New 300 Trailer!!!

[ZippZopp]

damn, that looks great

[SkyZero]

This is looking great! I'm really looking foward to seeing this, the visuals are stunning!

[SheepFactory]

Well...damn :)

This movie can suck but I will still see it for those visuals. Amazing cinematography.

[ha-dou-ken]

Damn, That looks Very cool! I love the style and contrasy feel. Can't wait for this one...

[erilaz]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

*Runs around like a caffeine-filled toddler.*

I really hope this one lives up to it's awesome visuals. It's the one movie i'm looking forward to in the next 6 months.

[younglion]

Well...damn :)

This movie can suck but I will still see it for those visuals. Amazing cinematography.
it might suck but i will still see it.

[Ordibble-Plop]

I must have had the sound off when I watched the first trailer, which I was excited about.

This truly does look luscious, but my interest dipped somewhat when I heard the incongruously rocking sound track and cheesy cliched dialogue replete with one-liners.

The visuals and the sound/dialogue just don't match for me.

[ndat]

When I first heard about it I thought it was a stupid idea to use all CG backdrops. However I have to admit it does look pretty bitchin'... I'm definitally going to see it.

I love the choice of song too :).

[FreespaceFilms]

Well this is definetely one to see on a big-screen!

[sacslacker]

It'd be fun to be involved with a movie like that. Great work!

[rblitz7]

wow! havent been this excited for a movie in a long time!! some of those shots toward the end were amazing!:eek: Im really hoping the story is equally as good as the visuals.

[ambient-whisper]

Well...damn :)

This movie can suck but I will still see it for those visuals. Amazing cinematography.

from the 30 min i seen, it wont suck. the story is very well developed( atleast at the beginning, and beautifully shot. )

[the-negative]

Hated Sin City. But I DO love how this is coming out!
(On some parts compositing seems a little... strange. Can't poke it out but it seems that alignment is kinda... wrong. Anyone? :D)

[skello]

Hell Yeah !! i already like the snippets of action shown... really dynamic

[send2raj]

Damn!!!:eek: It's just amazing....

[DDS]

...this looks good

[AdrianLazar]

just... WOW :scream:
anyone got a HD version?

[Icarus]

i dont know what to say, just the whole look of it... the editing.. argh, juicy..

[Intervain]

I hated Sin City as a story as well but just as the case was with it the visuals here are amazing! Yet, damn me the acting is OTT [it's cinema not classical theatre!]

[TAVO]

well that looks amazing, wich studio(s) are working on this ?

[Leonard]

That was just heart-stopping. So GOOD.

Leo

[Farzanb]

It looks amazing and i love frank millers art direction, now if only it wasn't the biggest lie ever told in history of man kind the story would have been amazing as well. I just love when it says something about persians coming to enslave our people, all i say is LOL, greek history cracks me up.

[-SD-]

Awful trailer. Acting, overdone/overproduced visual look... meh... and I watched the HD version.

[TAVO]

HD version:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/300/hd/

[RobertoOrtiz]

Wow... This makes most recent action movies look like school plays.

I am so there it is not funny.

-R

[deepforest]

Really great 300, remaind me sin city!

[Nazgul]

Someone was asking which studios worked on it? I know of two of them:

Hybrid
http://www.hybride.com
Meteor studios
http://www.meteorstudios.com

I know there is 1 or 2 more but those are the two I know for sure.

[Samo]

does anybody know what the historical background of this film is?

[TAVO]

Thanks for the links Nazgul. :thumbsup:

[ambient-whisper]

Someone was asking which studios worked on it? I know of two of them:

Hybrid
http://www.hybride.com
Meteor studios
http://www.meteorstudios.com

I know there is 1 or 2 more but those are the two I know for sure.

lots of studios helped out.

animallogic for example worked on the slow in/slow out fight for example.

Technicolor|VFX helped out in a number of shots as well.

not sure about others, but i do know theres more.

[DigitalNeutrinos]

does anybody know what the historical background of this film is?

A must see.:thumbsup: This movie looks pretty damn cool.

Info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae

[Omnis]

oh my...
this trailer is incredible...I love the music !!! is it from the movie ???
or one of those x-ray dog or similar productions??

