I don't really like to be mean about trailers, especially because these are all creatives and actors that I really like and respect, but yeesh, talk about missing the point. The Electric State isn't supposed to be an action movie, it's a slow, sombre, atmospheric cautionary tale about becoming too reliant on technology. This just looks like any other summer blockbuster.
Exactly. Hollywood is too afraid to make any but action packed movies. Hopefully they use the electric state soundtrack the creator made at least. I was hoping for that in this trailer but guess not
I agree. This looks completley devoid of what makes The Electric State interesting and the tone of Simon's work. Essentially Disney-fied. The producers just saw cool looking sci-fi visuals and ran with that, which doesn't seem to even work in that regard because it looks too CGI and digital, antithetic to the gritty analog aesthetic of the original art. Such a bummer but that's show business.
@@seansoku67 don't you know every single movie is supposed to be a cookie cutter action/comedy/scifi/fantasy/pro consumerism/adventure/family flick because that's cinema and anything that tries to be different or remotely creative isn't cinema
Thank God the message is spreading. probably the only good thing about this trailer. Stallenhag (spelling sry) has a couple more books like this one that ide very highly recommend.
Expected to see the credit "Based on the book by visionary artist Simon Stalenhag"..but from the looks of things he must've refused to be credited, and i don't blame him
@@shealupkes I've never heard of the book, so I'm out of the loop on this. How can you tell they shat all over his work when this trailer didn't show much?
@@ThePkmnYPerson Because there's literally nothing in there from the books storyline. Quite a bit of the imagery, but the setting is clearly different - i.e. it's like they took (some of) the images from the book, put those on screen, but wrote a film without reading any of the words from the book.
Source material: A quiet, surreal, trip through a world of melancholy, telling a story of a world lost to consumerism told through beautifully-uncanny, haunting visuals. Netflix adaptation: A fast, loud blockbuster with stupid humor, lame 90s/early 2000s music and Chris Pratt playing the only character he's ever played. They couldn't have missed the point more if they'd tried.
My heart broke more the longer this trailer went. The longer it went the further it drifted from the original book. By the time we got to the “funny” quips by a robot having fridges thrown at it, I was out. I hope someone does a good adaptation of this book one day.
I thought this movie going to be a thought provoking and about *depthness* and every actor would've talked in a gritty and existential manner yk, about *LIFE* etc. There's nothing that matches or tells us anything about the art of sorts. Instead we got some goofyahh "funny" lines and the same shi- we saw on avengers movies. let's see what the box office has to say when it comes out.
The fact that there is no mention of Simon Stalenhag says one of two things: either he didn't want his name associated with it, or nobody involved in promoting it understands that his name is literally THE primary draw for the movie. And neither possibility is a good sign.
Yeahhh..... there's some shots that are right out of the book (like the robot towing the canoe) but wtf are Chris Pratt and action scenes doing in it? Yikes.
I've never been so disappointted in my life , the original book by Simon stalenhag had a completely different mood and composition, the book felt more like a cosmic horror and had a more serious tone than this.
@@swagfreshboi3515the thing is, is that the book tells SO much more than the movie/show ever does. It’s the same concept with IT; the book tells everything and has so much detail in it, but the movie kinda slides over that detail and puts a tarp over it. Like, you know what’s there and what’s going on, but it doesn’t explain much and you can’t really get a good grasp on it. I say the books come off a lot better than the movie/show. You kinda pull off your own emotions and own experiences in your mind and play your own situations in your head and really spark that broad imagination into the reading.
As a fan of Simon Stålenhag, this trailer is giving me the same vibes as the Minecraft movie did. "Lets just take a thing people like and make a generic movie with that thing being a surface level aesthetic and have it filled with "insert current roster of popular actors"".
please ignore this,and buy the artbook "The Electric State" by Simon Stålenhag, his work is AMAZING and BEAUTIFUL. I really was expecting something more like the amazon show "Tales from the loop", they really captured the atmosphere, the tone, the look & feel... god dammit
Well you have a choice of adapting a depressing, but solemn dystopian future like Blade Runner but with robots, or make it more mainstream and star-studded with modern audiences. Just remember to watch with low/mid expectations, and you'll never be disappointed
@wrcpatrick but even the visuals...there's no sense of mystery or loneliness, half the time they're towering monoliths surrounded by fog...this just looks like real steel 2 or something haha...and that's an insult to real steel
@@ArchieBurnett-xr6hwthat’s true, and that’s what im really hoping for with this film. I read the book, and I love that sense of sad dystopian-liminal feeling you get from it. It really brings out that indescribable emotion that stays with you about the book and art style long after reading/seeing it. But yeah, I do hope that this film brings that emotion back out and stays on track to the point of the book within most of it
@@wherespetscop2pyro225 What? I'm pretty sure the book is set AFTER a robot rebellion, hence the journey having littered robots of all sizes and shapes in disarray. The images pretty clearly implied there was a revolution of some kind, leaving the world in a sort of post-apocalyptic era where everything is shit and people prefer to live in a VR world. You can correct me if I'm wrong, but that was the interpretation I got.
This story doesn't need Chriss Pratt it was a story of a girl and her droid wandering the dystopian future, there was no Han Solo wanna be escort with them.
This should've been a low-budget atmospheric horror movie, not a CGI filled buddy adventure. They COMPLETELY missed the point of the book. No wonder Simon doesn't have his name on this. I'll bet he's pissed they massacred his boy!
This trailer is edited and scored like we're all supposed to go "I've never seen anything like THIS before" but in reality we have all seen this kind of thing dozens and dozens of times, in movies that looked a lot cooler and more interesting than this.
That which has been is what will be, That which is done is what will be done, And there is nothing new under the sun. Is there anything of which it may be said, “See, this is new”? It has already been in ancient times before us. There is no remembrance of former things, Nor will there be any remembrance of things that are to come By those who will come after.
Y’all should take the music from either the Electric state book or RPG tralier and make of a edit of this tralier to see if it can capture the vibe from the book
This trailer is, literally, a beat-for-beat template of _any_ given trailer released the past ten years. _That's_ how generic and lifeless they've made this. They took a fantastic piece of art and butchered it with a blunt knife until nothing but shards of the former self remained.
