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[Messofanego]

Meh.

Dwayne vs a bunch of slow-mo, CGI shit.

CGI backgrounds, CGI creatures, generic colour palette and production design, just get tired of it.

 

[AgentOtaku]

Loved it.

You know what would be awesome a proper Conan The Barbarian Movie, The Rock is the only one that can pull it off.

Inclined to agree... But now he's already Herc :/

Then again, Mamoa could have been good. Just got stuck in a shit film...

 

[GrayFoxPL]

Looks like Conanles.

 

[Alcotholic]

ahhhhhh
Good stuff.

 

[ChosenPredator]

feels like a dark souls movie since he's fighting big monster after big monster

 

[Tyrael]

So cheesy...

Will watch!!

 

[spandexmonkey]

Inclined to agree... But now he's already Herc :/

Then again, Mamoa could have been good. Just got stuck in a shit film...

That poor guy, he was a great pick for Conan, but that movie was such fucking garbage.

 

[Kinyou]

It's based on actual depictions of Hercules:

I didn't know that hercules could grow to giant size

 

[inm8num2]

"I AM HERCULES!" will be the next "THIS IS SPARTA!"

 

[ChosenPredator]

That poor guy, he was a great pick for Conan, but that movie was such fucking garbage.

yeah if they got the right director he would of been one of the best conans, he got stuck with a hack director though oh wel.

 

[Shadowlink]

Is there a villain in this?

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Is it Vince McMahon?

 

[AgentOtaku]

That poor guy, he was a great pick for Conan, but that movie was such fucking garbage.

It really was

 

[DieH@rd]

.

Because they are not aiming at reality and want to adapt a comic book, I will give this film a chance. I hope it will be good.

 

[Effect]

Didn't know this was being based on a graphic novel. Thought it was just going to be a telling of the labours.

 

[Kinyou]

"I AM HERCULES!" will be the next "THIS IS SPARTA!"

But "I AM BEOWULF!" was already supposed to be the next "THIS IS SPARTA!" :*(

 

[Binabik15]

But "I AM BEOWULF!" was already supposed to be the next "THIS IS SPARTA!" :*(

"I. Am. SPARTACUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUS!" from Spartacus Season 1 was great.

I will watch this movie, but I honestly thought the Rock would be in another Conan move, not Hercules. Weird.

 

[Log4Girlz]

Its a fashion statement

 

[commedieu]

CGI backgrounds, CGI creatures, generic colour palette and production design, just get tired of it.

its becoming madlibs.

 

[ChosenPredator]

"I. Am. SPARTACUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUS!" from Spartacus Season 1 was great.

I will watch this movie, but I honestly thought the Rock would be in another Conan move, not Hercules. Weird.

i think everyone wanted him to be Conan, pretty much sucks we wont see that

 

[IpsoFacto]

A need a smoke after that...

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Hydra was super disappointing, looked like some kind of Swamp Python.

 

[Satch]

god he is so hot


ill show him 12 labors

 

[NastyBook]

Rocks weirdly perfect teeth creep me out.

The Son of Zeus doesn't need to brush.

 

[Blablurn]

that looked bad :/

 

[jett]

How is the graphic novel btw?

 

[lethial]

Will this have gore or is it some weak sauce action movie?

 

[Spike Spiegel]

Because they are not aiming at reality and want to adapt a comic book, I will give this film a chance. I hope it will be good.

I got cut off at the end of the first page, so:

Having seen the trailer now, and having owned the graphic novel this was originally based on, I find myself immediately wondering if

Spoiler

the CGI fantasy beast segments are "reenactments" of the tales being told about Hercules by others in his party, to build up his legend. Because none of those "Twelve Labors" were in the original story, which is much more down-to-earth.

If that ends up being the case, some people are going to be sorely disappointed.

Has Ratner or anyone else actually said that the fantasy elements are being brought into to this story? Because in the comic I remember they were barely a footnote; impossible deeds that characters talked about to obscure the truth with glorious legend, while the man himself remained silent to their veracity.

How is the graphic novel btw?

I'd have to pull from a longbox to read them again, but I remember it being pretty grim and violent. One of Herc's companions was

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a cannibal even, and they were all varying degrees of psycho.

 

[RyudBoy]

Not sure why, but that trailer did nothing for me. Probably had something to do with the lame ass narration. I do think that The Rock is a good choice for this role though, but that doesn't mean the movie will turn out to be any good.

 

[Oblivion]

Doesn't look particularly great, but looks way better than that filth from the other Hercules movie.

 

[ganon]

His "I am Herculesss" scream at the end is super cheesy and uncool ._.

 

[GhaleonEB]

I see Hercules vs. three headed wolf thingy, vs. a giant lion, vs. a giant boar, and vs. a multi-headed serpent. Those all seem like mid-boss fodder, I wonder what the final boss is?

 

[Jb]

It's been a while since I saw a trailer this cheesy. Straight out of the late 90s.

 

[adj_noun]

I see Hercules vs. three headed wolf thingy, vs. a giant lion, vs. a giant boar, and vs. a multi-headed serpent. Those all seem like mid-boss fodder, I wonder what the final boss is?

Augean stables.

 

[Gentle Rodriguez]

I see him fighting a bunch of shit and then making out with a woman before proceeding to fight more CGI shit.

Why would I even watch the movie? I think I got the gist of it.

 

[zulfate]

All this money Hollywood has for movies and you would think we would get good quality historical films. It kills me that this is what we are making, I long for epic battles and good recreations of ancient civilizations.

I don't mind fun popcorn movies that have a sprinkle of history like 300 but the real battle was good enough for a movie in its own right.


This trailer isn't doing it for me but I know it's not finalized yet so I'll wait for trailer 2

 

[Effect]

Granted the labors should be known I wonder why they showed Cerberus in the trailer. Would have kept him hidden.

 

[Darklord]

I see Hercules vs. three headed wolf thingy, vs. a giant lion, vs. a giant boar, and vs. a multi-headed serpent. Those all seem like mid-boss fodder, I wonder what the final boss is?

Zeus.

 

[Nev]

Kellan Lutz looks like a demigod if they existed, the downgrade hurts. Oh well, will watch for the gratuitous CGI action.

 

[CloudWolf]

At least it looks better than that other Hercules movie, but that's not very hard.

Kellan Lutz looks like a demigod if they existed, the downgrade hurts.

What downgrade? That's the other movie about Hercules coming out this year.

Augean stables.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w5neFPat1w

 

[JDSN]

Kellan Lutz looks like a demigod if they existed, the downgrade hurts. Oh well, will watch for the gratuitous CGI action.

Oh my God this post.

 

[nel e nel]

Is Dwaynes Hercules the first not whitewashed role?

 

[Wingfan19]

I see Hercules vs. three headed wolf thingy, vs. a giant lion, vs. a giant boar, and vs. a multi-headed serpent. Those all seem like mid-boss fodder, I wonder what the final boss is?

.

 

[NinjaBoiX]

Looks pants.

 

[mut321]

He is no Kellan Lutz

 

[Tesseract]

this gone suck.

 

[adamsapple]

Yikes

that looked .. terribad.

 

[FallingEdge]

Movie looks awesome. CAN'T WAIT.

 

[glaurung]

I couldn't make out whether I was looking at a movie trailer or a toothpaste ad.

 

[Messofanego]

.

Vince in Greek mythos getup, I'm in.

 

[Shadowlink]

Vince in Greek mythos getup, I'm in.

It was me Zeus! IT WAS ME ALL ALONG!