[JohnD]

I remember about 2 years ago, oh the History Channel, there was a special on talking about this 300 story with the Spartans, and it really captured my interest. Then I ran across the Frank Miller graphic novel in a Border's and was blown away by it (How could you not be? It's Frank Miller) Then I saw a "making-of trailer" for the movie, and was even more interested. Now this trailer...I can honestly say I haven't been this excited about a movie in a long time. Looks sweet how some of the camera work comes straight from the novel. And I thought the Nine Inch Nails song was perfect. Can't wait.

[SheepFactory]

oh my...
this trailer is incredible...I love the music !!! is it from the movie ???
or one of those x-ray dog or similar productions??

The song in the trailer is nine inch nails - just like you imagined. It's in the "Fragile" album.

[nelsonartmd]

does anybody know what the historical background of this film is?

This film is based on the Battle of Thermopylae, where 300 Spartans and maybe 1000 other Greeks stood against 500,000 to 1,000,000 Persians. No one really knows the actually numbers of the Persian army but it is somewhere in that range. Their mission was not to win but to hold off the Persians long enough for the rest of the Greek cities to gather their forces. The Spartans were the last ones standing of all the Greeks and held the pass for about a week.

Its an amazing story by itself, without any of those "fantasy" elements I'm seeing in the trailer. Parts of that trailer looked more like a wannabee Lord of the Rings remake than an amazing historical battle. I hope this movie gives the story justice.

[gloi]

it's been a while since a trailer gave me chills but that one definitely did...nice

[Jackdeth]

Someone was asking which studios worked on it? I know of two of them:

Hybrid
http://www.hybride.com
Meteor studios
http://www.meteorstudios.com

I know there is 1 or 2 more but those are the two I know for sure.

We did a chunk of those shots at Hydraulx, like with the elephant, rhino, firey explosion debris, that last jumping shot, etc, etc. There is a lot of good work in that movie from all the different studios... everyone should be proud of it.

[talos72]

Really cool looking film...really nailes the comic book down. I would not, in any means, use it to learn much about the Persian wars.

Sadly, one thing that does bother me is how the Persians (conviniently given current events) are portrayed as mindless, ruthless savage badies. Nevermind the incredible ingenuity and culture the Persians had at the time. Persepolis (the capital of the Persian empire) was the envy of the world, even the Greeks. But I guess given the current politics, it is easy to show even the ancient Persians as a pack of bloodthirsty "ragheads".

[Wilson-3d]

Count me in!!

[JohnD]

Really cool looking film...really nailes the comic book down. I would not, in any means, use it to learn much about the Persian wars.

Sadly, one thing that does bother me is how the Persians (conviniently given current events) are portrayed as mindless, ruthless savage badies. Nevermind the incredible ingenuity and culture the Persians had at the time. Persepolis (the capital of the Persian empire) was the envy of the world, even the Greeks. But I guess given the current politics, it is easy to show even the ancient Persians as a pack of bloodthirsty "ragheads".

Huh? I think you reached way way out into the cosmos to come up with that one. Both sides looked savage and bloodthirsty. They're about to kill each other. Lighten up, man.

[MisfitAnimator]

I was lucky enough to see a shot or two of the film before I left Animal Logic.
The shots were AMAZING and the film looked incredible!

I am really looking forward to this one!

[noisewar]

Why have I never heard of this... this is absolute sickness... my brain is still quivering...

[RobertoOrtiz]

http://media.movies.ign.com/media/040/040983/vids_1.html-R

[hightillidie]

Since the time I saw the first trailer of 300 about month and a half ago I have been checking it out every few days.

I think I forgot to breathe while watching this one. I hope it is as brutally awesome as it looks like in the trailer.


EDIT: Here is HD version of the trailer
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/300_hd.html

[Ravis]

Unfortunately, I got a tad turned off by the "fantasy" elements they introduced in there like the "mutant ogres". Now it makes the myth even less believable for better words to describe it. But still, i will definitely watch this movie

[jake_$teed]

Really cool looking film...really nailes the comic book down. I would not, in any means, use it to learn much about the Persian wars.

