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'Hot Tub Time Machine' Red-Band Trailer: Get Tub'd, Whatever That Means

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This new trailer for Hot Tub Time Machine--the time-travel comedy starring John Cusack, Darryl from The Office, Rob Corddry, and Michael Cera's friend--ups the ante from the last one, adding exposed breasts, drug use, cursing, blowjob euphemisms, and weeping to the equation, obviously making it slightly better. Unfortunately, it also ends by instructing us to "get tub'd" and "kick some past," thus negating any favor earned by the prior additions:

Is there any '80s reference/stereotype they won't hit up for nostalgia/comedy? No, I think they'll get them all.

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