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Hancock, Not the Jazz Musician

Thursday, February 14th, 2008 at 11:57 am by Jami

So to make up for sending me horrible shit, Mikey D sent along this Hancock trailer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tStE4-uuPfs

When I first saw the posters for this thing, I thought it was a biopic on Herbie Hancock. Ah well.

Not really sure what to make of this. Chucking a whale is certainly fun. And I like the debris Hancock leaves in his wake when he takes off. Seeing Smith play a washed-out and suicidal superhero could be quite fun. It’d be nice to see a humanly flawed super powered asshole for once.

Problem is, I don’t think will be much of a sympathetic character. Jason Bateman plays a publicist who tries to improve Hancock’s public image. Hancock thanks him by having an affair with his wife, played by Charlize Theron. Adultery is not the typical heroic redemption that we might be expecting. Hmmm…

Well, I’ll probably see this at some point. Managed to stay away from My Super Ex Girlfriend so I can resist a superhero flick. But Hancock at least has whale chucking with is far more impressive than shark chucking.

[Via Hancock]

12 Responses to “Hancock, Not the Jazz Musician”

VonKraut
Posted: Feb 14th, 2008 at 12:40 pm

mm I dunno, this looks like it might actually be good, I’ll probably check it out.

Ajanhelendam
Posted: Feb 14th, 2008 at 1:31 pm

My Super Ex Girlfriend was pretty cheezy and for the most part unmemorable. Wild Wild West was pretty lame, but Men in Black was good, so it’s going to be a toss up for me.

Chris
Posted: Feb 14th, 2008 at 2:23 pm

I assumed they were talking about *Tony* Hancock, the comedy actor. So disappointed…

D-W
Posted: Feb 14th, 2008 at 3:47 pm

Could be interesting. If you think about it, no one ever talks about all the destruction super heroes leave behind when they fight crime. Can you imagine what the insurance premiums are probably like for people in Metropolis?

Jami
Posted: Feb 14th, 2008 at 3:56 pm

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@D-W, That’s an interesting angle. I imagine you have to get like kidnap insurance and Omega Beam coverage and shit like that. I’d now actually like to see a superhero movie from the perspective of an insurance investigator.

Lurklen
Posted: Feb 14th, 2008 at 4:09 pm

Or from the view of a cop, I mean it’s gotta suck having all these super heroes running around during hostage situations and drug busts.

epoch9
Posted: Feb 14th, 2008 at 4:24 pm

I think this preview was great.

I hadn’t heard about this until I saw your post.

I will probably be checking this out.

P.S. whale chucking cracked me right the fuck up.

epoch9
Posted: Feb 14th, 2008 at 4:30 pm

sorry to double post, but this reminded me of one of my favorite all-time jokes:

Tom and Clark were standing on the roof of their building drinking a few beers and Clark said, “Hey Tom, did you know that if you jump off this building, after you get down so far, a draft will pull you back inside the building on the third floor?”

“Get outta here,” said Tom.

“No I’m serious, watch me.”

Clark hopped off the building and sure enough, he was taken in by the draft at the third floor window. He took the elevator back to the top and Tom and a security guard that arrived were standing there, Tom in awe.

“I can’t believe it.” Said Tom.

“I know, you should try it.”

So Tom jumped off and splattered onto the ground.

“Superman you’re an asshole when you’re drunk.” said the security guard.