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Icaddy reports on a Paramount preview of GI JOE, STAR TREK, WATCHMEN & LOVELY BONES!!!

Hey folks, Harry here... now before you say, "But WATCHMEN is Warner Brothers," I'd like to note that Paramount is handling International on the film, thus - the screening in London of Paramount films - including WATCHMEN. Otherwise, looks like good news here. Give it a look...

So – I went to a paramount press screening in London yesterday to promote their 2009 slate. Obviously they confiscated our mobile phones on entry but I thought I would report in on what I saw.

They were promoting GI Joe, Star Trek, Watchmen, Transformers 2, Redemption road and Lovely Bones

GI Joe – we saw a number of unfinished scenes including introductions to Duke, The Baroness and Snake Eyes. We also saw a computer generating scene which acted as a story board for the eventual filming. There was a scene where the baroness comes home to France and we got to see the mansion, another scene where a member of GI Joe is captured by COBRA, Chris Eccleston and Arnold Voslo both look on form. Finally we saw a scene which involves a MASSIVE car chase and the eventually toppling of the Eiffel Tower. The film itself look like typical Steven Sommers schtik, massively enjoyable, Sienna Miller looks amazing but I do not think it will fare well with critics, action is very stylised from the scenes I saw, the character development is terrible, Marlon Wayans in particular looked bad!!

Star Trek – We saw the teaser trailer and then we saw what looked to be a very very early version of the full trailer – It showed more footage of Quito as Spock, much more Chris Pine and also some John Cho and Simon Pegg footage. The film looks like immense fun and there seems to be a lot of action in it. There look of the crew and the bridge is spot on and the costumes look like the original but with a more modern and practical twist. We got to see Spock talking to his parent as well and Kirk being told to take more responsibility. There were also a lot of montage scenes involves spaceship battles, gun fights and hand to hand combat. I especially like a short clip where we see the crew running through the corridors of the Enterprise – reminded me of next generation loads.

Watchmen – We had an intro from Zach Snyder and then I finally got so see the footage they showed at Movie-con. Showed much more Rorschach as well and a little scene between the comedian and 1st silk spectre right before the attempted rape. I’m slightly more optimistic about Ozymadias now having seen him in full costume and his artic palace look really spot on. I get Goosebumps every time I see footage because Snyder seems to have 100% nailed the look of the film, lets just hope the dialogue lives up to the hype, again there was very little spoken word in this footage which worries me.

Finally we got to see the trailer for lovely bones – have not read the book myself but my girlfriend ensures me that from the footage I described the film should be a massive hit. Trailer is very upsetting but in my mind give away WAY too much of the plot.

Anyway – just thought I would update everyone on what I saw. Seems a lot of major trailers will be coming out in November and star trek will have the Transformers 2 full trailer before it.

