Alice in Thunderdome

Sometimes, it's helpful to remember that all the GOOD points of the Hollywood "blockbuster machine" having been taken over by the general mindset of a 13 year-old boy (see: Marvel Films' "Avengers" master-plan) come with their price - namely that 13 year-old boys can be pretty daft a lot of the time.

For example, around that age, it's customary to arrive at the assumption that EVERYTHING can be improved by turning it into some kind of Epic Battle - especially if the Epic Battle is also Grim n' Gritty - up to and including otherwise-good-natured superheroes and whimsical fairytales. It's this kind of thinking among 13 year-olds during my time as such that was largely responsible for Image Comics, and right now it seems to be responsible for re-imagining every movie property in the context of a Boris Vallejo/Julie Bell tableau (or, in studio-speak, "we're goin' for a "Pirates of the Carribean" angle."

To that end, here's the new-er trailer for Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" dealie, which despite what you're brain may be telling you he HASN'T already made seven or eight times...
http://wdmp-wdsmp.rd.llnw.net/wdsmp/AIW/Trailer5/AIW_Trailer5_480.mov

Gotta give `em credit, at least, for seemingly hitting every damn mark of this type of "reimagining:" Pseudo-sequelism? Check. Hero-as-vaugely-chosen? Check. Most-prominent baddie as world-conquest supervillain? Check. Massing armies of storm-troopers? Check. And dig what appears to be Alice striding out into the midst of a Braveheart-fight in full battle armor, or Depp's Mad Hatter wielding a broadsword. Or maybe it's kidding, and this is all out of context...