Buffy: You guys don’t have to get involved.
Xander: What d’ya mean? We’re a team! Aren’t we a team?
Willow: Yeah! You’re the Slayer, and we’re, like, the Slayerettes!
Buffy: I just don’t like putting you guys in danger.
Xander: Oh, huh, I laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide until it goes away.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 1: Episode 3 – “The Witch”
Welcome to “Trailer Tuesday” where I talk about trailers for upcoming movies.
It’s been three months since we got our first, crazy look at Guardians of the Galaxy, and we finally got a second trailer yesterday (along with this new poster, which lacks the perfect “You’re Welcome” tagline from the previous poster). The second trailer for a film like this is always the one that gives us the best look at the film. By this time, more of the visual effects have been completed, more dialogue has been recorded, and the trailer takes a deeper look at the film’s story. The first trailer’s goal was to establish the film’s unique tone and give us an intro to the characters, but this time around we got to see a lot more. Take a look at the trailer below and read on for my thoughts and highlights:
There are many, many things that are difficult in this life, but one thing that isn’t difficult at all is figuring out whether someone is excited or not when they open a present. If someone is excited, they will often put exclamation points at the end of their sentences to indicate their excited torn of voice. If they say “Oh!” for instance, the exclamation point would indicate that the person is saying “Oh!” in an excited way, rather than simply saying “Oh,” with a comma after it, which would indicate that the present is somewhat disappointing.
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Ersatz Elevator – Lemony Snicket
Worf: What about Garak?
Benjamin Sisko: I want him back, too. I suppose I don’t have to tell you to keep a close eye on him?
Worf: At the first sign of betrayal, I will kill him. But, I promise to return the body intact.
Benjamin Sisko: I assume that’s a joke.
Worf: We will see.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 5: Episode 14 – “In Purgatory’s Shadow”
Harry decided to start with a basic test, asking all applicants for the team to divide into groups of ten and fly once around the pitch. This was a good decision: The first ten was made up of first years and it could not have been plainer that they had hardly ever flown before. Only one boy managed to remain airborne for more than a few seconds, and he was so surprised he promptly crashed into one of goal posts.
The second group was comprised of ten of the silliest girls Harry had ever encountered, who, when he blew the whistle, merely fell about giggling and clutching one another. Romilda Vane was amongst them. When he told then to leave the pitch, they did so quite cheerfully and went to sit in the stands to heckle everyone else.
The third group had a pileup halfway around the pitch. Most of the fourth group had come without broomsticks. The fifth group were Hufflepuffs.
“If there’s anyone else here who’s not from Gryffindor,” roared Harry, who was starting to get seriously annoyed, “leave now, please!”
There was a pause, then a couple of little Ravenclaws went sprinting off the pitch, snorting with laughter.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – J.K. Rowling
For those who haven’t seen the news, it’s been revealed that How to Train Your Dragon 2 will feature one of the characters from the first film coming out as gay. In an interview with E! Online, the film’s director, Dean DeBlois, explained that one character will be coming out and told the interviewer which character that was. (I’m not going to spoil that here, but if you want to read the interview which does spoil it, you can find it here.) The moment comes as an offhand comment, ad-libbed by the character’s voice actor, and was not a part of DeBlois’ original script, however the openly gay DeBlois said, “I think that’s a really fun [and] daring move to put in.”
Giles: This is madness! What can you have been thinking? You are the Slayer! Lives depend upon you! I make allowances for your youth, but I expect a certain amount of responsibility, and instead of which you enslave yourself to this, this… Cult?
Buffy: You don’t like the color?
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 1: Episode 3 – “The Witch”
Welcome to “Trailer Tuesday” where I talk about trailers for upcoming movies.
When you see the poster above, what story immediately comes to mind? Disney is banking on the fact that Cinderella’s glass slipper is such a recognizable image that that’s all they need to show to get people excited for the film. In fact, that same iconic image is carried over into their first teaser trailer. Check it out below and then read on for my comments:
The Love Pirate 