I will not comment about the cliche plot or predictable writing, but the teaser totally lost the pastel tones of the original book, that made Stalenhag designs so captivating. It's yet another colorless blue/dirty-orange Hollywood take on yet anothe licensed property.
@@shageenthirugnanakumar unlike Simon Stalenhag. And this movie is based on his artbook where the muted yet striking palette is one of the most prominent features.
The built up modern modern music, the theatrical bangs, the quirky dialogue. They really did take something unique and butchered it with the same corporate bland formula. They turned a dark dystopian into a super hero movie.
@@Lion_Heart_Zimbabwe aren't you judging them by calling them great actors? Or is it only judging if you disagree and the person you're retorting doesn't actually mention their acting ability
Yeah I love him, but he needs to start turning down some roles because he’s getting overexposed. Most of his roles since Breaking Bad have been generic and forgettable
yeah this is so wrong. In the book, the robots had long since won. Sure there was wreckage of them everywhere, but they won. What parts of humanity survived were enslaved to an AI hive mind.
Because they have to do it, the Russo brothers bought the film rights, they didn't give it to them and the author didn't help them when making the film because they have to give him credit.
@@Darkness1984 The author of the book version, which is 10000x better than this Marvel-style crap movie. I'm glad he isn't credited because this is nothing like the books
they immediately spoiled the entire point of her journey, too. its supposed to be slowly revealed that she's looking for her brother, by her memories, during the roadtrip
Genuinely horrible to see how little of the book's atmosphere or themes they used. Totally drained of anything interesting, meaningful, or visceral. Yikes.
It kinda looks like The Electric State… But it doesn’t feel like The Electric State. I don’t think I’ve ever been more disappointed about something I’ve looked forward to for ages.
If it felt like it, it would be as slow and boring as Tales from the Loop. A great book, but one which had a slow pace that didn't translate well into the show. This film would do badly if it tried to copy the books pacing. I'm sure it will be a good watch.
@@ArchieBurnett-xr6hw Yeah but I feel it could still be entertaining if they made it a sombre, dystopian road trip film. This looks like it misses the whole message
@@ArchieBurnett-xr6hw They could still have action in it like using the detective who appears in the original book, fighting off the withered husks controlled by the NeuroCasters
@@TheStorrman They can have the fighting parts in it anyway. Besides, this is a good chance to expand the lore of the electric state. Also, trailers do often have the hyper energy needed to real in audiences. Fallout had that, and it ended up being something that people enjoyed. This could end up being the same thing.
I have been obsessed with Simon Stalenhag's artwork for 15+ years! It's still so crazy to me that his artwork spawned a series on Amazon Prime, and now a Feature Film on Netflix! That's how insanely good his artwork is. If you don't know this artist, you absolutely need to look into him. It is strange however, that there is no mention of him in this trailer.
@@youneedtoreconsider6551 What "story"? This isn't based on a story. It's an adaptation of artwork he created into a newly created story. What the help are even talking about? Are you people just looking for things to whine about at this point?
@@grey9537 It's called Tales From The Loop. The show and this movie are definitely taking some liberties in changing things of his narrative, but the artwork is really the main thing for me. They did a great job of capturing the essence of how his art looks and feels.
I was so excited for an adaptation and always thought Stålenhags work would make wonders if done correctly. The only thing his work and this movie will have in common is the title and the robots. Everything else will be standard, cheap hollywood blockbuster action with a predictable story, boring, seen-before-characters and writing that makes your skin crawl. It doesn't take more than a quick google search to compare the two. I don't understand how it's possible to fumble so hard. I don't mind adaptations taking a little liberty to make changes from the source material, but this just feels lazy and borderline disrespectful.
"I don't understand how it's possible to fumble so hard." Same! The book gives you not concept art but literal finished art for some of the most beautiful, cinematic shots imaginable. How do they go from that to this?!
I don't think this film even does justice to the art design, it's complete garbage. It's a made for kids pg-13 movie straight to streaming pile of trash.
After the precious job they did on the adaptation of "Tales from the Loop", how can they turn a beautiful book as "Electri State" into this generic blockbuster? And where the hell is Simon Stålenhag? He's not even mentioned in the credits... Well, maybe that says it all about this attempt of adaptation.
"They" didn't make the 'Tales from the Loop' series. That was an Amazon Prime adaptation. Comp!etely different studio. Stalenhag wasn't credited in the advertising for that either because,... a) Most people don't know who he is and b) like that series, he wasn't involved in the creative production of this either and likely just sold the rights to the Artwork to be adapted.
@@Cbricklyne I know that. My point is why couldn't they addapt this in the same way because "Tales" and "Electric" shares the same reflexive spirit as all the art from Stålenhag does.
tales of the loop did a boring job though, absolutely didnt like that in anyway, the dystopian moody vibe was there though but vibes dosntt always equal good movie.
@@afrosymphony8207 Boring if you think a movie or serie has to have fights and humor every minute to be good. Have you seen movies from directors as Bergman or Gus van Sant or others like them? Bergman is one of the greatest directors of all time and, guess what, he didn't care about the Hollywood's rhythm.
@@C_L_Mena Because if they did that, you'd get the same complaints like afrosymphony8207 above. That it's too dark and moody and dystopian and boring. Which might be great for people who are fans of the book, but not great for a streamer that is trying to get more people than just the book-readers to watch the series. And yu can try to justify or complain about it how much you want, but YOU, the book-reader - are NOT the primary audience that a show like this is intended for, nor that the studio or streamer is aiming for. Because guess what? There are more of them (non-book readers who know nothing about Stalenhag or the book, but who DO know Chris Pratt, Millie Bobbie Brown, etc...) than there are of YOU. This is just basic movie-making show business 101. Sorry for you to discover you're not the center of the universe. They pitched this idea and this story to Stalenhag and he was fine with it, and he's even promoting the movie on his social media accounts. So.......yeah. Sorry.
I can understand if you don't think it fits for this project, but I enjoy listening to epic versions of old pop songs. I enjoy hearing songs I like in different styles. Example: there's a version of 7 Nation Army that's done in the style of a 1960s jazz song and it's really cool. I get thinking that trailers over-do it with using them but I don't agree with the sentiment towards the song itself.
Well, I WAS looking forward to this but seems like all the mystery, menace, and atmosphere from the source material has been dumped for a more conventional quippy buddy adventure. Which I should have guessed with Chris Pratt attached.
