{"id":160788,"date":"2025-07-13T20:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T02:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=160788"},"modified":"2025-07-13T20:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T02:50:08","slug":"movie-trailers-before-superman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2025\/07\/13\/movie-trailers-before-superman.html","title":{"rendered":"Movie Trailers before &#8220;Superman&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I write down the trailers we saw so you don&#8217;t have to!<\/p>\n<p>Well, it <em>would<\/em> be kind of weird if <em>you<\/em> wrote down the movie trailers we saw. Just saying.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt12042730\/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1\"><em><strong>Project Hail Mary<\/strong><\/em><\/a> &#8212; Ryan Gosling vehicle from the novel by Andy Weir <em>(The Martian).<\/em> Looks like it has much the same techie gravitas that\u00a0<em>The Martian<\/em> had, but with a bit more Ryan Gosling humor and a bit more weirdness.\u00a0 That said, after the trailer, I feel like we&#8217;ve seen much of the film. I might watch this on streaming. Or an international airplane ride.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Project Hail Mary - Official Trailer\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m08TxIsFTRI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt3402138\/\"><em><strong>The Naked Gun<\/strong><\/em><\/a> &#8212; I knew Frank Drebbin. I grew up reciting lines from Frank Drebbin. You, Liam Neeson, are no Frank Drebbin.\u00a0 Okay, I guess you&#8217;re supposed to be Frank Drebbin, Jr., which makes me feel very old.\u00a0 Anyway, I&#8217;m not sure if it&#8217;s fondness for the old, or the attempt to update the zany\u00a0<em>Police Squad<\/em> humor for a new generation, but the trailer just didn&#8217;t click for me. The lack of Abrahams\/Zuckers involvement may not have helped.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Naked Gun | Official Trailer (2025 Movie) - Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uLguU7WLreA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt30017619\/\"><em><strong>The Bad Guys 2<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>&#8212; Huh. Does this mean I have to watch <em>The Bad Guys 1?\u00a0<\/em>Actually, I&#8217;m a sucker for a caper film, so this might go on the &#8220;international flight&#8221; list.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE BAD GUYS 2 | Official Trailer 2\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HvLHYox_Vq8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt10676052\/?ref_=hm_inth_i_6\">Fantastic Four: First Steps<\/a> &#8212;\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>Well, I already knew I was going to this one (tickets pre-bought). I&#8217;m a little worried that they are showing\u00a0<em>too<\/em> much in the current trailer (plot-wise and punchline-wise), a classic complaint about movie ads these days. But I&#8217;m still liking what I see. Except maybe for Ben&#8217;s beard (!?!).<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Fantastic Four: First Steps | Final Trailer | Only in Theaters July 25\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/18QQWa5MEcs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1493274\/\"><em><strong>Caught Stealing<\/strong><\/em><\/a> &#8212; Um &#8230; this one didn&#8217;t strike me as particularly appropriate for the crowd at <em>Superman<\/em>, which involved a lot of adults, but also quote a few kids. I mean, it&#8217;s being tagged as a &#8220;dark comedy&#8221; but also a &#8220;psychological thriller&#8221; and, based on the trailer, a pretty violent example of both. Not my cuppa, but also not what I&#8217;d want my 10-year-old watching.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CAUGHT STEALING \u2013 Official Trailer (HD)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6mIvD-GN-p4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>Time for an interlude. How about a commercial &#8230; advertising for &#8230; the Navy SEALs?\u00a0 Apparently they&#8217;re <\/em><em>recruiting.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt30144839\/\"><em><strong>One Battle After Another<\/strong><\/em><\/a> &#8212; Another one that seemed a bit dark for the\u00a0<em>Superman<\/em> audience. Another &#8220;dark comedy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"One Battle After Another | Official Trailer\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ap-j8e9J5U0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt19847976\/\">Wicked 2<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>&#8212; Or\u00a0<em>Wicked: Step Into the Light<\/em> or <em>Wicked 2: Flying Monkey Boogaloo, <\/em>or something else inspiring.\u00a0 Looks big and glossy and colorful and even somewhat interesting, and all I could think was, &#8220;Jeez, I better watch the first one some time soon.&#8221;\u00a0 Will likely be streamed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wicked: For Good | Official Trailer\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vt98AlBDI9Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt33764258\/\"><em><strong>Odyssey<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em> &#8212;\u00a0<\/em>Given that I&#8217;ve a long love of Greek myths and Homer, and my son was a classics major, that we are going to see this is very much a no-brainer. I can&#8217;t see we saw anything spectacular in the trailer, but it certainly has a really cool vibe.<\/p>\n<p><em>(The trailer we saw is not yet on YouTube.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2321555\/\"><em><strong>Cat in the Hat<\/strong><\/em><\/a> &#8212; I had no idea this was coming out, so &#8230; mission accomplished, I guess. I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;m likely to see it (I&#8217;m pretty Old School 2-D when it comes to my Cat), but it doesn&#8217;t affect me like fingernails on the chalkboard as the Mike Myers thing did just a few <del>years<\/del> decades ago.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Cat in the Hat | Official Trailer\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jz8pLlPhSeY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>So a few hits in there, a few things I&#8217;m looking forward to in some form. Which is kind of nice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A good set of trailers is like a great hors d&#8217;oeuvre!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"both","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":301,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[45,525,41],"tags":[1638],"class_list":["post-160788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-cartoons","category-marvel-cinematic-universe","category-media-movies","tag-trailers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":128227,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/05\/trailers-before-the-martian.html","url_meta":{"origin":160788,"position":0},"title":"Trailers before &quot;The Martian&quot;","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 5-Oct-15 12:14am","format":false,"excerpt":"It's weird -- most movies I go to are genre enough that I get to see some movie trailers that look, at the very least, intriguing. 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