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I know I missed week, and I apologize. I’m going to my best to not miss another week — but, to be fair, losing one’s mind does tend to have an effect on deadlines. I just lost it this past little while, I haven’t been able to find much ground to stand on, and I just couldn’t bring myself to update the trailer park. My bad.

I’m nowhere near back on track, but I’m dedicated to this thing. I just LOVE trailers! Don’t you?

Sadly this week, I bring you two new ones, but without a high-definition version available for either. One is fairly new, and the other is actually a couple of months old, but I hadn’t found it anywhere until now. So without further ado …

HAROLD & KUMAR 2

If you didn’t like the first movie, you just won’t get this one. But man, if you liked the first one, you’ll have NO doubt whatsoever from this teaser that this will be a fantastic sequel, right on par with the original. That’s right, I’m calling it. This WILL be as good as the first film.

Besides, Doogie is back! How great is that?

JOHN RAMBO

Here’s a strange thing to admit: I have never, in my entire life, seen a Rambo film.

I know, isn’t that bizarre? I heard a lot about them — kind of like Commando (which, btw, I also haven’t seen) where he runs past guys with machine guns, mowing them down with a pistol while not getting hit by even one of the several thousand bullets that flew past him. Over the top violence, nonsensical action, complete lack of plot. Rambo never much interested me.

And then they announced a 4th one! And Stallone! My God, Stallone is like, 80 years old! So I had my doubts.

Then I watched this trailer, and every doubt was completely erased. This looks absolutely amazing, and Stallone is in incredible shape for his age. No doubt.

Mind — I have no idea here, so — the trailer is INCREDIBLY GRAPHIC, so it’s not exactly recommended for those of you under 18. Natch.

Ah, vacation was utterly sweet, and absolutely (thoroughly, ungodly, amazingly) expensive. Oh my lord. I swear, I came back and I have like, $100 to my name until next payday. Catching up on bills is gonna be fun.

Surprisingly, there wasn’t a lot of trailers released while I was gone, which is good. There were two of import (sort of), so of course, I’ll be sharing those with you.

NATIONAL TREASURE 2: BOOK OF SECRETS

I admit to being a partial fan of the first movie. It tried REALLY hard to be a sort of .. I don’t know. I want to say companion/better movie then Da Vinci, and in some ways it most certainly was. It’s just that it dealt with a lot of secrets and mysteries from the past, and you rely on the main character to really break it down for you, fast. This person was in this group and these glasses were his and they show the location of this and yadda.

So I’m at least partially looking forward to the second — but, I think it’s going to suffer the sophomore jinx. The trailer just didn’t blow me away, and to be honest, when they reveal just what the “Book of Secrets” is, it just didn’t bowl me over. I yawned, thought it was implausible and stupid. BUT, when he reveals how he’s going to GET the book, now THAT is interesting.

View the High Definition Version Here

BATMAN BEGINS 2: THE DARK KNIGHT

I believe this was shown at Comic-Con, where I happened to be, but I didn’t catch it. There was a LOT of viral marketing going on down at the show in regards to The Dark Knight. A lot of clues being thrown around, but I’m not sure if there was ever a payoff to it — maybe the people that understood it got to watch the trailer. I’m really not sure.

The teaser does what it’s supposed to. It teases. You don’t get to see any clips from the movie. BUT, and I do consider this important, you do get to hear Heath Ledger as The Joker. I was waiting for that. Jack Nicholson REALLY defined how he sounds — at least, if you ask me, he did — and I think Heath really nails it.

It’s reason 616 (inside joke) I’m looking forward to seeing this movie.

View the High Definition Version Here

We’ll see you next week, and thanks for visiting the Trailer Park!

There was an astoundingly large number of trailers released in the past week. The problem is, 90% of them were movies that didn’t interest me in the slightest, or the trailers just flat out sucked. (Like the new Rush Hour 3; the teaser was about 10x better, watch it instead.) So for better or worse, I’ll only be highlighting another two this week.

Oh, and I regret to inform that I’ll have to skip the next week, possibly two (depending on computer accessibility), as I’ll be in either Las Vegas, or at the San Diego Comic-Con for the next two weeks.

Vantage Point

Excellent. I’d heard nothing of this movie until I saw the trailer posted, and now I’m absolutely dying to see it. This is how you do a trailer. The first twenty seconds got me enthralled, and then… and THEN… they drop a DOOZY. Basically, the President of the United States is visiting Spain — y’know, for some political reason I didn’t pay attention to — when he gets shot. Out of the thousands of people viewing, 8 of them saw something; something, perhaps, they shouldn’t have?

8 people. 8 points of view. One truth.

View the High Resolution Version Here

The 11th Hour

I was worried. I was thinking, “Oh crap, another ‘Irresponsible Pile of Dung I’ll Pass Off as an Inconvenient Truth’ movie”. I had no interest in seeing that film, I certainly didn’t want filmmakers thinking it was a good idea to release a sequel.