For sure! I think of Chris Pratt, and and action! Much action and love and party! And horror, ooh spooky! Yes this will make the kassa ring. If you need help with anything else, just mention.
I’m impressed they managed to capture the story, atmosphere and tone of the book so perfectly. Maybe Netflix can reimagine ‘Jaws’ next and put the shark in outer space with his ocean-dwelling super friends on a cosmic quest to rescue the Golden Medallion and save Planet Uranus.
Yes let's take a melacholic reading about the search for humanity's core in the wake of a desperate rebellion against corportative oppression into a meaningless corporative blockbuster with guns and chris pratt and lots of marvel style jokes
So basically the opposite of what Amazon did. Yet Amazon was considered a disappointment even though they nailed the source material tonally. Maybe some things were just never meant for motion picture, no matter how hard you flip it around.
Man, I really love the Amazon series. I know it wasn’t everyone’s cup of tea. But that was my second favorite sci-fi series of course dark from Netflix is number one. But I still hope that there’s still room for more slow pace atmospheric sci-fi media.
It might be a transformers one situation where the trailer is actually misleading. But I dobut it. I have seen demos. Not full games, DEMOS that get this right tonality. Hail to the rainbow and boneworks comes to mind.
@@homelander7742”Nobody knew existed” Evidently a lot of people read the book and are disappointed with the adaptation. Just because YOU didn’t know about it doesn’t mean it’s an obscure book, you just have your head in the sand.
"They must've only looked at the art" I've only looked at the art, never even read the book, and I still understood the vibe. Dear writers, never let Netflix get a hold of your work for adaptation
Oh my god this looks stupid. I really liked in the original artwork how all the robots and other machines were mostly inert scenery and for the most part just everyday items of junk. Amazon got this right in Tales From The Loop - none of this should be so in your face. Misinterpreted the source material is my take at this point.
They actually said they looked at it and couldn't figure it out, so they wrote a Marvel blockbuster instead. I may be paraphrasing, but something along those lines.
@@reservoirdude92 Nah,doubt it.The most generic,bland,unattractive action movies with big names usually have big views and are watched by lots of casual users.
@@gingerjudkins5416 Oh,I'm not talking about this project,actually this looks promising,but Gray Man,Atlas and so forth, always got good views in the first weeks,cause famous faces sell these movies to people.
@@Cbricklyne they gave this the same name as the book and gave the characters the same names and appearance and has the same title, it's a blatant attempt at an adaptation
They've completely missed the mark with this. I finally understand why book lovers get so angry when their favourite novel is adapted for film or television, it looks like whoevers responsible for this adaptation doesn't understand the Simon Stålenhags work at all... Or they do but want to maximise profitability as much as possible by turning it into a widely appealing action romp. Shame.
This trailer gives me the feeling that it is going to do what a lot of adaptations do now, where the aesthetic is precise and well done, but the underlying message is obscured or just completely ignored.
@@Cbricklyne So, The Electric State (the book and illustrations), is a cautionary tale about how rampant technology and hedonism led to humanity's destruction; how the pursuit of pleasure and the next shiny spectacle (consumerism) literally led to death and decay. There's some pretty good book/illustration reviews on RUclips.
@@Cbricklyne I genuinely request you read the book. It's a quick read - even for a troglodyte like myself. Simon's pictures have lovely detail. And the story is much more personal and tight. The book centers on MAINLY 2 characters.
I love the fact the a lovely surreal and depressing dystopian trip through a hellscape became a blockbuster with bright and stale humor and a pg movie storyline. What was the point of changing the whole thing, general audiences wouldn't have found it entertaining, the point of the source material wasn't supposed to be entertaining, it was honest and severed as a warning for technology and over production
Does Hollywood only have 12 actors?
Russo brothers literally cannot make a movie without marvel sloppers.
Pedro was busy riding mouse shaft
@@brianbarrett2487 And Anna Taylor Joy decided that 15 movies per year is her limit.
A good majority of them are trash
A good majority of them are trash.
for those of you who don't know, this was based on Simon Stålenhag's series of illustrations. Same goes for Tales from the Loop
Ah thats why the only thing about it that looks good is the robots
How can they no mention Simon Stalenhag…
They didn't manage to hit that atmosphere at all, no place for humor there
@@sergiodct ikr..
yes i follow his artwork for so long
I don't really like to be mean about trailers, especially because these are all creatives and actors that I really like and respect, but yeesh, talk about missing the point. The Electric State isn't supposed to be an action movie, it's a slow, sombre, atmospheric cautionary tale about becoming too reliant on technology. This just looks like any other summer blockbuster.
Exactly. Hollywood is too afraid to make any but action packed movies. Hopefully they use the electric state soundtrack the creator made at least. I was hoping for that in this trailer but guess not
ngl i feel like i wouldve trusted this concept better in the hands of dennis villanueva because his work perfectly captures that vibe imo
I agree. This looks completley devoid of what makes The Electric State interesting and the tone of Simon's work. Essentially Disney-fied. The producers just saw cool looking sci-fi visuals and ran with that, which doesn't seem to even work in that regard because it looks too CGI and digital, antithetic to the gritty analog aesthetic of the original art. Such a bummer but that's show business.
@@seansoku67 don't you know every single movie is supposed to be a cookie cutter action/comedy/scifi/fantasy/pro consumerism/adventure/family flick because that's cinema and anything that tries to be different or remotely creative isn't cinema
Sometimes trailers has a different vibe than the real movie, let's hope this is the case
Want to thank all the commenters pointing out the source material. I bought it and read it and LOVED IT.
Thank God the message is spreading. probably the only good thing about this trailer. Stallenhag (spelling sry) has a couple more books like this one that ide very highly recommend.
Expected to see the credit "Based on the book by visionary artist Simon Stalenhag"..but from the looks of things he must've refused to be credited, and i don't blame him
The Russo Brothers shat all over his work so I assume he's biding his time
Prime vs Netflix
@@shealupkes I've never heard of the book, so I'm out of the loop on this. How can you tell they shat all over his work when this trailer didn't show much?
@@ThePkmnYPerson Because there's literally nothing in there from the books storyline. Quite a bit of the imagery, but the setting is clearly different - i.e. it's like they took (some of) the images from the book, put those on screen, but wrote a film without reading any of the words from the book.
