In particular, the focus on the special effects in the trailer, as opposed to the characters, is kind of worrying for me; we only see Ed and Al, and Ed (I believe) is the only one who has any lines. Plus... I know we didn't see much of his acting, and the only part we did was intended to be a quieter scene, but Ed just seemed kind of flat to me. I love how expressive the characters were in the original, and I'm afraid that in an effort to make it more "serious," Ed will lose his cocky attitude.

Also, I get toning down the colors when transitioning from animated to live-action to some degree, but Ed's coat just looks wrong to me. It's such a popular cosplay item that I think it would have been in their best interest to copy it more accurately.

My first impulse was excitement, but then I started thinking about how much plot there is, and wondering how on earth they're going to cram it into a standard feature film. Or even a non-standard one. I can think of a bit of filler we could do without, but not too terribly much.

Oh well, we'll see. And in the meantime, I really need to finish that FMA x HP crossover mission I'm working on. Good thing I've got vacation coming up.

~Neshomeh