Thankfully, this movie is not a bunch of falsified facts geared towards scaring you into selling your gas-guzzling Hummer3 you drive in suburbia — while, of course, the movies promoter flies in gas-guzzling private jets — but a movie of hope. Yes, it kicks you in the head and says, “You’re ruining the planet”, but, it does serve to remind us that there is still a chance.

It may be the 11th hour. It may be 11:59. But it’s still, not, midnight.

(Besides. They used Linkin Park for their music; that automatically scores points with me.)

View the High Resolution Version Here

Didn’t Make the Cut

There was so many released this past week, but those two above were the only two that really knocked my socks off. But these I would also recommend checking out:

Get Smart
Underdog - Yes, it’s actually kinda good.
War - The trailer actually sucks, and I’m fairly certain the movie will stink, but with Jet Li AND Jason Statham in it, it’s hard to not point out, at the very least.

See you in a week or two!

Yesterday was my birthday, so I decided to let this column slide again. I’ll be back on schedule as of next week — every tuesday, a couple of new trailers for your viewing amusement!

I am entirely excited about this weeks column though, because HOLEEE CRAAAP… what an amazing trailer I have to bring you. I’d heard people talking about this movie, speaking in whispers, never quite revealing what the movie was about or why they were so excited about it. And, since that seems to be the formula people are using, it’s the one I’ll use.

All I can say is: You HAVE to watch this. You must.

1-18-08

I am honestly blown away by this. If anybody wants to discuss it, the comments are certainly open!

I know, I know, I missed last week. I apologize. I completely lost track of time, and, no excuses, I just plain forgot. The good news is, there wasn’t a lick of good trailers released last week, and two really amazing one this week. So we’re all good.

The Golden Compass

Right off the bang, I’m extremely concerned about this film. Because, right off the bang it compares itself (in a sense) to one of the greatest trilogies of all time: The Lord of the Rings. It says, essentially, that New Line brought you the LOTR trilogy, and now we’re bringing you this amazing film. It makes me edgy, so I was uncertain. Sadly, the trailer itself didn’t QUITE bring me off the edge, but maybe I have a couple toes not quite sticking over.

Problem is, they compare it to a series of Fantasy films, and this is … well, this is confusing. It’s fantasy, but more like “Skycaptain and the World of Tomorrow” setting, but, then it shifts to a talking polar bear wearing armor. I dunno. In the end, if ONE thing and ONLY one thing could get me into theaters to see this film, it’ll be Sam Elliot.

The Bourne Ultimatum

Let me get this confession out of the way, now and forever: I like, Matt Damon.

I know! I know. I’m one of the few. I’m the one seeing lots of his films, and somehow keeping him afloat. Certainly, he isn’t an actor of the highest caliber (not quite Sam Elliot, is for certain), but I still like the guy. But most important — and to be fair, I was surprised at this particular revelation — he absolutely kicks ass as Jason Bourne.

I loved the first two films, and I am thoroughly looking forward to seeing the trilogy (well, technically) completed. And c’mon, you can’t tell me that after watching this, you don’t wanna see it too. You can’t!

View the HD trailer here.

I’m actually rather liking the oddball titles I get when I combine titles from the trailers I’ll be listing. That’ll stick. What I don’t have yet, is a rating system — or really, a decision on whether or not to even have one. I like to think, as time goes on, the rambling that precedes a trailer will be review enough, but, I’ll leave that up to the reader. Er, readers.

It was a slow week, and I was astounded when I sat down at my computer that it was already Tuesday again. But here we are. I found two trailers, both of which should be of interest to Geeks in general. And I’ll tell you why.

Shortcut to Happiness

Three words for this one: Jennifer. Love. Hewitt.

Three more words: What. The. Hell?

This is going to be a very odd movie. I didn’t know what to think of the trailer, beyond, “Holy crap, she looks really amazing in that dress.” Some real star power lending their talents to this film, and I’m not terribly sure… why. Basically, Alec Baldwin makes a deal with the Devil, taking, you guessed it, a “Shortcut to Happiness”. All well ‘n good. And then … I’ll let you decide.

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

Come on. A fistful of quarters? What do you THINK the movie is about? C’mon Geeks, wrack those brains.

VIDEO GAMES.

Sadly, the trailer doesn’t make me interested. I’m not sure why. It’s a documentary that feels too much like a parody — which, really, when you’re doing a movie based on video games, whether it’s something to the effect of Double Dragon or The Mario Brothers, or, a docu/mocu-mentary, it’s hard to avoid the parody plague. It’s hard to be taken seriously.

The thing I don’t know, is whether this is meant to be taken as a parody or a serious look at the competition between two hardcore arcade game players. If this was made clear from the start, I wouldn’t be so iffy on the movie in general.

View the High Definition (QT7) Version Here.

That’s all for this week! Enjoy.