First and foremost congratulations to the Steelers on winning in the Super Bowl tonight. There has been a lot of crying about the refs going light on the Steelers and heavy on the Cardinals. Some have even said the refs had to have been paid off. Just stop it now, please, for the sanity of all around you. I have a theory that in any game, especially a high profile one such as this, the losing team is always seeing more than is really there. Is it possible that we are going to see something that the refs may not? Of course, they're humans not robots. They make mistakes just like anyone who may read this post. I have been a proud Steelers fan since the first time I saw Kordell Stewart play in I believe 1998. Since then I have watched them win 2 Super Bowls and go through many successes and losses, also looking at Kordell Stewart. I'm sorry, the man was fun to watch but he was sorely lacking by the time they let him go. So now I just have to wait until next season when I see all the new bandwagoners join in wearing the Roethlisberger, Polamalu, Ward, and Parker jersies. All great players but I would much rather sport my Heath Miller and James Farriors. Enough of that though because while I am ecstatic that my team won I am completely nerding out over the movie trailers for tonight. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, G.I. Joe, Star Trek, Monsters vs Aliens, and Fast and Furious. Just kidding on that last one, it was good for a laugh though.
Since one of the big focuses on the commercials this year was 3-D I'll bring Monsters vs Aliens to bat first. I am looking forward to this movie. It's by the same people that gave us Shrek, Madagascar, Over the Hedge, and Kung Fu Panda so how am I not supposed to expect it to be good? I remember seeing a leaked trailer online months ago and wanted more right away. The whole 3-D thing didn't really work for me though. It was neat and all but like a lot of people I think it just didn't work well because the TV is not really a large enough format to get the full effect. It could also be because I did just see My Bloody Valentine in 3-D so I was not sure what to really expect seeing it on a TV. It kept me interested enough to still want to see it in theaters by giving me a couple of laughs here and there and a little more idea of the plot but the 3-D wasn't for me.
I've never been a huge Star Trek fan and have only watched a little bit but I think that's what the new movie is for, people like me. We get a fresh start with the characters that most of us know of but not all of us really know the background of or their personalities at all. Add onto that the fact that it is directed by J.J. Abrams produced by his production compaany Bad Robot who I have yet to be dissappointed with and I am there. Some hardcore fans are saying that it looks like Star Trek in high school but to me it provides a fresh start without having to dig through years of original Star Trek episodes, which by the way I am planning on doing soon anyways.
Transformers seems to be the big one that really hit it home this year for both myself and my friends. Just in seeing the trailer we've already started planning what we are going to do on opening night and where we are going to see it at. I don't really know what to say about it until I watch it again because if you saw my room you would see Transformer stuff everywhere so it's one that I would really hate to get wrong. From what I remember it gave a glimpse of a couple of new characters and robots (Ravage?) and showed us the action we should expect from the Michael Bay film.
And finally, G.I. Joe. I'm not really sure what to make of this because while I remember watching the show as a kid I don't actually remember anything about it. The trailer seemed like Cobra causing terrorist attacks and then Dennis Quaid (not sure his characters name) assembles a team to stop them. I remember Snak Eyes from the cartoon and that's about it, but he was in there so that was cool. Looked like a fun action/special ops film. Will it live up to its cartoon counterpart? I don't think so, but a longer more in-depth trailer may be necessary to even begin to make that assumption. The links for the trailers follow. Take care.
Monsters vs Aliens (in 3-D if you've still got your glasses): http://www.hulu.com/watch/55706/super-bowl-xliii-ads-monsters-vs-aliens-trailer
Star Trek: http://www.hulu.com/watch/55616/super-bowl-xliii-ads-star-trek-trailer
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: http://www.hulu.com/watch/55641/super-bowl-xliii-ads-transformers-2-trailer
G.I. Joe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqpz2qRwrcI
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