Ted

ThePhotographer · 28/06/12 - 00:29

Just saw Seth McFarlane on Jon Stewart show promoting his new movie, and just looked at the trailer on YouTube.

I've got to say, brilliant!

Patrick Stewart as the narator, Mark Wharlberg, Miss Kunelis and Seth voicing the bear is brilliant. I've not laughed at a trailer ever, in a good way.

Will certainly see this film, and only just found out it's out soon.

Lou Kelly · 28/06/12 - 20:52

Looks very good and very funny. Can't say I'm a Wahlberg fan but I am a McFarlane fan so I will certainly be giving this a go.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fbo_pQvU7M

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ted_2012/

Sniffle774 · 28/06/12 - 21:02

Looks very funny this.

rivercity_rules · 28/06/12 - 21:37

The Thunder Buddies on the official website is hilarious!

pburke90 · 29/06/12 - 10:16

Whilst I love American Dad! and to an extent Family Guy, I can't help but feel this is just Seth doing Peter Griffin's voice and using the opportunity to swear a lot and have sexy women leered at. I bet he's laughing his head off at the obscene amount of money he's being paid to basically churn out the same material over and over and people are lapping it up.

The trailer leaves me cold, (especially the uncut trailer) it's like he's just trying to be as dirty / offensive as possible as that is what will give the film, and thusly him, the most attention. Yawn.

Lou Kelly · 29/06/12 - 16:26

Paddy C wrote: »

Whilst I love American Dad! and to an extent Family Guy, I can't help but feel this is just Seth doing Peter Griffin's voice and using the opportunity to swear a lot and have sexy women leered at. I bet he's laughing his head off at the obscene amount of money he's being paid to basically churn out the same material over and over and people are lapping it up.

The trailer leaves me cold, (especially the uncut trailer) it's like he's just trying to be as dirty / offensive as possible as that is what will give the film, and thusly him, the most attention. Yawn.

Remind me not to invite you anywhere!

[Deleted User] · 29/06/12 - 16:40

rivercity_rules wrote: »

The Thunder Buddies on the official website is hilarious!

Seen the tralier? Best scene ever

[Deleted User] · 29/06/12 - 19:22

I liked it, a touch of peter, roger and quamire all rolled into one. Just hope the trailer is all the funny bits cut out.

[Deleted User] · 29/06/12 - 19:28

mwnn wrote: »

I liked it, a touch of peter, roger and quamire all rolled into one. Just hope the trailer is all the funny bits cut out.

That's what they did to The Dictator, cut some of the funniest scenes out of the film but left them in the trailer.

darkjedimaster · 29/06/12 - 20:01

I am really looking forward to this film as it does look hilarious. The Americans get it today, whilst we have to legally wait until August 1st. :mad:

[Deleted User] · 29/06/12 - 21:26

Meant to say I hope the trailer isn't all the funny parts of the film like johnny English reborn

[Deleted User] · 04/07/12 - 14:15

Paddy C wrote: »

Whilst I love American Dad! and to an extent Family Guy, I can't help but feel this is just Seth doing Peter Griffin's voice and using the opportunity to swear a lot and have sexy women leered at. I bet he's laughing his head off at the obscene amount of money he's being paid to basically churn out the same material over and over and people are lapping it up.

The trailer leaves me cold, (especially the uncut trailer) it's like he's just trying to be as dirty / offensive as possible as that is what will give the film, and thusly him, the most attention. Yawn.

I agree with this unfortunately. I do like MacFarlane and I'd heard this film looked hilarious - I didn't even crack a smile at the trailer. Seems to just be taking refuge in vulgarity - whilst Family Guy is far from guilty of this, it does have some brilliant timing and observational humour when it wants to. I think MacFarlane is better than this.

Might give it a watch at some point though, just in case the trailer didn't do it justice.

[Deleted User] · 04/07/12 - 16:37

Paddy C wrote: »

Whilst I love American Dad! and to an extent Family Guy, I can't help but feel this is just Seth doing Peter Griffin's voice and using the opportunity to swear a lot and have sexy women leered at. I bet he's laughing his head off at the obscene amount of money he's being paid to basically churn out the same material over and over and people are lapping it up.

The trailer leaves me cold, (especially the uncut trailer) it's like he's just trying to be as dirty / offensive as possible as that is what will give the film, and thusly him, the most attention. Yawn.

You've clearly seen a different trailer to the one I watched over the weekend then.... because like everyone else in the cinema I was wetting myself laughing. I don't recall it being particularly potty mouthed / dirty or leery.

