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design219 · Nov 23, 2008, 01:11 PM

http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony/2012/

Looks like Roland Emmerich keeps trying to out disaster himself. I'm looking forward to this one. This teaser trailer sort of recreates the best scene from "The Day After Tomorrow."

Oh, and I guess they are smart not waiting until 2012 to release this flick. It is slated to be released next year.

ctt1wbw · Nov 23, 2008, 03:28 PM

Now that looks good. At least it isn't coming out in 2012. That'd be a wait.

analogue SPRINKLES · Nov 23, 2008, 06:07 PM

My lord how many times can we see natural disasters or aliens destroying landmarks and still get freaked out by it. Is this all the guy knows how to do?

turtle777 · Nov 23, 2008, 06:13 PM

Originally Posted by analogue SPRINKLES

My lord how many times can we see natural disasters or aliens destroying landmarks

Until it happens for real ?

-t

analogue SPRINKLES · Nov 23, 2008, 09:02 PM

Originally Posted by turtle777

Until it happens for real ?

-t

It will be so unoriginal after his movies.

Laminar · Nov 23, 2008, 11:40 PM

Terrorists will stop attacking buildings because it's cliché.

Ghoser777 · Nov 23, 2008, 11:44 PM

Well, if it works...

turtle777 · Nov 24, 2008, 12:15 AM

Originally Posted by Laminar

Terrorists will stop attacking buildings because it's cliché.

And one day, we'll be f***ed by someone who didn't bother watching our movies

-t

Maflynn · Nov 24, 2008, 07:33 AM

Its just a teaser but that little bit does look pretty cool.

Warren Pease · Nov 24, 2008, 09:13 AM

I wanna know what happened to the other billion people.

zro · Nov 24, 2008, 09:34 AM

Where the hell is all that water gonna come from? Looks like the kind of movie that gets on my nerves.

Laminar · Nov 24, 2008, 10:07 AM

Aliens brought it.

design219 · Nov 24, 2008, 10:39 AM

Originally Posted by zro

Where the hell is all that water gonna come from? Looks like the kind of movie that gets on my nerves.

I saw a website that references title waves, volcanoes, earthquakes, etc, etc. I wonder if there is any way a title wave could top the himalayas? An astroid maybe?

analogue SPRINKLES · Nov 24, 2008, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by zro

Where the hell is all that water gonna come from? Looks like the kind of movie that gets on my nerves.

I'm gonna guess global warming caused it as it would be the trendy thing to do.

reader50 · Nov 24, 2008, 03:29 PM

A close flyby from another object (like a rogue planet) would cause huge tides. Possibly big enough to pull the ocean over a continent that faced the flyby. The camera never tilted up, so we didn't see if there was anything visible.

If a flyby dropped the Moon into a lower orbit with close approaches, then brief huge tides would become a permanent fixture - at least permanent on a human time scale.

analogue SPRINKLES · Nov 24, 2008, 04:11 PM

Perhaps Roland's ego just fell in the ocean.

Andrew Stephens · Nov 24, 2008, 06:46 PM

Originally Posted by zro

Where the hell is all that water gonna come from? Looks like the kind of movie that gets on my nerves.

2012 is a Mayan calendar apocalypse thing. In modern myth it is also closely associated with the supposedly lost planet X/Nibiru, so I guess the tides would be caused by the close proximity of this planet.

ctt1wbw · Nov 24, 2008, 07:37 PM

Those Mayans are full of ****, man.

Wiskedjak · Nov 24, 2008, 08:04 PM

Originally Posted by reader50

A close flyby from another object (like a rogue planet) would cause huge tides. Possibly big enough to pull the ocean over a continent that faced the flyby. The camera never tilted up, so we didn't see if there was anything visible.

If a flyby dropped the Moon into a lower orbit with close approaches, then brief huge tides would become a permanent fixture - at least permanent on a human time scale.

I don't know that 7,200m tides are possible; we'd be talking about most of the water in the oceans being displaced into the Himalayas. The 2012 prediction is connected with the belief in a periodic planet wide cataclysm, the last such cataclysm possibly being the flood in the Bible. So, rather than astronomical reasons, the movie might take a 40-days-and-40-nights approach.

angelmb · Nov 25, 2008, 03:54 AM

Originally Posted by zro

Where the hell is all that water gonna come from? Looks like the kind of movie that gets on my nerves.

computer generated imagery, duh

red rocket · Nov 25, 2008, 04:50 AM

Christ, how unoriginal can you get?

turtle777 · Nov 25, 2008, 08:51 AM

Originally Posted by red rocket

Christ, how unoriginal can you get?

Can we, for once, not blame Jesus.
[/not serious]
-t

design219 · Nov 25, 2008, 08:52 AM

Originally Posted by red rocket

Christ, how unoriginal can you get?

I think that's a bit premature... we only have a small clip to go by. Do you mean the whole earth destruction thing in general?

analogue SPRINKLES · Nov 25, 2008, 09:11 AM

Originally Posted by turtle777

Can we, for once, not blame Jesus.
[/not serious]
-t

What has he done for us lately?

turtle777 · Nov 25, 2008, 09:19 AM

Originally Posted by analogue SPRINKLES

What has he done for us lately?

