Today was the premiere of the trailer for Robert Rodriguez's Machete, adapted from the trailer from Grindhouse and surprise -- it looks a lot like the trailer from Grindhouse.
The movie could be fun. Michelle Rodriguez looks hot in an eye-patch, they cast the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man as Steven Seagal and they even got Robert 'I-haven't-shown-emotion-on-screen-since-Rocky & Bullwinkle' DeNiro.
But despite people's affections for the original faux-teaser there are reasons to assume this movie will bomb.
1. Irony: There's a difference between liking something and ironically liking something. Hipsters and internet trolls are notorious for their ironic love. This is code for 'Maybe I'll download it while scanning through youporn.'
Say what you will about 'Mainstream Culture' (aka people who watch Two and Half Men) but when they ironically love something they bring it the fuck back (see Betty White).
When hipsters and nerds ironically love something you get Motherfucking Snakes on a Motherfucking Plane. In other words, colossal failure.
2. Mexico: Nacho Libre, Man on Fire, The Mexican, Bandidas,
From Dusk till Dawn 3: Hangman's Daughter.
The 2000s have not been kind to Hollywood films set south of the border.
3. Planet Terror: Didn't Rodriguez already try and make a celebration of b-and-c-grade movies that inexplicably had an oversized budget, an 'intentionally' bad script and recognizable stars. And wasn't that easily the worst part of Grindhouse?
For the record, I love Death Proof but the best part was easily Don't!
(I can't stress enough DeNiro was really in Rocky & Bullwinkle, he even mocks his Taxi Driver scene)
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