Machete

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Robert Rodriguez has just let loose this “illegal†movie trailer for Machete. For those of you who don't know, Machete was originally a fake trailer for Grindhouse. Apparently there are political headlines laced into the story and Rodriguez is giving us a little Cinco De Mayo message for the state of Arizona. Also, look for the sweet Danny Tejo/Steven Seagal machete fight in the trailer!

 

Follow up:

 

 

This version plays like an extended Grindhouse trailer with the introductions of new cast members. Besides the Seagal duel we're teased with Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba (hot), Michelle Rodriguez (hotter), Lindsay Lohan (psycho but still hot) and others who co-star. This is shaping up to be epic fun! Look out for Machete on September 3rd 2010.

 

Watch the trailer at http://www.horrorbid.com/blog/blog1.php/20...te-illegal-trai

 

Watch while you can as fox may take it off soon.

 

[nicky]

THEY FUCT WITH THE WRONG MEXICAN!!!

[danvader123@hotmail.co.uk]

cant wait for the film to be released, loved the faux trailer on the original grindhouse also loved the original film.

[danvader123@hotmail.co.uk]

When Robert Rodriguez gave Ain't It Cool News the first (real) trailer for Machete, a mexpoitation Grindhouse throwback film, on Cinco de Mayo, I had no idea that people would freak out over the (quite brief) special introductory message to Arizona preceding the trailer. And that's not because I live under a rock, either. I'm up to speed on Arizona's increasingly controversial policies toward immigration. I simply thought people would take that dedication as the joke it was considering how intentionally outlandish everything that follows it is. The trailer ends with Danny Trejo flying through the air on a motorcycle that has a Gatling gun attached to the front of it, for crying out loud. Rodriguez's film isn't exactly taking itself too seriously and all that trailer is doing is telling the Aristocrats joke in reverse.

 

Not long after the trailer released, however, I started to see signs that not everyone saw the humor in the topical jab. Over at Hollywood.com, Chris Cargill wondered whether or not that barb was a terrible bit of extraneous marketing, "Can the progeny of Grindhouse, a film that itself notoriously underperformed at the box office, really afford to become a film that a segment of the population wants to write off because they don't want to feel like they're being lectured to?" And that's an excellent point; if your film clearly isn't a "message film" why even bother poking that bee hive? The pure futility of it only added to how uncommitted of a comment it was, I found.

 

A few days after that, Cargill then shared a video that stopped me dead in my tracks.

 

It's a 7-minute long call to arms from radio host Alex Jones that opens with him saying "Hello friends, this is a very important message. We're trying to avert a tragedy and possible trigger for serious race war in the United States, something the establishment has been stoking and preparing for decades. Whether he knows it or not, Robert Rodriguez-- I would say it's a 90% chance right now -- is going to trigger racial riots and racial killings in the United States with the September release of his film, Machete."

 

Now, I really do not want to turn this post into a debate about the legislation passed in Arizona or whether or not Alex Jones is some right wing conspiracy theorist off his rocker; I am just really curious as to whether or not readers think any film, be it Machete or Malcom X, is capable of starting a race war in the United States.

 

I honestly don't think it's possible. I don't think any work of cinematic fiction can be galvanizing enough to start an actual war, regardless of the subject matter. That's not to say that a film is incapable of inspiring individuals or even small groups to action, but not en masse and not with any kind of a quickness; especially when violence is involved. I think people are A) generally rather lazy and capable of discerning between overt propaganda and vague political leanings.

 

I am also curious as to whether or not people agree with Jones when he said Machete's special message to Arizona was a"call for violence; a call for racial warfare and death." Again, I just do not see it. I don't see ANY political message in Machete (mind you we are still talking solely about a trailer here). All I see is an advertisement for a film that deftly taps into the over-the-top trappings of an ad hoc style of filmmaking that became an endangered species when no one took it seriously decades ago. That's it.

 

Maybe I'm in the minority here, though. Do you think Machete will cause a race war? And if so, is Robert Rodriguez intentionally trying to do just that? Or has everyone positing that scenario simply fallen into the age-old "no such thing as bad publicity" trap Rodriguez and Trejo intentionally set?

[danvader123@hotmail.co.uk]

Proper Machete Trailer has been released at http://www.horror-movies.ca/horror_18544.html

 

Cant wait for this movie looks like so much fun. But the new trailer seems to take the grindhouse spirit away from the movie.

 

Part of the marketing for Grindhouse was those bad ass looking lobby cards. A practice that has been long dead in theaters. But Grindhouse brought them back to the net. Well they aren't much different than regular stills but.. they still look pretty damn cool. Anyway MovieWeb and ComingSoon got their hands on a couple. You can check out two of them below.

 

 

 

Just when I thought I was finished posting tonight intil I recieved these cool character posters for you guys to check out:

 

 

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More posters to view:

 

 

 

 

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Lindsay Lohan and Sexy rarely go in the same sentence for me but below from Celebbuzz you can checkout a new promo image for Robert Rodrigeuz's MACHETE feautring Lindsay Lohan as a Nun... with a gun.

 

[danvader123@hotmail.co.uk]

Well there has been loads of news of Lindsey getting sentenced in the press this week dont worrie she will be out in a couple of days and over the pond they have also been showing of Machete at a large con that happens every year also below I have an link to see the red band trailer of the film and it looks kick ass as ususal cant wait watch now!!!

 

http://www.horror-movies.ca/horror_18652.html

[timelord81r]

i really want to see this for 2 reasons, seagal is in it and there are loads of sexy ladies ;-) the lohan poster is awesome

 

Well there has been loads of news of Lindsey getting sentenced in the press this week dont worrie she will be out in a couple of days and over the pond they have also been showing of Machete at a large con that happens every year also below I have an link to see the red band trailer of the film and it looks kick ass as ususal cant wait watch now!!!

 

http://www.horror-movies.ca/horror_18652.html

 

 

just watched this, lol this looks so awesome in a fun way, it also looks ridicules and over the top silly lol but again in a fun way, man there is a good cast and the women, my god, super hot, cant wait for this

[thedude57]

looks awesome - great cast, over the top action, hot chicks - what more can you ask for?

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cant wait for the film Danny Trejo is one of my fav actors and Robert is one of my fav directors hope they make this into a trilogy I know Trejo said to me that they are but you never know I guess it depends on the turn out of the first film.

[martin brody]

WOW

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defo this film just seems to smash all films that has just been released in the cinemas well except for predators because thats good as well this is truly danny trejo's year.