Super 8

[UnSub]

Steven Spielberg and JJ Abrams have the teaser trailer out on a film called "Super 8".

I'm guessing post modern superheroes, but we'll see.

[Engels]

You do know that Super 8 was a film type popular in the 1970s, right?

I'm thinking shaky-cam retro horror from outer space.

[UnSub]

I thought that, but then thought Abrams had kind of covered that territory with "Cloverfield".

[Vaiti]

And here I am thinking this movie is going to be about hotels.

[Lakov_Sanite]

In the forest, no one can hear you scream. 

From the producers of avatar and the director of transformers comes a story of adventure, of battle and of friendship.

Double Tree.

[SurfD]

The Title "Super 8" is just a placeholder.

When those trailers were shipped to my theatre, they came labeled "Untitled Paramount Pictures Movie".   The same thing is digitally imprinted in the sound track information (it shows the title of whatever it is playing on our sound monitor unit).

As to the trailer itself, other then mention of Area 51, it really tells us absolutely nothing.

[Teleku]

The Incredible Hulk 3!

[Lakov_Sanite]

I'm not sure that the industry realizes that speilburg's name just doesn't carry the weight it used to.  Honestly what was the last good movie he produced or directed, schindler's list?  Movie teasers are one thing but this teaser actually ticked me off a little, it wasn't interesting and made me feel as though i was being told "hey you know these names, this movie will be awesome" when clearly I do not have the trust in those names I used to.

[Tannhauser]

Get back on your meds.  So whose name carries more 'weight' than Spielbergs O great Hollywood insider?  Or JJ Abrams?  You know, the guy who directed a little indie film called 'Star Trek'?

I'm mildly interested in this movie, I like how Abrams tries to keep his stuff secret as long as possible, makes you want it more.

[tazelbain]

Finally the Alf movie we have been waiting for.

[Lakov_Sanite]

Spielburgs name carries weight IN hollywood.  Can you honestly say he's made a good movie in the last 10 years? 20? We've got jurassic park and schindlers list.

[Trippy]

Saving Private Ryan.

[Xuri]

Artificial Intelligence. What? I liked it.

[Lakov_Sanite]

Saving Private Ryan.

A mixed bag at best.  Powerful movie at some parts, very weak in others.

A.I......I kinda liked it too but hell, I didn't even know spielburg directed it and yes a forgettable movie.

[K9]

Band of Brothers and The Pacific were pretty damn good. Catch Me If You Can was also a great film.

[Lakov_Sanite]

I'm not going to argye his filmaking ability here, he's good but as I said his name doesn't carry the weight it used to.  People don't see his name and suddenly 'have' to see the movie.  In fact the reaction I see now is 'oh he's doing another movie?' it's more curiousity.

[Teleku]

I'm not going to argye his filmaking ability here, he's good but as I said his name doesn't carry the weight it used to.  People don't see his name and suddenly 'have' to see the movie.  In fact the reaction I see now is 'oh he's doing another movie?' it's more curiousity.

I agree with you that he's gone down hill and I don't think he's been making very good movies lately.  But not for as long as you mentioned (as others have pointed out).  But anyways, I'm interested in the film because of JJ Abrams, who by and large has created a great deal of work I enjoy, and continues to do so.  I'd even argue that, among the younger generation, the fact they are sticking JJ Abrams name on the film is going to generate a lot of hype in and of itself, regardless of Spielberg being involved (which is just icing on the cake).

[tazelbain]

I'm not going to argye his filmaking ability here, he's good but as I said his name doesn't carry the weight it used to.  People don't see his name and suddenly 'have' to see the movie.  In fact the reaction I see now is 'oh he's doing another movie?' it's more curiousity.

For you.

[sickrubik]

If you are speaking of Speilberg purely as a name people attach to the desire to see films, and not at all about the quality... he produced two huge movies in the last 10 years, namely the two Transformers films. Additionally, he had Indiana Jones which charts well with the general public and is really only seen with horror by the more niche crowd of online geeks.

As for Super 8: There's of course a viral for it.

[Threash]

I'm not going to argye his filmaking ability here, he's good but as I said his name doesn't carry the weight it used to.  People don't see his name and suddenly 'have' to see the movie.  In fact the reaction I see now is 'oh he's doing another movie?' it's more curiousity.

