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Greed is ... Thumpy!

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (18)

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There’s a teaser trailer out for Oliver Stone’s sequel to Wall Street, which features Michael Douglas reprising his Gordon Gekko role. He’s just getting out of prison, and from what I understand, he ends up taking Shia LaBeouf under his wing (LaBeouf plays the boyfriend of Gekko’s daugther, played by the illuminating Carey Mulligan).

It’s a teaser trailer, so it doesn’t give us much, except for perhaps the tone of the film. If that is the case, we may be in trouble, as it almost looks like an old man (Stone) trying to make a movie for a younger generation, which is fine and great and dandy, but if Shia starts saying things like, “phat” and “bling” and “you go girl” unironically, we may be in some trouble.

And that annoying bass line in the trailer brings me back to 1992, cruising the strip in a white ‘87 Mustang with a set of speakers that took up the entire trunk and shook the windows of the Sonic as we drove by, honkin’ at the honey in front of you with the light eyes. Put your car in cruise and lay back.


Drums please …









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Comments

I think that it looks alright. Gekko in today's Wall Street is an entirely different animal. "I once said greed is good, now it seems it's legal." Chills, horrifying and infuriating all at the same time.

I think it could be very interesting. I have no doubt that Stone will go for the jugular. When it comes to Wall Street, who doesn't want to see that?

Don't be so harsh Dustin, this doesn't have to be bad.

Posted by: Mebe at January 28, 2010 10:18 PM

Was that business with Gekko collecting his belongings from the prison guard meant to remind us of the scene from The Blues Brothers? Because if so, ASS.

That trailer was so bad that the stench has come out through my computer screen and stunk up my whole house. I'm strikin' matches here.

Posted by: PussyToTheWood! at January 28, 2010 10:23 PM

I would like to see Shia LaBeouf become something. I think he can.

On an unrelated note, I unfortunately decided to click on "PussyToTheWood!"'s website.

I have never seen so much ultramarine blue. Most likely a very intelligent person, but, damn. That website hurt my eyes which quickly made its way into my brain. It burns.

Posted by: Thurgod at January 28, 2010 10:54 PM

I think the back end of the trailer looks terrible but Stone will do okay with it. Will probably have something to do with a Ponzi scheme or the like but you know it will be slick and look pretty.

I would not mind to see the Bud Fox role brought back, that could be interesting but I will not hold my breath.

Posted by: richmac at January 28, 2010 11:29 PM

Ah, Wall Street. My high school economics teacher made us watch this movie for some reason. Perhaps to convince us of the dangers of blow and and living a life parallel to that of Donald Trump.

I suppose someone could have made a decent enough sequel, focusing on the rampant greed behind our epic financial collapse. However, the presence of Shia LeBeouf, hereafter called The Beef, instantly relegates this to the "$5 Recently-Viewed DVDs" bin at Blockbuster. That brillo-headed man-child dries up my goodwill for everything he is associated with like a Sham-Wow.

My motto: Where's The Beef? Not in my video library.

Posted by: Tarted-Up Corpse (formerly Cat) at January 29, 2010 12:00 AM

There's a Sonic opening about a mile from my house next month. Never ate at one. What's good?

Posted by: , at January 29, 2010 1:03 AM

Shia bugged the hell out of me with Transformers, and I thought he just bugged me in general but...damn, he looks pretty good in the douchey little suit and Rich Boy haircut. He really seems perfect for the part. And I don't know, I can't dislike him. I hope he turns out to be good.

Posted by: figgy at January 29, 2010 1:04 AM

Sold!

Oliver stone. Michael Douglas. scathing bitchy account of the financial market.

Sold.

and, the lebouef(or however it is spelled, i'm full of beer for crise sakes) pup may still grow into being an actor.

Posted by: idleprimate at January 29, 2010 2:45 AM

the Sonic as we drove by

Depending on your age, was that the Sonic at the end of Military or by the Arby's?

Alcoa Rd. in the ghetto sled for(4) life!

Posted by: pissant at January 29, 2010 5:04 AM

. . . You rocked the hightop fade with three parts on each side, didn't you? Don't lie to me, Rowles. You wore Skidz with a dress shirt buttoned to the neck and a pair of Nike Cortezes. At least tell me you weren't that white dude with the leather Africa medallion. There was ALWAYS a white dude wearing a leather Africa medallion.

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at January 29, 2010 6:51 AM

It's bass, not base, unless you're talking about a whole 'nother kind of line.

Posted by: brm at January 29, 2010 8:52 AM

Unless you're talking about yet another kind of line entirely, in which case it is bass, not base.

Bass Masters! Favorite show on TV!

Posted by: Neodiogenes at January 29, 2010 10:09 AM

All I need to know that this is massive pile of excrement is that Shia LeDouche is in it. I guaranfuckingTEE he'll go into his full manic shtick about halfway through the thing.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at January 29, 2010 11:54 AM

Also, did anyone notice how Michael Douglas has completed his transformation and now looks exactly like his father? I mean, he's always looked like his father but now he's just TURNED INTO HIM. It's kind of freaky, but awesome, because I love Kirk Douglas.

And now I'm wondering if Catherine just married him because she used to have a crush on Kirk Douglas as a kid (who can blame her) but he was too old to marry when she was older.

Posted by: figgy at January 29, 2010 12:18 PM

That's some convoluted shit there, figgy. You need to have mercy on those of us who are an hour into the Molson XXX and the Evan Williams.

Posted by: , at January 30, 2010 1:17 AM

Sonic serves frito burritos.

Posted by: prawntastic at January 30, 2010 10:28 AM

Haha this looks hysterical! The giant cellphone is so great!

Posted by: frank at January 31, 2010 9:39 PM

Goodone, there are weeks I wonderabout it too.

Posted by: Murray Lafemina at November 28, 2010 12:06 AM


















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