as mentioned in my earlier post been having a tough time finding anything interesting to share lately. one thing that did catch my eye was the trailer for the japanese live action anime casshern. looks pretty cool. hardly seems post worthy by itself though does it? so i’ve decided to just post a bunch of trailers today, some of which, alas, are for flicks that will most likely not see american distribution, like casshern.

seems that on the whole there are a ton of fantasy type movies coming sown the pike, lot’s of sci-fi, etc. sundance actually had quite a few entries of the sci fi bent this year, which is rare. (especially of note was primer which won top honors.) does this mean we are culturally going into a cycle of escapism? we are hating reality and need a good ol’ fashioned “calgon, take me away” experience? or is it just the LOTR effect? who knows? i personally like big strange fantasy epics, love sci-fi (though admittedly most of it turns out rotten), a throw back from the sit at home, high, watching movies days i guess. in any case, let’s see what we have here:

immortel which looks to be a weird mixture of bleak futurecrush and eqyptian myth. it’s french. what was the last french sci-fi flick anyway? the third element does not count. speaking of which has anyone ever seen le dernier combat? was luc bessons first. a fine low budget post apocalyptic film.

i robot from the assimov classic. hard to have any hope for this one, looks awfully shiny, like a puffy video, and yes there is the whole fresh prince factor which is hard to overlook. seems very A.I. to me which sucked eggs, but who knows?

the day after tomorrow. not sure really what this is all about. modern entry into the airport / blazing inferno / earthquake disaster film cannon, minus the cannonball run like list of washed up stars? guess this one kind of goes against the “escapism” theory huh? unless it’s all wrapped up real neatly with a mission accomplished banner or whatever.

devilman this ones based on an anime series i think.

aliens vs. predator. well folks, as we all know very well this movie will stink. has to. i recently watched the last two sequels in the alien saga and was so underwhelmed i found myself grumbling at my own stupidity. i can never fathom the mindset of sequel makers. aliens, matrix, terminator, these are all movies that created an alternate universe of sorts and then proceeded to tell the same exact story multiple times. why for instance did they never capitalize on the actual future which they only let you glimpse a few times in terminator. they could have followed that story forward in time instead of doing that go back, save someone, preserve the future thing over and over. imagine strange quiet dramas set in these alternate universes… that would be capitalizing in a good way. why don’t they ever do that? the animatrix came close i guess. why not do a black and white thriller that just happens to be set in the mad max universe, that kind of thing… ah well, never happen. next-

steamboy. mmmmmmmm, purty.

troy. must admit, love a good historical epic. this could be amazing but will most likely stink up the theater. after all brad pit is no peter o’toole or derek jakobi.

the villiage. new m. knight shamalamadingdong film.

appleseed. more anime. looks like a video game.

wonderful days. this one already came and went. maybe it can be found on dvd? no clue. it’s korean and gorgeous looking.

the incredibles. pixar at it again. tom, wasn’t this a comic? sure it will be great.

ghost in a shell 2. not sure what’s up with this stupid design, but ghost in a shell was cool, so i’ll give it the benefit of the doubt.

kill bill vol.2. didn’t see the first volume yet, but am linking to this japanese trailer because it is so much cooler than the american version.

all right. that’s enough. the time has indeed been killed. anyone want to post some trailers i left out that would be swell.