After Earth (aka Will Smith/Jaden Smith/M. Night Shyamalan film SET IN THE YEAR 3000 Anticipation Thread)

the twist involves xenu

The twist is gonna be that they were actually on Nova Prime all along

there was heavy speculation/implications in 2008-2010 but when that died down i wasn't sure if that meant he wasn't really becoming a clam after all or it just wasn't an exciting story anymore (xpost)

yeah my friend mentioned it after tomkat blow-up. I read the story of xenu out loud to them and I think I have the sniffles now (hope I don't die of pneumonia etc.)

Will Smith is dogged by gay rumors and rumors of his marriage falling apart. Factor in his Cruise-like Hollywood ambition, and a renewed dedication to secrecy, and it all certainly makes him a prime candidate for Scientology by proxy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMWLV5Ad0vs

this is me after hearing about this movie for the first time today

i wish good things on will smith (i don't know why, i just like him), but this sounds awful

General Cypher Raige

i don't know that i've ever heard a dumber name, beats duke nukem

Chevy Chase as Emmett Fitz-Hume
Dan Aykroyd as Austin Millbarge

those are great names, especially "austin millbarge". wish will smith were playing general austin millbarge in this, tbh.

will & jada founded some schools which feature scientology teachings (!), but claims to be a christian. FWIW.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83HSWFO6I5I&feature=player_embedded

If the movie is anywhere near as awkward as this video we are in for a treat.

for a little too long, I thought that video was related to this movie aside from just the presence of Jaden

THE

COOLEST

take that, lupe fiasco!

btw, full song is up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljbhRXjoDjk

(kind of want to start a "which are you anticipating more" thread...)

This is why you should not educate your children at a Scientology school.

weird pathos in the 3rd verse close-up of Jaden pulling Fresh Prince faces while rapping "I'll probly never grow up"

... also rhyming it with "I'd rather swallow throw-up"

odd future puppy pack cuddle them all

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m12geJhxPls

general cypher raige

PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS: BEYOND THUNDERDOME

gotta admit, that trailer looked kinda cool

the part about earth evolving to kill humans also suggests this movie might be The Happening: Beyond Thunderdome

maybe it's the unofficial part of 'the happening' universe, like a shymalan 'prometheus'

Will Smith gets baked, eaten by plant.

did they redub his voice? he sounds weird.

i don't want to watch this.

i'll watch this.

-- samuel beckett

gotta admit, that trailer looked kinda cool

― da croupier

Yeah, if I didn't know it was Shyamalan I'd have fairly high hopes. Looks kind of like Brian Aldiss' Hothouse.

Looks kind of like Robinson Crusoe on Planet Avatar.

does Will Smith fantasise about the end of the world a lot or something?

not that i don't

he's definitely fond of movies where isolated and/or messianic - hancock, i am legend, seven pounds, just about everything post-hitch

dude was pushing for a flowers for algernon remake for a while

lol except men in black 3 unless there's a subtext i'm not aware of

well all the MIB movies are about him saving the planet from aliens right

spoilers well he does sacrifice himself at the end and it turns out he is jesus (agent j now makes more sense)

This is such a crazy interview. After reading Going Clear, it seems downright scary:

http://gawker.com/will-and-jaden-smith-give-fucking-insane-interview-abou-510087159

I'm fascinated by the complete and utter lack of any mention of M. Night's name on ANY of the promo I've seen for this one. Billboards, trailers, commercials... NOTHING.

If the focus is Jaden rather than Will, maybe I'll be able to skip this

― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Monday, April 4, 2011 4:11 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

can I just say "PHEW" here

legendary general cypher raige

i liked will's mathemagical insights

the interview didn't seem especially crazy (at least to a greater extent than the Smith family being narcissistic perfectionist showbiz types i already thought them to be), the gawker post is kinda dumb in how it tries to make some really benign passages seem super duper crazy

otm

they didnt seem that nuts, at least for a scientologist acting dynasty. it actually made me like them a little more

It does not surprise me at all that Will Smith sits around watching TED videos all day.

give me a billion dollars, I'll sit around all day watching some bullshit too