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So, which of the summer's big blockbusters do you think will probably fall farthest off the mark? Which cinematic Icarus will fly too close to the sun and burn up on re-entry?

Youmake! Thecall!

[Poll #1342160]


*Summer started last Tuesday, you see.

Date: 2009-02-02 04:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] inscrutable.livejournal.com
I voted Wolverine, because in theory it could be good but that trailer looks like ass. Transformers, Terminator, and GI Joe will most likely suck more, but I expect them to suck. I'm still holding out hope for Watchmen.

Date: 2009-02-02 05:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rodshark.livejournal.com
Are you kidding? That is probably the lamest Sabretooth I have ever seen. And the one from the first X-men movie was pretty bad.

Lets see, Sabretooth... a nearly 7ft 300lb blonde haired muscular killing machine.

Schreiber... 5ft some odd, 170lb dark haired guy that I am more muscular than... who is pretty much just the same size as Jackman.

As you can see... it doesn't quite add up.

They should have called him the "Badger" or something.

To me, Sabretooth is always going to look like wrestler Sid Vicious in a costume.

I always think of Sabretooth refering to Wolverine as "Runt" and just the sheer David VS Goliath aspect of their fights. It is kind of sad that that will definitly be missing from the movie.

Still, I do like that they are going more cerebral and emotional with the character... I just wish they would TRY to keep with the original character dynamic.

Date: 2009-02-02 06:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rodshark.livejournal.com
Well Levesque is already gearing up to slaughter the Thor movie I think...

But still, Wolverine and Sabretooth being the same size bugs me (I already acknowledged that I liked HOW they were playing Sabretooth), I just wish that they would go for a bigger, primal, vicious looking Sabretooth (with blonde hair at least). You could even still use Leiv but just use camera tricks and other techniques to give the appearance of a larger Sabretooth.

You know all the techniques they use in the Tom Cruise movies to hide the fact that the man is a midget *lol*

Date: 2009-02-02 05:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cargoweasel.livejournal.com
Wolverine is going in for major reshoots apparently. I suspect it's going to be this year's Catwoman. Because fox sucks and everything they touch turns to ass.

Date: 2009-02-02 11:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] creativedv8tion.livejournal.com

That's cuz they had a good director on the first two.

Date: 2009-02-02 06:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rodshark.livejournal.com
Maybe they are reworking shots to make Sabretooth look bigger than Wolverine.

I am not even a fanboy and I had major wankage issues with them being the same size.

Date: 2009-02-02 06:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] easyalchemy.livejournal.com
I expect to be heartily disappointed by all, but I think Watchmen couldn't possibly be as awesome as we're all hoping it will be, no matter how beautiful the trailers are.

Wolverine is going to break my heart into a thousand pieces; I pretty much don't care about Harry Potter at all any more, and the Transformers/GI Joe crap is going to be more CG drivel. I won't see Terminator, and I probably won't see Star Trek, but I'm sure they'll both suck.

After Iron Man, Speed Racer, and Hulk, I can't imagine Hollywood topping itself unless by accident, and I think they'll be trying 'way too hard on all of these movies.

I don't know if Shia LaBeouf is bringing his special brand of movie kryptonite to theatres this summer, but that kid can pretty much kill anything he touches. Any movie whose set he's walked through or near will be drained of all power to interest me.

Date: 2009-02-02 06:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rodshark.livejournal.com
He is in the Transformers sequel and I even hear they wrote his real life hand injury into the storyline.

But yeah, Sleepy Labeef = Suck

Date: 2009-02-02 07:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] waiwode.livejournal.com
Now, normally I'd rather light a candle than curse the darkness, but this year's Block-buster crop really has me living up to the Interwob's potential for negativity.

There's a second Transformers movie? But ... the first was so frikkin' painful.

GI Joe. I have no idea what they were even thinking.

Wolverine. Like [livejournal.com profile] inscrutable I think it could be good. That is not a prediction. More a hope.

Star Trek. I'm looking forward to this. Unlike many, I'm of the "fuck the canon, stick to the basic concepts" school when things are "re-imagined."

Watchmen. I'm looking forward to this, and largely my statement for Star Trek stands for this too. Movies aren't books, and by and large shouldn't be attempts to create them frame by frame (and this is where Sin City, which I enjoyed, fails as a movie).

Harry Potter. Stick to the rhythym, and they can't go too far wrong, if you can get past the cast that has aged a decade since the start fo the franchise.

Terminator. Like Alien, it is something that would have been done best with a single sequel.

Doug.

Date: 2009-02-02 07:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rentagurkha.livejournal.com
Trek. I don't think it will objectively be the worst of them (I'm guessing that G.I. Joe will win that prize) but it's the only one of them I actually have any serious concerns about. I want it to be good and am afraid it will suck. I don't care if it sticks to canon or not but I really would like a good Trek film.

I don't have high expectations for Wolverine, so at best I will be pleasantly surprised. I'd be shocked if HP VI is any different in quality from the others (i.e. workmanlike). I'm not a big fan of Watchmen, Leslie's the Transformers fan in this house, and while I'm actually looking forward to Terminator I'm not enough of a fanboy for the franchise to care if they screw it up.

Date: 2009-02-02 08:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deven-science.livejournal.com
I voted for G.I. Joe, but when I read all the comments, I realized that I voted for what I feel will be the worst movie, not what I'll be most disappointed in. That's not right then, as I fully expect G.I. Joe to suck. The Superbowl trailer drove the final nail in that coffin.

I guess I would have to go with Wolverine, though it may go to Star Trek if it disappoints. I don't care much about Harry Potter, or Terminator, and I expect Watchmen to be good, in all honesty.

Date: 2009-02-02 09:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] richgreen01.livejournal.com
I also voted for G I Joe for the same reasons. We'll probably all be disappointed by Watchmen though, despite the cool Smashing Pumpkins-soundtracked trailers.

Date: 2009-02-02 09:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lynne-h.livejournal.com
GI Joe, so not a Brit thing so wouldn't go see it anyway. Woverine, meh, yes it will probably suck but after X-Men 3 my expectations are fairly low (and I still get to stare at Jackman for an hour or two). Couldn't face the first Transformers, so couldn't give a monkey's about there being another one. Hairy Pothole interests me not at all, although considering they've seriously injured (i.e. naerly killed) Harry's stunt double I don't think its going to make it out this summer.

The Watchmen trailer is beautiful, but the the Star Trek one fills me with deep dread. And Karl Urban's in it for pity's sake! How badly can you miscast the role of Bones? (We were hoping for Gary Sinise at least).

Date: 2009-02-02 10:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madmanofprague.livejournal.com
Preeeetty sure Trek will suck.

Date: 2009-02-03 12:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] uniquecrash5.livejournal.com
There was so very much facepalm-inducing moments in the Trek trailers it boggles the mind. I'm willing to admit it might be an ok movie, but it definitely won't be for me.

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