So good I almost checked for it on IMDB
April 12, 2006 6:21 PM   Subscribe

Titanic Two the Surface Trailer for the wonderful sequel to Bruckheimer's magnum opus Titanic. {via Videosift}
posted by MiltonRandKalman (31 comments total)
 
Bruckheimer?
posted by jonson at 6:27 PM on April 12, 2006


that was....strange.
posted by puke & cry at 6:30 PM on April 12, 2006 [1 favorite]


Bruckheimer? I can't tell if you're joking or not.
posted by Ryvar at 6:31 PM on April 12, 2006


OK, I was gonna ask who would waste the resources to do all that CG, but then I realized I just don't recognize many of the clips.

Cute.
posted by rkent at 6:36 PM on April 12, 2006


This is what my world has come to:
I wasn't sure if I was seeing a real trailer for a really bad movie, or a great parody effort by someone who should be spending their time on almost anything else.

yikes.
posted by cccorlew at 6:41 PM on April 12, 2006


It's most impressive feature is it's believability. Stunning.
posted by fungible at 6:49 PM on April 12, 2006


That sucked.
posted by furtive at 6:50 PM on April 12, 2006


Yeah, it was sort of amusing at the start, but then they just started showing random clips of Leonardo DiCaprio. *shrug*
posted by vernondalhart at 7:00 PM on April 12, 2006


I'll give it points for using a few clips from In The Mouth of Madness.
posted by brundlefly at 7:08 PM on April 12, 2006


We could play the game 'which movies are these clips from?' Leo D prison cell escape is from Man in the Iron Mask.
posted by tula at 7:08 PM on April 12, 2006


I recognized Jamie Lee Curtis's voice and a scene snippet from "Forever Young"
posted by CynicalKnight at 7:16 PM on April 12, 2006


That sucked.

See, it really was realistic!
posted by rkent at 7:22 PM on April 12, 2006


Impressive in seeming real. Impressive in debasing the real film, whose media mushroom cloud made me ill.
posted by ParisParamus at 7:26 PM on April 12, 2006


Lessee... The Abyss, In The Mouth of Madness, some voiceover from James Woods in Contact (I think), Demolition Man, Hulk, Catch Me If You Can...

That's all I got.
posted by brundlefly at 7:30 PM on April 12, 2006


The Basketball Diaries, Romeo & Juliet, What's Eating Gilbert Grape ... it's a big list.
posted by frogan at 8:20 PM on April 12, 2006


Austin Powers!

("Warm liquid goo phase commencing")
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 8:21 PM on April 12, 2006


Oh, surely you recognized the bit from Con Air ("You'd better start contemplating!")
posted by SPrintF at 8:24 PM on April 12, 2006


That's where that's from! Thought it was Broken Arrow at first, but that engineer guy from Star Trek wasn't in that...
posted by brundlefly at 8:33 PM on April 12, 2006


The part of Leo firing the gun is from Romeo and Juliet.
posted by sourbrew at 8:38 PM on April 12, 2006


doh.. beaten by frogan
posted by sourbrew at 8:38 PM on April 12, 2006


The crawling through the pipe they lifted from Shawshank Redemption. Amusing concept, way too long.
posted by Ndwright at 8:57 PM on April 12, 2006


My favorite is the line from Contact. BTW, the Blue was a bit slow on this one...(fights urge to self link...c'mon ViSi is like a MeFi self-link anyway, right?)

And I love the mashup. Certianly one of the most expansive ones created. i don't even know all the Leo movies that are used. Like when he's watching the musical. Which one is that?
posted by wah at 10:52 PM on April 12, 2006


Like when he's watching the musical. Which one is that?

Haven't rewatched it, but isn't that a composite? Leo's face over someone else? The "lifeboat" is added as well.
posted by brundlefly at 11:29 PM on April 12, 2006


Promising (and weirdly plausible at first) but the problem is that parody trailers are becomming just like the things they parody - i.e. a lot of effort and resources for something that was only a so-so idea in the first place.
posted by rhymer at 12:31 AM on April 13, 2006


Promising (and weirdly plausible at first) but the problem is that parody trailers are becomming just like the things they parody - i.e. a lot of effort and resources for something that was only a so-so idea in the first place.

Seconded.
posted by youarenothere at 5:06 AM on April 13, 2006


Actually it's nothing like a real trailer, and I speak as someone who used to make real trailers. It's too long, it holds shots for far too long, and it wastes v/o and captions. It's like those TV sketch shows who do parody commercials but take 90 seconds to do what the original did in 20.
posted by Hogshead at 5:32 AM on April 13, 2006


The "you gotta be kidding me" scene in the tunnel is from The Fugitive.

I like the title: Titanic: Two the Surface. Also the title card that said, "And you must live life all over again...in an unfamiliar town...and in the future."
posted by kirkaracha at 7:44 AM on April 13, 2006


I agree with Hogshead, nothing like an actual trailer. Could've been more convincing with jump cuts and much less concentration on any one scene.

Other than that it was like watching a car wreck. You don't want to see it, but you can't look away. I wouldn't bat an eyelash if something like this existed on the desk of someone in Hollywood.
posted by C.Batt at 8:35 AM on April 13, 2006


Timely. Not at all timely.
posted by OpinioNate at 11:25 AM on April 13, 2006


Jennifer Connelly and Sam Elliot from Hulk
posted by jlub at 11:27 AM on April 13, 2006


Mmm, Jennifer Co—that is, er, yeah. A lot of effort for a pretty meh result.
posted by cortex at 5:22 PM on April 13, 2006


« Older Fake TV News: Widespread and Undisclosed   |   Romosexuals Newer »


This thread has been archived and is closed to new comments