@@squeezybox Alrighty then. If you're right and the movie doesn't use the book's story, I can see why fans are disappointed now.
Source material:
A quiet, surreal, trip through a world of melancholy, telling a story of a world lost to consumerism told through beautifully-uncanny, haunting visuals.
Netflix adaptation:
A fast, loud blockbuster with stupid humor, lame 90s/early 2000s music and Chris Pratt playing the only character he's ever played.
They couldn't have missed the point more if they'd tried.
I agree except the point about champagne supernova being lame music lol. Leave oasis oasis out of this
@@chriswyatt9869 “Leave Oasis out of this”. If only they had said that to whoever cut this trailer together 😂
Yeah as soon as i see that gotg guy i know its just gonna be a basic action film
@@chriswyatt9869 - It IS lame in this context, for it couldn't be farther from the mood of the book.
Champaign Supernova is lame? Loser spotted.
My heart broke more the longer this trailer went. The longer it went the further it drifted from the original book.
By the time we got to the “funny” quips by a robot having fridges thrown at it, I was out.
I hope someone does a good adaptation of this book one day.
Also Amanda is not in the movie
I thought this movie going to be a thought provoking and about *depthness* and every actor would've talked in a gritty and existential manner yk, about *LIFE* etc.
There's nothing that matches or tells us anything about the art of sorts. Instead we got some goofyahh "funny" lines and the same shi- we saw on avengers movies.
let's see what the box office has to say when it comes out.
Wall E is probably about as close as you're going to get with the way Hollywood does things.
Anime will, like the fireflies movie
Maybe in the next century they movies will be better
They turned a dark dystopian into a super hero movie…
The fact that there is no mention of Simon Stalenhag says one of two things: either he didn't want his name associated with it, or nobody involved in promoting it understands that his name is literally THE primary draw for the movie. And neither possibility is a good sign.
He posted about it on Insta that's how I found out about this trailer being released.
@@homelander7742his art is the only reason this ip is well known
He posted about it on IG
Yeahhh..... there's some shots that are right out of the book (like the robot towing the canoe) but wtf are Chris Pratt and action scenes doing in it? Yikes.
He’s mentioned on IMDB as the writer of the book remember this is just a teaser it’s or the official trailer
I've never been so disappointted in my life , the original book by Simon stalenhag had a completely different mood and composition, the book felt more like a cosmic horror and had a more serious tone than this.
Hence the phrase "based on".. don't like it, simply move on and don't watch it.
its a 2 minute trailer Karen, calm down.
@@Intoxicatedmeta you eat corn the long way
Nobody cares about the books. This is about cinema, just let people enjoy things
@@swagfreshboi3515the thing is, is that the book tells SO much more than the movie/show ever does. It’s the same concept with IT; the book tells everything and has so much detail in it, but the movie kinda slides over that detail and puts a tarp over it. Like, you know what’s there and what’s going on, but it doesn’t explain much and you can’t really get a good grasp on it. I say the books come off a lot better than the movie/show. You kinda pull off your own emotions and own experiences in your mind and play your own situations in your head and really spark that broad imagination into the reading.
I recommend reading the original book by Simon Stalenhag under the same title to anyone interested
Thx
They will be disappointed in this trailer if they read the book mate
@@monspiette6886let them be. It’s a good book,
@@jackBarsetto i never read the book but i doubt it has the aura of this where its a comedic hunger games with goofy robot partners
@@monspiette6886 well yeah, it's your average slop for general audiences. I wouldn't be expecting much more than that from Netflix these days.
As a fan of Simon Stålenhag, this trailer is giving me the same vibes as the Minecraft movie did. "Lets just take a thing people like and make a generic movie with that thing being a surface level aesthetic and have it filled with "insert current roster of popular actors"".
Classic Disneyfication
we did it we found the perfect analogy
please ignore this,and buy the artbook "The Electric State" by Simon Stålenhag, his work is AMAZING and BEAUTIFUL. I really was expecting something more like the amazon show "Tales from the loop", they really captured the atmosphere, the tone, the look & feel... god dammit
I’ve only seen bits and pieces from the Amazon show, but it actually looks like it tried to get the tone of the book correctly
@@someeejitnah.
@@someeejityou should have a look at his arts
@@YanaPetruk oh
@@someeejit everyone has their own stance on how well they succeeded but yes they clearly tried, the other guy is just being contrarian
Imagine a minimalist dialogue with strong visual never really explaining what’s going on
That’s the kind of movie I wanted to see
At least Amazon did it
trailers need to explain what is happening to attract audiences to see the film
@@giuliopianese6690 they can do so without excessive dialogue
@@shealupkes many scenes in the trailer are without dialogue
@@giuliopianese6690There are plenty of good trailers that are intriguing and don’t reveal the plot.
The tone looks nothing like the book whatsoever. I loved the hopeless, lonely, and dystopian feel of the source material.
Did you know Trump has a birthmark on his ballsack?
Welcome to netflix, ruining your favourite shows since 2013 :)
(Edit: changed 2007 to 2013)
Well you have a choice of adapting a depressing, but solemn dystopian future like Blade Runner but with robots, or make it more mainstream and star-studded with modern audiences. Just remember to watch with low/mid expectations, and you'll never be disappointed
@@bnw5435 2007? You do know that they didn’t start releasing their own original media until 2013, right?!
@@mikez4388Modern audience isn't gonna make it successful.
This is not Electric State.
It's literally an ART book, how did they make it look so wrong
Take the cool visuals from the art, check.
Put two generic actors in, check.
@wrcpatrick but even the visuals...there's no sense of mystery or loneliness, half the time they're towering monoliths surrounded by fog...this just looks like real steel 2 or something haha...and that's an insult to real steel
@@wrcpatrick Inject generic story about freedom and hardship, check.
@@xShadowsunx there should be some mystery. trailers dont always reveal everything
@@ArchieBurnett-xr6hwthat’s true, and that’s what im really hoping for with this film. I read the book, and I love that sense of sad dystopian-liminal feeling you get from it. It really brings out that indescribable emotion that stays with you about the book and art style long after reading/seeing it. But yeah, I do hope that this film brings that emotion back out and stays on track to the point of the book within most of it
This should have been a quiet, atmospheric, animated movie.
no
Nah realistic movies is better.