Sadly, one thing that does bother me is how the Persians (conviniently given current events) are portrayed as mindless, ruthless savage badies. Nevermind the incredible ingenuity and culture the Persians had at the time. Persepolis (the capital of the Persian empire) was the envy of the world, even the Greeks. But I guess given the current politics, it is easy to show even the ancient Persians as a pack of bloodthirsty "ragheads".

Your intentions are good, but this movie is not about the development of the Persian civilization, it's about war. A war they were involved in. They were the conquering empire of the time. The story is about those who refused to be conquered by them. It's like crying about how "The New World" portrayed the imperialistic settlers as mostly arrogant pillagers. One could argue... "why didn't they show all the good people back in England, etc, etc" But that's not what the movie is about. Or how about "Roots". Why didn't it show the good things that were traded, or focus on the positives of the time. It was a movie about slavery. Not to mention, I've actually seen "300" and it so bizzare in it's depection of the enemy, and the heores, crying "racism" is kind of pointless. I mean, Persian King Xerxes is 10 feet tall with an army of immortals, who are super ninjas, with bomb throwing wizards and knife-armed executioners! If the movie offends those people (wizards, immortals, rhinos, etc), then I will have to eat my words about the social insensitivity of "300".

[ambient-whisper]

Unfortunately, I got a tad turned off by the "fantasy" elements they introduced in there like the "mutant ogres". Now it makes the myth even less believable for better words to describe it. But still, i will definitely watch this movie

[spoiler]

when you watch the movie, its explained why its shown that way. think of a story being told by a fire, and some details are exaggerated. thats what happens here. from the spartans point of view, the persians looked like foreign monsters. the elephaunts were huge beasts that spartans never seen before, and while the story happens, the man that tells the story by the camp fire exaggerates the details, and the imagery that we are shown is exactly what he explains. the effect of story telling this way is amazing.

[adren@line]

Really cool looking film...really nailes the comic book down. I would not, in any means, use it to learn much about the Persian wars.

Sadly, one thing that does bother me is how the Persians (conviniently given current events) are portrayed as mindless, ruthless savage badies. Nevermind the incredible ingenuity and culture the Persians had at the time. Persepolis (the capital of the Persian empire) was the envy of the world, even the Greeks. But I guess given the current politics, it is easy to show even the ancient Persians as a pack of bloodthirsty "ragheads".

uh, the Persians/Iranics continually invaded and plundered south Asia, and a Nadir Shah massacred over 17,000 people in New Delhi.

Yes, they were fairly bloodthirsty.

If they werent then they wouldnt have engaged in invasion sprees.

[Farzanb]

uh, the Persians/Iranics continually invaded and plundered south Asia, and a Nadir Shah massacred over 17,000 people in New Delhi.

Yes, they were fairly bloodthirsty.

If they werent then they wouldnt have engaged in invasion sprees.

you really have no idea, read the history and know more, as far as i know nadir shah lived about few hundred years ago, that battle took place about 2300 years ago or so.
in anyways, there are no record to show that this battle was true, every history is always one sided to the greeks, as far as greeks know they were the good guys and their gods were the rulers of all, and as far as persians go, well until they get a different gov right now, lets just say these stories will probably remain one sided.

[joshmckenzie]

Didn't find this appealing, although the visuals look very nice. I hope the slow-motion bits aren't in the film and are just for the trailer. Really irritated by this style of editing - there's too much of it around in modern filmmaking in my opinion.

[Omnis]

I think it was their aim to make some epic story using modern filmmaking techniques...
they probably wouldn't have chosen nine inch nails for the trailer :P
and I find the slowmo dancing girl very artistic O_O
the only thing I don't like is the use of blue/green screen for almost the entire thing...which gives a digital look to everything...

[frameless]

I have been watching this trailer for three times now.

All i can say is:
That movie will be awesome. Definetly gonna watch that.
Can't wait till it hits the big screen :scream:

[Szos]

Sadly, one thing that does bother me is how the Persians (conviniently given current events) are portrayed as mindless, ruthless savage badies. Nevermind the incredible ingenuity and culture the Persians had at the time. Persepolis (the capital of the Persian empire) was the envy of the world, even the Greeks. But I guess given the current politics, it is easy to show even the ancient Persians as a pack of bloodthirsty "ragheads".
While I do get what you are saying, I do find it ironic and kind of funny that you posted ^^ and yet your avatar is a "raghead" with a knife in his hand. :p
Anyways, I think you are giving people too much credit - the number of people that can actually link "Persian" (old-school name) with "Middle Eastern" (new-school name) is probably a lot less than you think. :shrug:

I think the visuals look absolutely amazing, and while I wouldn't consider this a historical drama at all, it does look like a great over-the-top action movie. Can't wait.

