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[Chief of SIS]

phew

[Vauxhall]

I'm going to buck the trend. Very underwhelmed indeed by that trailer, although I guess it's more of a teaser.

[Zorin Industries]

Call it a hunch, but I have a feeling that poster is going to sell very well in West Hollywood and San Francisco.

Agreed!

[Safari Suit]

I like it. I admit I thought I'd have preferred a more tongue-in-cheek style for this kind of thing, but the totally straight approach the trailer suggests comes across as really ballsy and seems to be working.

[Germanlady]

I like it. I admit I thought I'd have preferred a more tongue-in-cheek style for this kind of thing, but the totally straight approach the trailer suggests comes across as really ballsy and seems to be working.

Its obvious to me, that Craigs character is well knows in that city, even though HE doesn't rememeber it, but the others do. So he is modt likely NOT an alien by nature - what has happened to make him loose his memory is something else though. But maybe ist not THAT predictable just yet,

Edited by Germanlady, 21 November 2010 - 03:53 PM.

[J B]

As a huge fan of the western genre, I will likely go and see this one. It's also cool that they casted Daniel Craig (James Bond) and Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones) in the same film, as these two series are often compared with each other. For that matter though, the last film a Bond actor starred with Harrison Ford was in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade; Sean Connery!

[Bond_Assassin90]

Loved the trailer, the opening scene with Craig waking up and going on a full on rampage and shooting down that ship was so cool. I'm pumped for this!

[Jeff007]

Great trailer and it looks like another great movie from Favs. Can't wait for the Bond fan trailers using scenes from this.

[Righty007]

Can't wait for the Bond fan trailers using scenes from this.

Bond in cowboy garb? No thanks!

[dinovelvet]

Can't wait for the Bond fan trailers using scenes from this.

Bond in cowboy garb? No thanks!

It could be made to look like the Spectreville sequence from the DAF novel

[Germanlady]

It gets great buzz. I have yet to read something negative..

http://www.superhero...liens-set-visit

We also briefly met Daniel Craig who plays Jake Lonergan. Two things were striking about him. The first was how much he looked like Steve McQueen. He looked very natural in the cowboy attire. The second striking thing about Craig was his blue eyes. Every heterosexual male journalist on the van later commented on their hypnotic power, a point that the females among us thought was quite amusing. Craig told us that he had to learn to ride a horse for this film and ended up being so taken by it that he planned to continue riding after the film stopped shooting. It was realizing a childhood fantasy to play a cowboy in a film in the actual West.

http://www.joblo.com...ex.php?id=34778

Of course, seeing Craig sauntering around the set makes you think that the aliens are the ones at a disadvantage. With piercing blue eyes that are clearer than any water you can ever hope to find in the desert, Craig is every bit the picture of a cowboy -- one that even Clint Eastwood would be hard-pressed not to tip his hat to

Favreau seems to agree, adding, “[Craig] looks remarkably like, you know, Steve McQueen did in the 70’s. It’s interesting, because you think of him as James Bond, but the minute you put him in – you’ll see him in his whole kit, as he calls it – his whole outfit – and he feels really – you know, like the type of actor that you could cast back in the 60’s or 70’s.”


http://www.ugo.com/m...and-aliens-cast

Six-Shooting the with the Cast of Cowboys & Aliens

Daniel Craig was a busy man that day, but had time for a quick greeting. This is when every person on set began to swoon (that's right, male or female). Craig is a bonafide star - a physical mix of Steve McQueen and Paul Newman who can turn on the badassery when needed. Luckily, he was kind enough to shake our hands and poke fun Favreau and Harrison. All in a day's work.

[David_M]

I saw my brother-in-law over the Thanksgiving break. At 22, he's much younger than I am, so I find his outlook interesting. He said, "I went to see the new 'Harry Potter' film, and since it was 'Harry Potter' all the previews were for really weird movies. One of them had cowboys in it, and then suddenly these lights came out of the clouds and a spaceship started taking cowboys. I couldn't stop laughing!"

I said, "No, it's going to be a big movie next year, really. It's got James Bond AND Indiana Jones." I don't think I changed his mind about the film being silly, and come next year he may have the last laugh, for all I know.

[Germanlady]

I saw my brother-in-law over the Thanksgiving break. At 22, he's much younger than I am, so I find his outlook interesting. He said, "I went to see the new 'Harry Potter' film, and since it was 'Harry Potter' all the previews were for really weird movies. One of them had cowboys in it, and then suddenly these lights came out of the clouds and a spaceship started taking cowboys. I couldn't stop laughing!"

I said, "No, it's going to be a big movie next year, really. It's got James Bond AND Indiana Jones." I don't think I changed his mind about the film being silly, and come next year he may have the last laugh, for all I know.