@@mrmovieman_collectorbuff how to say you dont like artistic adaptations 101
@@mrmovieman_collectorbuff wow you sound like a real fun and creative person
@@mrmovieman_collectorbuff realistic?
According to my memory, this has little to nothing in common with the book I own.
Facts 😂😂 i was wondering when a robot/drone rebellion ever happened
@@wherespetscop2pyro225 What? I'm pretty sure the book is set AFTER a robot rebellion, hence the journey having littered robots of all sizes and shapes in disarray. The images pretty clearly implied there was a revolution of some kind, leaving the world in a sort of post-apocalyptic era where everything is shit and people prefer to live in a VR world.
You can correct me if I'm wrong, but that was the interpretation I got.
They turned a book about dopamine addiction to slop into an actual dopamine slop movie
This story doesn't need Chriss Pratt it was a story of a girl and her droid wandering the dystopian future, there was no Han Solo wanna be escort with them.
Grow up
@@trevordohlman7431 Grow down
I wholeheartedly agree with what you said. The book was terrifying, poignant, and heartbreaking. This is just a Hollywood clique.
@@trevordohlman7431 read a book dum dum
@@trevordohlman7431 if you had actually taken the time to see the artwork you could actually know how hard they missed the mark
This looks like it cost 300 million dollars in the worst possible way
No this is like a good movie
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@@realanimeir3173 bot
CGI: The Movie
And evidently, the last Planet of the Apes film cost about half of that.
Way to go to turn a dark adult story into a fun PG13 roadtrip movie. It literally feels like they just looked at the pictures
They didn't even look at them right
No, if they had looked at the pictures, they might have gotten the tone of the movie right.
THANK YOU! This!
As someone who looked at the pictures but hasn't read it, I did not expect a fun silly adventure movie with Chris Pratt
Funny actually. The movie is actually what the gnovel is criticizing. And its unaware of it. Creepy funny then.
im going to cry, i was so looking foward to an adaptation for this book...f#*k you Hollywood...
They literally followed Auralnauts " How to Make A Blockbuster Movie Trailer" formula verbatim 🤣☠️
Hot damn, Auralnauts mentioned. Excelsior, my friend!
THE SINGULARITY ENGINE!!
han singular!
This should've been a low-budget atmospheric horror movie, not a CGI filled buddy adventure. They COMPLETELY missed the point of the book. No wonder Simon doesn't have his name on this. I'll bet he's pissed they massacred his boy!
Hey, you know that art book you like? Well, what if... and hear me out here.. what if we ruined it?
when will netflix learn to keep their dirty hands off good art
This trailer is edited and scored like we're all supposed to go "I've never seen anything like THIS before" but in reality we have all seen this kind of thing dozens and dozens of times, in movies that looked a lot cooler and more interesting than this.
which is a damn shame as the design work came from a visual novel by one of the most talented artists of our time
That which has been is what will be,
That which is done is what will be done,
And there is nothing new under the sun.
Is there anything of which it may be said,
“See, this is new”?
It has already been in ancient times before us.
There is no remembrance of former things,
Nor will there be any remembrance of things that are to come
By those who will come after.
I have this exact thought as I was watching the trailer
Y’all should take the music from either the Electric state book or RPG tralier and make of a edit of this tralier to see if it can capture the vibe from the book
This trailer is, literally, a beat-for-beat template of _any_ given trailer released the past ten years. _That's_ how generic and lifeless they've made this. They took a fantastic piece of art and butchered it with a blunt knife until nothing but shards of the former self remained.
Wow, they utterly disrespected the source material.
I will not comment about the cliche plot or predictable writing, but the teaser totally lost the pastel tones of the original book, that made Stalenhag designs so captivating. It's yet another colorless blue/dirty-orange Hollywood take on yet anothe licensed property.
i mean the russos brothers are really not that known for using their colours
@@shageenthirugnanakumar unlike Simon Stalenhag. And this movie is based on his artbook where the muted yet striking palette is one of the most prominent features.
My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined
At least Amazon get that right
"I will not comment on" _proceeds to comment_
Don't critique other people's writing till you learn to yourself. 👍🏼
The style they're going for here fits The Electric State about as well as Schindler's List would fit into the MCU
They could have done SO MUCH with that setting...
by now i'm convinced millie bob is trapped on netflix basement
Yep.....
In
😂😂😂 yeppp
Trapped on a basement?
@@1983Dave1983 What else would you do with millie bob
Still can’t believe they marvel - ised the electric state
After that time Hollywood tried to adapt Metro 2033 but changing the setting to Washington not many think could suprised me
@@petrfedor1851 capitalism and art only barely mix and I hate to say it
Edit: funny enough most of the book is about such issues which is really funny
@@petrfedor1851 There is a Metro 2033 film?? I thought there's just a video game.
@@lumon_we keep creating the Torment Nexus
@@petrastein2531 no, Glukhovski nope all the way from deal after they told him about this planed change
The built up modern modern music, the theatrical bangs, the quirky dialogue. They really did take something unique and butchered it with the same corporate bland formula. They turned a dark dystopian into a super hero movie.
F Netflix. A movie of Simon Stalenhag's art needs to be on a cinema screen.
There have to be more great actors in the world than just the same 20 celebrities we see in every movie and tv show over and over again.
They are all great actors. Don't judge them in any way. Be Kind and Respectful please.
@@Lion_Heart_Zimbabwe aren't you judging them by calling them great actors? Or is it only judging if you disagree and the person you're retorting doesn't actually mention their acting ability
@@Lion_Heart_Zimbabwe They are not "great."
Unfortunately looks matters more than talent these days
Aaaaand of course Netflix turned a book of incredibly beautiful and intriguing illustrations into a run-of-the-mill action comedy.
i'm so sorry simon stålenhag. your art doesn't deserve this
Giancarlo Esposito just showing up in every movie these days
he's great but he doesn't have to play EVERY bad guy
Yeah I love him, but he needs to start turning down some roles because he’s getting overexposed. Most of his roles since Breaking Bad have been generic and forgettable
@@alexbrettw agreed
seeing that dude in movies is immersion breaking at this point
@@yukoncorneliusthelegendhim9751
It's breaking...
it feels like a crime for not staying lore accurate to the book
like I DONT REMEMBER A "ROBOT REVOLUTION" IN THE BOOK!
yeah this is so wrong. In the book, the robots had long since won. Sure there was wreckage of them everywhere, but they won. What parts of humanity survived were enslaved to an AI hive mind.
this entire thing is a crime
I can't believe they don't mention Simon Stalenhag even once. Gross.
