[jmduke]

I'll be honest, this looks comically bad and has no merit besides the fact that it has a geeky premise.

I'm sure the underlying discussion of "What if P=NP? is solved?" is incredibly interesting but what I got from the trailer was that this was a movie with a bad script, bad cinematography, bad acting, and bad editing.

[pavedwalden]

I'm hesitant to totally dismiss the movie, but the trailer definitely left me cold. In addition to all the problems you mentioned, I feel like they blew the "____ simplified" gimmick, which almost worked to tie the trailer together.

In some ways the trailer reminded me of Primer but it didn't quite make the low-budget vibe work in it's favor. Having made a few student films, but never having made a good short film, it's still hard for me to put my finger on the little differences that make something like this work.

[ctdonath]

Delivery. The trailer lost me when the characters were just actors delivering lines; characters in Primer came across as speaking for real. Such a little difference, but one that makes it work.

[TheArkansasWay]

The movie doesn't do much for me, but I can't wait for the trailer with the gravelly voiced announcer guy saying "In a universe where P==NP...", followed by 5 minutes of droning on about math. After that, it will cut to a female hacker with glasses reflecting complex equations from a bank of monitors, and it will finish up with some explosions and maybe a car flying through the air with Keanu Reeves in the driver's seat.