Nothing, if you didn't ask. He ain't your nanny.

-t

design219 · Nov 25, 2008, 09:32 AM

I was starting to say keep religion in the PL, but what if the movie actually uses God to do all this. Wouldn't that be cool.

placebo1969 · Nov 25, 2008, 12:05 PM

Aren't teaser trailers very different thant he actual movie (at least sometimes)?

Anyway, I've always liked the post-apocalyptic genre. I think it goes back to The Road Warrior and Red Dawn for me. Imagining myself as one of the few who have survived. Wolverines!!!

ctt1wbw · Nov 25, 2008, 05:06 PM

Originally Posted by design219

I was starting to say keep religion in the PL, but what if the movie actually uses God to do all this. Wouldn't that be cool.

He has his hands full with the Cubs and the Lions already.

ctt1wbw · Nov 25, 2008, 05:07 PM

Originally Posted by placebo1969

Aren't teaser trailers very different thant he actual movie (at least sometimes)?

Anyway, I've always liked the post-apocalyptic genre. I think it goes back to The Road Warrior and Red Dawn for me. Imagining myself as one of the few who have survived. Wolverines!!!

Holy crap, dude, Red Dawn kicks ass. I freakin love that movie.

Oneota · Nov 25, 2008, 05:29 PM

Originally Posted by ctt1wbw

He has his hands full with the Cubs and the Lions already.

What about Da Bears? </Dorothy>

design219 · Nov 25, 2008, 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by ctt1wbw

Holy crap, dude, Red Dawn kicks ass. I freakin love that movie.

It was a fun movie, but I had trouble getting past the silliness of the concept that Soviet soldiers could keep any kind of control over Americans, especially in rural areas.

finboy · Nov 25, 2008, 05:53 PM

Originally Posted by design219

It was a fun movie, but I had trouble getting past the silliness of the concept that Soviet soldiers could keep any kind of control over Americans, especially in rural areas.

It was hokey in places, but still foundational for many folks our age (40ish). We watched it the other night on TNT I think.

placebo1969 · Nov 25, 2008, 06:06 PM

Avenge me. AVENGE ME!!

ctt1wbw · Nov 25, 2008, 07:41 PM

I just "obtained" a copy of Red Dawn. wink wink nudge nudge

Jawbone54 · Nov 25, 2008, 07:54 PM

Wow...this trailer REALLY made me roll my eyes.

But at the end..."Google: 2012." Are they freakin' kidding me? They're now telling the viewer to "Google: 2012?"
Also...I Googled 2012.

Laminar · Nov 25, 2008, 07:58 PM

http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=2012

design219 · Nov 25, 2008, 08:45 PM

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

Also...I Googled 2012.

Afraid now?

turtle777 · Nov 25, 2008, 10:08 PM

Since this thread is about 2012 the movie, can someone please point me to the 2012 the year thread ?

-t

reader50 · Nov 25, 2008, 10:26 PM

http://forums.macnn.com/89/macnn-lou...2012-the-year/

design219 · Nov 25, 2008, 10:28 PM

Originally Posted by reader50

http://forums.macnn.com/89/macnn-lou...2012-the-year/

bad link?

Laminar · Nov 25, 2008, 11:17 PM

Originally Posted by design219

bad link?

It was close.

http://forums.macnn.com/89/macnn-lou...2012-the-year/

brassplayersrock² · Nov 26, 2008, 04:08 AM

I'm looking forward to seeing this movie.

besson3c · Nov 26, 2008, 08:30 AM

Can somebody point me to the 2012 the number thread?

red rocket · Nov 26, 2008, 08:58 AM

Originally Posted by design219

I think that's a bit premature... we only have a small clip to go by. Do you mean the whole earth destruction thing in general?

I mean using the 2012 idea, itself. Every tard on the intarwebs knows about Planet X/Nibiru, is it really necessary for Emmental to make one of his cheeseploitation flicks about it?

design219 · Jun 27, 2009, 12:02 PM

There is a new trailer out. Apple - Movie Trailers - 2012

This looks pretty darn cool. Release date of November 2009.

ctt1wbw · Jun 27, 2009, 01:08 PM

Wow, now it looks like a great movie. I especially liked the ending of the clip where the John F. Kennedy takes it in the pooper. That was my first ship and it was a pile of crap. It's already decommed, but aside from that it looks like a great movie.

hayesk · Jun 27, 2009, 03:24 PM

Looks like "Waterworld: the Prequel"

All we need is Kevin Costner with creepy webbed feet to complete it.

ShortcutToMoncton · Jun 27, 2009, 05:59 PM

Oh great, more fodder for Doofy's craziness

ShortcutToMoncton · Jun 27, 2009, 06:05 PM

And: did that trailer start by calling the Mayans "mankind's earliest civilization"? Or was that a reference to some other prophecy? 'Cause that would suck, if it did that.

greg

ShortcutToMoncton · Jun 27, 2009, 06:08 PM

AND: has anyone watched Independence Day lately? Simply shocking. Talk about a film that didn't age well. It's truly horrendous. Last week Transformers, Independence Day and The Island were on TV so I caught a bit of all of them. Horrible, horrible, horrible, horrible movies. Ugh.

greg