MrSuper · 04/07/12 - 21:41

maurice45 wrote: »

That's what they did to The Dictator, cut some of the funniest scenes out of the film but left them in the trailer.

What scenes are you referring to?

rosco2010 · 04/07/12 - 21:42

I saw this a few days ago, its hysterical.

The ending is quite sad though.

[Deleted User] · 04/07/12 - 22:26

MrSuper wrote: »

What scenes are you referring to?

I meant they took the funniest bits from the movie and used them in the commercials not actually edited them out of the release.

[Deleted User] · 05/07/12 - 09:41

I saw the trailer a month or two back and never laughed at a trailer as much as i laughed when Ted playfully was beating Mark Wahlberg up on the couch.

Will definitely go see it when it finally comes out over here. (a month later from the US release is a joke)

Residents Fan · 05/07/12 - 11:43

Paddy C wrote: »

Whilst I love American Dad! and to an extent Family Guy, I can't help but feel this is just Seth doing Peter Griffin's voice and using the opportunity to swear a lot and have sexy women leered at. I bet he's laughing his head off at the obscene amount of money he's being paid to basically churn out the same material over and over and people are lapping it up.

The trailer leaves me cold, (especially the uncut trailer) it's like he's just trying to be as dirty / offensive as possible as that is what will give the film, and thusly him, the most attention. Yawn.

The Onion AV Club seemed to like it:

the funniest moments in Ted are rooted in Wahlberg’s relationship with his furry buddy. As a stunted manchild and his incorrigible best friend, Wahlberg and MacFarlane have a wonderfully lived-in chemistry that carries the film through intermittent rough patches. Even the pop-culture references serve the themes: A running gag involving Wahlberg and MacFarlane’s deification of cheesy ’80s icon Sam Jones (Flash Gordon), for example, is funny in its own right while speaking to the comfort the two soul mates find in never evolving beyond the goofy pleasures of boyhood.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/ted,81842/

Though on the downside, it does look like a "guy film"-
the trailers seem to share FG's style of "fratboy humour".

Menoetius · 05/07/12 - 13:48

This is cracking clip ...

Job interview

Lili27 · 08/07/12 - 19:46

Interview with Seth MacFarlane on Ted. The character is Boston based so naturally he is going to sound like a hybrid of Peter and Brian. He is a Boston bear.;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmMGTlR07Aw&feature=relmfu

And for anyone who is interested behind the scenes footage. I like how Seth is in the background saying his lines and they copy his movements and inflection so Ted looks so real.

Behind the Scenes 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0x_Hit0knE&feature=relmfu

Behind the Scenes II

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljR2J1R7MOI&feature=relmfu

Residents Fan · 19/07/12 - 22:14

I saw this last week in the US and it was hilarious. The idea of a potty-mouthed
kid's toy sounds like a gimmick but MacFarlane and his writers make it work (I especially liked the scene where kitsch icon

turns up at Ted's party).

The only problem is my small cousin (7) saw the "Ted" posters and kept asking
her mother "I wanna see the film about the funny
teddy bear!" :eek: Poor mother had to
explain the film wasn't for kids and she'd have to wait a few years to watch it.

mia75 · 19/07/12 - 22:34

It's brilliant

biggebruv · 19/07/12 - 22:47

Residents Fan wrote: »

I saw this last week in the US and it was hilarious. The idea of a potty-mouthed
kid's toy sounds like a gimmick but MacFarlane and his writers make it work (I especially liked the scene where kitsch icon
turns up at Ted's party).

The only problem is my small cousin (7) saw the "Ted" posters and kept asking
her mother "I wanna see the film about the funny
teddy bear!" :eek: Poor mother had to
explain the film wasn't for kids and she'd have to wait a few years to watch it.

lol Id imagine thats gonna happen alot when it hits here soon

especially if they use the cute poster where mark and ted are sitting on the sofa LOL

but theres one where there taking a piss together LOL

I guess it depends

[Deleted User] · 20/07/12 - 07:07

I saw this at a preview screening the other day - it was absolutely brilliant fun. If you like Family Guy, then you will love it. Crude, close to the bone humour, laugh out loud funny, good special effects and good all round performances. One of the better comedies I have seen for a while

essexpete · 20/07/12 - 07:32

saw the trailer,looked stupid to mw,but I suspect I'm in the minority:):

Johnny Clay · 20/07/12 - 10:53

Looks a cut above a lot of yank comedies to me.

Interesting to see its reception elsewhere as its proving to be quite a big hit in the states - $168m and rising.

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