Because they have to do it, the Russo brothers bought the film rights, they didn't give it to them and the author didn't help them when making the film because they have to give him credit.
Who?
@@Darkness1984 The author of the book version, which is 10000x better than this Marvel-style crap movie. I'm glad he isn't credited because this is nothing like the books
@@hoppybird6_the "book" sucks. Cool art with the most generic... Story of you even want to call it that.
I'm sorry you have teriible taste. Marvel capeshit is more up your alley. @@wrcpatrick
I hope Simon gets a wonderful fat paycheck so he can continue making art and we all forget this ever happened
Makes me wonder why they used the title of the book for this if they aren’t going to respect its story/tone at all or give any credit to the artist.
[Mr Crabs voice]: Money
He doesn't want his name attached to this POS
@@carsonb.shields7094 The author was paid.
Exact same thing happened with World War Z.
@@Eprosis he also didn't want his name attached 😂
ZERO chance this does the ambiguously bleak ending of the book, which I definitely recommend reading instead of watching this
or the part with the cables and the car. This movie is going in the absolute opposite direction.
they immediately spoiled the entire point of her journey, too. its supposed to be slowly revealed that she's looking for her brother, by her memories, during the roadtrip
The image of Giancarlo Esposito’s blank face on the robot at 1:26 is hilarious I’m sorry
Let's cook
"Welcome to los pollos hermanos"
Haha I was acting
Mr house looking different
It's like George Lopez from Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Everyone’s saying that they missed the point of the original book. But I think they nailed it perfectly
Consumerism ruins
Exactamundo.
Pratt literally plays the same character in EVERY single movie.
Well duh..
And? He's not exactly getting Oscars for his roles is he? Dudes just making movies
So does Liam Neeson. Who cares? Also, it’s a show not a movie, but I feel like his character in Terminal List was vastly different.
And Millie Bobby Brown to
Yeah and...idk what your point is
People traveling cross country with giant robots is exactly what I imagined the 2020’s would be like back when I was little
the book is set in the 90s and so is the movie
Yes but I thought they would be either Transformers or Gundam Mobile Suits.
0:11 RUN MILLIE!! DRAKE LIVES THERE!
That's Seattle
For a second I was scared you meant Diddy.
Ohhh, I love daddy Drake
- Millie
That's not the CN tower lol 💀
I hate to break it to you but that's the space needle located in 1 the u s of a and 2 Seattle Washington
Genuinely horrible to see how little of the book's atmosphere or themes they used.
Totally drained of anything interesting, meaningful, or visceral. Yikes.
It kinda looks like The Electric State…
But it doesn’t feel like The Electric State.
I don’t think I’ve ever been more disappointed about something I’ve looked forward to for ages.
If it felt like it, it would be as slow and boring as Tales from the Loop. A great book, but one which had a slow pace that didn't translate well into the show. This film would do badly if it tried to copy the books pacing. I'm sure it will be a good watch.
@@ArchieBurnett-xr6hw Yeah but I feel it could still be entertaining if they made it a sombre, dystopian road trip film. This looks like it misses the whole message
@@ArchieBurnett-xr6hw They could still have action in it like using the detective who appears in the original book, fighting off the withered husks controlled by the NeuroCasters
@@TheStorrman They can have the fighting parts in it anyway. Besides, this is a good chance to expand the lore of the electric state. Also, trailers do often have the hyper energy needed to real in audiences. Fallout had that, and it ended up being something that people enjoyed. This could end up being the same thing.
It barely even looks like Electric State aside from some robot designs.
I have been obsessed with Simon Stalenhag's artwork for 15+ years! It's still so crazy to me that his artwork spawned a series on Amazon Prime, and now a Feature Film on Netflix! That's how insanely good his artwork is. If you don't know this artist, you absolutely need to look into him. It is strange however, that there is no mention of him in this trailer.
I'm glad there isn't a mention honestly, this is clearly not his vision for this story.
@@youneedtoreconsider6551
What "story"?
This isn't based on a story.
It's an adaptation of artwork he created into a newly created story.
What the help are even talking about?
Are you people just looking for things to whine about at this point?
What’s the Amazon prime series? I don’t know anything of his work but now I’m gonna look in to it
@@grey9537 It's called Tales From The Loop. The show and this movie are definitely taking some liberties in changing things of his narrative, but the artwork is really the main thing for me. They did a great job of capturing the essence of how his art looks and feels.
@@grey9537 Tales from the Loop
I was so excited for an adaptation and always thought Stålenhags work would make wonders if done correctly. The only thing his work and this movie will have in common is the title and the robots. Everything else will be standard, cheap hollywood blockbuster action with a predictable story, boring, seen-before-characters and writing that makes your skin crawl. It doesn't take more than a quick google search to compare the two. I don't understand how it's possible to fumble so hard. I don't mind adaptations taking a little liberty to make changes from the source material, but this just feels lazy and borderline disrespectful.
"I don't understand how it's possible to fumble so hard." Same! The book gives you not concept art but literal finished art for some of the most beautiful, cinematic shots imaginable. How do they go from that to this?!
They didn't trust the original source material....
I don't think this film even does justice to the art design, it's complete garbage. It's a made for kids pg-13 movie straight to streaming pile of trash.
i feel like the film industry is just trolling everyone at this point
After the precious job they did on the adaptation of "Tales from the Loop", how can they turn a beautiful book as "Electri State" into this generic blockbuster?
And where the hell is Simon Stålenhag? He's not even mentioned in the credits... Well, maybe that says it all about this attempt of adaptation.
"They" didn't make the 'Tales from the Loop' series.
That was an Amazon Prime adaptation.
Comp!etely different studio.
Stalenhag wasn't credited in the advertising for that either because,... a) Most people don't know who he is and b) like that series, he wasn't involved in the creative production of this either and likely just sold the rights to the Artwork to be adapted.
