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December 20, 2018 1:37 PM Subscribe
Just the antidote I needed for that disappointing Hellboy trailer. Now this looks like fun.
posted by merriment at 1:40 PM on December 20, 2018 [7 favorites]
posted by merriment at 1:40 PM on December 20, 2018 [7 favorites]
I mean, just put Tessa Thompson in every movie. That's all I'm saying...
posted by Fizz at 1:42 PM on December 20, 2018 [41 favorites]
posted by Fizz at 1:42 PM on December 20, 2018 [41 favorites]
YES.
posted by Homo neanderthalensis at 1:49 PM on December 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by Homo neanderthalensis at 1:49 PM on December 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
So what you're saying is it's actually Military Intelligence, Section B?
posted by ckape at 1:53 PM on December 20, 2018 [4 favorites]
posted by ckape at 1:53 PM on December 20, 2018 [4 favorites]
This hasn't gone over great everywhere, some folks think it's off tone, but I liked all the MIB movies and think this looks fun.
Also, while I prefer contained, focused stories to blockbuster franchises, we're well past that line already, so I think the world is ready for a Ghostbusters crossover. I want Deputy Agent Holtzmann.
posted by Phobos the Space Potato at 1:56 PM on December 20, 2018 [5 favorites]
Also, while I prefer contained, focused stories to blockbuster franchises, we're well past that line already, so I think the world is ready for a Ghostbusters crossover. I want Deputy Agent Holtzmann.
posted by Phobos the Space Potato at 1:56 PM on December 20, 2018 [5 favorites]
I have seen the argument that the trailer is good-not-great but who cares because the cast and the whole movie will probably be better, and I will entertain the notion that it leans too heavy into reexplaining the MIB mythos and all that.
But also did you see the eye-action between the two Thompsons in the exchange about the suit? THAT'S GREATNESS.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 1:58 PM on December 20, 2018 [10 favorites]
But also did you see the eye-action between the two Thompsons in the exchange about the suit? THAT'S GREATNESS.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 1:58 PM on December 20, 2018 [10 favorites]
(also I think it's totally fine to explain the premise to an audience when the original movie came out 20 years ago...people gotta realize they are getting old)
posted by MCMikeNamara at 2:00 PM on December 20, 2018 [5 favorites]
posted by MCMikeNamara at 2:00 PM on December 20, 2018 [5 favorites]
This hasn't gone over great everywhere, some folks think it's off tone...
I can just picture all the man-children screaming "REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"
posted by Pendragon at 2:02 PM on December 20, 2018 [4 favorites]
I can just picture all the man-children screaming "REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"
posted by Pendragon at 2:02 PM on December 20, 2018 [4 favorites]
I see Worms. Expectations Met.
posted by mikelieman at 2:03 PM on December 20, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by mikelieman at 2:03 PM on December 20, 2018 [3 favorites]
Has the same floor-seal beat as the Hellboy trailer.
posted by Artw at 2:04 PM on December 20, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by Artw at 2:04 PM on December 20, 2018 [2 favorites]
Looks like fun, especially Tessa Thompson - but do we have to keep redoing movies over and over again? Surely there are some new ideas for blockbusters that don't eat the past?
posted by greenhornet at 2:05 PM on December 20, 2018 [8 favorites]
posted by greenhornet at 2:05 PM on December 20, 2018 [8 favorites]
Two days ago if you'd told me you were significantly more jazzed about Men In Black than about Hellboy, I'd have blocked you on social media, and yet here we are.
posted by Sing Or Swim at 2:13 PM on December 20, 2018 [15 favorites]
posted by Sing Or Swim at 2:13 PM on December 20, 2018 [15 favorites]
I’m not disappointed.
posted by seanmpuckett at 2:15 PM on December 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by seanmpuckett at 2:15 PM on December 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
I generally try to hate Sony on principle but this looks fun.
posted by Navelgazer at 2:21 PM on December 20, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by Navelgazer at 2:21 PM on December 20, 2018 [2 favorites]
As I alluded to in the Hellboy thread: This is secretly a Dirk Gently movie via Liam Neeson(s tho)'s character, isn't it?
posted by tobascodagama at 2:27 PM on December 20, 2018 [4 favorites]
posted by tobascodagama at 2:27 PM on December 20, 2018 [4 favorites]
YES LET THE PRETTY PEOPLE SHOOT THE FANCY SPACE GUNS PLS.
