Trailers exist in a strange space where there's the promise of an experience that hasn’t happened yet. Talk about putting the cart before the horse. While, it may be unfair to judge on first impressions, many of us need a hobby asking us to feel anticipation for emotions we haven’t earned. They’re fragments of a future film, edited into coherence before the story itself has had the chance to unfold, training us to believe we already know what’s coming long before it arrives.We are back with another instalment of trailer judging. For this week's round-up, there were many trailers released; some are the latest versions.
I was stoked when it was first announced that the indie horror game, Exit 8, would be adapted for the big screen. In the game, you play as a commuter who has to escape the underpass by traipsing through the same corridor and spotting any new changes to the environment. If there are no anomalous sightings, you can proceed, if there's something a missed, trace back your steps and enter through a refreshed corridor. Do this eight times and you get to leave the train station. Make a mistake and you start from zero again. Simple.
But when you're adapting for film, that repetition can be grating; you have to add a little more substance to keep the audience wanting for more. From the looks of the trailer, there seems to be more plot and character development and plenty of unusual scares.
I almost lost it when Steve Carrell said, "You are a bad person, and I hate you."
The last time we left Samara Weaving's character in Ready or Not, she was enjoying a well-deserved cigarette break after emerging as the sole survivor. But the game isn't over yet. This sequel picks up right after the last movie and Weaving has to, once more, survive being hunted. This time, however, she is joined by her sister (played by Kathryn Newton).
This looks like it'll bring back that same spirit of the last film, with a few familiar faces, like Buffy and Elijah Wood. Expect violence that goes up to 11 and the 1% getting the comeuppance they deserve.
I read the book of the same name and it rocked. From watching this final trailer for Project Hail Mary, it'd seem that it might rock as well? This time, we have a longer look at Rocky, the alien, who teamed with Ryan Gosling's character as the two of them are on a quest to save each other's homeworld—it's a buddy cop movie in space, essentially. We are hopeful for Project Hail Mary.
I gotta be honest with you: when the trailer for season one came out, I wasn't feeling it. I didn't think an adapted One Piece would play as well as it did. In this second season we are introduced to two new characters: Tony Tony Chopper (voiced by Mikaela Hoover) and Nico Robin Miss All Sunday (played by Lera Abova). Chopper's CGI isn't quite there yet but Hoover really nailed the little reindeer with her voice work. Let's see if One Piece's second outing can push us into third place.
Uh, this entry isn't a trailer, per se, but Game Science, the developer behind Wukong, dropped a three-minute short to celebrate... Chinese New Year? The visuals are gorgeous and clearly, a lot of work went into the animation. Are we disappointed that Zhong Kui (the titular protagonist of the next Black Myth game) did not make an appearance? Sure. And that this video isn't canon to the story?
