Trailers In Short - The Tunes and Toons Edition

It's the time of year when we need some childlike fun, and some merry songs to tide us through blustery cold days.

Time for some fun from LEGO's take on the heroes of the DC Universe.Time for the five armies to meet. Time for Snoopy to...do whatever he does, And it's time for some song and dance with a musical witch. And, Galavant, again.


LEGO Justice League Vs Bizarro League

Ah. Another LEGO film. I have so far found the DC animated LEGO films to be quite fun. I like their take on the pantheon of heroes. The humor,animation, and characters feel like they all work together. (Honestly, the Marvel ones haven't worked as well for me. They just feel too goofy.)

But this time out we get a turn with Bizarro. And Bizarro has decided to create some friends. So that means, after so many, years, we get a look at Bizarro's take on the Justice League again.

I don't think I've seen any of them since the days of the Super Friends. I guess they've brought them back in some forms at times.

Though the logic of the Bizarro's is tricky. Do everything opposite. It's hard not to do without being very silly. They've turned more to be more tragic to me in recent years. Bizarro ends up being a strange confused unwanted outsider.

But that's why it's more fun to use the concept with LEGO, where everything can be tongue in cheek!

But I don't think we've had a Bizarro World for awhile. It's supposed to be a square duplication of Earth. Sometimes it seemed it had some variety of people. But often it was a lot of Superman duplicates (Hence why you often Bizarro with a "No. 1" medallion around his neck. He's the original and worst.)

But then you had the team.

Ah.

So we get a tale of them being created from LEGO, and how they end up helping the Justice League against Darkseid. We get to see the value of a Bizarro.

It sounds like fun.

And how can I now resist adding the DC Nation short with Bizarro?

Hobbits on a Plane

In case you've never seen the Air New Zealand safety video, using Middle Earth as a theme, here we are. Enjoy.



"Flight Attendant! Gollum is kicking my seat back."

Trailers in Short - Heroes Really Do Come In Different Shapes And Sizes Edition

There want be a drought on heroics in the theaters anytime soon. And some of them won't even be sequels or remakes! Let's meet the sweet hero of Big Hero 6, the return of the Ghostbusters, the guardians of 80's movies, the little heroes of The Hobbit. and some heroes in a half shell.

Trailers in Short: Almost Human, The Day of the Doctor, and The Hobbit 2 (Plus Rifftrax Bonus)

Time for more trailers. Two new shows (Okay, one is a special.) and one new sequel. (Plus a mention of Rifftrax.) Thankfully, they are all good news, as I am actually looking forward to all of them.

Trailers in Short: The Hobbit 2, The Colony, and Escape Plan

Time for some more trailers!

First, a look at the next part of the epic attempt of a Hobbit to avoid a visit form his relatives. Next, a curious follow up for An Inconvenient Truth. Finally, a movie that should have been made in 1991.


The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug



Yes. Almost time for another Tolkien movie. And that's fantastic.

I am an utterly biased fan of the books and these movie series. And I have been eagerly awaiting the continuation of the adventure of Bilbo Baggins and this troop of Dwarves. Coming now we have the Mirkwood, with it's darkness, dankness, and spiders. And the Wood Elves, who's kingdom is being encroached on. Then on to Lake Town and the aid of the Lake Men. And, finally, on to the foot of the Lonely Mountain, and, for Bilbo, the chance to meet...a dragon.

I can't wait. I've liked the characters and twists so far. And I am interested to see how the characters are affected and changed by the journey they are on.

On to December...after a lengthy Halloween season.


The Colony



The colony takes us to a future were climate change has driven humanity underground and to limited food supplies. Then the world froze (Don't you hate when that happens...in movie...so often.). The story takes a team from one of these underground cities on a quest to another that has asked for help. And once they get there, they find it littered with the dead. Fleeing they are followed by people who are...zombies...ish?

So it will be turning into a struggle to survive a "zombie" onslaught. Up to that point it was sounding possibly interesting (Imagine if it focused just on two communities in a post-apocaltyptic world trying to work together and overcome suspicions...It would be called an indie movie, right?). But, it could prove to be good anyway. It's got Laurence Fishburne....But I bet he gets off quickly in the invasion...I was actually getting interested in this. I'll have wait and see.


Escape Plan



Sylvester Stallone! Arnold Schwarzenegger!! A prison escape movie!!!

Yeah. It's a prison escape movie, and about a super prison that's impossible to escape from...Didn't that happen in Face Off...I guess there it wasn't the whole movie.

In this Stallone is the ultimate escape artist. Who is hired to test the newest superest prison ever. And then he learns it's all a plan to dump him in the prison to die. So a fellow prisoner, Schwarzenegger, wants to work with him to get out.

The prison looks really weird. The guards wear Halloween masks, etc. It gives off a Prisoner vibe. ...And Jim Caviezel is in this movie. Weirder.

This could be one of those so dumb it's fun movies. Or it could be dumb. It will be tempting. (But why do I get the feeling it won't addressing the inherent issues of the modern American penal system and the injustice in our justice system?)

What is a bagginses?

Okay. Mentioned Tolkein in the last post...so I can't resist posting The Hobbit trailer.