Man Of Steel teaser flies in

What more is there to say? Man of Steel looks very interesting from these teasers. However... I don't believe a man can fly... yet. We'll see if that's changed when the full length trailer hits. There isn't much difference between the trailers, except from the voice-over, which features both Kal-El and Clark Kent's father figures.

This one features Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent.

And this one features Russell Crowe as Jor-El.

Is it exciting enough? No, not yet, but I think this is just the first in a long line of hype peices which will build up that excitement until I am bursting for Superman to return. In the meantime, I think I'll go back to watching the incredible blu-ray collection. Man of Steel has Superman 1 and 2 (Donner cut) to live up to, and that's a pretty hefty task.

  

The Walking Dead season 3 trailer

This looks ridiculously good, and totally brings in tonnes of elements from the comics wonderfully. If the season does it as well as this trailer seems to then we're in for a treat. Plus, this makes me slightly less worried about the Governor being played by David Morrissey, and gives me excited chills at the Michonne appearance.

If you haven't seen the first two seasons of this incredible show, you must have been living under a rock. Bite the bullet and dive in. It's worth it.

Gangster Squad Trailer hits hard

Wow. That's all I gotta say. This looks tremendous.

Battlestar Galactica: Blood And Chrome trailer

No need for words here. Just awesome trailer.

No news on a release date as of yet, but I'll be keeping a close eye on this one.

The Avengers teaser trailer

A full teaser has been released for one of the biggest films out in 2012 and while I might have missed the original hype, there may be about twenty people out there who haven't seen it and one of them may look at this page. It's shaping up to be great and I can't wait for 27 April 2012 to see it.

John Dies At The End Trailer

While I was hoping that Don Coscarelli's next film would be the long talked about Bubba Ho-tep prequel, it looks like 'John Dies At The End' is quite promising to say the least. Paul Giamatti was supposed to be involved in the prequel too, playing Elvis' manager, so it's good to see that the connection between him and Coscarelli wasn't misleading. However, what we have here is a brilliant trailer for a film based on the book of the same name by David Wong, and while I haven't read it, the book seems to have a strong following who hail it as being dark and funny. Both are here in this trailer, even if the dark stuff glosses way over the funny stuff, and the film ends up looking great for it. Another film to look forward to in 2012.

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance trailer and poster

The directors of Crank are the heroes of the Ghost Rider film series, as they step into the shoes of a director of much lower calibre, Mark Johnson. While Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor are responsible for both of the brilliant Crank films, Johnson was responsible for Daredevil, before being handed the Ghost Rider Job. So before a trailer for the second Ghost Rider outing even appeared, it seemed like the film would turn out a lot better than the first. And now we have proof of just that, as an astoundingly brilliant looking trailer has surfaced online. Here it is (with a rather odd intro from the directors themselves)...

The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra trailer

When I posted the other day about upcoming animated shows to get excited about, one that I hadn't noticed was one which I've actually been very eager to see, given the strength of it's parent series, Avatar. Quite why the 'Avatar' had been dropped from the name in favour of the much more silly sounding 'The Last Airbender'. Wasn't Aang the last Airbender? There's probably two reasons for this:

1) So as to not further confuse the lack of a connection between the series and the 2009 film 'Avatar' directed by James Cameron. There could also be more to it than that, but who knows?

2) To connect the series to the film series based on 'Avatar: The Last Airbender', which despite absolutely shocking reviews, earned enough to guarantee a sequel.

Whatever the reason, the mini-series had originally been slated for only 12 episodes but will now be a pretty big 26 episodes. Even if it just a one-year affair, that will be another year of brilliant animated, incredible story and characters to die for. If you don't believe me, check out the trailer below.

Some lovely little images I noticed in there:

0:10 - A flying bison. In Avatar, Appa was Aang's bison, and was the only known living one to boot, which sparks interest that this could be a return for characters's from the original series.

0:18 - A Statue of a grown-up looking Aang, looking fairly serious.

0:23 - Korra, clearly stating out as a water bender, leaving her home, with an ominous shadowing of characters in the background. It could bs friends of family, but could it be something more meaningful to fans of Avatar?

0:38 - An array of images showing the more industrialised look of The Legend Of Korra, compared to Avatar's more jungle and ruin based feel.

0:56 - Korra shows off her ability to bend Fire too.

1:13 - A closer looks at Korra's animal fiend named Naga. Something close to a cross between a dog and a polar bear.

1:29 - The fist image of the big bad of the series, Oman.

Doctor Who Series 6 Part 2 trailer

There are no words than can do this justice, so I won't even bother trying.

The Walking Dead Season 2 trailer

The Walking Dead's first season was so well done it made anticipation for the second one absolutely huge. After only six episodes, the survival of Rick Grimes and his rag-tag group made a huge impact, and was brought brilliantly to television from it's original (and still-thriving) home of comics. So it's good then, that this first full trailer looks pretty damn good. Hopefully though, we can get away from making up some terrible storylines (the gang looking after the old folks) and move more into 'the Governor' story and more from the comics. Word is good on that front, it would seem, but more on that later. Without further ado, the trailer...

