated PG-13; I just don’t think modern action filmmakers understand the tone of the first movie. Something that’s more important that saying “Motherf**ker!” is why he’s saying “Motherf**ker!” and I think that gets shuffled under the table nowadays.
Because Hollywood’s run by a bunch of dumb motherf(GUNSHOT)…
Place Your Bets
Here’s a kinda spoiler-y (not-so-much) still from Cabin in the Woods which just came out on Blu-Ray/DVD yesterday. It’s a great little flick and you should check it out if you haven’t already.
I love this promo still because there’s nothing teenagers find more horrific than an old man standing in front of a dry-erase board.
Also, I’d put my money on Kevin (although I’m not sure if he’s supposed to be Freddy or Jason or Kevin from We Need To Talk About Kevin).
Bond Dies, Adjusts Suit in Skyfall Trailer
They’ve just released the full trailer to the 23rd Bond movie Skyfall and boy, it sure does look like a Bond movie. I wonder if he’ll disobey M’s orders in this one, and then introduce himself in that way that he does.
Truthfully, I do want to see this movie because I like Daniel Craig as James Bond but I just haven’t really enjoyed any of the Bond movies he’s been in. Quantum of Solace was incomprehensible and Casino Royale, although it started out with that amazing parkour sequence, devolved into a mind-numbingly boring two-hour card game.
Well, here’s hoping Sam Mendes pulled it off. Until November hits, I will remain cautiously optimistic…
The Equalizer Remake…
Deadline has just reported that Denzel Washington will star in Sony’s remake of the 80′s TV show The Equalizer. I don’t normally post stories about movie casting but I’m always on the lookout for an opportunity to embed the opening to The Equalizer on here so I guess today’s my lucky day.
I remember this show being very badass but I couldn’t tell you a single thing that happened in it; but I’ll always remember this title sequence. There’s something about it that has buried itself deep inside my brain so hopefully, no matter how ravaged my mind becomes with dementia or Alzheimer’s, I’ll always know that Edward Woodward was not a man to be trifled with.
Also, why did that guy have so much trouble getting out of that phone booth…