I’m sorry, in a universe where fucking Real Steel has gotten made (and isn’t an offical Rock ‘Em, Sock ‘Em film), I can not muster an ounce of astonishment that Battleship has gotten made.
What does surprise me though is that in spite of the alien presence (which was once a secret, but now is now front and center), they seemed to have gone farther than just shoving the title on a naval/alien movie. The imagery of the shells slamming into the side of the ship in a row, the seclusion of the alien force field, or the perfectly aligned ships… they’ve actually found a way to take the dumb plastic board game and write it large. I don’t know how this will be longer than 45 minutes, even if Berg was quite passionate about getting this made.
They’ve added some sex and Liam Neeson gruffness to it, so I guess it can’t do that bad.
Enjoy or something at Yahoo! Trailers (and click to HUGE the stills)
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The only time a game of Battleship ever led to sex for me personally ended poorly when one of us landed on all those little plastic pegs. It totally sunk my Destroyer.
Oh good, there’s gonna be a Transformers 4 after all.
I just hope there’s a shot of Liam Neeson looking up at the alien ship, shaking his fist and screaming “You’ve sunk my battleship!”
Renn Brown, The trailer to Battleship looks…Awesome! The US Navy vs Aliens…WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Damn, even the SFX is Transformer-esque. The alien shield does indeed look pretty awesome, however I dont believe that I’m gonna pay to see just that one shot.
What the hell is with you and your gross misuse of ellipses? Learn… how… to type.
Giraffe, The Ellipsis are used on…Porpoise!
It all makes sense now! I think I heard at least twice in the trailer that the alien ships don’t show up on radar. So the guys in the little boat will have to call in firing coordinates. B-7. Hit!
Haters gonna hate, duke! Don’t listen to ’em! I love your comments, complete with unnecessary punctuation and Dad puns!
yes, I was crushingly disappointed that wasn’t in the trailer
I’m waiting for the film version of Hungry Hungry Hippos. (And yes, I know there was a Robot Chicken about that.)
Looks like a fucking wart, a big shitty boring pointless wart.
And to think Berg Directed Friday night lights
What a cunt
It drives me … nuts!
I think he’s having a stroke
I would be shocked if the movie doesn’t have a “You sunk my battleship” line. Granted, I can’t fathom how it won’t be absolutely stupid in when/how it’s delivered, but it WILL happen. Oh wait, I know, it won’t be part of the actual alien invasion (so crafty to wait in the water like that – wait, what?) – they can have a scene with one of the primary actors with his kids in the background, and as one of the kids loses playing Battleship he delivers that line! GOLDEN!
Or… It’ll be an extension of ANGRY LIAM! He’ll lose his “battleship” to the aliens, and in his dying breath he’ll turn to the guy that wants to marry his daughter and mutter (in a gasping, really pissed way) “You… sunk…. my….battle…” (dies). And that will be the turning point for the scolded character to BECOME A MAN! YEAH!
As a sidenote, those projectiles that the aliens fire into the side of the “battleship” – are those honestly a nod toward the pegs used in the actual game? I mean, really?
The bubble force field means they can also do the spin-off, Popomatic Trouble.
I’ll go back and watch Catwoman before I waste my time with this crap.
Duke doesn’t use dad puns, you couldn’t be father from the truth!
Not sure I understand… I see no ovals in his posts.
“Hey, you knocked my block off!”
Maybe Angry Liam can say ‘You sunk my battleship!’ more along the ‘Release the Kraken!’ vein.
Anybody thinks that there’ll be an obligatory ‘I have particular set of skills….’ type line reading to the aliens?
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