The Amazing Spider-man trailer

Without any more words, here is the trailer:

And now some thoughts:

Firstly, I've never liked the idea of rebooting Spider-man since the first in Sam Raimi's trilogy is brilliant, and the second a truly incredible feat. Sure, the third was a little un-even, but the fourth film was looking to come back on track before it all went sour for Raimi when Columbia switched to the reboot route. However, then Marc Webb was attached as director and things started getting interesting.

It was revealed that it was going to be a darker tone, but also that it would more closely follow the comics (in that Pete's getting friendly with Gwen Stacy instead of Mary Jane, and that his web-swinging is not part of his abilities, but something which he creates himself). Then, of course, it seemed much more toward where a good reboot could be.

However, this trailer leaves me wondering, where is the fun? Where is Spider-Man's wit and charm? Why does this trailer seem more like a teen romance than a super-hero film? And the biggest question of all, why is Spider-man doing an ode to Mirror's Edge for the last minute of the trailer? For those of you who don't know of Mirror's Edge or don't believe me, have a look at the trailer for that below. Stunning similarities, eh?

So there are a few things which could work out well for The Amazing Spider-man, but so far the trailer doesn't do much to live up to it's name.

Captain America new poster and trailer

So a new poster has been released for Captain America which looks awesome, and if you add that to the brilliant trailer which was unleashed onto the internet last week, Captain America could shape up to be one of the best Marvel films in years.

Two teasers for Spielberg produced telly

Spielberg has produced not one but two shows set to hit your televisions this year and in the past week they've both had teasers put out. One is a time travel epic called Terra Nova which sends a group of humans from the future, 2149 to be exact, back in time 85 million years in order to 'get it right' this time. It seems like a little too far back to actually change anything of importance, unless they plan on just pressing a reset button on the entire human race. Which is a bit bold. It also doesn't take into account that something is going to wipe all the dinosaurs off the face of the earth... All will inevitably be revealed, I guess.

The other is a chaotic look into the future, which sees the human race battered by an invading alien force and trying to survive further attacks. This one needs less CGI and more human drama I think and thus I'm much more interested in how this one turns out. Falling Skies is the first to appear in June, with Terra Nova starting later in the year.

Captain America full trailer

Holy fuck yes. This is what I'm talking about. This makes all the other comic book films this year look bad. Even ones from Marvel. Keep an eye out for Tony Stark's dad!

Super 8 trailer

Wow. The two teasers we had before this were really good and already had me geared up to see it, but this full length trailer? I got shivers. The excitement and wonder that you would have in the first few minutes of ET, before you know what's going to happen, is right here in this trailer. The best part is, it doesn't even give very much away. I'll let the trailer speak for itself...
Super is released on the 19th of August.

'Super' Trailer

Very excited about seeing this, and the inevitable T-shirts that will follow. I'm a little gutted at the very little Nathan Fillion we're getting here, but I'm sure the trailers that follow will give us a little more!

Source Code trailer

If you hadn't guessed by now, I love sci-fi. One of the best and most interesting sci-fi movies of the last few years was Duncan Jones' Moon. If you haven't seen it, get to seeing it, as Jones someone to keep your eyes on. It looks like he isn't stopping there either, as his second film Source Code is looking pretty impressive from the trailers. Just as with moon, Jones seems to have started with some key science fiction ideas, and wrapped them in an impressive and engaging script. Hopefully, that will be as true as it is in Source Code as it is for Moon, and beyond.

You can also view a short clip here, but that may be too spoilery for some!

Falling Skies trailer and TV spot

This is a show I'm really looking forward to. I really appreciate Noah Wyle's work in ER, Donnie Darko and The Librarian, and wish he was in more stuff, so I'm really glad that this looks as good as it does. While I am keen on the new Terra Nova series, I can see it being overly stylish and lacking substance while still pulling in ratings, while Falling Skies seems like it's destined to become the great little show with a heart that nobody watched. Still, get a glimpse of it now, maybe it'll be as good as these promos seem to make it feel, and a billion people will watch!

Thor trailer and thoughts

This trailer is brilliant... up until the last 10 seconds when it becomes clear that specific scenes are using gimmicky 3D. Oooh look at this giant monster come to towards you! I'm not 10 any more, things don't need to jump out at me for me to enjoy it. It's not like Thor is the hot new thing from Marvel, and all the kids are like 'Whoa! Thor!' in fact, I think of all the superheroes in the upcoming Avengers movie, kids will be the least interested in Thor (or Hawkeye, but that's just because he won't already be drilled into their conciousness). So, Marvel, who the hell is the 3D element of this aimed at? (and don't say 'the audience') Of all the movies released with an extra dimension in mind, I can see no reason for this to be one of them.

Speaking of 3D in super hero films. What about the Avengers? Is that going to be in 3D? I would have to imagine Joss Whedon isn't keen. Pure speculation of course, but still.

Anyway, on with the trailer...

Terra Nova trailer

A new TV series from Stephen Speilberg about dinosaurs? Sweet!