Comments on: Matthew Santoro’s Flashy Trailer For ‘OFFLINE’

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:51:19 +0000

this movie looks amazing, does anyone knwo when it’ll e coming out?

By: New Footage From Matthew Santoro’s ‘Offline’ - Screen Rant

New Footage From Matthew Santoro’s ‘Offline’ - Screen Rant — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:17:29 +0000

[...] trailer for Offline was loaded with cool special effects, paying tribute to Santoro’s background as a visual effects [...]

By: Spence

Spence — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:45:50 +0000

Man you guys are a tough crowd. I like the premise and Joe’s right, it’d make a great video game storyline, but so do most action flicks. I think it would be cool if it stayed indie though, as a blockbuster I think it would just blend into all the other scifi action.

Favorite line: “In this future, the world is dying a slow and ugly death. In an effort to cope or perhaps out of pure denial, humanity has become increasingly obsessed with mass media.”

Awesome.

By: The real Joe

The real Joe — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:58:18 +0000

The trailer seems more suited for a video game, I would play this game.

Your a counter terrorist soldier/machine who goes offline, and the adventure begins…

By: Taylor

Taylor — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:47:07 +0000

im with andy s. i thought the same thing “matrix” before i even read your comments. i think it is interesting, yet i cant go as far to say that it is “original” it just draws WAY TOO similar lines to the matrix.

By: bigDOG

bigDOG — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:29:24 +0000

That looks interesting, and yeah I got the whole Ghost in the Shell vibe too. If he had better funding this would probably turn out very good, would probably be a good video game too.

By: Rob Keyes

Rob Keyes — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:27:07 +0000

@ Sylar’s Hunger Continues

Good comment! lol

That’s an interesting point.

By: Sylar's Hunger Continues

Sylar's Hunger Continues — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:49:54 +0000

By the time this movie comes out, I will have had it up to here [hand near forehead] with “head” movies. This year there’s one coming out with Bruce Willis, there’s one where incarcerated prisoners become video game pawns (eligible for freedom, supposedly), and there’s a deep space movie where the guy is probably driven mad by isolation. It could turn out to be an alien or the effects of a black hole or something–but if he’s not in his head, his head is being manipulated.

Yeah, that genre cannot hold my interest for too long.

I’m sure someone can tack the titles onto these descriptions. I saw all three trailers at Terminator Salvation.

By: Dutch

Dutch — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:24:54 +0000

the matrix ? you’re joking. Try Ghost in a Shell and you get a lot closer to what they’re trying to picture.
i really really need to see more discussion about the idea’s roots to understand how a movie length will affect the story.
In general, the tactic known as “oh look, i just did a small feature in order to get the big guys to pick me up and fund a movie” does not necessarily produce good full length features. a lot is invested in a tight, small, dynamic, 15 minutes feature which becomes very hard to scale up. not to mention studio intervention which usually downgrades the really innovative imagery. can you supply more in depth details on Matthew Santoro ? (his world, history, collaboration, and what he likes to eat for dinner ?
Yours,
D

By: Sylar's Hunger Continues

Sylar's Hunger Continues — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:15:39 +0000

Too bad Jay Leno’s gone (for the summer), or we could keep our eye out for PITCH TO AMERICA and vote Matt into fame & fortune.

By: Liam O'Donnell

Liam O'Donnell — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:29:19 +0000

Offline started as short film set within a much larger story. After the short footage got such good responses Matt decided to film some more of the cooler stuff from the feature concept as a Pitch Trailer.

By: Andy S

Andy S — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:29:52 +0000

I couldn’t watch the trailer here at work, so I was just going by the synopsis of the story. I will have to check the trailer when I am home.

By: Rob Keyes

Rob Keyes — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:25:47 +0000

@ Alex,

Ya, my worry is that the movie would be all overlayed in light like the trailer and full of flashes but I think that’s just an effect for the trailer along with all the computer scanlines.

If they got financing to make this a full movie, I think they’d start from scratch and that this is more of a pitch.

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:44:38 +0000

My word. This movie looks terrible. If they edit the movie the way they did the trailer they’re in trouble.

By: Andy S

Andy S — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:08:30 +0000

I immediately thought “The Matrix” and then I saw that you mentioned it at the end. Actually, kind of a cross between The Matrix and The Island.