Geekdom: NEW TRAILERS, good and bad news.

On the Geeky side of trailers there's been quite a number. Two that have caught my eye have been the new Alice in Wonderland and the new Iron Man 2 trailer WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT IRON MAN 2?!?!??!??!??!?!?! That's right. Iron. Man. 2. Trailer. Oh. My. Holy. Lord.
These two come with good and bad sides.

The good side is (thankfully) the Iron Man 2 trailer because OH MY GOD does it look fantastic.
We see everything: Mickey Rourke as Russian villain Whiplash, S.H.I.E.L.D operator Nick Fury played by Samuel L. Jackson, Scarrlet Johansson (oh my god) as Black Widow, Don Cheadle as the new Jim Rhodes/War Machine, and some speculative soldier robot things that Iron Man fights. I have much faith in this film. Jon Favereau did a fantastic job with the first one and the cast looks outstanding. Take a look: http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/ironman/

On the otherside...there's the new Alice trailer. And to be honest...its underwhelming.
The first one looked cool enough but now....ugh...Its difficult, because I really don't know how to react. On one hand the atmosphere looks cool, on the other, some of the animation (march hare, big dog thing) looks cartoonish. Also, his revisions tend to be very weak (see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Planet of the Apes).
Also with all the originality that comes with a Tim Burton film, also comes some unoriginality.
Oh, Johnny Depp is in a Tim Burton film? Oh, he's kooky and has an awkward, annoying, high pitched voice? I've never seen that before...




Anyway, yah, Iron Man 2, Awesome, Alice, Weak.

Martin.