(Including Emma Thompson, because goddamn does she look amazing, and I would like to watch her and Tessa shoot things together, okay thanks.)
posted by BlueBlueElectricBlue at 2:27 PM on December 20, 2018 [14 favorites]
(Including Emma Thompson, because goddamn does she look amazing, and I would like to watch her and Tessa shoot things together, okay thanks.)
posted by BlueBlueElectricBlue at 2:27 PM on December 20, 2018 [14 favorites]
BECHDEL TEST: PASSED using nothing but the trailer!!! I am very excited.
posted by The corpse in the library at 2:29 PM on December 20, 2018 [21 favorites]
posted by The corpse in the library at 2:29 PM on December 20, 2018 [21 favorites]
All it needs is a cameo by Hiddleston.
posted by Halloween Jack at 2:32 PM on December 20, 2018 [4 favorites]
posted by Halloween Jack at 2:32 PM on December 20, 2018 [4 favorites]
Surely there are some new ideas for blockbusters that don't eat the past?
Did you see the trailer for Brightburn that followed? Cuz I'm okay with eating the past in that case.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 2:35 PM on December 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
Did you see the trailer for Brightburn that followed? Cuz I'm okay with eating the past in that case.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 2:35 PM on December 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
Two days ago if you'd told me you were significantly more jazzed about Men In Black than about Hellboy, I'd have blocked you on social media, and yet here we are.
MIB 1 set the tone, and I really enjoyed the MIB animated series. The sequels were OK, I guess, but this looks like just as much fun as the first one. They have my money on opening day.
posted by mikelieman at 2:37 PM on December 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
MIB 1 set the tone, and I really enjoyed the MIB animated series. The sequels were OK, I guess, but this looks like just as much fun as the first one. They have my money on opening day.
posted by mikelieman at 2:37 PM on December 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
Wasn't there already a trailer for another R.I.P.D. spin-off on the front page yesterday?
posted by Apocryphon at 2:48 PM on December 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by Apocryphon at 2:48 PM on December 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
Weirdly F. Gary Gray also directed Be Cool, another sequel to a Barry Sonnenfeld film. I've never seen that one but I've heard it was pretty bad. On the other hand most of Sonnenfeld's work since the original MIB has been pretty dire too.
This looks like it could be OK just because of the lead actors, the rest of it looks like generic action movie stuff.
posted by octothorpe at 2:48 PM on December 20, 2018
This looks like it could be OK just because of the lead actors, the rest of it looks like generic action movie stuff.
posted by octothorpe at 2:48 PM on December 20, 2018
M.I.B.2, if not great, at least attempted a sort of "Saturday Matinée serial" feel that I enjoyed, possibly because I saw it at a lazy Saturday Matinée.
posted by Navelgazer at 2:51 PM on December 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by Navelgazer at 2:51 PM on December 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
MIB movies have generally been fun. This probably will be, too, but I'm honestly a bit surprised how boring the trailer is.
posted by asnider at 2:54 PM on December 20, 2018
posted by asnider at 2:54 PM on December 20, 2018
It's boring because they insist on some pretty boy as co lead rather than having Thompson and Thompson save the universe and flirt with each other.
posted by MartinWisse at 2:57 PM on December 20, 2018 [12 favorites]
posted by MartinWisse at 2:57 PM on December 20, 2018 [12 favorites]
Kevin!
(He was undercover, obviously, in Ghostbusters.)
posted by Lyn Never at 3:00 PM on December 20, 2018 [9 favorites]
(He was undercover, obviously, in Ghostbusters.)
posted by Lyn Never at 3:00 PM on December 20, 2018 [9 favorites]
Damnit MartinWisse that’s the Movie I REALLY want to see now. DAMN IT. And it would have a plot that’s a thin allegory about toxic patriarchy and they wind up empowering the alien underclasses to revolt and set up GAY SPACE COMMUNISM.
Pout. I’ll watch what’s provided but I’ll be dreaming of Something more.
posted by seanmpuckett at 3:11 PM on December 20, 2018
Pout. I’ll watch what’s provided but I’ll be dreaming of Something more.
posted by seanmpuckett at 3:11 PM on December 20, 2018
It's boring because they insist on some pretty boy as co lead rather than having Thompson and Thompson save the universe and flirt with each other.
I ... but ... with the ... wow, is it hot in here? I'm hot. /pulls collar
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 3:11 PM on December 20, 2018 [2 favorites]
I ... but ... with the ... wow, is it hot in here? I'm hot. /pulls collar
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 3:11 PM on December 20, 2018 [2 favorites]
As I alluded to in the Hellboy thread: This is secretly a Dirk Gently movie via Liam Neeson(s tho)'s character, isn't it?
