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Things you're tired of seeing in movies
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joberg
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Or: ROTROFTEOTFOFROTKOTPOTHSB
Strikerkc
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p51
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The female character who can (and often does) beat the crap out of people "because I served in the military once". My wife watched the Netflix series 'Fool me once' and the main character was like this. Thing is, she was a British Army helicopter pilot. Male or female, they don't get trained as ninjas!
I was at the theater the other night and they played a trailer for Dune 2. It seemed like it was at least 3 minutes long. I now feel like I've seen it already. Whatever happened to a 30 second trailer that simply presents the premise and doesn't spoil half the movie? What would you have to look forward to otherwise?
Galactican
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Yep, that's typical. They put everything in it as if they do not know how to build up tension and excitement for the movie. Just like the trailer of "The Book of Boba Fett" when they claimed that it was made of only the first two episodes which was not true at all. These trailers feel like a speedrun of the whole movie. Maybe the makers are so enthusiastic to show everything they have made at once or they cannot decide which part of the movie is interesting enough to be revealed in advance.
I remember in 1982 / 1983 there was a trailer in the theatres which was shown before "E.T.". It was short, about a minute, and showed only a montage of mountains in the desert. The music and the voice-over gave it a very eerie and frightening quality. I was too little to remember which movie was advertised but it was pretty effective. Plain and simple. Ah well, those times are gone now.
Absolutely! Here's an example of a perfect trailer that just gives you a taste without ruining the whole meal...Yep, that's typical. They put everything in it as if they do not know how to build up tension and excitement for the movie. Just like the trailer of "The Book of Boba Fett" when they claimed that it was made of only the first two episodes which was not true at all. These trailers feel like a speedrun of the whole movie. Maybe the makers are so enthusiastic to show everything they have made at once or they cannot decide which part of the movie is interesting enough to be revealed in advance.
I remember in 1982 / 1983 there was a trailer in the theatres which was shown before "E.T.". It was short, about a minute, and showed only a montage of mountains in the desert. The music and the voice-over gave it a very eerie and frightening quality. I was too little to remember which movie was advertised but it was pretty effective. Plain and simple. Ah well, those times are gone now.
I should say that I'm not saying a trailer has to be only 30 seconds because you can still be a long(er) trailer without giving away too much. Watch this Raiders trailer. It shows shots from throughout the movie but does so in a way where everything is ambiguous and it's difficult to make out the plot or story beats. It just presents the premise and only teases characters and the action set pieces. It only gives what's needed.
Here's the Dune trailer I saw if anyone was wondering...
Galactican
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Well, and there is...
Granted, it's a spoof but it pretty much sums up the last two pages of this thread.
Granted, it's a spoof but it pretty much sums up the last two pages of this thread.
Galactican
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OK:
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I would watch that!
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I would watch that!
corranhornjje
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I didn't look through 334 pages of things, but explosion rings when a space object explodes, ala the Praxis ring. Ever since then it's been put in everywhere and I really hate it.
EDIT: Yeap, pg 38 after searching for Praxis.
EDIT: Yeap, pg 38 after searching for Praxis.
Some things are so annoying they can be posted multiple times. Like not reloading. You get a pass.
p51
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I'd loved the Chris Reeves Superman movie when I was a kid but even then I never understood Lex Luthor's lair under Grand Central Station.
How could just he, Otis and Miss Tessmacher move all that stuff down there, build the trick door, wire everything and have a chorlinated pool put in without anyone finding out?
Same deal with all the large lairs in the James Bond movies. How could those get built unnoticed?
How could just he, Otis and Miss Tessmacher move all that stuff down there, build the trick door, wire everything and have a chorlinated pool put in without anyone finding out?
Same deal with all the large lairs in the James Bond movies. How could those get built unnoticed?
Lex Luthor's NYC lair is hard to excuse.
The James Bond ones were easier to swallow decades ago. Satellite surveillance wasn't as much of a thing yet + rural populations in 3rd world countries were more isolated.
Those evil Bond villain organizations usually had dozens of highly-trained goons willing to throw their lives away for little or nothing. Coaxing some poor locals to do construction work sounds easy in comparison.
What bugs me more is when they cheat on the time issue. The villain will whip out some big doomsday machine or setpiece on a few hours' notice.
It's on the list of frustrating hand-waves that Hollywood does in regards to time & space. Like how characters will go from Prague to San Francisco with nothing but an editing cut.
The James Bond ones were easier to swallow decades ago. Satellite surveillance wasn't as much of a thing yet + rural populations in 3rd world countries were more isolated.
Those evil Bond villain organizations usually had dozens of highly-trained goons willing to throw their lives away for little or nothing. Coaxing some poor locals to do construction work sounds easy in comparison.
What bugs me more is when they cheat on the time issue. The villain will whip out some big doomsday machine or setpiece on a few hours' notice.
It's on the list of frustrating hand-waves that Hollywood does in regards to time & space. Like how characters will go from Prague to San Francisco with nothing but an editing cut.
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