That was not a short introduction. What the hell is this movie about? An unseen terror? oooooooo.

"I can't hear you, text me"??
If he can't hear the other person, what makes him think they'll hear him screaming for him to txt plx kthxbai.

I'm almost afraid to watch the clip.

I kind of wish I hadn't heard about the plot, like, a year ago. I won't repeat it here for the sake of spoilers; it would be great if I could still wonder what the "unseen force" was; though it's kind of obvious in hindsight.

No, it's not the Cloverfield monster.

And "The Happening" is kind of a dumb title.

@hemlock_martini: Seriously. When is a title of "The (insert Gerund here)" ever a good one? The Reaping? The Quickening? The Burning? (well, that one was ok.) The Ring? (ok, not a gerund.) It sounds so Sci Fi Saturday.

@hemlock_martini: due to "Morning Spoilers," I think most of the io9 community is aware of what happens inThe Happening.

wow, what's with all the Night haters? At least give the guy a shot until you see it.

I think I must be only the only guy who still likes M. Night's movie... Maybe I am just a sucker.

@radio1: I was a fan until Lady in the Water. I just found that one indefensible. That said, I'll be there opening week again, hoping LITW was just a (massive) speed bump.

I won't put the spoiler in the comment, but the link contains spoliers.

@hemlock_martini: It was originally called, "The Green Effect" [en.wikipedia.org]

The acting in that clip was very stiff and overall it wasn't scary in the least. The scariest bit was at the end of the clip, where people are hanging from trees.

I do have higher hopes now that I know it will be an R rated movie. That doesn't mean it's automatically good, but I think it has a better chance.

"Hello, I'm M. Night Shammalammading dong. Let me explain my movie to you. BECAUSE YOU JUST WON'T GET IT. I'M TOO SMART FOR YOU! MY MOVIES ARE JUST TOO SMART FOR THE PUBLIC!"

@Plague:

Haha, hilarious.

I thought trains in tunnels meant sex. I can see why M Night would think that a stopped train would mean death, but different strokes for different folks. Still though, I prefer sex over death.

It's going to be a disaster. Here's an early review:

[www.collider.com]

What a twist!

"the town of Princeton"? WTF.. who talks about Princeton that way?

Oh my, what a twist!

All those whoosh-bang sound effects underneath the flash cuts in M's open are hysterical! Mark Wahlberg turns his head and creates a massive whooshing cyclone behind him! Analog television static punctuating every edit! It's the most! exciting! shots! of! nothing! happening! EVER!

And nothing like watching a director tell you how the movie will make you feel. Because, you know, actually watching the movie won't do that for you. At least not in M Night Shyamlans case.

Atleast he stopped making a movie eevery single year. Plot holes big enough to drive a truck through are never a good thing.

When am I going to get my Unbreakable sequeal?

I love Zooey -- she's cute, she's spunky and her music is fun. But the girl is a one-note actress, running on wide-eyed, monotone autopilot. It doesn't give me hope for the Janis Joplin biopic.

And what's up with Wahlberg's whine? "What's the maaaaaater ...?" Blerg.

@Seth L: As a rule-o-thumb if a movie opens "World Wide" (same day) as he mentioned in the video segment. It's never a good sign.

Check out the red-band trailer for this movie. C-R-E-E-P-Y.

@MadMo:

But stupid! It's torture-porn Shamalama style!

@Final:

Amen! I've been waiting for "Unbreakable 2" for way too long.

My bet is that this will be a long, sparkley, crackley, smokey fuse followed by the lame, wheezing fart-like report of a damp firecracker.

Uh, I still have no idea what the movie is supposed to be about. And this is what scares me.

That was some of the worst dialogue and acting I've ever seen in a non-porn clip. Pathetic.

When I first saw the trailer for this movie, I got excited. I thought "okay, this might make up for The Village and LitW." But knowing the source of the terror, and reading reviews... I think this is going to suck. And that really disappoints me. I want to like M. Night's films. He just keeps making it harder and harder to do so.

@Plague: Congratulations. You just described why I hate M. [Last Name Omitted Due To Obscene Spelling Errors]'s movies. "Oh, hey guys. What's happening here? Don't know, do you? Oh, so you think this is happening then? Welllll... LOOK AT THIS OH MY GOD ISN'T THAT AWESOME!? DO YOU GET IT?! DO YOU?! FUCKING SAY 'NO' SO I CAN EXPLAIN IT TO YOU, YOU CONSUMER WHORE!"

Sorry.

I couldn't watch the video at work so the only thing I want to know is what kind of garbage was he writing before this that he just threw out for what seems to be another contrived film. Unbreakable was great, The Sixth Sense was alright, Signs was absolute garbage I tried to be an apologist for, The Village was more then predictable and I haven't bothered to watch LiTW.

I might, and I mean might, be willing to download this off the bay in six months time.

And even then it will take me another six months to get around to watching it.

Hows that for suspense!

Mysterious Unknown Force causes motiveless mayhem.

Wasn't that the plot of at least half the episodes of "Space: 1999," too?

If "She's headed to the town of Princeton" is a marketable example of the dialog, this is going to be problematic. By the way, I'm headed to the market of Shoprite to text someone "Can you hear me now?" Who the hell talks like this?!?

@Plague: heh, my dad calls him that, cracks my up when i visit him and M. Nights current movie trailer comes on, because it is a guaranteed shamalamadingdong