No, it's a prequel to Taken - he did say he had a very particular set of skills.
posted by betweenthebars at 3:17 PM on December 20, 2018 [6 favorites]
No, it's a prequel to Taken - he did say he had a very particular set of skills.
posted by betweenthebars at 3:17 PM on December 20, 2018 [6 favorites]
Hey now, I like a pretty boy as co-lead, thank-you-very-much. Besides, anything that helps any of the Avengers gang push their way out of the acting straitjacket the movies build around them is good in my eyes; I'm sure the likely typecasting of Hemsworth and Evans has them both a bit worried for their future prospects. Sure they're all fabulously wealthy now, but still, franchises like the Avengers have a nasty habit of complicating career arcs and I have no ill wills towards either of them besides a vague jealousy of what I could do with their sort of fuck-you money.
Putting him in a sharp suit with a non-Thor haircut is a smart move, even if the premise doesn't push him that far away from the Marvel movies. At least between this, Ghostbusters, and the most recent Thor, he's getting a chance to show off his comedic timing. Plus, his and Tessa Thompson's chemistry was great in Ragnarok. I'm happy to see them partner again.
posted by los pantalones del muerte at 3:22 PM on December 20, 2018 [8 favorites]
Putting him in a sharp suit with a non-Thor haircut is a smart move, even if the premise doesn't push him that far away from the Marvel movies. At least between this, Ghostbusters, and the most recent Thor, he's getting a chance to show off his comedic timing. Plus, his and Tessa Thompson's chemistry was great in Ragnarok. I'm happy to see them partner again.
posted by los pantalones del muerte at 3:22 PM on December 20, 2018 [8 favorites]
Nope. No more re-makes, reboots, sequels and lazy, cynical, cash grabs. Nope.
posted by You Stay 'Ere An Make Sure 'E Doesn't Leave at 3:34 PM on December 20, 2018
posted by You Stay 'Ere An Make Sure 'E Doesn't Leave at 3:34 PM on December 20, 2018
How about adaptations, novelizations, reimaginings, prequels, deconstructions, reconstructions, side-stories, and alternate universes?
posted by Apocryphon at 3:37 PM on December 20, 2018 [9 favorites]
posted by Apocryphon at 3:37 PM on December 20, 2018 [9 favorites]
I'd never deny anybody their pretty boys, but I'd rather they too flirt with other pretty boys and not hetero up the place too much!
posted by MartinWisse at 3:42 PM on December 20, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by MartinWisse at 3:42 PM on December 20, 2018 [3 favorites]
Given that the MIB as an organization already pretty much had the whole Earth as their jurisdiction, shouldn't it basically be assumed that they've been "international" ever since before the Smith/Jones days?
posted by Strange Interlude at 4:03 PM on December 20, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by Strange Interlude at 4:03 PM on December 20, 2018 [2 favorites]
*grabby fucking hands* yes please all the cute people please
posted by Hermione Granger at 4:06 PM on December 20, 2018 [4 favorites]
posted by Hermione Granger at 4:06 PM on December 20, 2018 [4 favorites]
Chris Hemsworth was, unexpectedly, my favourite thing about the Ghostbusters remake. I wish they'd make a full-length movie about his character just blundering through life like Mr. Bean.
posted by The Card Cheat at 4:46 PM on December 20, 2018 [5 favorites]
posted by The Card Cheat at 4:46 PM on December 20, 2018 [5 favorites]
Given that the MIB as an organization already pretty much had the whole Earth as their jurisdiction, shouldn't it basically be assumed that they've been "international" ever since before the Smith/Jones days?
Well, yes, but the prior movies were restricted in scope to mostly New York City and maybe a tiny bit of the northeastern US immediately surrounding New York City. "International" in the title just tells us that this movie is going to have more globe-trotting in it instead of being a story about NYC as an immigrant melting pot.
posted by tobascodagama at 4:59 PM on December 20, 2018
Well, yes, but the prior movies were restricted in scope to mostly New York City and maybe a tiny bit of the northeastern US immediately surrounding New York City. "International" in the title just tells us that this movie is going to have more globe-trotting in it instead of being a story about NYC as an immigrant melting pot.
posted by tobascodagama at 4:59 PM on December 20, 2018
Am I mistaken about this, or was that a few frames of Les Twins in the offworld-mad-max villain gear? Around the 1:42 mark?
posted by mhoye at 5:13 PM on December 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by mhoye at 5:13 PM on December 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
Wikipedia says they're in this, so probably.
posted by tobascodagama at 5:18 PM on December 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by tobascodagama at 5:18 PM on December 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
My kid is a big fan of Odd Squad, which is basically Square One Television's "MathNet" reimagined as a maths-themed version of Men In Black populated entirely by children and yes it kicks ass.
