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Posted Tuesday, December 11th, 2012 - 12 Comments »

Trailer – The Lone Ranger

Better. No?

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12 Responses to “Trailer – The Lone Ranger”

  1. StellaPD says:
    December 11, 2012 at 10:04 am

    Better for sure, but what’s it about? Depp mentions justice and some bad guys are briefly glimpsed, but what the hell is the story? Or is that for the next trailer?

  2. Sam says:
    December 11, 2012 at 10:19 am

    Very glad the trailer DOESN’T give away the story. Why do we even want that?

    This was an A+ trailer. Lots of money shots, a glimpse of actual acting and character stuff. I still can’t imagine this being anything better than a fun time quickly forgotten, but this trailer sure sells it.

  3. StellaPD says:
    December 11, 2012 at 10:44 am

    Yeah hints at a story in a trailer, so useless. Don’t know what I was thinking.

  4. Smith says:
    December 11, 2012 at 10:51 am

    The first trailer hinted more at the story, didn’t it? Definitely seemed like the Lone Ranger and Tonto would be teaming up to take on a corrupt rail road tycoon or something close to that. Emphasis more on the origin story this time. Anyway, this looks like a lot of fun, and its a thrill to see a western getting the ultra big budget blockbuster treatment, but Disney, Bruckheimer, and Depp are all still warning signs.

    I like the bit with the horse in the tree.

  5. Joe Leydon says:
    December 11, 2012 at 10:53 am

    Stella: A Texas Ranger is the sole survivor of an ambush that leaves his fellow rangers dead. (Which is why he’s known as — wait for it… it’s coming — The Lone Ranger.) He’s befriended by an Indian (or, if you prefer, Native American) who advises him to wear a mask to help sustain the ruse that he is dead. Then the two guys team up to shoot people and blow up things, presumably as part of a plan to bring the ambushers to justice.

    Now, really, what else do you need to know?

  6. StellaPD says:
    December 11, 2012 at 10:58 am

    Jesus I thought it was a harmless query. Clearly not. That’s what I get for posting my first knee-jerk reaction to the trailer. And I can barely remember the first trailer.

  7. Joe Leydon says:
    December 11, 2012 at 11:05 am

    Stella: We kid, because we love.

  8. StellaPD says:
    December 11, 2012 at 11:06 am

    Well as long as it comes from a place of love, there’s no way I can object.

  9. Krillian says:
    December 11, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    Better. Still wouldn’t surprise me if this is an awful movie. Depp and Bonham Carter need to stop being in so many movies together. Watch her worm her way into Pirates 5.

    BUT!…. I agree it looks like it could be popcorn fun, too.

  10. Js Partisan says:
    December 11, 2012 at 5:57 pm

    A much better trailer and a movie that’s coming across as a crazy ass western. Seeing as I love these characters and crazy ass westerns, this makes me doubly excited to see this movie.

  11. anghus says:
    December 11, 2012 at 7:12 pm

    Better until the final shot where the train gets thrown up into like a terrible computer generated clusterfuck a la Super 8, which still contains the most laughable train wreck in the history of film.

    other than that, i’m interested.

  12. StellaPD says:
    December 11, 2012 at 7:23 pm

    More laughable than Under Siege 2: Dark Territory? And are there still werewolves in The Lone Ranger or were those cut when they trimmed the budget?

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