Cowboys & Aliens, the first trailer is here.

[The Wormhole]

I figured it was something like that. Still looks silly.

 

[Captain Craig]

LatinoReview has posted the new theatrical trailer, #3.

Only a few new scenes but largely 95% just a recut of the last trailer from what I can tell.

Here is the movie synopsis again for any who might not yet know.

1873. Arizona Territory. A stranger (Craig) with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles one wrist. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don’t welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde (Ford). It’s a town that lives in fear.

But Absolution is about to experience fear it can scarcely comprehend as the desolate city is attacked by marauders from the sky. Screaming down with breathtaking velocity and blinding lights to abduct the helpless one by one, these monsters challenge everything the residents have ever known.

Now, the stranger they rejected is their only hope for salvation. As this gunslinger slowly starts to remember who he is and where he’s been, he realizes he holds a secret that could give the town a fighting chance against the alien force. With the help of the elusive traveler Ella (Olivia Wilde), he pulls together a posse comprised of former opponents—townsfolk, Dolarhyde and his boys, outlaws and Apache warriors—all in danger of annihilation. United against a common enemy, they will prepare for an epic showdown for survival.

 

[Trekker4747]

I know this is done a lot with movie posters, but I'm going to ask it anyway: why aren't the actor's names lined up with the appropriate actor on the international poster? EG, why is Daniel Craig's name next to Olivia Wilde, Harrison Ford's name with Daniel Craig, and Olivia Wilde's name with Harrison Ford?

This is a pretty common thing with movie posters that I see all of the time and it's bugged me since grade school.

 

[B.J.]

Sorry to drag up a month old thread, but this was the latest (& longest) one that I found on this.

I haven't read through the entire thread, but I did search it and didn't find what I was looking for. I know that this movie is based on the graphic novel by the same name. But does anyone know if the novel was in turn inspired by this Far Side cartoon?

I don't know exactly what year that cartoon was created, but it was included in "The Last Chapter and Worse", which was published in September 1996. My father-in-law has that book, and I just happened to see that comic recently when I was flipping through it. From what I've read, the concept for a movie was first pitched in 1997 (long before the graphic novel came about), so with that time frame it's possible that the idea was implanted with the Far Side cartoon. But is that the case?

 

[davejames]

I'm sure even before the Far Side cartoon, it wasn't really a new idea.

 

[Yminale]

I'm sure even before the Far Side cartoon, it wasn't really a new idea.

Nope not at all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora,_Texas_UFO_incident

 

[Yminale]

I'm sure even before the Far Side cartoon, it wasn't really a new idea.

Nope not at all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora,_Texas_UFO_incident

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_airship

not exactly Cowboys and aliens but close.

 

[davejames]

Wow, reviews on this are really divided so far. Some seem to think the western/scifi mashup works really well and the movie's a lot of fun... and some don't really think it works at ALL.

Guess it was probably to be expected though. An odd concept like this just isn't going to work for everybody.

 

[I Grok Spock]

For those Star Wars fans among us...

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWTtMdXAazs[/yt]

 

[Skywalker]

"Daniel Craig's my Wookiee bitch now!"

 

[auntiehill]

"Daniel Craig's my Wookie-bitch now!" I LOVE it.

 

[I Grok Spock]

^It might bump my prior favorite Ford quote, which was his description of Star Wars: "Three goofballs and a guy in a monkey suit."

 

[B.J.]

That is awesome!

 

[Temis the Vorta]

"Daniel Craig's my Wookie-bitch now!" I LOVE it.

That is apparently the quote of the millenium now. Okay, the millenium is young still, but I'm going to be watching out for anything that can beat it.