@@Cbricklyne I know that. My point is why couldn't they addapt this in the same way because "Tales" and "Electric" shares the same reflexive spirit as all the art from Stålenhag does.
tales of the loop did a boring job though, absolutely didnt like that in anyway, the dystopian moody vibe was there though but vibes dosntt always equal good movie.
@@afrosymphony8207 Boring if you think a movie or serie has to have fights and humor every minute to be good.
Have you seen movies from directors as Bergman or Gus van Sant or others like them? Bergman is one of the greatest directors of all time and, guess what, he didn't care about the Hollywood's rhythm.
@@C_L_Mena
Because if they did that, you'd get the same complaints like afrosymphony8207 above.
That it's too dark and moody and dystopian and boring. Which might be great for people who are fans of the book, but not great for a streamer that is trying to get more people than just the book-readers to watch the series.
And yu can try to justify or complain about it how much you want, but YOU, the book-reader - are NOT the primary audience that a show like this is intended for, nor that the studio or streamer is aiming for.
Because guess what?
There are more of them (non-book readers who know nothing about Stalenhag or the book, but who DO know Chris Pratt, Millie Bobbie Brown, etc...) than there are of YOU.
This is just basic movie-making show business 101.
Sorry for you to discover you're not the center of the universe.
They pitched this idea and this story to Stalenhag and he was fine with it, and he's even promoting the movie on his social media accounts. So.......yeah.
Sorry.
Can we please stop the trend of taking older music and slowing it down and adding reverb and echo ? Such a cop out.
Unfortunately, none of the new music is worth using.
Just be grateful it's not a sad cover by a female vocalist nobody asked for
@@SanSurv-Angelo True, but they could also just make original music like they used to.
Unfortunately unfortunately, they've moved on from recycling great older music (60s, 70s, 80s) to now recycling...Oasis. 😐
I hate it.
How many more trailers are gonna do the “epic version of old pop song”
I’ve been waiting for this for ages but I rolled my eyes so damn hard at this
Old pop song? One of the best songs ever written isn't simply an "old pop song".
@@lambyUK2007 what are you talkin about? It's just an Oasis song.
I can understand if you don't think it fits for this project, but I enjoy listening to epic versions of old pop songs. I enjoy hearing songs I like in different styles. Example: there's a version of 7 Nation Army that's done in the style of a 1960s jazz song and it's really cool. I get thinking that trailers over-do it with using them but I don't agree with the sentiment towards the song itself.
To be fair it's an epic version of a 90s song, which is pretty much what this movie seems to be.
typical Hollywood fast food-style summer blockbuster vibe based on a book by Simon Stalenhag that's moody, dystopian and atmospherical.
Well, I WAS looking forward to this but seems like all the mystery, menace, and atmosphere from the source material has been dumped for a more conventional quippy buddy adventure. Which I should have guessed with Chris Pratt attached.
Ah, they finally finished watering down the story enough for the Marvel directors to take charge
They changed it 8 times crunching special effect artist to early grave
Giancarlo Esposito is playing a villain. He’s never done that before
Supported by the fact that he nearly looks like Mr. House
Because he’s so good at it
I thought he was a great Anton Castillo. That's just my opinion.
This is not Electric State this is Electric Boogaloo
AI Prompt: generate a TV Show based on the coolest possible setting but make the worst, most tone deaf stylistic, thematic and casting decisions.
For sure! I think of Chris Pratt, and and action! Much action and love and party! And horror, ooh spooky! Yes this will make the kassa ring. If you need help with anything else, just mention.
I’m sorry but I’ve reached my Chris Pratt limit. Let’s call it ‘Pratturation’ I just can’t do anymore.
Pratt hasn't done a SINGLE live action movie this year. You must get your brain checked.
@@MT-eo6tq yeah thats our limit
@@suzuplaza Cope
Your politics are showing 😂 see through
1:26 Last chance to look at me Victor
I’m impressed they managed to capture the story, atmosphere and tone of the book so perfectly. Maybe Netflix can reimagine ‘Jaws’ next and put the shark in outer space with his ocean-dwelling super friends on a cosmic quest to rescue the Golden Medallion and save Planet Uranus.
Yeah, a Bergman-esque film would've definitely wowed the critics...and you...and nobody else...
So glad that Ke Huy Quan is getting more recognition after Everything Everywhere All At Once, he deserves it!
But does he really deserve getting spooned into this kind of SLOP?
He does! I didn't bother checking out Loki for him.
Literally the only thing I was happy to see in this trailer
@@someeejit He rocks!
Its a shame his talents are wasted in a piece of garbage like this that shats all over the source material.
When i expected the eletric state movie i expected something like interstellar in a emotional and beautiful way but i get this
Yes let's take a melacholic reading about the search for humanity's core in the wake of a desperate rebellion against corportative oppression into a meaningless corporative blockbuster with guns and chris pratt and lots of marvel style jokes
Can You Believe It?
Turning A Sad Graphic Novel Into A Mindless Blockbuster?!
Found the snowflake👆❄️
@@RoyHoy found the illiterate
@@shealupkes Don't call yourself that.
@@samuelcarrasquillo4590 ENDLESS TRASH!!!
"Look How They Massacred My Boy"
Chris Pratt went from taming dinosaurs to taming robots
Lmao 🤣
So basically the opposite of what Amazon did. Yet Amazon was considered a disappointment even though they nailed the source material tonally.
Maybe some things were just never meant for motion picture, no matter how hard you flip it around.
Man, I really love the Amazon series. I know it wasn’t everyone’s cup of tea. But that was my second favorite sci-fi series of course dark from Netflix is number one.
But I still hope that there’s still room for more slow pace atmospheric sci-fi media.
It might be a transformers one situation where the trailer is actually misleading. But I dobut it. I have seen demos. Not full games, DEMOS that get this right tonality. Hail to the rainbow and boneworks comes to mind.
I cannot find the Amazon series, what's its name and is it still accessable?
@@bahadir_turkyilmaz Tales From The Loop. Its based loosely on his first book, set long before the machines took over.
@@bahadir_turkyilmaz Tales from the Loop - If you don’t see it I guess it’s not available in whatever country you’re in. Bummer : (
People gonna forget this movie soooooooooooo fast 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
What movie?
