{"id":1419,"date":"2008-11-05T12:53:32","date_gmt":"2008-11-05T02:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=1419"},"modified":"2008-11-06T11:25:03","modified_gmt":"2008-11-06T01:25:03","slug":"monsters-vs-aliens-vs-dreamworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/11\/05\/monsters-vs-aliens-vs-dreamworks\/","title":{"rendered":"Monsters vs Aliens vs DreamWorks"},"content":{"rendered":"

The trailer for the newest DreamWorks film, Monster vs Aliens,<\/em> has appeared, referencing 1950s monster flicks including The Blob<\/em> and Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman<\/em>. There’s a gigantic alien robot, a yeti, a mad scientist, a giant insect thing …. and lots of other good stuff.<\/p>\n

Monsters vs Aliens<\/strong> (US-2009; animation; dir. Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon)<\/p>\n

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When California girl Susan Murphy is unexpectedly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches tall and is instantly labeled a “monster” named Ginormica. The military jumps into action, and she is captured and held in a secret government compound. The world learns that the military has been quietly rounding up other monsters over the years. This ragtag group consists of the brilliant but insect-headed Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D.; the macho half-ape, half-fish The Missing Link; the gelatinous and indestructible B.O.B.; and the 350-foot grub called Insectosaurus. Their confinement time is cut short, however, when a mysterious alien robot lands on Earth and begins storming the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a last resort, under the guidance of General W.R. Monger (on a desperate order from The President), the motley crew of Monsters is called into action to combat the aliens and save the world from imminent destruction. (Trailer Addict<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Set for release in March next year, it supposedly uses the newest 3D technology — True 3-D — so the image poking out at you isn’t all blurry and we don’t get nauseous.<\/p>\n

I just noticed that Hugh Laurie (whom I fondly remember as Wooster in the British Jeeves and Wooster<\/em> series of the 1990s) does the voicing for Dr Cockroach and Reese Witherspoon is Ginormica. Cool.<\/p>\n

Just in case you had trouble with the download of the above trailer (which can be slow), here it is on YouTube:<\/p>\n

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