So Battleship trailer

Aerozord · 04-03-2012, 12:24 PM

Watching youtube, and it popped up

All I have to say is, I have absolutely nothing to say. Yea I know we aren't supposed to just post links but reason I felt compelled to share is that was the most incomprehensible trailer I had ever seen. It looked like a cliche alien invasion movie, but from the sea, so we need to use the navy instead of the airforce, maybe?

Osterbaum · 04-03-2012, 12:30 PM

It felt like a weird combination of Transformers and Battle: LA.

Aldurin · 04-03-2012, 12:33 PM

Just saw it too, and I'm not really sure what to make of it. I might see it in the theater if any of my folks are interested, but I'll probably hold off on it.

Locke cole · 04-03-2012, 12:54 PM

OK, now that it's out, and someone's seen it, I need to ask a question. This is important.

Does someone, at some point in the movie, scream "You sunk my battleship!"? If so, does he preface it with something like "You alien bastards,"?

The Sevenshot Kid · 04-03-2012, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Locke cole

OK, now that it's out, and someone's seen it, I need to ask a question. This is important.

Does someone, at some point in the movie, scream "You sunk my battleship!"? If so, does he preface it with something like "You alien bastards,"?

Tight close-up of Liam Neeson with all the sound muted until he says, "By god, you sunk my battleship..."

Tev · 04-08-2012, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Locke cole

OK, now that it's out, and someone's seen it, I need to ask a question. This is important.

Does someone, at some point in the movie, scream "You sunk my battleship!"? If so, does he preface it with something like "You alien bastards,"?

From what I've read in interviews with the producer and director.....no. And they are complelty unapologetic about it too. I forget which one of them said it, but it was basically "Look, we just took the name of a favorite nostalgia game and made a movie about the Navy vs. aliens. There is no connection between our movie and the game other than the name and the fact that we also have boats! Stop nerd-raging at us because we left out cliche throwback one-lines that you wanted to see!"

At which point, I wrote the movie off as a failure and decided that I'd wait until it ended up on HBO to see it.

Ryanderman · 04-03-2012, 12:58 PM

What I can't figure out is, whose battleship does the title refer to? It certainly isn't the US's. Our last battleships were decommissioned in 1992.

Battleships are entirely obsolete.

Magus · 04-05-2012, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Ryanderman

What I can't figure out is, whose battleship does the title refer to? It certainly isn't the US's. Our last battleships were decommissioned in 1992.

Battleships are entirely obsolete.

There has been at least one article or other who pointed this out, forget who. But it has been one of the many things making this movie the internet's punching bag. That and the absolutely ludicrous adaptation elements, such as the force field that goes up to keep the battleships from escaping, or the giant red bullets the aliens fire that are similar to the red pegs in the game.

I don't expect another Clue out of this, but it might be okay if it is self-aware like that movie.

synkr0nized · 04-07-2012, 11:37 PM

Didn't we make fun of this when the trailer first came out?
Not that it isn't deserving of more ridicule.

Solid Snake · 04-03-2012, 02:34 PM

You know what's even more strange than the concept of this movie?

...Rihanna.
Appearing as an actress.
In the same movie as Liam Neeson.

Also why has Neeson been in such crap movies lately
He totally has the chops to just deny anything but AAA offers

04-03-2012, 12:24 PM	#1
Aerozord So we are clear Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Former murder capital of the world Posts: 13,824	So Battleship trailer Watching youtube, and it popped up All I have to say is, I have absolutely nothing to say. Yea I know we aren't supposed to just post links but reason I felt compelled to share is that was the most incomprehensible trailer I had ever seen. It looked like a cliche alien invasion movie, but from the sea, so we need to use the navy instead of the airforce, maybe? __________________ "don't hate me for being a heterosexual white guy disparaging slacktivism, hate me for all those murders I've done."

04-03-2012, 12:30 PM	#2
Osterbaum The revolution will be memed! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: FIN Posts: 5,967	It felt like a weird combination of Transformers and Battle: LA. __________________ D is for Dirty Commie!

04-03-2012, 12:58 PM	#7
Ryanderman Beard of Leadership Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 827	What I can't figure out is, whose battleship does the title refer to? It certainly isn't the US's. Our last battleships were decommissioned in 1992. Battleships are entirely obsolete. __________________ ~Your robot reminds me of you. You tell it to stop, it turns. You tell it to turn, it stops. You tell it to take out the trash, it watches reruns of Firefly.~ Last edited by Ryanderman; 04-03-2012 at 01:02 PM.

04-07-2012, 11:37 PM	#9
synkr0nized synk-ism Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: throughout the Wired Posts: 6,857	Chutes and Ladders next. Didn't we make fun of this when the trailer first came out? Not that it isn't deserving of more ridicule. __________________ Find love.

04-03-2012, 02:34 PM	#10
Solid Snake Erotic Esquire Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 5,563	You know what's even more strange than the concept of this movie? ...Rihanna. Appearing as an actress. In the same movie as Liam Neeson. Also why has Neeson been in such crap movies lately He totally has the chops to just deny anything but AAA offers __________________ *WARNING:* Snek's all up in this thread. Be prepared to read massive walls of text.

04-03-2012, 12:33 PM	#3
Aldurin Lakitu Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 4,648	Just saw it too, and I'm not really sure what to make of it. I might see it in the theater if any of my folks are interested, but I'll probably hold off on it.