@@Pneumanon this movie
@@rai.b I've forgotten which one we were talking about already 😂
The electric state movie would have been PERFECT for Denis Villenueve and Roger Deakins.
jesus christ don't tell me that, the idea of how good that could have been only makes the disappointment of this more bitter
@@thecianinator for real Villenueve should make it anyway. HE WOULD BE PERFECT
Gus is alive guys,, he uploaded himself in robots
Just like what that guy did with Data in STNG season 2, I think it was.
Yuo
Big Weld.
0:59 is that WOODY NORMAN?! 😱 but, i don't see his name in the actors names.
Netflix shareholders just wanted something to rival prime's Fallout TV show and ruined what could've been a masterpiece in the process
"Could've been a masterpiece"
Cope. It's an adaptation of a book nobody knew existed before the movie was announced.
@@homelander7742 And its a damn good book, something being unknown doesn't mean its bad
Fallout is a tv series, and this is a movie! How can you compare the two?
@@homelander7742”Nobody knew existed” Evidently a lot of people read the book and are disappointed with the adaptation. Just because YOU didn’t know about it doesn’t mean it’s an obscure book, you just have your head in the sand.
@@homelander7742 I knew
"They must've only looked at the art"
I've only looked at the art, never even read the book, and I still understood the vibe. Dear writers, never let Netflix get a hold of your work for adaptation
"Look into your hard drive and open your mercy file" type of a movie
This trailer looks like it doesn't understand its source material. God, Netflix execs ruin everything.
Oh my god this looks stupid. I really liked in the original artwork how all the robots and other machines were mostly inert scenery and for the most part just everyday items of junk. Amazon got this right in Tales From The Loop - none of this should be so in your face. Misinterpreted the source material is my take at this point.
the best part is there werent even robots in the book, all drones
Crazy how they're making an entire movie based on art they never even looked at
They actually said they looked at it and couldn't figure it out, so they wrote a Marvel blockbuster instead. I may be paraphrasing, but something along those lines.
@@ximonothey’re using too much Bolivian marching powder if they couldn’t understand the book.
1:40 ‘get ready for what now?’
Aaaaaand there it is…. Cookie cutter Marvel scripting
They did not understand the essence of the novel at all...
Kindergarten
Box office failure
It can't be a bomb financially,cause they won't release it in theaters,only on streaming.
@@wiktormasztafiak2225viewership will be low then.. either way it's gonna flop 😂
@@reservoirdude92 Nah,doubt it.The most generic,bland,unattractive action movies with big names usually have big views and are watched by lots of casual users.
@@wiktormasztafiak2225is it really that generic?
@@gingerjudkins5416 Oh,I'm not talking about this project,actually this looks promising,but Gray Man,Atlas and so forth, always got good views in the first weeks,cause famous faces sell these movies to people.
Omg is chris pratt gonna be acting like chris pratt again!?
Cry harder! Lolita not like he's the only one.. jeez
Same with Giancarlo Esposito and Millie Bobby Brown. What a great cast!
Nah, this isn't the Electric State, this a Transformers movie without the Transformers
Damn Eleven grown up to 40s... How time flies
Bro she's 20.
I know, right?
@@BurhanAhmad-d9y20 x 2
@@ElectroMoeu know you're math.
😑
Hi guys, you forget to mention that this was based on the works of Simon Stålenhag.
He probably refused to have his name attached to it after seeing how badly they mangled his work.
Ngl it should have stayed as a book
The book still exists, you know.
This movie doesn't make it suddenly disappear.
You can still enjoy it any time you want.
@@Cbricklyne lmao youre missing the point dumb@ss
@@Cbricklyne they gave this the same name as the book and gave the characters the same names and appearance and has the same title, it's a blatant attempt at an adaptation
Ngl, don't watch it. Or get a grip, you might be entertained. Remind me what movies are for?
@@garlicbutter1906 fair enough, I’m just not very pleased with the trailer but maybe I’ll be surprised.
Champagne supernova has won me over 😂
They've completely missed the mark with this. I finally understand why book lovers get so angry when their favourite novel is adapted for film or television, it looks like whoevers responsible for this adaptation doesn't understand the Simon Stålenhags work at all... Or they do but want to maximise profitability as much as possible by turning it into a widely appealing action romp. Shame.
This trailer gives me the feeling that it is going to do what a lot of adaptations do now, where the aesthetic is precise and well done, but the underlying message is obscured or just completely ignored.
What "underlying message"?
@@Cbricklyne take a look at Stalenhag's stuff and you'll know
@@Cbricklyne So, The Electric State (the book and illustrations), is a cautionary tale about how rampant technology and hedonism led to humanity's destruction; how the pursuit of pleasure and the next shiny spectacle (consumerism) literally led to death and decay.
There's some pretty good book/illustration reviews on RUclips.
@@Cbricklyne I genuinely request you read the book. It's a quick read - even for a troglodyte like myself. Simon's pictures have lovely detail. And the story is much more personal and tight. The book centers on MAINLY 2 characters.
@@absp2006 Why read book when u can just enjoy this without knowing real story and that way u wont be disappointed.
Millie is literally owned by netflix.
A brand ambassador*
Hasn't she openly said something like she doesn't watch movies? If so, perfect place for her.
@@kurtwaldron-e4enope!
@@kurtwaldron-e4e no! she doesn't watch many movies but she does watch them!
this should have been a dark and depressing film
Dang, not even a little blurb about the book it's based on.
Just "RUSSO BROTHERS MADE THIS! YOU KNOW THOSE GUYS RIGHT?!"
Simon Stålenhag probably refused to be associated with it after seeing what they did to his IP.
@@mandolinistry3207 While I am inclined to agree, I'll reserve my judgement till it's out
This looks so bland and cheap, especially for a $230 MILLION budget. This will be a guaranteed flop, I can already see it.
I will not watch it
Russo bros are couple of yes men with no vision of their own this should been given to someone like Neil Blomkamp or Denis Villeneuve
Millie looks gorgeous in this
I love the fact the a lovely surreal and depressing dystopian trip through a hellscape became a blockbuster with bright and stale humor and a pg movie storyline.
What was the point of changing the whole thing, general audiences wouldn't have found it entertaining, the point of the source material wasn't supposed to be entertaining, it was honest and severed as a warning for technology and over production