Second Sound Barrier Trailer
March 10, 2016 8:26 AM Subscribe
I appreciate that when someone has an idea for a movie that's either too stupid or too impractical to make it worth filming feature length that they make a fictional trailer for said movie instead. The problem comes when people respond with, "I would totally watch that movie", it gets made into a full movie, and everyone sees why it was only made a trailer to begin with.
posted by charred husk at 8:41 AM on March 10, 2016 [7 favorites]
posted by charred husk at 8:41 AM on March 10, 2016 [7 favorites]
Shhh! Robert Rodriguez can hear you.
posted by beerperson at 8:43 AM on March 10, 2016 [9 favorites]
posted by beerperson at 8:43 AM on March 10, 2016 [9 favorites]
I would not watch this as a movie, because - as is common with trailers these days - I feel like I've already seen the best parts.
posted by nubs at 9:04 AM on March 10, 2016
posted by nubs at 9:04 AM on March 10, 2016
How do they get a recognizable actor to agree to film one of these things? Even if it just takes a weekend or whatever, it's a weekend in a desert location doing silly things. I know the answer to this is "money" but then that raises the question of how do they get someone to agree to pay a recognizable actor to spend a weekend on location doing silly things? We've come a long way from Pearl the Landlord which was just Will Farrell and Adam McKay goofing around on an afternoon - there were meetings over this fake trailer, casting decisions, interns being ordered around.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 9:14 AM on March 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by robocop is bleeding at 9:14 AM on March 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
Maybe think of it as a short film rather than a trailer? All falls into place that way.
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 9:17 AM on March 10, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 9:17 AM on March 10, 2016 [2 favorites]
SHUT IT DOWN!
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 9:17 AM on March 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 9:17 AM on March 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
Just watched it with the sound off and still LOLd
posted by Potomac Avenue at 9:24 AM on March 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Potomac Avenue at 9:24 AM on March 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
The second sound barrier is love, guys.
posted by lumpenprole at 9:27 AM on March 10, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by lumpenprole at 9:27 AM on March 10, 2016 [4 favorites]
robocop is bleeding, I suspect that at a certain point as an actor, there's both a feeling of mentoring the next wave, and hanging out with friends and having fun. And before that point, anything that's going to get a face out there, real exposure (not just "I'm doing this for the exposure"), is a good thing.
I was living in West Marin when the Miller brothers were shooting Touching Home, and though I don't know Noah and Logan personally, I know people who knew them growing up and met various other members of the crew when we wandered down to watch them filming. It's pretty plain that Ed Harris decided that these kids had something worth nurturing and was willing to go above and beyond to help them out, money be damned.
If you're in the TV or movie business, you're there largely because you love the medium, and hanging out with other people exploring the medium is fun.
posted by straw at 9:31 AM on March 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
I was living in West Marin when the Miller brothers were shooting Touching Home, and though I don't know Noah and Logan personally, I know people who knew them growing up and met various other members of the crew when we wandered down to watch them filming. It's pretty plain that Ed Harris decided that these kids had something worth nurturing and was willing to go above and beyond to help them out, money be damned.
If you're in the TV or movie business, you're there largely because you love the medium, and hanging out with other people exploring the medium is fun.
posted by straw at 9:31 AM on March 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
[comicbookguy]Where is Tricera-cop? Where is Barbarianna? Laaaaaame.[/cbg]
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 9:31 AM on March 10, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 9:31 AM on March 10, 2016 [2 favorites]
Wait, you guys think this is an actual movie? Or maybe everyone is joking around and I can't tell. Wow, Poe's Law is real.
The three leads are named Roger Valour, Theolonias Courage, and Charles Michael Fortitude. That should be enough to tell you this isn't a real movie.
posted by sideshow at 9:50 AM on March 10, 2016
The three leads are named Roger Valour, Theolonias Courage, and Charles Michael Fortitude. That should be enough to tell you this isn't a real movie.
posted by sideshow at 9:50 AM on March 10, 2016
Which comment leads you to believe that people here think that this is a real movie?
posted by jonathanhughes at 9:57 AM on March 10, 2016 [5 favorites]
posted by jonathanhughes at 9:57 AM on March 10, 2016 [5 favorites]
Bit of googling suggest the start of a viral ad campaign... then again, who knows?
