Super 8

Mn3mic · 05-31-2011, 06:15 AM

I watched the trailer yesterday, looks pretty epic in CGI terms.
Anyone looking forward to it?

Super 8 | Trailer & Official Movie Site | June 10, 2011

Pauly · 05-31-2011, 10:11 AM

Yes. A dose of 80's Amblin / Spielberg nostalgia with a contemporary spin, and very positive Tweets from those who'd seen an advance screen.

Deadnightshade · 05-31-2011, 03:57 PM

I've played the trailer for this movie

Xaios · 06-01-2011, 12:26 PM

I admit, the very first trailer they put out with no context really didn't do anything for me. However, the most recent ones have definitely intrigued me. It looks like a combination of E.T. and Cloverfield (fitting, being as it's a collaboration between JJ Abrams and Steven Spielberg). I love the style that Spielberg brought to films like Close Encounters and E.T., as he brings this amazing sense of optimism.

In short, at this point I'm very much looking forward to it.

Scar Symmetry · 06-01-2011, 12:27 PM

Can't wait. I'm expecting it to be better than Cloverfield.

synrgy · 06-01-2011, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Xaios

he brings this amazing sense of optimism.

Another way to put it is that his directing has served as the epitome of 'the Hollywood ending' in every story he's ever touched. This isn't always a bad thing, but it gets old and stale after a while. IMHO, he more or less ruined AI.

Those who've seen the film ought to know exactly what I'm referencing, which is the end of the story/film. It's pretty painfully obvious that in the scene where the robot boy is trapped under water/ice for thousands of years, and it fades to black, THAT was Kubrick's ending.

But, noooooooooooooooo.. Spielberg has to swoop in and tidy things up, fading back in from black and having aliens (this guy and his aliens, wtf?!

) save the robot boy and use their super fancy alien technology to allow him to spend one more day with a DNA-based physical reconstruction of his mother (who -- by the way -- wasn't actually his mother, considering he was a robot...

) for reasons I can't even begin to fathom. Stupid. Useless. Hollywood. Spielberg.

Anyway, that rant aside, his reboot of Star Trek has made me an official Abrams fan, and I expect this to be a great summer flick well worth a trip to the big screen.

highlordmugfug · 06-01-2011, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Scar Symmetry

Can't wait. I'm expecting it to be better than Cloverfield.

I don't have hopes that high, but I am interested to see how it turns out.

Scar Symmetry · 06-01-2011, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by highlordmugfug

I don't have hopes that high, but I am interested to see how it turns out.

I don't think it's unreasonable

Cloverfield was ok, and given new technology and how good I thought Star Trek was, I think we're likely to see an improvement on Cloverfield.

highlordmugfug · 06-01-2011, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Scar Symmetry

I don't think it's unreasonable

Cloverfield was ok, and given new technology and how good I thought Star Trek was, I think we're likely to see an improvement on Cloverfield.

I just really liked Cloverfield

shredguitar7 · 06-01-2011, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by highlordmugfug

I just really liked Cloverfield

im with ya man. that movie for me was amazing.. but to each their own..

ShadowFactoryX · 06-01-2011, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by highlordmugfug

I just really liked Cloverfield

me too, one of my fav sci-fi's of the last decade if not my top pick

Xaios · 06-01-2011, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by synrgy;2506366IMHO, he more or less [I

ruined[/I] AI.

I'll agree with that, for sure. I think it was more or less a consequence of him coming into a project that Stanley Kubrick had already more or less fleshed out in his style, but it was still a pretty gigantic boondoggle.

(Even though I still enjoyed it, so take that for what you will.

)

However, while I think he defined the "Hollywood Ending" during a particular era, that time has now passed. The "Hollywood Ending" nowadays is some combination of M. Night Shymalan's "WHAT A TWIST" shenanigans and general bleak, hopeless nihilism. Hollywood has definitely embraced the idea of unhappy endings recently.

Pauly · 06-09-2011, 02:57 PM

They weren't aliens in AI btw, they were the AI/robots of that time as humanity was extinct/had wiped itself out, or something. But yeah, tacked on Spielberg ending!

orb451 · 06-12-2011, 10:15 AM

Saw Super 8 last night, I thought it was pretty well done. Effects were good and didn't seem to draw too much attention to themselves for being "effects & CGI" and were mixed well with actual sets.

I think it's a cross between Close Encounters, ET and possibly The Day the Earth Stood Still (original). And there's hints of other obvious coming of age movies from the 80's thrown in for good measure.

from me.

shredguitar7 · 06-12-2011, 01:46 PM

Saw the movie @ midnight. Left the thearter giddy as a school girl. Made me think back to my youth. It had a little bit of everything, comedy, suspense, emotional scenes, violence. Loved it.

MFB · 06-12-2011, 08:03 PM

Friend of a friend apparently cried 3 times during it, now I'm not sure WHAT to think

Explorer · 06-12-2011, 09:15 PM

I thought it was a great movie.

I *loved* Cloverfield, though, so my opinion might not matter to some

*laugh*

OlisDead · 06-16-2011, 08:46 AM

I really want to see this one. JJ Abrams + Steven Spielberg = win

Xaios · 06-16-2011, 11:07 AM

Finally going to see it tonight, hyped.

MFB · 06-16-2011, 11:41 AM

Saw it on Tuesday, thought it was really well done but found the story to just be OK. Still, it did feel like a Spielberg film, and one big comparison all of my friends made was Jurassic Park (feel not plot or anything

)

Explorer · 06-16-2011, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by synrgy

Another way to put it is that his directing has served as the epitome of 'the Hollywood ending' in every story he's ever touched.