[chrisWhite]

Can't wait to see this one, I'm so excited, I've gone through the trailer frame by frame and every single shot is beautiful.

[poly-phobic]

this is getting so formulaic its not even funny...

big budget; check
hot actress; check
hero; check
computer generated monsters/environments; check, check
struggle to save family, or world; check
lots of blood, gore, killing and destruction nicely orchestrated over heavy metal music; yes sir
sexual themes; check
happy ending ; check


nice box office numbers. easy.
money in the bank.
american cinema.
:)

[RobertoOrtiz]

this is getting so formulaic its not even funny...

big budget; check
hot actress; check
hero; check
computer generated monsters/environments; check, check
struggle to save family, or world; check
lots of blood, gore, killing and destruction nicely orchestrated over heavy metal music; yes sir
sexual themes; check
happy ending ; check


nice box office numbers. easy.
money in the bank.
american cinema.
:)

Well to be honest, this movie is grounbreaking in ALOT of areas.
And having read the original graphic novel I assure you that
SPOILER TEXT
They all DO DIE\\

And the movie follows that graphic novel VERY faithfully.
_R

[poly-phobic]

Well to be honest, this movie is grounbreaking in ALOT of areas.
And having read the original graphic novel I assure you that
SPOILER TEXT
They all DO DIE\\

And the movie follows that graphic novel VERY faithfully.
_R
im sorry Roberto, but we all know its groundbreaking only in the visuals.
8 out of 10 people here will see based on the claim that "it looks awsome"

i may see it for the visuals myself. simply because im in the industry, much like many here.
the novel is great, theres no way it can deliver the same way those comics did. [i read only 2 of them, but still pretty immerssive]
i cant have no faith in holliwood when it comes to comic-to-movie, or "anything-to-movie" fo that matter.
or maybe im being a tad pessimistic. lots of hype and movies fail to deliver, we've seen this too many times.

[jason manley]

Dan Milligan Rulez! The movie is very obviously boarded by him. Deliscious on the eyes.


j

[Omnis]

this is getting so formulaic its not even funny...

big budget; check
hot actress; check
hero; check
computer generated monsters/environments; check, check
struggle to save family, or world; check
lots of blood, gore, killing and destruction nicely orchestrated over heavy metal music; yes sir
sexual themes; check
happy ending ; check


nice box office numbers. easy.
money in the bank.
american cinema.
:)

you're right...
but I can say that italian movies lack of almost all of those elements...and it really sux :)

[Szos]

happy ending ; check

While I am sure that the historical accuracy of this flick is going to use heaping tons of 'artistic license', I still can't imagine that they all won't DIE in the end - after all, that was one of the defining points of the actual battle.

Hell, I am all against the typical formulaic Hollywood drivel, but stories in general - be they in the form of a Hollywood movie or TV show or a story passed down verbally from generation to generation - are based on many of the points that you posted. That's what makes a story something you are interested in enough to actually watch/listen to.

[talos72]

Folks, I was merely stating an opinion. I wasn't trying to be a hard-ass. I guess I like reading a good deal about ancient history, and love those History channel documentaries. While I appreciate mythical story-telling, and I understand about exaggerations in the tradition; I was merely making an observation. I do not think there is anything meant by the film-makers, and again I have to say visually the film looks great: I know I will be buying tickets to it.

I just would have liked to see ancient world of all cultures be more accurately depicted ever so often by the film-makers. I know many, for example, liked Troy a good deal...but I was cringing through a good part of it. I guess I am a purist.

As for my avatar, I think someone is reading too much into it.:) A Sinbad character holding a dagger is hardly an endorsment of a stereotype...Any navigator or trader in the ancient times would have carried some sort of weapon as he journeyed into uncharted waters and land. I just don't see that being in conflict with my original observation.

