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[Alternatives] – Movie Trailers – The Martian

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Movies Trailers – The Martian (2015)

Genre: Science Fiction, Adventure, Space, Survival, Thriller 
Duration: N/A
Directed By: Ridley Scott
Screenplay By: Drew Goddard

During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.

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[Alternatives] – Movie Trailers – Insurgent

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Movie Trailers – Insurgent

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suZcGoRLXkU

It doesn’t feel like it’s been (almost) a year since the Divergent movie made it’s mark in theaters. With the official trailer that was released today, I am also perhaps the 1% who has forgotten everything that happened in Insurgent (except for the end which was like: wut?). I feel like there’s a lot more going on, action-wise, in this movie than from what I remember in the novel (or I just have really bad memory). So I might need to peruse this novel again because I only seem to recall a lot of melodramatic angst and relationship issues LOL. (Which is why I am now trying to understand how I awarded this book 4/5 stars on Goodreads. I am perplexed.)

Am I the only one who thinks that the world being imagined is a bit too bright? I’ve always pictured the Chicago where the series takes place to be darker in terms of lighting; gloomier perhaps, but certainly not as illuminated as Divergent made the Dauntless faction out to be (as an example).

insurgent official movie poster

Roles I’m excited to see fleshed out?

I’m interested in how Keiynan delivers Uriah as I’ve only seen him in the Australian television show, Dance Academy. Not to mention the creative decision (over and beyond what I’m willing to comprehend), to NOT include these sub-chars (including Marlene/Lynn) in the first movie.

I love me some Octavia Spencer! (I’m sad to hear that Red Band Society is pending cancellation.) I will admit that I didn’t picture Spencer in Johanna Reyes, but I guess I have to remember that Johanna was pretty nondescript in the books. I think.

Anyways, what are you most looking forward to with this sequel?

Cheers,
Joey

Information:

Directed by: Robert Schwentke (RED, R.I.P.D, Time Traveler’s Wife)

Release date: March 20, 2015

(More credited information under the cut.)

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[Alternatives] – Movie Trailers – Jurassic World

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Movie Trailers – Jurassic World

Jurassic-World-Poster-OfficialWell played, marketing. Trolling the world by saying the trailer is to be released on American Thanksgiving Day then releasing it two days early–today. WELL. PLAYED. I won’t say much more to this other than there being so much childhood nostalgia for me with this movie because it has been what 13 years since the last movie? Geez.

Did we need another movie from this franchise? Probably not. But who’s keeping score anyways? Dinosaurs are just cool, and anyone who says otherwise had no childhood…or no soul. You can choose the lesser evil. And now I have that signature Jurassic Park medley stuck in my head. Classic. That is all I will say as I let you watch the trailer.

But I want to know what some of your fondest memories of the franchise are? Dennis Nedry trying to play fetch the stick with a dilophosaurus was good times!

Cheers,
Joey

Information:

Directed by: Colin Trevorrow (Safety Not Guaranteed)

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