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post #51 of 202
11/17/10 at 5:24pm
Looks awesome and fun from that trailer. Craig seems to have been born to play a cowboy, he's grizzled to fuck.
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post #52 of 202
11/17/10 at 5:26pm
It's a pretty fucking specific title. Come up with new ones then.

You know, like, "My Wrist Glows Amenesia".
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post #53 of 202
11/17/10 at 5:27pm
I hope my whiskey-swilling comment wasn't actually seen as nitpicking. I meant it in a "Ha ha, this looks like Unforgiven, but where's the booze like real cowboys drink?" way.

I have to echo Eileen and the man-crushing on Craig. He never did much for me, but when he's all dusty and sweaty like that, I totally want to be his tenpenny whore.
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post #54 of 202
11/17/10 at 5:30pm
Space Cowboys!!!!

Oh wait...

That IS hard.

Considering this is Orci/Kurtzman/Lindeloff working on what is no doubt meant to be the beginning of a franchise, I wonder what kinds of convoluted backstory and mythos they have planned for this...
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post #55 of 202
11/17/10 at 5:36pm
STAR RUSTLERS? WATCH THE WESTERN SKY? WE DON'T TAKE KINDLY TO SPACEMEN 'ROUND THESE PARTS? A MARTIAN DRANK MY WHISKEY?

COWBOYS & ALIENS it is then.
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post #56 of 202
11/17/10 at 5:39pm
Bravestar!



High Plains Prober?
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post #57 of 202
11/17/10 at 5:40pm
When it comes to dirty and grizzled, Harrison has Craig beat.

In other words, this one's....
FOR THE LADIES

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post #58 of 202
11/17/10 at 5:42pm
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Originally Posted by Phil View Post
Someone puts Keith Carradine in a summer blockbuster western with Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford (and Sam Rockwell, in there somewhere) and you cocksuckers have the goddamn TEMERITY to nitpick? You can all go straight to hell. I've never been so turned around on a summer movie season so quickly as the last three days.
Hear, hear! I didn't know Carradine was in this, but once I saw him I got a bit giddy.

Count me as really enjoying this trailer. I was surprised by the serious tone, but it worked for me.

And Carradine! And Harrison Ford looking more invested than he has in years!
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post #59 of 202
11/17/10 at 5:43pm
Home on the Strange? Reach for the Sky? (Hmm, that's not half bad...)

Anyway, this looks great. The Western parts look good, the space parts look good, count me in.

Bonus points if Favreau somehow worked in a Frisco Kid reference.
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post #60 of 202
11/17/10 at 5:45pm
I like the title. It's pretty silly, especially given that the movie itself seems to be taking itself seriously. But it sticks out in a memorable way, and the way it plays on 'cowboys and indians' sparks the imagination I think.
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post #61 of 202
11/17/10 at 5:45pm
I admit, Harrison Ford still got it. I said that last night during Conan -- and then he opened his mouth and slurred out nonsense. Goddammit.

Give me this one any day. He's a hell of a lot sharper even 20 years later.

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post #62 of 202
11/17/10 at 5:45pm
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Reach for the Sky? (Hmm, that's not half bad...)
So many levels! I like it! It can be threatening or disgustingly motivational!
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post #63 of 202
11/17/10 at 5:46pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post
Reach for the Sky?
We have a winner.
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post #64 of 202
11/17/10 at 5:49pm
Thanks nooj. That manhorse looks quite violated.
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post #65 of 202
11/17/10 at 5:49pm
Reach for the sky is the ultimate tagline for the film.
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post #66 of 202
11/17/10 at 5:52pm
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Thanks nooj. That manhorse looks quite violated.
Looks to me like he's the one about to start the violations.
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post #67 of 202
11/17/10 at 5:52pm
Based upon how the characters are presented in the trailer, we could probably call it 'The Good (Craig), The Bad (Ford), and the Aliens'.
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post #68 of 202
11/17/10 at 5:55pm
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Looks to me like he's the one about to start the violations.
It's not right either way!
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post #69 of 202
11/17/10 at 5:58pm
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Originally Posted by Phil View Post
Dunno about the "dark tone", but it's motherfuckin' spaceships attacking the Old West. Seems to me playing it straight would be the way to go; it's ridiculous from frame one. I don't need everything to play like My Name Is Bruce.
The more fantastical the subject matter the more realistic the tone needs to be for balance.