Cheers

[adh3d]

Hollywood is Hollywood, not History channel. I pay 7 euros to view a great movie, entertaiment, art, not to see a documental.

How many painters along the history didn't show the reality in their paints, how many writers didn't put the pure reality in their novels, Are the Transilvania people all vampires? Was the reason Bram Stoker wrote his novel to insult the Transilvania People ?, I read Dracula, if I was born in the actual Transilvania, must I burn the novel or just enjoy it?... Hey, there is
something call imagination.



The people who make 300 never say they are filming history, they are filming a movie based in a comic, they are not telling to anyone any lies.

[tecton3d]

...makes me feel like I was born 2 dozen centuries late ... looks to be the best "hatchet-and-flesh" and "men-not-wearing-pants" movie since Braveheart

cheers

[ambient-whisper]

this is getting so formulaic its not even funny...

big budget; check
hot actress; check
hero; check
computer generated monsters/environments; check, check
struggle to save family, or world; check
lots of blood, gore, killing and destruction nicely orchestrated over heavy metal music; yes sir
sexual themes; check
happy ending ; check


nice box office numbers. easy.
money in the bank.
american cinema.
:)

you have no clue what you are talking about.

1/2 those points are way off, and the budget is not all that big either.when i saw the screening, the director himself said that his budget was much smaller than he was hoping to get. but in the end it was a good thing because he had to get creative with what to do with the money he was given.

and one thing that you dont see in these trailers( because they mostly contain screaming ) is that the writing, acting and line delivery is very very good.

[noisewar]

this is getting so formulaic its not even funny...

big budget; check
hot actress; check
hero; check
computer generated monsters/environments; check, check
struggle to save family, or world; check
lots of blood, gore, killing and destruction nicely orchestrated over heavy metal music; yes sir
sexual themes; check
happy ending ; check


nice box office numbers. easy.
money in the bank.
american cinema.
:)

Man I really miss those low budget movies where they find some butt ugly actress to fall in love with an anti-hero where he wears a latex prosthetic. I especially like it when they censor all the gore and use Enya and show no more than a square inch of flesh. I mean, what else have americans done for cinema?

[hightillidie]

Man I really miss those low budget movies where they find some butt ugly actress to fall in love with an anti-hero where he wears a latex prosthetic. I especially like it when they censor all the gore and use Enya and show no more than a square ince of flesh. I mean, what else have americans done for cinema?


You are being sarcastic, right?

[noisewar]

You are being sarcastic, right?

lol..... yes my friend. I don't mind complaints about bad movie cliches, but to dismiss "american cinema" as if it were all soulless Hollywood crap... that just rubs me the wrong way.

[WeirdoStudio]

Super amped to check this out..

Fellas lighten up. This movie isn't intended to be a HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY. if you want that then watch the learning channel or Discovery. It's based on Frank Millers graphic novel. It's irritating everytime a movie comes out someone has to get nerdy and complain about the FACTS.. Oh well i will be one of the millions who go to see this movie...

[leigh]

That looks absolutely fantastic!! I love the stylisation. Who cares if it isn't historically accurate? It looks damn entertaining!

[SpeccySteve]

I really want to see this, looks amazing.

[JohnD]

Okay...I think we should put this topic to rest right now so another breath doesn't have to be wasted on trying to understand it. Hollywood isn't interested in making films which follow historical accuracies to the "T." They never have been, and they never will be. They are interested in taking bits and pieces, and "sexing" them up. If you're looking for historical facts and details, read books, watch documentaries (But even with those, you have to realize that you're still not getting all the info. How could you? You're talking about events that happened hundreds, sometimes thousands of years ago.) I just don't understand how some people can continue to be disappointed with "historical" movies...knowing all we know about how Hollywood works.

[adh3d]

Because some people use that fact like an excuse to critic Hollywood itself , I don't know why, but sometime this is true. I cannot understand how some people can critic Hollywood ,when the best movies are be made thanks to Hollywood and its system.

Other people simply critic Hollywood because they want to critic USA

[SheepFactory]

Here is the extended trailer , some awesome stuff in it:

http://www.worstpreviews.com/trailer.php?id=453&item=0

[WeirdoStudio]

SheepFactory I think i few pages back you said it was NIN music in the trailer.. Do you happen to know the name of the song?

