Astounding Full Trailer For JJ Abrams' SUPER 8

by Todd Brown, March 11, 2011 12:56 PM

I am jealous of my child. The Boy turns ten in April, the perfect age to begin exploring and experiencing films that push just a bit beyond the safety zone while still holding on to that special, childlike sense of wonder. The type of films that were a specialty of Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment through the 80s but have barely been seen since. Until now, when Spielberg and Amblin have teamed up with JJ Abrams to bring that style of film back. And the full trailer for the result, the Abrams' directed scifi adventure Super 8, makes it clear that this film will be The Goonies for a new generation of kids.

And I wish I still was one so I could experience it through those eyes, too. But even being older and more jaded this still looks pretty damn amazing to me.

The full trailer has gone out via Twitter and you can find it here. Or you can simply watch it below. Either way, do it now.

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10 Comments

by Airchinapilot, March 11, 2011 1:41 PM

Dude this rocks my childhood. Seriously, the Spielberg vibe. Every kid looks like he was in the Goonies audition.

Todd Brown replied to comment from Airchinapilot, March 11, 2011 1:47 PM

No doubt. This is so spot on that style that it's just scary.

J Hurtado replied to comment from Todd Brown, March 11, 2011 3:51 PM

This is like a mash up of The Goonies, ET, Close Encounters, and all of those flicks I grew up with. It even sounds like the borrowed the soundtracks. I'm in!

by Sean "The Butcher" Smithson, March 11, 2011 3:58 PM

Blown. Away.

I am already preparing to be 12 years old again. Holy Moley this looks like EXACTLY what the movie doctor ordered.

Stoked beyond words now.

by light_keeper, March 11, 2011 3:59 PM

Another ET. Spielberg and Abrams. Overrated bunch.

billydaking replied to comment from light_keeper, March 12, 2011 1:57 AM

You either didn't watch the trailer, or you've never seen ET.

light_keeper replied to comment from billydaking, March 12, 2011 11:02 AM

I've seen the trailer, and i've seen ET too. Many many years ago. To make myself clear, i don't like Spielberg movies very much. Just a matter of taste. To me they are very simple ideas, with huge executions. And Abrams is following his footsteps, always playing the "mystery" card, and never delivering anything satisfying. Trailer gives me the feeling that this will be a revamp of ET, with some gore (may be) and lots of action, which Spielberg couldn't do back in the day. So of course another great idea of a block buster Hollywood classic. But hollow it will be. Mark my words.

billydaking replied to comment from light_keeper, March 12, 2011 7:05 PM

Then you've forgotten the tone and style of ET, because I saw nothing that reminded me of ET in that trailer other than the fact that the main characters are kids and there's an alien. You're pretty much calling it "another ET" based on mere set decoration.

And Spielberg did plenty of action and gore "back in the day"; he just didn't decide it fit into what he was trying to do with ET.

by Swarez, March 12, 2011 7:09 AM

This might be the E.T. that Spielberg initially wanted to make but turned it in to a friendly alien in the end.

by icn1983, March 12, 2011 4:50 PM

I'll be first in line with my "E.T." shirt, "Goonies" hat, and a plush Gizmo.

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