Great teaser.
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post #70 of 202
11/17/10 at 5:59pm
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Originally Posted by mcnooj82 View Post
Considering this is Orci/Kurtzman/Lindeloff working on what is no doubt meant to be the beginning of a franchise, I wonder what kinds of convoluted backstory and mythos they have planned for this...
God damn it...are you trying to dampen my excitement for this? Somehow, I was unaware that Orci and Kurtzman had a hand in this. Sigh.
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post #71 of 202
11/17/10 at 6:01pm
Really looking forward to it now.
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post #72 of 202
11/17/10 at 6:02pm
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Originally Posted by mcnooj82 View Post
Considering this is Orci/Kurtzman/Lindeloff working on what is no doubt meant to be the beginning of a franchise, I wonder what kinds of convoluted backstory and mythos they have planned for this...
See, this isn't Earth, it's a colony on an Earth-type planet that, due to dwindling resources, reverted back to 19th-century technology, and the aliens are actually Earth ships trying to re-supply them. They're fighting the ones trying to help them!
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post #73 of 202
11/17/10 at 6:02pm
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The more fantastical the subject matter the more realistic the tone needs to be for balance.

Great teaser.
Not necessarily...look at 'Tremors'.
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post #74 of 202
11/17/10 at 6:04pm
"Olson is GONE, sir!"

Well, how did you feel about Star Trek? Those 3 were involved with that as well. Let's hope Favreau can have an Abrams-like influence on their script.

Depending on how much you enjoyed Trek, that is.

I don't need this to be silly or campy. I like the tone in the trailer. I just hope that there is still a sense of fun about it. Just don't be dour! Playing it straight sounds like the right way to go.
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post #75 of 202
11/17/10 at 6:05pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post
See, this isn't Earth, it's a colony on an Earth-type planet that, due to dwindling resources, reverted back to 19th-century technology, and the aliens are actually Earth ships trying to re-supply them. They're fighting the ones trying to help them!
Alright M. Night.
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post #76 of 202
11/17/10 at 6:06pm
Alternate tagline: GET OFF MY PLAIN
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post #77 of 202
11/17/10 at 6:06pm
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Originally Posted by mcnooj82 View Post
"Olson is GONE, sir!"

Well, how did you feel about Star Trek? Those 3 were involved with that as well. Let's hope Favreau can have an Abrams-like influence on their script.

Depending on how much you enjoyed Trek, that is.

I don't need this to be silly or campy. I like the tone in the trailer. I just hope that there is still a sense of fun about it. Just don't be dour! Playing it straight sounds like the right way to go.
Yeah, I was one of the handful of people who didn't much care for the Trek reboot, and the main reason was the terrible script. I'm going to remain cautiously optimistic about this one, but suddenly I have bad feeling about this.

Sorry...couldn't resist the Star Wars reference.
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post #78 of 202
11/17/10 at 6:10pm
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Originally Posted by Judas Booth View Post
Alternate tagline: GET OFF MY PLAIN
I salute you, sir.
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post #79 of 202
11/17/10 at 6:13pm
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Originally Posted by Judas Booth View Post
Alternate tagline: GET OFF MY PLAIN
How I pine I pine that they go with that tagline.
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post #80 of 202
11/17/10 at 6:13pm
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Originally Posted by Judas Booth View Post
Alternate tagline: GET OFF MY PLAIN
Greenest box imaginable to you.


Totally sold on this one. Looks like a blast. Really, really glad they got Craig instead of Downey. Craig's "seriousness" will play terrific off the goofy premise.
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post #81 of 202
11/17/10 at 6:14pm
A few days back I saw the trailer for The Way Of The Warrior and thought "Wow. Surely nothing can be better than ninjas vs cowboys!"

I was wrong.

I was so very wrong.
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post #82 of 202
11/17/10 at 6:25pm
Didn't enjoy the comic enough to go past issue #2, IIRC, so I'm really surprised at how much I'm liking this trailer. More than anything, I suppose, it helps to define what a movie star is: I didn't particularly feel anything for the characters in the book, but turn them into Craig and Rockwell and Ford and Carradine, and I'm there.

But then, I'm one of the weirdos that enjoyed Iron Man 2-- not as startlingly good as the first, but still engaging and fun.
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post #83 of 202
11/17/10 at 6:27pm
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Originally Posted by Judas Booth View Post
Alternate tagline: GET OFF MY PLAIN
I am jealous I did not think of this before you.

