{"id":171,"date":"2007-07-14T20:48:50","date_gmt":"2007-07-14T10:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/batrock.net\/?p=171"},"modified":"2007-07-14T20:55:13","modified_gmt":"2007-07-14T10:55:13","slug":"trailer-attack-hairspray-stardust-and-the-golden-compass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/batrock.net\/?p=171","title":{"rendered":"Trailer Attack: Hairspray, Stardust and The Golden Compass"},"content":{"rendered":"

I never really put the idea of “John Waters” and “Children’s Movies” together, so I was surprised when I saw Hairspray<\/I> trailers twice in the last week, both of them at movies with younger audiences in mind: first at Bridge to Terabithia<\/I> (which, coincidentally, was marvellous), and then at Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix<\/I>).<\/p>\n

I knew that Hairspray<\/I> was coming soon, and I knew that John Travolta played the lead’s mother, and I knew that it looked mighty happy, but I had no idea that it would be marketed to children. I suppose this makes sense, because of the whole “Teen Dream” notion of the story. It even has Zac Efron of High School Musical<\/I> fame in it (on that note, I don’t care how<\/I> gay you are, High School Musical<\/I> is in no way qualified to be anyone’s<\/i> favourite musical).<\/p>\n

Something about this trailer does it for me, despite even the typical voice over. I don’t know, I just love a good musical and I like that they’re allowed to be made again:<\/p>\n

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Just so long as Travolta doesn’t do some of the other<\/I> things that Divine was known for (oh, Pink Flamingos<\/I>, I look forward to dying without having seen you), this should be sweet.<\/p>\n

Slighty separately, not quite for children, and also<\/I> starring Michelle Pfeiffer, is Stardust<\/I>:<\/p>\n

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I’m not as well read in the works of Neil Gaiman as I probably should be, but this looks both awesome and yet another “fantasy world from beyond the real world” story. What’s this, though? Flying ships?<\/p>\n

Why, that’s enough to segue into The Golden Compass<\/I>, the first in the apparently super blasphemous His Dark Materials<\/I> series!<\/p>\n

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Dirigibles! Eff yeah! What I like most about this trailer is the same thing I liked most about Chronicles of Narnia<\/I>: the total failure to anthropomorphise any of the animals. Fantasy worlds that make the fantastic out of the normal without going all silly are great.<\/p>\n

So fantasy is “in” in a big way. My friend Casper said that all of this fantasy is well and good, but he wants to see more SF. It’s a hard sell, because fantasy is more naturalistic and it lends itself very well to the screen. Nobody likes the vacuum of space, but everyone loves flying ships and waterfalls! If I knew how to read, I know that I would be cracking out His Dark Materials<\/I> and getting them done in time for Christmas. Now that I’ve started going to the movies again after what seems like a drought, I’m getting enthusiastic again. The rest of the year might be good indeed!<\/p>\n

Oh, speaking of childrens’ movies: screw Bratz<\/I>. If you go see that, even ironically, all hope is lost for you. OMG!<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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