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Trailer for The Martian

#1 Post by Bob78164 » Mon Jun 08, 2015 1:56 pm



It looks like they got it right. The big mistake (in my opinion) that Hollywood made with The Postman was failing to realize that the story was not, in fact, about the titular postman. It was about the spirit of America. Kevin Costner simply tried to turn the movie into a star vehicle and as such it didn't work. Not even close.

This trailer tells me that they get it. The story isn't really about the Martian. It's about the very first words of the trailer -- humanity's common spirit of helpfulness. I'm really looking forward to seeing this movie in the theaters.

Does anyone know its scheduled release date? --Bob
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Re: Trailer for The Martian

#2 Post by Bob Juch » Mon Jun 08, 2015 2:53 pm

Bob78164 wrote:It looks like they got it right. The big mistake (in my opinion) that Hollywood made with The Postman was failing to realize that the story was not, in fact, about the titular postman. It was about the spirit of America. Kevin Costner simply tried to turn the movie into a star vehicle and as such it didn't work. Not even close.

This trailer tells me that they get it. The story isn't really about the Martian. It's about the very first words of the trailer -- humanity's common spirit of helpfulness. I'm really looking forward to seeing this movie in the theaters.

Does anyone know its scheduled release date? --Bob
It says "November" on the screen. Probably will be the Friday before Thanksgiving.
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Re: Trailer for The Martian

#3 Post by Bob78164 » Thu Jun 11, 2015 2:13 am

It looks like the release date just got switched to October. --Bob
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Re: Trailer for The Martian

#4 Post by silverscreenselect » Thu Jun 11, 2015 3:02 am

Bob78164 wrote:It looks like they got it right.
Wrong. Here's the guys who got it right:

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#5 Post by Bob Juch » Thu Jun 11, 2015 7:09 am

Bob78164 wrote:It looks like the release date just got switched to October. --Bob
They apparently think it's in trouble if they're releasing publicity now and moving the release date back to when there'll be less competition.
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#6 Post by silverscreenselect » Thu Jun 11, 2015 8:08 am

Bob Juch wrote:
Bob78164 wrote:It looks like the release date just got switched to October. --Bob
They apparently think it's in trouble if they're releasing publicity now and moving the release date back to when there'll be less competition.
Gravity had an October release; it did rather well.
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#7 Post by ToLiveIsToFly » Thu Jun 11, 2015 8:21 am

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Re: Trailer for The Martian

#8 Post by Bob Juch » Thu Jun 11, 2015 9:48 am

silverscreenselect wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:
Bob78164 wrote:It looks like the release date just got switched to October. --Bob
They apparently think it's in trouble if they're releasing publicity now and moving the release date back to when there'll be less competition.
Gravity had an October release; it did rather well.
See? They learned a lesson.
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