[JohnD]

"Just Like You Imagined" off of "The Fragile" album.

[RockinAkin]

I've gotta say, that's probably the best trailer for a film I've ever seen.

Holy crap I cant wait to see this. :eek:

[Nicodemus]

Love it....this trailer looks better than the last one. I cannot wait to see this movie.

Leslie

[essencedesign]

HOLY FCUK...That was intense. ... :applause:

[tecton3d]

http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/300/hd/

[Arrrgh4life]

Wow.

Those visuals are crazy!!!

Im also pretty sure that they can't mess up the story, its such a great one. The battle of Thermopylae, 480 BC. 300 hundred spartans against millions of persians! How much more epic can you get!

[nitindesign]

TOO GOOD!!! Can't wait to watch the movie :thumbsup:

[WeirdoStudio]

JohnD (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=4047) THANKS for the info.. one other question which maybe hard to answer.. The orchestra/opera song at the very beginning of the new trailer is that something new or is that a song that is already been made?? I can't wait to see this movie because i have checked out the 300 series by Frank Miller, and the lines in the graphic novel are the same as those used in the trailer.. I love to see an idea come full circle.. I used to make my own comics and part of the reason i got into 3d is to give those same ideas motion.. I love the " I DON'T GIVE A F*&K STYLE" that frank miller has in his comics... Part of being an artist atleast to me is being able to break the mold of whats popular and do what you feel.. In writing, drawing, filmmaking, etc there is this structure that most people folllow.. To me the people that break away from these set standards are the artist that i have a tendency to admire... BLAH BLAH BLAH.. i love this trailer...

[Oli4D]

Well, the visuals are looking nice. Some even great, but:
The "actors"... oh my god... HORRIBLE imho. Its long a go since i saw something that... cheap.
Probably a good visual movies... but the rest... well...
We will see.

[toluabisola]

At last, the long awaited return of the "Man flick"

This will actually make me go to the cinema to watch it (which just goes to show if the quality of the film is good enough people will still pay to watch it. And not download it for free via Torrents)
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Baby Dragon & Metahuman WIP
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Cardassian Woman
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Barbarian & Commando
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Third dimension 3D course
http://www.newtek-europe.com/uk/com.../abisola/1.html

[JohnD]

JohnD (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=4047) THANKS for the info.. one other question which maybe hard to answer.. The orchestra/opera song at the very beginning of the new trailer is that something new or is that a song that is already been made?? I can't wait to see this movie because i have checked out the 300 series by Frank Miller, and the lines in the graphic novel are the same as those used in the trailer.. I love to see an idea come full circle.. I used to make my own comics and part of the reason i got into 3d is to give those same ideas motion.. I love the " I DON'T GIVE A F*&K STYLE" that frank miller has in his comics... Part of being an artist atleast to me is being able to break the mold of whats popular and do what you feel.. In writing, drawing, filmmaking, etc there is this structure that most people folllow.. To me the people that break away from these set standards are the artist that i have a tendency to admire... BLAH BLAH BLAH.. i love this trailer...

Hey Weirdo,
I'm not sure what the opera song is during the first half of the new trailer, but the NIN song kicks in about half way through. And I agree...Miller definitely redefined the comic industry with his Dark Knight Returns series, and everything thereafter.

[hamburgerlar]

WOOOOOW!!!
I cant wait to see the wireframes for this one :)
Stunning, this is what CG is all about. Great work and I can wait to see 300 a million times.

[Boone]

Just finished viewing it...

I was underwhelmed. Its feels like a trailer for LOTR or TROY - even ALEXANDER - but with dodgey Metallica-esque music and rock-gods trying to act "hard". The way they charge into battle wearing capes'n'cod-pieces...its as though they should have electric guitars in their mits...

I'll still most likely go and watch it(I'm usually up for anything these days) but at this point I think it will just be another "Epic of the week"...:shrug:

[siouxfire]

The UK posters ROCK! - See them at Empire Online HERE (http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=20195). Pretty gutsy having a poster saying, "You will not enjoy this". Wow.

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