
No, this post is not about who could beat who in a fight.
Much like Harry Potter movies, I weather the Super Bowl every year un-apologetically for the commercials and commercials alone. Some, like the Geico Cavemen, become a cultural entity all their own, but this year it seems movie trailers are what's really important.
Like most things, if it's going to happen, it'll get leaked on the internet before it does, intentionally or otherwise. Two movie trailers slated to be shown during the Super Bowl have been dropped onto the internet this morning. Will Ferrel's adaptation of the 1974 TV series Land of the Lost is finally being revealed (I got my hands on a Sleestak shirt way back and have been patiently waiting for a teaser since) and, though overlain with triumphant fanfare soundtrack, doesn't do a very good job of hyping up the movie.
Those unfamiliar with the plot can go educate themselves on someone else's copy, probably wikipedia's. It seems the original premise of a dad and his son and daughter shooting through a worm hole went out the window and have been replaced by a love interest (Anna Friel) and a best friend (Danny R. McBride). Little of them was shown even though they'll be incredibly integral in keeping the movie together and breaking up Ferrel's banal tantrums. The 3-D effects were shown off, even though we already know they're going to look fantastic -- turquoise T-Rex and all. It seems the line producer didn't want to really commit to the Superbowl and so only paid for a palsy 30-second spot that ends up making the movie look REALLY rushed. Good job.
I'm still gonna go see it, though, because who the hell doesn't love Land of the Lost? Also, my gigantic man-child ego refuses to agree with everyone that Ferrel's lost it. He hasn't, really; he's simply, since realizing the payload from Anchorman will never cease, stopped trying to please everyone.
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