Director Defends Ghost Rider Trailer
Filed under: Action, Fandom, Exhibition, Comic/Superhero/Geek
A new Ghost Rider trailer debuted recently. Despite my desire to enjoy this film, I found the trailer to be a disappointment. "Corny," I believe, was the word I used to describe it, and I stand by the description. Apparently, I wasn't the only one to be slightly underwhelmed by the tease, and director Mark Steven Johnson has spoke up to explain. He offers the following four reasons* for why you might not have been impressed:- PG-13 rules governing trailers are different in some ways from those governing movies. These rules prevent, among other things, showing people on fire in PG-13 movies.** Obviously, restricting people on fire greatly reduced Johnson's ability to display the transformation scene. So for those of you worried -- no, that isn't all there is to it. It'll be far more "intense" when it hits theaters.
- The Voice of the Rider cannot be judged according to how it sounds on an internet trailer. It is a multi-track, multi-layered voice with sound effects of screeching cats and rusty chains and the like which get horribly condensed into a single track for the internet.
- Humor. I don't fully understand this reason, but Johnson explains the film and the character are very "dark and intimidating" to the general public. There is some humor there to counterbalance the intensity, but it is ultimately not a funny movie.
- Blackheart is going to look far more awesome than you can imagine. He will be "demonic and spikey," which I suppose are very good demon sorts of traits. It'd be more than a bit baffled if he told me Blackheart was going to look anything other than demonic.
*He offered five reasons in total, but the fifth was regarding the movie poster, and was unrelated to the trailer itself.
**This is according to Johnson. I personally do not even pretend to understand the inscrutable ways of the MPAA.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
10-07-2006 @ 10:44AM
Elrond Hobbert said...
Well the fact that even the worst movies can be made into good trailers- Star Wars Prequels are a prime example. This doesn't bode well.
And Mods- please start giving out stars! Been here for about a year now but about ready to bail....
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10-07-2006 @ 12:15PM
Finished Law School said...
This film will suck. That is all there is to it. Look at the release date. Look at how long filming has been finished before it is being released. Look at how bad ALL images look from this film. Look how bad ALL trailers and previews look for this film.
The best thing about this film is the comic that it rapes.
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10-07-2006 @ 4:19PM
Los said...
I dont' get it. Why are people even forming opinions at this point.
Why don't you just save judgement until the movie comes out.
All you hovering vultures are the reason nobody is willing to go out on a limb and try something creative, because the minute it looks bad someone with no influence on what's going on anywhere comes and sweeps the proverbial rug out from under him.
It's on the same coin as the instances where a movie with enough hype will make money no matter how horrible it is. Shooting holes in it before any one has seen it is just as pointless.
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10-07-2006 @ 5:41PM
Hayley said...
(hey, we're shooting holes in the trailer. I wish someone had warned me about "The Black Dalhia" ... my god, how I wish.)
I believe him about the PG-13 trailer rules. But I don't believe him that his PG-13 film with be both dark and awesome, nor will it own. Largely because Ghost Rider, of all the comics, needs to be an R to do it correctly.
And besides, people were right about Bret Ratner and "X-Men:III"
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10-08-2006 @ 10:57AM
Hayley said...
eh, negate that. The trailer made the 24 year old in me groan, but the 13 year old in me squeal.
So maybe there wouldn't be a market for it as an 'R'
(Though I still wish it could have been)
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10-07-2006 @ 6:14PM
bobsalive said...
Am I the only one that didn't hate the trailer?
Some of the effects do look silly/over-the-top. And Cage's haircut is horrendous. But the movie could still be pretty good or, at the very least, fairly fun to watch.
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10-10-2006 @ 8:14PM
The Jeremy said...
Hayley, before you further diss *The Black Dahlia*, I will offer two words in its defense: Jemima Rooper.
Now, with that having been said, is it too late to nominate Mark Steven Johnson to be stuck on a deserted island along with Uwe Boll and Akiva Goldsman? That alone would save Hollywood.
Anyone care to bet whether this flick will suck as much as *Spawn* did?
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