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 10:16 AM on March 10, 2016
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 10:16 AM on March 10, 2016
In out of control meetings at work I'm replacing "Come on Mike, the rest of the class is on page 52" with screaming "You want a happy ending?! Go back to Des Moines!"
posted by Clinging to the Wreckage at 10:21 AM on March 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Clinging to the Wreckage at 10:21 AM on March 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
I would totally watch this movie too.
How do they get a recognizable actor to agree to film one of these things?
It's Wain/Showalter, who've had a hand in directing or producing most of the major comedies that skew toward the absurd of the past 15 years, so their rolodex is deep. Also I think Ken Marino is obligated by federal law to appear in every one of their productions at this point.
posted by Think_Long at 10:29 AM on March 10, 2016 [2 favorites]
How do they get a recognizable actor to agree to film one of these things?
It's Wain/Showalter, who've had a hand in directing or producing most of the major comedies that skew toward the absurd of the past 15 years, so their rolodex is deep. Also I think Ken Marino is obligated by federal law to appear in every one of their productions at this point.
posted by Think_Long at 10:29 AM on March 10, 2016 [2 favorites]
As soon as I saw Ken Marino I stopped to see if this was Wain and/or Showalter. Love those guys.
posted by Room 641-A at 10:46 AM on March 10, 2016
posted by Room 641-A at 10:46 AM on March 10, 2016
Why are FBI guys always taking off their sunglasses so aggressively?
posted by gottabefunky at 10:54 AM on March 10, 2016
posted by gottabefunky at 10:54 AM on March 10, 2016
They tried, but it's still less ridiculous than Overdrift!
posted by aubilenon at 10:54 AM on March 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by aubilenon at 10:54 AM on March 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
What the heck did I just watch? Also, I live in Des Moines.
posted by Fleeno at 10:55 AM on March 10, 2016
posted by Fleeno at 10:55 AM on March 10, 2016
i wish that could be a tv show. it's giving me total darkplace vibes.
posted by fuzzypantalones at 11:01 AM on March 10, 2016
posted by fuzzypantalones at 11:01 AM on March 10, 2016
If you'd watch this movie for real, may I interest you in Ron Howard's Grand Theft Auto, a real movie you can actually try to watch.
posted by potch at 11:13 AM on March 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by potch at 11:13 AM on March 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
I don't have to see it Dottie, I lived it.
posted by peeedro at 11:43 AM on March 10, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by peeedro at 11:43 AM on March 10, 2016 [2 favorites]
2:07 yeah, those are the cyber-boobs from Weird Science in case you were wondering
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 12:18 PM on March 10, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 12:18 PM on March 10, 2016 [4 favorites]
The second sound barrier is love, guys.
I learned from The Flash TV show that if you go twice as fast as the speed of sound, you travel back in time.
posted by straight at 1:35 PM on March 10, 2016
I learned from The Flash TV show that if you go twice as fast as the speed of sound, you travel back in time.
posted by straight at 1:35 PM on March 10, 2016
Yeah, I'm betting marketing for that fancy BMW that got closeups of its hubcap badges and other parts. But effing awesome! I would watch movies with those actors because they are funny.
posted by Snowishberlin at 3:07 PM on March 10, 2016
posted by Snowishberlin at 3:07 PM on March 10, 2016
I learned from CSN that traveling twice the speed of sound, it's easy to get burned. So at least this gets that part right.
posted by mosk at 4:22 PM on March 10, 2016
posted by mosk at 4:22 PM on March 10, 2016
In addition to the Weird Science boobs, I also spotted a few repurposed shots from The Man with the Golden Gun.
They should do a Grindhouse sequel with no feature-length movies included, just established directors like David Wain having fun making trailers like this.
posted by doctornecessiter at 7:29 AM on March 11, 2016 [1 favorite]
They should do a Grindhouse sequel with no feature-length movies included, just established directors like David Wain having fun making trailers like this.
posted by doctornecessiter at 7:29 AM on March 11, 2016 [1 favorite]
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