The X-Files and shitty trailers

I saw The X-Files I Want to Believe last night, and I enjoyed it muchly. It was basically an episode of The X-Files, and that's all I really wanted out of it. So, woo new episode of the X-Files!


But surprisingly enough, the post isn't even mostly about the X-Files. It's about the shitty trailers before the movie. Did we get a Watchmen trailer? Or a Terminator 4 trailer? No, we got the shitty movies that are going to be playing in the fall because they're not good enough to be summer blockbusters.

• That one movie with Samuel L. Jackson and Patrick Wilson This looks like the stupidest plot in cinema history. Samuel L. Jackson is an annoying neighbor who doesn't like the new inter-racial couple who lives next door, so what does he do? Be an incredible dick. And apparently, this is supposed to be terrifying. OH NOES! He cut down their trees! He bitched at them about stuff! And OMGWTFBBQ HE'S A COP! Who will they complain to when the person who is harrassing them, is a COP?! You know what, I have a simple solution for Patrick Wilson's character: swallow your fucking pride and move the fuck away, you dumbass. Is this movie for people who haven't experienced neighborhood politics and incredibly annoying neighbors, but would love to via a movie?
• That movie about a prison race You know, the beginning of this trailer didn't make me think there was anything about this movie that was especially stupid. It was just a silly action movie about inmates racing super cars to win their freedom. Of course, the idea is offensive since it's about men being reduced to gladiators, but I'm sure there's a badly executed moral of the story tacked onto the movie about it. Anywho, like I said, wasn't too stupid, and then the women's prison inmates showed up. *sigh* They were models in regular clothes with perfect hair and makeup. Now, I may not be an expert when it comes to women's prisons, but I seriously doubt that they're full of car smart models. The end of the trailer turned into a perfectly fine music video for Welcome To The Jungle though, so that was mildly entertaining.
• That new tv show with Benjamin Bratt this isn't technically a trailer, but they shoved it down our throats while we were waiting for the actual trailers to begin. I have one major complaint with the premise of this show. This show is about a group of people who kidnap drug users for their own good. Let me repeat that: it is about a group of people who kidnap other people for their own good. Kidnap, as in, commit a federal crime. There was absolutely no indication in the endless commercials that this is seen as a bad thing. Personally, if I was a drug addict and I was kidnapped, put under sedation, and then put through detox, I would press charges as soon as they let me go.  

So yeah, now you know my opinions about stupid trailers.

DW bitching

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