I wonder if she's ready for MIB yet.
posted by rum-soaked space hobo at 5:22 PM on December 20, 2018
I wonder if she's ready for MIB yet.
posted by rum-soaked space hobo at 5:22 PM on December 20, 2018
I've never understood how they do trailers like this with all kinds of cut scenes from the movie...implying to me it's done...and then it's a coming in 6 or 8 months? What's with the big delays?
posted by CrowGoat at 5:48 PM on December 20, 2018
posted by CrowGoat at 5:48 PM on December 20, 2018
What’s with the big delays?
Not *all* the effects are done, the audio is still coming in, marketing needs to be geared up, Hemsworth’s press availability, and general jockeying for release dates vs. production schedule realities.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 6:20 PM on December 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
Not *all* the effects are done, the audio is still coming in, marketing needs to be geared up, Hemsworth’s press availability, and general jockeying for release dates vs. production schedule realities.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 6:20 PM on December 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
At trivia tonight, one of the questions was about the highest grossing movie of 2018 that was a truly original screenplay that was not based on pre-existing IP -- sequel, prequel, remake, book, true story. You have to go surprisingly far down the list to find one. I don't think sequels and remakes are going anywhere any time soon.
posted by jacquilynne at 7:19 PM on December 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by jacquilynne at 7:19 PM on December 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
It might be #12 Operation Red Sea. (Which is actually on Netflix currently)
But if they are counting only domestic, then it might be #12 A Quiet Place.
posted by FJT at 8:28 PM on December 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
But if they are counting only domestic, then it might be #12 A Quiet Place.
posted by FJT at 8:28 PM on December 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
Woot!
posted by Faintdreams at 12:29 AM on December 21, 2018
posted by Faintdreams at 12:29 AM on December 21, 2018
The 3rd MiB (the one written by Ethan Cohen) was perfectly OK. I will gladly see this just for the Ms' Thompsons and the Thor-guy who is reliably funny and charming.
posted by From Bklyn at 2:48 AM on December 21, 2018
posted by From Bklyn at 2:48 AM on December 21, 2018
MIB3 was OK. Jemaine Clement did an entertaining villain.
posted by EndsOfInvention at 3:50 AM on December 21, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by EndsOfInvention at 3:50 AM on December 21, 2018 [1 favorite]
I watched this sound-free and it was still the best thing ever. Damn, Emma looks effing amazing. LOVE that hair.
posted by I_Love_Bananas at 4:41 AM on December 21, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by I_Love_Bananas at 4:41 AM on December 21, 2018 [1 favorite]
I thought MIB3 was great and it hammered my dad feels pretty hard. Nice to see Emma Thompson back even for just a moment. I loved her eulogy for K.
posted by Fleebnork at 6:21 AM on December 21, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by Fleebnork at 6:21 AM on December 21, 2018 [1 favorite]
I am not generally up on pop culture and last Sunday my husband asked me "Did you know they're making a new Men in Black movie?" and I was like "Yeah, with Thor and Tessa Thompson, why?" and he showed me this. It's like they beamed in into our brains.
posted by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 6:45 AM on December 21, 2018 [4 favorites]
posted by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 6:45 AM on December 21, 2018 [4 favorites]
Don't hold out here.... what was the movie?
You know, I'm not sure the host actually said what the answer was, since it was in one of the rounds that was submitted on paper, but we're pretty sure it was The Quiet Place since generally the league means domestic box office when it asks about box office.
posted by jacquilynne at 7:51 AM on December 21, 2018
You know, I'm not sure the host actually said what the answer was, since it was in one of the rounds that was submitted on paper, but we're pretty sure it was The Quiet Place since generally the league means domestic box office when it asks about box office.
posted by jacquilynne at 7:51 AM on December 21, 2018
Les Twins! I had to go back a couple times because I wasn’t sure I was seeing what I was seeing.
I’ve been movie and tv avoidant the last couple years, and I was prepared to ignore this, but I’ll see it just for them.
posted by [insert clever name here] at 9:26 AM on December 21, 2018
I’ve been movie and tv avoidant the last couple years, and I was prepared to ignore this, but I’ll see it just for them.
posted by [insert clever name here] at 9:26 AM on December 21, 2018
But the bit with the hammer at the end there! That was a seriously great ‘Thor but not Thor’ moment.
posted by librarylis at 12:45 PM on December 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by librarylis at 12:45 PM on December 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
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