You're completely wrong, nobody elses name carries nearly as much weight as Spielbergs.  It has nothing to do with what he has done or not done lately, to the contrary the fact that most of his good movies happened a long time ago just makes it carry more weight.  Attaching the name Spielberg to a movie reminds you of a time when you were young and movies were awesome, it is that simple.

[Vaiti]

I can't help but feel that is wrong. Then again the "For you." response could be applied in either direction.

For me, his name carries little to no weight at all. Going out on a limb I'd say likewise for pretty much all my friends. I do, however, live in Finland. We don't care about Steven here.

[tazelbain]

Is anyone actually going to say his name could actually hurt box office receipts? It's not like splashing his name in the trailer has any substantial material costs.  Fuck, they still put Tim Burton name on stuff and I know lots of people who dislike him.

[UnSub]

Abrams brings the younger nerds. Spielberg, despite numerous iffy films, still has lots of Hollywood clout and is a positive sign for older nerds.

[veredus]

Anyone get anything out of that website linked above? Got stuck on DEVICE line.

[UnSub]

Looking around, I don't believe it works yet. No-one else has managed to get past DEVICE.

However, there are other things to unlock.

[Velorath]

Anyone get anything out of that website linked above? Got stuck on DEVICE line.

I'm curious as to how many people actually cared enough to check the website.  To me this just seems like trying to recycle Cloverfield's marketing campaign.  It feels lazy.

[SurfD]

So, we just got a new bunch of trailers in at work, and one of them is a new, full length theatrical trailer for Super 8.

Unfortunately, the new trailer does not appear to be up on the official www.super8-movie.com website, however there is an ~30 second cut of it there, which gives you an idea of what to expect.

Beginning to look more like E.T. meets Cloverfield, which has my hopes up that this could be very good.

If things follow the usual pattern, the Full length trailer (about 1 min, 50 sec) should show up on their website / the web on friday.

[pxib]

I've found that with everything JJ Abrams makes, the less I know about it the more I enjoy it. He's good at the reveal and the slow burn, and not so good at the plot and the making sense. Even if I don't see it in the theatre, I'm going to stop paying attention to promotional material and reviews and just let it be whatever it is when I pick it up on video.

[Slyfeind]

You're completely wrong, nobody elses name carries nearly as much weight as Spielbergs.  It has nothing to do with what he has done or not done lately, to the contrary the fact that most of his good movies happened a long time ago just makes it carry more weight.  Attaching the name Spielberg to a movie reminds you of a time when you were young and movies were awesome, it is that simple.

Spielberg's name is the American Dollar of Hollywood. It used to represent gold, but now it's only valued because of the value people give it.

[Mrbloodworth]

New Trailer.

If you like not knowing, or simply knowing only what the first showed, don't watch this.
Super 8 Trailer HD

[K9]

I'm still not entirely clear what the film is about. Also, I'm not sure why, but nothing about the teaser or the new trailer really grabs my interest.

[SurfD]

I'm still not entirely clear what the film is about. Also, I'm not sure why, but nothing about the teaser or the new trailer really grabs my interest.

[Amaron]

I just saw a 12am showing.       I don't even know what to say for once.   This movie convinced me I'm not viewing the past with rose tinted glasses.   Movies really WERE better once upon a time.    For me at least this movie recaptured that feeling.  It's not like I'll say you'll love it because I don't know.   If you enjoyed feel good summer flicks in the past though then you should probably go watch this movie and find out.

[WindupAtheist]

Since Abrams was too cool to tell me what his movie is about (yet again) I am too cool to give a shit.

[Merusk]

Since Abrams was too cool to tell me what his movie is about (yet again) I am too cool to give a shit.

He's apparently changed his mind on that and been giving interviews that at least tell you the outline now.  It actually IS E.T. meets Cloverfield.  He wanted to capture the charm & characterization of the old Spielberg movies while using "The monster" to provide some action and represent the boy & his dad's life or some crap like that.

The negative review I heard said it was old and boring and reminded you of 80's movies because it WAS an 80's movie.  The reviewer said something like, "all I got out of it was a lot of nostalgia and a sense that I'd seen it before."   On the other hand he's in the minority.

Either way it's a wait till netflix for me.

Ed:  I just was perusing the review blurbs on RT and it looks like the only reason it's getting an 85% is because it's Abrams & Spielberg.  There's too many, "the movie got cheesy and improbable, but..." type of lines.  They wouldn't be as forgiving with smaller names.