Not-So-Terrific Trailers: Aliens in the Attic
Filed under: Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, 20th Century Fox, Family Films, Trailers and Clips
So after Scott busted out with the classic trailer for the classic Alien, I thought it might be high time for something a little more low-brow and modern. Enter Aliens in the Attic (formerly They Came From Upstairs), a positively shrill-looking summer comedy in which a handful of kids must prevent a handful of extraterrestrials from dominating the world beyond their homestead...Okay, so there's a premise there worthy of an '80s-family-adventure throwback, but clearly, priority one for the co-producer of Daddy Day Camp and the director of The Honeymooners here was having a break-dancing Hollister hand-me-down take on a kung-fu-fighting Doris Roberts.
Now I've got your attention, huh?
I'm not sure what else to say about that scene until you watch it for yourself, and even then, I'm not sure that words can do it justice. I mean, thank goodness they bothered to make it Just Like A Video Game for the characters and audience to connect with, but that doesn't quite excuse the goofiness of it. Maybe that means I should just be grateful above all else that on July 31st, everyone can hear you scream.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
5-24-2009 @ 7:17PM
Fullman said...
If anything, seeing Doris Roberts (erm, I mean "Doris Roberts") on wires in that one scene is worth the ticket. C'mon, she totally kicked ass!
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5-24-2009 @ 7:41PM
Beanie said...
Hey William,
This is nothing. You definitely haven't seen the trailer for 'Gooby'. http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/gooby/
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5-24-2009 @ 7:45PM
William Goss said...
Eek!
5-25-2009 @ 1:19AM
Mr.R said...
Beanie,
I went in to see the Gooby trailer expecting it to be bad but not that bad, I mean, seriously, it's the golden calf of bad trailers (and obviously, movies).How is Cinematical ever going to top that in this section?
Gooby? More like Doodie
5-24-2009 @ 10:31PM
Batzarro said...
Shoryuken? Cool. But my Wallet says to save for better films.
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5-24-2009 @ 11:41PM
Me said...
Goooooooooooooooossssss! You gotta go with" the co-producer of Daddy Day Camp" when Mark Burton wrote Madagascar, Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run? Very unkind, brother.
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5-24-2009 @ 11:42PM
William Goss said...
Yeah, but does anything in there evoke the spirit of Aardman?
5-25-2009 @ 2:08AM
Me said...
Are you aware he sold the spec of this for 1.4 million? Clearly, they reacted to something good about it. But hey, you're just arguing with a geek defending his own movie....
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5-25-2009 @ 2:09AM
William Goss said...
So you must be... Adam?
5-25-2009 @ 11:30AM
Kristopher said...
Wow... I wish I could unsee something.
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5-25-2009 @ 11:30AM
cufford said...
That was fun! I liked it.
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5-25-2009 @ 2:25PM
me said...
Indeed. And I'm not also cufford. That person actually liked it! Boom! Got one! As for you.... (shaking fist to sky) Goooooooooooooooossssss!
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5-25-2009 @ 2:26PM
William Goss said...
I'll see the movie, and I'll give it a fair shake.
I've been wrong about trailers before.
But I've also been right...
5-26-2009 @ 11:11AM
Tor said...
How is this a surprise, given that this is from the same studio that's brought us "Bride Wars", "Miss March" and (I don't care how good the book may be; the film looks repulsive) "I Love You, Beth Cooper"?!
If you think Fox's genre films are incompetent, you haven't seen their comedies.
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5-28-2009 @ 2:52AM
Me said...
Well, I hope you dig it, man. I'm just busting your balls that of everything you cite me as a co-producer (like the smallest producer credit they give) and not cite anything I've actually written which is probably equally as shoddy in your eyes. Gooooosssssssssss!!!!!
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5-28-2009 @ 3:52PM
Brian Anthony said...
It looks like a fun family movie.
@brian__anthony
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