
On Thursday, people who actually use their Google+ accounts can log in for a special Q&A Google Hangout with Lincoln director Steven Spielberg and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who plays Robert Todd Lincoln, after the official trailer for the film that is going to win eleventy billion Oscars is released. If you’re unfamiliar with the story of Lincoln, he is generally regarded as one of the greatest presidents in American history. Born in a log cabin, Lincoln’s father was a pioneer in a special kind of logs that made it even easier for people to build their own homes, and that was important because small children were often left to run entire families since the average life span of that era was 9 years.
Eventually, Lincoln grew really tall and people were like, “Well you’re the tallest bro, so you get to be president” and Lincoln was all, “Only if I get an awesome hat” and the Supreme Court voted 4-3 that he could have that awesome hat. Soon, a giant war broke out between the North and the South, because British people were still really pissed that we weren’t sending money home anymore, so they told the southern states that the North was saying really f*cked up things about them. That war became known as the War of 1812.
Some historians claim that the war was based on the economy, because the southern farmers and people in Plantation, Florida were creating all of these jobs, but they forgot to pay their employees and that violated Lincoln’s stimulus package. Plus, Apple didn’t exist yet so nobody could ask Siri how to stop a war, so Lincoln was finally like, “Yo Ulysses S. Homer, go f*ck those guys up” and Bobby Lee was like, “GRRRRR, F*CK YOU, ATLANTA!” Thankfully, both sides finally ran out of bullets and they flipped a coin and the North won, which caused one of the biggest unemployment periods in American history.
Then Lincoln went on to be a guest speaker at Estelle Getty’s charity events, and eventually some dude shot him at a movie because he forgot to put his cell phone on silence. I just hope that Spielberg stays true to the actual story and doesn’t get all Hollywood on us.
(Special thanks to the Florida education system for giving me a lifetime and wealth of incredible knowledge.)



I want that historically accurate account of A-Linc’s life inside me so bad I might have to print it and eat it.
Did you know Lincoln was named after the car he was conceived in?
So Joseph Gordon-Levitt is in some kind of competition to appear in the most movies? Sorry JGL, Nic Cage has an insurmountable lead.
I think Cage is even second to Samuel L Jackson but I’m not sure if Jackson is still in the Negro leagues.
On a related subject, this movie’s got Daniel Day-Lewis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jackie-Earle Haley, Tim Blake-Nelson, S.-Epatha Merkerson, Michael Stanton-Kennedy, etc. (alright, I added a few hyphens). My question is: where’s Harry-Dean Stanton? James Earl-Jones?
OMG, a “World Trailer Premier.
Before now, that phrase always made me think of Miley Cyrus losing her virginity.
TOO BOLD
We can only hope that Abraham Linkin Park returns to score this Lincoln film as well. With Spielberg attached it’s their chance to win an Oscar–this year’s Three 6 Mafia!
Ashley, I don’t care what your Mom and Dad and peers said, that doctorate in American History X (times 3) was TOTALLY worth it!
THIS is what’s wrong with our country, the schools don’t teach the truth. It wasn’t until today that I knew why the war of 1812 (or 12 for those who can add) was fought. I thought it had something to do with the Brits getting teabagged.
The only issue I have with this report, and it is a minor one, why don’t you mention when Lincoln defeated the vampires? It seems like that was a pretty big deal for his administration, I mean someone made an entire movie about just that act and I’d think it was historically relevant enough to at least get a nod in your synopsis.
I think this movie is companion film to Vampire Hunter, it help’s fill in the gaps that were skipped over.i.e. we do not know how he got elected President nor what happens to him at the end when he makes his way to the carriage to see a play.
The Historical Lincoln: Four score and seven years ago, I offered to compensate slave owners for their forfeited property. I don’t believe in “racial harmony” and attempted to send freed slaves to Haiti, Honduras and Liberia. I believe blacks have the mental capacity of children and should not be allowed to vote. And I’m the good guy.
When the other guys believe in the “Curse of Ham” and claim the African slave trade is divinely sanctioned by the Bible, deporting freed slaves seems progressive.
Lincoln just wanted the non-Natives out of Five Points.
Don’t forget, he also wanted to get to that ocean of oil underneath the South’s feet.
You forget about how the South was all like to France “babe, I’ll give you the Louisiana Purchase back if you let me stick it in, come on baby, don’t be like that, you don’t need a rubber if it’s just the tip, the North well never know.”
Burnsy I just double checked with my Florida education and your mastery of American history is second to none.
Maybe the Teaser for the Trailer didn’t feel the need to include it, but I was shocked at the lack of axes and vampires.
Also, I suppose it’s “historically accurate” (altho since sound recording hadn’t been invented yet, who knows for sure) that Lincoln has a thin, reedy voice (but the Southern accent in the trailer voiceover is…odd), but I’m sorry, I want Raymond Massey back. Only a Canadian can truly play the Great Emancipator (or Emancipatour).
“A fellow actor remarked that Massey wouldn’t be satisfied with his Lincoln impersonation until someone assassinated him.”
Your move, DDL.
Daniel Day-Lewis is not participating in the Google+ event because, as he said, “I know not what is this ‘computer’ or ‘Internet’ you speak of, varlet! Now fetch me my Praxinoscope, I wish to view some ‘moving pictures.’ “
Lincoln is often misquoted on his victory speech to the defeated Confederate States after the Civil War but I will set that straight:
“I DRINK YOUR WORKFORCE I DRINK IT UP! DRAIIIIINNNNNAGGGGEEE”
That Google Hangout text and the end really threw me off.
The add for the Twilight trailer threw me off… We all know Lincoln goes AFTER vampires.
I need this movie like a hole in the head. Although DDL usually makes my head explode, he always seems so holier than thou. I here they hired him as soon as they saw his headshots.
Do ya hear what I’m sayin?? “I hear ya” you might say.
Yo DAWG! I’z heard you like trailers, so I made a trailer for yo trailer…ya dig?!?
I need to see this movie like I need a hole in the head!
/snare roll
/crickets chirping
This reads like a transcript of a TED conference.
I’m still bummed that Rex Hamilton isn’t playing Lincoln in this.
Boring! Start killin’ some vampires ya pansy ass!
I think the most telling thing about me is that I read all of the history lesson and laughed, except I got mad that you said the Supreme Court only had 7 people on it. Jesus, me, get it together.
Nah fuck this noise.
Bill & Ted’s Lincoln is still best Lincoln.
“Four score and…seven minutes ago…”
IF YOU HAVEN’T VOTED YET PLEASE GO VOTE—-
GO TO http://www.SAMMIES.com AND VOTE THE GATLIN for BEST EMCEE!
At least this is an historical account of Abraham Lincoln, not some silly, stupid fantasy called “Abraham Lincoln:Vampire Hunter”.
This was fuckin hilarious. Well done.
Yo, why’s Terrence Howard narrating this?