Trailer: Machete + Lego Version

I see the future of movies - and it's all fake trailers being turned into real movies. Here's another one of them in the pipeline: Machete, Rob Rodriguez's Mexploitation actioner which originally appeared on his and Tarantino's ill-fated Grindhouse project. 

A few things of interest to note: 

• it's the first lead role for Danny Trejo, the Mexican-American character who's appeared in hundreds of films in heavy/tough guy/henchmen-type parts (he's 66!) 
• Jeff Fahey (for Lost fans like myself who can't get enough of Lapidus)! 
• Steven Seagal, back on the big screen - now how did Rodriguez rope Seagal in for this? The guy turned down The Expendables!
• Michelle Rodriguez - same role she's played in every movie she's ever been in...
• Jessica Alba/Linsday Lohan - weak
• Don Johnson - love the tufts of grey hair showing under the hat

Everything in the trailer looks a bit too self-consciously tongue-in-cheek, but it'll be a treat to see those old-timers getting some theatrical action.



And now the LEGO VERSION by some dedicated fanboy:

Trailer Befuddlement: After Last Season

This film is positively blowing minds in the film blogosphere at the moment - or to be more precise, the trailer is; only a few fortunate (or unfortunate) souls have actually managed to witness the whole thing (it only played a few theatres in the states). So WTF is it? Watch this trailer first and tell us what you think:



I've already seen it a few times and am still trying to process everything that happens in it: the naked, cheap-ass sets (CARBOARD MRI MACHINE!), the robotic acting, the wonky compositions, the weird computer graphics. It's shot on 35mm to boot and if IMDB is anything to be believed, made for $5 million!!! Who are these people? Where did this film come from? Is it for real? Or is it an elaborate joke??

Someone's already started a facebook group; if you go there you can see a clip of some people who've actually seen it and their reactions. Whatever After Last Season is, I hope who ever made it will keep us guessing for a bit longer. It's incredible.