In one of the posted interviews, Favreau is referring to exactly that. Having a title, that might cause some irritation etc, but that they left it on purpose to have an effect, that gets people talking and then delivering an earnest movie, mashing up the two genres in the best possible way will do the trick.

[David Schofield]

I know most movies are derivative, if not straight remakes or big screen adaptations of TV shows, but anyone here old enough to remember this, er, classic?

http://www.imdb.com/...16192/tt0065163

Cowboys v Dinosaurs 1969
Cowboys v Aliens 2011

[David_M]

I don't know those, but I do remember the Gene Autry serial from 1935, "The Phantom Empire," which took cowboys to an underground sci-fi world of robots and ray guns.

And of course, there was Billy the Kid vs. Dracula in 1966.

[Matt_13]

Everyone seems genuinely impressed by Craig. He certainly has a tremendous screen presence, good to see that also applies to him in person. All of the comments about his eyes are something else.

[dinovelvet]

I saw my brother-in-law over the Thanksgiving break. At 22, he's much younger than I am, so I find his outlook interesting. He said, "I went to see the new 'Harry Potter' film, and since it was 'Harry Potter' all the previews were for really weird movies. One of them had cowboys in it, and then suddenly these lights came out of the clouds and a spaceship started taking cowboys. I couldn't stop laughing!"

I said, "No, it's going to be a big movie next year, really. It's got James Bond AND Indiana Jones." I don't think I changed his mind about the film being silly, and come next year he may have the last laugh, for all I know.

Did you point out the irony of him happily paying to see a deadly serious movie about a LITTLE BOY WIZARD?

[Germanlady]

Butt Numb-A-Thon 12 Recap
We've been up for 30 hours straight watching movies at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas at the invite-only birthday party for Ain't It Cool's Harry Knowles. We're delirious, achey and have a cough - but we have to share some of what we saw.
11 Cowboys & Aliens
Now we get into some real surprises.
Jon Favreau, Ron Howard and Roberto Orci showed up to present us with roughly 40 minutes of footage from Cowboys & Aliens. Favs said that even producer Steven Spielberg hadn't seen what they were going to show us.
Now, they were very, very specific that we shouldn't get too particular in what we saw. Favreau basically got down on hands and knees and said, "if you write on the Internet, you can say you liked it - or didn't like it - but please don't go any further than that."

So, with that, allow me to just say this: Daniel Effing Craig. Daniel M. Effing Craig, to be more specific.
Here's a guy I really only know from being James Bond. (And the South African toughie in Munich.) He ascends to incredible badass heights here. Iconic. It's no coincidence he is sharing the spotlight here with Harrison Ford. There is well earned torch-passing going on here.

Paul Dano is amazing, too. I've noticed that Favreau's way of directing actors seems to almost have a Robert Altman-lite quality to it. In the case of Iron Man 2, maybe a little too much improvising got away from him, but it seems to be working wonders in Cowboys & Aliens.
Okay - one minor spoiler - I'm 99% certain I heard a Wilhelm Scream in the mix.
Lastly: reason 756 to love the Alamo Drafthouse? Clancy Brown's title card got the biggest applause of them all.
http://www.ugo.com/m...owboys-aliens-1

[dinovelvet]

Sounds good. Empire has posted a different teaser poster, its pretty much the opposite view of the first one :

http://www.empireonl...m.asp?id=136721

[Matt_13]

Super Bowl ad. If anyone was still unsure about it, this one will win you over.

[Chief of SIS]

Super Bowl ad. If anyone was still unsure about it, this one will win you over.

I couldn't decide what was better; the Olivia Wilde bit or Daniel Craig hopping on the alien. Sadly I think it was Daniel Craig hopping on the alien.

[Matt_13]

Definitely Craig hopping on the alien.

[DamnCoffee]

This looks absolutely brilliant!

[dinovelvet]

http://trailers.appl...wboysandaliens/

[Chief of SIS]

July is going to be a glorious month for movies. Freaking great trailer.

[Matt_13]

Hahahahaha this is going to be so awesome.

[sharpshooter]

When asked what my favourite non-Bond Craig film is, I believe I now have a definitive answer.

[Jackanaples]

This was already top of my list for summer movies, but I believe that new trailer has stoked my fires even hotter.

[DamnCoffee]

Looks fantastic! I can't wait for it. Perfect summer blockbuster.

[dodge]

Have just seen the new extended trailer--and I must say it's packing some serious heat. Dan's clearly got his career on track with a terrific balance between Bond, two non-Bond thriller franchises and the occasional art film. He'd appeared to be a goner for a while, but now he's glowing and not going.