Interesting. I must have missed that aspect of Schindler's List, Empire of the Sun, The Color Purple, Amistad, Poltergeist, True Grit, and so on....

OlisDead · 06-17-2011, 07:27 AM

Can't wait to see it in Europe!

Xaios · 06-17-2011, 11:12 AM

Movie delivered for the most part, although the villains were a bit too one-dimensional.

synrgy · 06-17-2011, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Explorer

Interesting. I must have missed that aspect of Schindler's List, Empire of the Sun, The Color Purple, Amistad, Poltergeist, True Grit, and so on....

Okay. *Some* of his movies.

Skyblue · 06-18-2011, 10:24 AM

I really want to see it, but so far I can't find any release date for Israel...

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05-31-2011, 06:15 AM	#1
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05-31-2011, 03:57 PM	#3
Deadnightshade I'm sayin' Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Athens Posts: 1,194 Thanked: 5 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I've played the trailer for this movie vampiregenocide likes this. Die.Get cremated.Laugh your ash off..

06-01-2011, 12:26 PM	#4
Xaios Foolish Mortal Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Nimbus III Posts: 6,441 Thanked: 128 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I admit, the very first trailer they put out with no context really didn't do anything for me. However, the most recent ones have definitely intrigued me. It looks like a combination of E.T. and Cloverfield (fitting, being as it's a collaboration between JJ Abrams and Steven Spielberg). I love the style that Spielberg brought to films like Close Encounters and E.T., as he brings this amazing sense of optimism. In short, at this point I'm very much looking forward to it. Revenge is a dish best served with nice biscuits. ALL HAIL DJOD, MASTER OF THE SSO NEGAVERSE

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06-01-2011, 12:27 PM	#5
Scar Symmetry Ex Whiny Bitch Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 15,686 Thanked: 377 Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Can't wait. I'm expecting it to be better than Cloverfield. Ever noticed how some people are real dicks on the internet, but when they post something involving their band, they make the effort to be nice? Funny that...

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06-12-2011, 10:15 AM	#14
orb451 Banned Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: LV426 Posts: 1,943 Thanked: 98 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Saw Super 8 last night, I thought it was pretty well done. Effects were good and didn't seem to draw too much attention to themselves for being "effects & CGI" and were mixed well with actual sets. I think it's a cross between Close Encounters, ET and possibly The Day the Earth Stood Still (original). And there's hints of other obvious coming of age movies from the 80's thrown in for good measure. from me.

06-12-2011, 01:46 PM	#15
shredguitar7 SS.org Regular Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: New York Posts: 679 Thanked: 34 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Saw the movie @ midnight. Left the thearter giddy as a school girl. Made me think back to my youth. It had a little bit of everything, comedy, suspense, emotional scenes, violence. Loved it. Once more into the fray Into the last good fight i'll ever know Live and die on this day Live and die on this day

06-12-2011, 08:03 PM	#16
MFB I'M A MONSTER! Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 7,391 Thanked: 84 Feedback Score: 12 reviews	Friend of a friend apparently cried 3 times during it, now I'm not sure WHAT to think (´･ω･`) *In space, no one can hear you bree.* - Metal Ken

06-12-2011, 09:15 PM	#17
Explorer He seldomly knows... Join Date: May 2009 Location: Formerly from Cucaramacatacatirimilcote... Posts: 3,696 Thanked: 40 Feedback Score: 2 reviews	I thought it was a great movie. I loved Cloverfield, though, so my opinion might not matter to some laugh If you don't care enough to research your own question, why should anyone else care more? "Pay no attention to his long winded posts... (Explorer) seldomly knows what he's talking about." Adam Of Angels "Actual knowledge and a google bookmark are very different things." Anonymous neg-repper

06-16-2011, 08:46 AM	#18
OlisDead SS.org Regular Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Liege, Belgium Posts: 453 Thanked: 13 Feedback Score: 2 reviews	I really want to see this one. JJ Abrams + Steven Spielberg = win

06-16-2011, 11:07 AM	#19
Xaios Foolish Mortal Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Nimbus III Posts: 6,441 Thanked: 128 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Finally going to see it tonight, hyped. Revenge is a dish best served with nice biscuits. ALL HAIL DJOD, MASTER OF THE SSO NEGAVERSE

06-16-2011, 11:41 AM	#20
MFB I'M A MONSTER! Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 7,391 Thanked: 84 Feedback Score: 12 reviews	Saw it on Tuesday, thought it was really well done but found the story to just be OK. Still, it did feel like a Spielberg film, and one big comparison all of my friends made was Jurassic Park (feel not plot or anything ) (´･ω･`) *In space, no one can hear you bree.* - Metal Ken

06-17-2011, 07:27 AM	#22
OlisDead SS.org Regular Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Liege, Belgium Posts: 453 Thanked: 13 Feedback Score: 2 reviews	Can't wait to see it in Europe!

06-17-2011, 11:12 AM	#23
Xaios Foolish Mortal Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Nimbus III Posts: 6,441 Thanked: 128 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Movie delivered for the most part, although the villains were a bit too one-dimensional. Revenge is a dish best served with nice biscuits. ALL HAIL DJOD, MASTER OF THE SSO NEGAVERSE

06-18-2011, 10:24 AM	#25
Skyblue SS.org Regular Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Israel Posts: 590 Thanked: 3 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I really want to see it, but so far I can't find any release date for Israel...

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