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by phaedrus007
Sep 12th, 2008
06:54:07 PM
GI Joe
by skimn
Sep 12th, 2008
06:55:45 PM
I'm jizzing for star trek
by deanbarry
Sep 12th, 2008
06:56:50 PM
If Lovely Bones is anything like Heavenly Creatures
by skimn
Sep 12th, 2008
06:59:05 PM
Neat-o
by superzero
Sep 12th, 2008
07:00:15 PM
Lovely Bones still 13 months away!
by performingmonkey
Sep 12th, 2008
07:01:03 PM
yay
by Errockk
Sep 12th, 2008
07:01:43 PM
Hey, watch it.
by Anna Valerious
Sep 12th, 2008
07:02:25 PM
sigh...
by BadMrWonka
Sep 12th, 2008
07:06:21 PM
performingmonkey
by deanbarry
Sep 12th, 2008
07:07:51 PM
I'm not a fan of Abrams, but I am of Star Trek.
by Amy Chasing
Sep 12th, 2008
07:11:45 PM
The Keanu Reeves animation in the left corner
by Ingeld
Sep 12th, 2008
07:29:01 PM
There = Their?
by WickedChicken37
Sep 12th, 2008
07:29:41 PM
"reminded me of next generation loads"
by Geekgasm
Sep 12th, 2008
07:39:27 PM
Lovely Bones WON'T be Heavenly Creatures..
by TheWaqman
Sep 12th, 2008
07:41:14 PM
Is it just me or...
by Amy Chasing
Sep 12th, 2008
07:45:04 PM
"and the eventually toppling of the Eiffel Tower"
by INWOsuxRED
Sep 12th, 2008
07:57:57 PM
Screened in London, and yet...
by WhinyNegativeBitch
Sep 12th, 2008
08:19:11 PM
A Real Team American Hero
by Geekgasm
Sep 12th, 2008
08:19:24 PM
wait, he says, "massively enjoyable..." and then
by orange cinema
Sep 12th, 2008
08:39:15 PM
The are only 2 things to care about in GI:Joe
by DOGSOUP
Sep 12th, 2008
08:49:58 PM
Destro's mask?
by DarthMoron
Sep 12th, 2008
09:11:56 PM
Ray Park
by DarthMoron
Sep 12th, 2008
09:14:58 PM
More detail on Lovely Bones trailer, please?
by Artie Simek
Sep 12th, 2008
09:34:20 PM
Can't Fuckin Wait for WATCHMEN!
by grievenom
Sep 12th, 2008
10:14:11 PM
We need to see a better shot of the Enterprise
by picardsucks
Sep 12th, 2008
10:25:56 PM
~~~20th CENTURY FOX, PLEASE TAKE NOTE (BITCHES)~~
by The Marquis de Side 3
Sep 13th, 2008
12:53:24 AM
a few notes
by slkboxrman
Sep 13th, 2008
01:07:03 AM
watchmen
by j_difool
Sep 13th, 2008
01:09:07 AM
Yeah, a little more
by dirtsandwich
Sep 13th, 2008
01:09:43 AM
Giant Squobama
by Mockingbuddha
Sep 13th, 2008
01:37:43 AM
"the footage they showed at Movie-con"
by waggy
Sep 13th, 2008
01:42:10 AM
Until
by Melvin_Pelvis
Sep 13th, 2008
01:59:36 AM
NO Details on Lovely Bones whatsoever...
by TheWaqman
Sep 13th, 2008
02:26:24 AM
TREK was pushed back...
by TheRealRatigan
Sep 13th, 2008
02:52:53 AM
That hurt my brain
by MattmanReturns
Sep 13th, 2008
03:24:55 AM
Wahlberg is decent enough
by King Sweyn Forkbeard
Sep 13th, 2008
03:28:04 AM
KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHNNNN NNNN!
by SingingHatchet
Sep 13th, 2008
03:45:51 AM
GIJoe a Real American disaster
by Stalkeye
Sep 13th, 2008
06:07:47 AM
Marlon Wayans?
by LeftFoot
Sep 13th, 2008
06:07:53 AM
Lovely Bones might be the moment when...
by Mr Gorilla
Sep 13th, 2008
06:27:51 AM
destro's mask **spoilers**
by ironic_name
Sep 13th, 2008
06:49:52 AM
I wanna see THE LOVELY BONES the most from that list
by unionJACKass.webs.com
Sep 13th, 2008
07:03:49 AM
Kong was a GREAT 2hr film
by King Sweyn Forkbeard
Sep 13th, 2008
07:44:59 AM
The are only 2 things to care about in GI:Joe
by darthwaz1
Sep 13th, 2008
07:55:14 AM
No Shatner...No Trek! JJ is gonna FUCK..This...Up.
by conspiracy
Sep 13th, 2008
09:08:34 AM
skimm
by fassbinder79
Sep 13th, 2008
10:51:22 AM
Still think this whole no-shatner thing is a ruse...
by qweruiop
Sep 13th, 2008
11:26:14 AM
qweruiop
by Geekgasm
Sep 13th, 2008
12:04:35 PM
Star Trek
by Sithdan
Sep 13th, 2008
12:10:17 PM
Sithdan
by unionJACKass.webs.com
Sep 13th, 2008
01:19:24 PM
JJ Abrams
by kwisatzhaderach
Sep 13th, 2008
01:26:42 PM
Nothing seems to be leaking from GI Joe lately
by INWOsuxRED
Sep 13th, 2008
01:31:46 PM
keep Shatner out of Trek.....
by j2talk
Sep 13th, 2008
01:38:14 PM

by djtelesca
Sep 13th, 2008
02:15:15 PM
SS isn't as amazing as everyone
by dirtsandwich
Sep 13th, 2008
02:34:26 PM
qweruiop
by Series7
Sep 13th, 2008
09:20:07 PM
GI Joe
by CloneWars
Sep 13th, 2008
10:03:21 PM
Reread Watchman
by Kampbell-Kid
Sep 13th, 2008
10:44:39 PM
Star Trek
by attackpatterndelta
Sep 14th, 2008
09:55:31 AM
Jackson better than Zemeckis and equal to Cameron?
by IAmJack'sUserID
Sep 14th, 2008
12:50:01 PM
iamjacksuserID
by slappy jones
Sep 14th, 2008
04:25:09 PM
IAmJack'sUserID when did BTTF become good?
by j2talk
Sep 14th, 2008
05:26:36 PM
Too much of the lovely bones plot?
by Kizeesh
Sep 14th, 2008
07:27:40 PM
Slappy Jones..
by IAmJack'sUserID
Sep 14th, 2008
11:53:02 PM
I'm not seeing "Lovely Bones"...
by BurnHollywood
Sep 15th, 2008
02:17:10 AM
And no way Destro's a white guy...
by BurnHollywood
Sep 15th, 2008
02:36:59 AM
Destro was white
by Kizeesh
Sep 15th, 2008
05:44:04 AM
character development?
by ZO
Sep 15th, 2008
08:24:20 AM
Ingeld...
by Sith Witch
Sep 15th, 2008
08:40:27 AM
g.i joe will be shit, trek & bones great, and watchmen
by zapano
Sep 15th, 2008
08:55:04 AM
Watchmen
by frozen01
Sep 15th, 2008
10:41:52 AM
G.I. Joe is about characters as well as action
by FleshMachine
Sep 15th, 2008
11:04:14 AM
I hope Lovely Bones is better than the book
by FleshMachine
Sep 15th, 2008
11:06:20 AM
I felt 300 was shallow, boring, eye candy...
by FleshMachine
Sep 15th, 2008
11:08:12 AM
Kizeesh
by FleshMachine
Sep 15th, 2008
11:09:59 AM
good comeback jacksuserid
by slappy jones
Sep 15th, 2008
04:11:20 PM
Lovely Bones...
by BurnHollywood
Sep 15th, 2008
09:50:56 PM
ever heard of editing your email before you send it off?
by Maclovin
Sep 15th, 2008
11:21:45 PM
I wouldn't talk, "Maclovin".
by Kurzinski Valentine
Sep 18th, 2008
11:26:11 AM

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