It is always such a long time in-between when a bunch of us can get together and watch trailers as a group, so this last time we made sure to knock out quite a few ... and since we happened to be up by the mall, we started the night with some warming Starbucks. Yum.

Inception"I don't get it. All I can think of is MC Escher's paintings ... which usually give me headaches." - Oscar

Clash ...

Since I have been busy working on this site's redesign, I have a bunch of trailer that have just been sitting in my queue, waiting to be watching. I actually got sometime last night to watch at least these guys, of which I am most excited for the upcoming animated feature films.

When in Rome
Rome and Kristen Bell? Well ... I know at least two girls that will be watching this.

Robin Hood
Awesome. Aside from the extensive ...

3 out of 5 butt-deployed machine gunsThe other movie I got to enjoy on my double-feature cheap theater Sunday was Astro Boy and even though I wasn't crazy about the overall execution of the film, there were some really great pieces. I loved all of the character designs by Imagi and most of the voice acting was really well placed (yay for Kristen Bell, but not so much for Nick Cage). The big robot Zog ...

4 out of 5 man-eating super-sized turkeysWith Jodie gone for a whole Sunday afternoon, singing at Candlelight for the Mouse, I found myself with hours to spare and a cheap dollar theater nearby in need of someone to watch their movies.

I never read the book as a kid, but I thoroughly enjoyed the great animated adaptation of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. The voice-acting was wonderful (I love most things Bill Hader is in), ...

Finally! Courtney and Jodie are back in the loop with me for this big ol' set of movie trailers. I hope you enjoy ... I know I had a much better time playing them back from my MacBook Pro to the TV, thanks to the new QuickTime Player. It now allows for fullscreen playback on the secondary monitor while still allowing keyboard control and application switching on the main monitor.

Oh and I know that there ...

Shake Hands With the Devil
There is something really hypnotizing about that guy's big mustache ...

Eichmann
Interesting. I still don't know if it is a good thing that so much attention is brought to famously "bad" people in our history as humanity. It seems half like glorification of an already known evil and half a further exposition of a cruel oddity. Oh well ... at least sixth-graders in History class will have an easier topic for book ...

Another few days of keeping busy with teaching and freelance work, reading through comic books and watching old TV Serieses (?), and painting and drawing whenever I get the chance ... and another set of quick movie trailer reviews, just because I love watching them o' so much.

Mammoth
I have no idea was this movie is about ... but I did really like the title card design. Very fun.

Avatar
WOW! This looks fantastic. I think someone might ...

I don't think I've seen this done before, beside at the end of The Simpsons Movie, but I love that IMDB has the animated cast of Atlantis : The Lost Empire tiled up with the actors that voiced them. It is so much fun remembering who the people are behind such funny moments in that movie.

Here's another slew of quick movie trailer reviews and as a little bonus in case you missed it, a snapshot of the new A-Team movie that is currently in the works. Despite the fact that it has none of the original actors, I am still very excited about this reboot.

The Wolfman
This new trailer just makes me even more excited to see this. The addition of Hugo Weaving is only going to make it better.

The Lovely ...

It has been a few days now since Ars Technica announced Google's Developer Preview for Chrome on the Mac and I have been loving every minute of it. While I do miss the robust plugin architecture of Firefox and the slickness of Safari 4's "Top Sites", Chrome's speed trumps all.

New tabs and windows are quick to respond and page loading is ever so snappy. And though I am not entirely won over by it yet, ...

Yet another thick set of movie trailer reviews by Oscar ...

It Might Get Loud
This looks fantastic. It is coming to the Enzian on Sunday ... anyone want to join me in seeing it?

The Book of Eli
Interesting ... I wasn't so sure about Mila Kunis and the whole post-apocalypictic story, but this new trailer makes it all look pretty good. And I've definitely liked Denzel in a few things (thanks to Nathan's constant prodding), so this ...

Just a few more quick trailer reviews and then you will be on your way ...

Astro Boy
I never really read the comics, but have always admired the look of this franchise from afar. I'm really excited about this movie!

Precious
I think we already watched this trailer with Co and Jimison, but I guess it showed up again in the Apple feed because the trailer has been updated with endorsements ... still plan to skip this one.

Boondock ...

Despite how much I love the new Safari 4 features, I have been experiencing some really poor performance as of late ... specifically, a 3-5 second stall at every new window launch, new tab or trying to scroll through a part of a page I had not been using previously. Though it may be due entirely to the upgrade to Snow Leopard, I don't have anything concrete to back up that theory and am forced ...

Just a few more trailer reviews ... because I can, because Hollywood keeps putting them out and because my brain needs so many breaks between teaching, code and everything else. Enjoy!