Seems like 2011 will have a great summer. This, for sure, looks like a movie that's going to be unabashedly fun. Can't really say no to Craig, and man I want to give Ford the chance to kick some ass and chew some scenery.
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post #84 of 202
11/17/10 at 6:29pm
Wow, that actually looks a lot cooler than I thought it would.
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post #85 of 202
11/17/10 at 6:33pm
First, Why the hell is Sam Elliot not in this movie?

Second, I really really really want to love this movie a whole bunch.
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post #86 of 202
11/17/10 at 6:58pm
Harrison Ford has spent the last 20 years actively trying to annihilate the world's largest store of audience goodwill, and essentially succeeding. And yet...seeing him in cowboy gear actually did give me a little shiver.

A lot of the titles suggested here are indeed pretty awesome. If "reach for the sky" doesn't actually become the movie's tagline, we need to all form a marketing firm together.
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post #87 of 202
11/17/10 at 7:00pm
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Originally Posted by Jackson View Post
First, Why the hell is Sam Elliot not in this movie?

Second, I really really really want to love this movie a whole bunch.
You know, with this, Thor, Green Lantern and, let's be honest, Your Highness, 2011 looks like The Year Of Movies We Want To Be Great But Still Have An Alarming Possibility Of Sucking.
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post #88 of 202
11/17/10 at 7:05pm
Maybe 2012 is the doomsday year, and will be caused my the massive nerdrage meltdown after 2011 ends up disappointing everyone.
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post #89 of 202
11/17/10 at 7:30pm
This will be the only film next summer to not suck.
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post #90 of 202
11/17/10 at 7:41pm
It's pretty amazing that Favreau has this movie coming out just a year after having Iron Man 2 come out. Did he jump right from one to the other?
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post #91 of 202
11/17/10 at 7:42pm
That looks fantastic!

And why are aliens invading the old west more implausible than aliens attacking today?
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post #92 of 202
11/17/10 at 8:17pm
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Maybe 2012 is the doomsday year, and will be caused my the massive nerdrage meltdown after 2011 ends up disappointing everyone.
If it hasn't happened after 2010's offerings the likes of Clash Of The Titans, Prince Of Persia and Iron Man 2 then nothing will. Tho to be fair to some of the more negative types here, maybe 2010 going bust when it comes to many of its blockbusters is informing their reticence to get excited about this current crop of trailers?

...or maybe they're just miserable bastards who knows.

Either way, I liked what I saw. I'm still getting my head around how straight its being played, but seeing Harrison actually looking like he halfway gives a shit was a surprising pleasure. Craig, Rockwell and Carradine have me onboard as well.

Bring it.
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post #93 of 202
11/17/10 at 8:18pm
this gets a big ol fuck yea from me. so good
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post #94 of 202
11/17/10 at 8:22pm
Wow, Harrison Ford looks like he's actually not sleepwalking through this one.
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post #95 of 202
11/17/10 at 9:33pm
I loved it. Ford and Craig both looked good to me with the cowboy stuff and the action looks good too.
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post #96 of 202
11/17/10 at 9:49pm
Trailer is ok, but if I was in charge I would have cowboy Harrison Ford see the UFO then just kinda nonchalantly nod and walk away, Billy Bob style.
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post #97 of 202
11/17/10 at 9:51pm
This could be interesting. The Western/Sci-fi aspect of things keeps me skeptical.
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post #98 of 202
11/17/10 at 11:31pm
Great trailer, perfectly set up with a minimum of dialog.
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post #99 of 202
11/17/10 at 11:41pm
All right. You win, Cowboys and Aliens. The poster looks retroactively appropriate, and I trust Jon Favreau. Craig and Ford look like a great match-up, and I can stare at Olivia Wilde for a long, long time without getting bored.

My only very minor issue is the wrist-laser thing. It just seems a little goofy to me. But I can live with it if they're gonna play it this seriously.
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post #100 of 202
11/17/10 at 11:49pm
Great teaser trailer, and I''m looking forward to seeing Craig and Ford team up on the big screen. I'll be there.

I'm loving this resurgence of westerns. We've got True Grit and this one on tap. Here's hoping more westerns start coming out within the next year or 2.
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