Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Official Trailer - Teaser

Ryujin · Nov 15, 2016

Ralif Redhammer said:
It looks promising. Definitely that same Euro-sci-fi feel that the 5^th Element had. Which is expected, considering the source material and director.

When you consider how simple the story actually is and how trite the ending, it's remarkable how amazing that movie is. Proof that it's as much in the storyTELLER, as it is in the story itself. I'm looking forward to this.

Ralif Redhammer · Nov 15, 2016

Totally. A good deal of what made the 5^th Element so grand comes down to the film’s style.

Ryujin said:
When you consider how simple the story actually is and how trite the ending, it's remarkable how amazing that movie is. Proof that it's as much in the storyTELLER, as it is in the story itself. I'm looking forward to this.

Kaodi · Nov 17, 2016

As I moved through my twenties the idea of teenaged protagonists definitely became less and less appealing. The way society is these days it is easily believable for a 24-26 year old to be "out of touch with themselves" enough to be the primary source of character development in a plot. And yet, at the same time, they are old enough to understand why the people older than them are so jaded. Or something like that. 30 is the new 20, blah, blah, blah...

doctorbadwolf · Nov 17, 2016

Trust me, 30 ain't the new 20. 20 is still 20, and 30 is still very different from that. Society has relaxed on the idea of people "acting their age", but mostly because that notion has always been complete and utter nonsense with no basis in reality.

Some folk figure life, and themselves, out quicker than others. That's just the way it is.

Folks who tell you different just have bad memories.

I still don't see how I'm supposed to think those two are teenagers? Are they in the source material? They look no more baby faced than the 23 year olds I work with.

Mallus · Nov 17, 2016

OK. So it looks beautiful. My one concern is a large part of The Fifth Element's success came from the people starring in it. Chris Tucker and Gary Oldman chowing down on the scenery, Bruce Willis putting in a fine Bruce Willis performance, even Milla Jojovich acting the hell of out Leeloo's adorable oddness. We didn't get another big-budget, SF FX-extravaganza with as much personality until Guardians of the Galaxy.

I don't see a lot of that in the teaser trailer. Then again, it's probably wrong to expect to.

Ryujin · Nov 18, 2016

Mallus said:
OK. So it looks beautiful. My one concern is a large part of The Fifth Element's success came from the people starring in it. Chris Tucker and Gary Oldman chowing down on the scenery, Bruce Willis putting in a fine Bruce Willis performance, even Milla Jojovich acting the hell of out Leeloo's adorable oddness. We didn't get another big-budget, SF FX-extravaganza with as much personality until Guardians of the Galaxy.

I don't see a lot of that in the teaser trailer. Then again, it's probably wrong to expect to.

I pulled the list of actors in the active IMDB list for this movie. Some promising names there, many of whom are known for "chewing the scenery" on occasion.

Cara Delevingne
Dane DeHaan
Ethan Hawke
Rihanna
Bubble
Clive Owen
John Goodman
Rutger Hauer
Kris Wu
Mathieu Kassovitz
Emilie Livingston
Alexandre Nguyen
Sam Spruell
Herbie Hancock
Diva Cam
Sand Van Roy

Hussar · Nov 19, 2016

doctorbadwolf said:
Trust me, 30 ain't the new 20. 20 is still 20, and 30 is still very different from that. Society has relaxed on the idea of people "acting their age", but mostly because that notion has always been complete and utter nonsense with no basis in reality. Some folk figure life, and themselves, out quicker than others. That's just the way it is.

Folks who tell you different just have bad memories.

I still don't see how I'm supposed to think those two are teenagers? Are they in the source material? They look no more baby faced than the 23 year olds I work with.

Watched the trailer again on a screen bigger than my iPhone. yeah, these folks aren't quite as young as I thought they were. My bad.

doctorbadwolf · Nov 19, 2016

Mallus said:
OK. So it looks beautiful. My one concern is a large part of The Fifth Element's success came from the people starring in it. Chris Tucker and Gary Oldman chowing down on the scenery, Bruce Willis putting in a fine Bruce Willis performance, even Milla Jojovich acting the hell of out Leeloo's adorable oddness. We didn't get another big-budget, SF FX-extravaganza with as much personality until Guardians of the Galaxy.

I don't see a lot of that in the teaser trailer. Then again, it's probably wrong to expect to.

Min trusting Delavigne on this one. She's a damn good actress, and it looks like her and the dude I've never heard of next to her do a lot of acting with their faces in this, which I always see as a good sign.

Ryujin · Nov 19, 2016

doctorbadwolf said:
Min trusting Delavigne on this one. She's a damn good actress, and it looks like her and the dude I've never heard of next to her do a lot of acting with their faces in this, which I always see as a good sign.

Dane DeHaan played Andrew Detmer, one of the lead characters in one of the few actually good "found film" genre movies "Chronicle."

ccs · Nov 19, 2016

Hussar said:
About the only quibble I have, and I admit I have not seen anything about the graphic novel, is that I'm kinda sick of the YA fiction genre. Why do so many SF stories have to have a couple of plucky kids out to save the world? We've had that trope rather a lot in the last few years.

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