Dare
I watched the trailer because it had Emmy Rossum and I really liked her in Phantom of the Opera, but this just looks silly. Especially that I guessed if there was a play in this movie, it would be A Streetcar Named Desire ... and ...

Just a few quick thoughts to catch me up on Apple's wonderful RSS feed ...

Despicable Me
Oh this looks like fun! Thanks to the great Character Design blog for pointing it out!

Ong Bak 2
Oh yea! This looks sweet! I am so ready for some new Tony Jaa fun. I also don't own The Protector yet ... if anyone is looking for gifts ;)

Just a couple of quick words on a few trailers, then back to work ...

Avatar
Sure it looks visually interesting, but I hope their is more than just computer-generated elements pushing this movie ... mainly because I am not THAT impressed with the 3D. Like Alex Albrecht said, "it is basically the Final Fantasy movie plus render time".

THE WOLFMAN
This looks fantastic. The cast is strong, I am intrigued by the visual style and it feels like ...

If you are like me and love the wonderfully scripted things that Apple's Automator application can provide, you are going to be pretty excited for some of the changes in Mac OS X 10.6.

You will, however, find that if you were using any custom or third-party actions (i.e. those by Dropbox, Junecloud or AppZapper) and they were implemented in Leopard as Finder Plugins, they aren't going to work the same way anymore. Most can ...

I saw that Apple had put out this handy list of software that is incompatible with Leopard, and I thought it might be helpful to start collecting a list of smaller third-party apps that may cause issues. Here are mine so far ... feel free to comment with any others you are finding.

Applications Incompatible with Snow Leopard

Adobe Creative Suite - @summero said that CS3 hasn't given her any problems yet, but I can't confirm that ...

No joke. Courtney, Jimison, Jodie and I literally only got to watch eight trailers together last night ... partly due to the slow wireless traffic available to us non-pirates [cough cough] and also because Jimjamijimerson only had a small window of time available before his pumpkin carriage turned back into a jack'o'lantern ... or something like that. Still, it was a fun time.

How I Got Lost
Jimison - "I just got lost in that trailer"
Oscar - ...

If you use Keynote as much as I do and still haven't tried out Apple's Keynote Remote for the iPhone, you're missing out on a pretty decent control interface. Even with the $0.99 price tag (one might think buying a copy of iWork at $79 would be enough to warrant a free companion app), it is worth downloading and giving it a test run. I do have a couple of notes, though.

It has been a while, but we finally got a few people together for another night of movie trailer watching. Sadly (or maybe not … depending on how you look at it), most were pretty lame film concepts that either fell into the category of extra boring documentaries or overly hyped re-hashings of childhood favorites. Still, Courtney, Jodie, Jimison 1, Jimison 2 (Johnny’s brother joined us) and I had a pretty fun time, so let’s ...

Courtney and I were able to sneak in a couple more trailers tonight … hope you enjoy (err … or as close to enjoying as you can … some of these are really just cinema poots):DelgoOscar – Total animated crap.Pray the Devil back to HellCourtney – I can’t make fun of this …W.Oscar – Based on a true story? Really?Talento de BarrioCourtney – Aren’t there any words?Jodie – No, because it is a hip-hop-umentary … ...

Jodie, Courtney and I got a chance tonight to catch up on some much needed movie-trailer watching. Apple has made some great improvements to the Quicktime Trailer site and that plus Unsanity’s WSX made for a simply wonderful time. There are alot that we watched, so you better get yourself a snack first. ;)The World UnseenJodie – Oh! I couldn’t tell if they were Latin, Indian or lesbians.ValkyrieOscar – I mean, I like Tom ...

Nathan, Jimison, Courtney and I sat down for a much needed movie trailer session and even though we only had time to enjoy about 20 or so, I think it was still a good thing we had going. Enjoys ‘em up!Goal 2Oscar – “Was there ever a Goal 1?”Forever StrongOscar – “Yawn. Forever lame.” All – “Rudy. Rudy. Rudy.”KnowingOscar – “As long has his recessed hairline isn’t staring in it.” Nathan – “Maybe he will ...

Movie Trailer Guild logo (uploaded by DRA Studio)After a crazy time dealing with an odd waitress at Denny’s, Courtney and I enjoyed some yummy movie trailers. Peep the links and comments and have some fun.Sixty SixOscar – “66? How long did they wait to have this bar mitzvah?Courtney – “They must have changed the rules on this!”WatchmenOscar – “AAAHH! So amazing.”Flash of GeniusCourtney – “So it is about windshield wipers? A swipe of genius!”Disaster ...