Amazing movie scenes ruined by spoliers in Trailers

[hong]

One day, he and the guy he was working with were having trouble with the film they were working on. The movie was so bad, they were having a difficult time trying to make an exciting trailer.

Finally, as a bit of a joke, they edited in an exploding helicopter from another film. Surprisingly, it looked like it fit in the movie, so they left it in.

Eventually, it became a running gag. They inserted that same helicopter explosion in every single trailer they cut from that day forward. And the funny thing is that it always looked like it belonged.

Ah, so THAT explains the exploding helicopter in the Two Towers trailer!


Hong "don't tell me you didn't see it, people" Ooi

 

[ColonelHardisson]

So you're saying that people that liked Sixth Sense should go out and rent Jacob's Ladder.

I know you're horsing around, but your post made me think about this. I'd say that if you liked Jacob's Ladder, you may well enjoy the Sixth Sense, and vice versa. It never occurred to me before your post, though.

 

[Brown Jenkin]

Ah, so THAT explains the exploding helicopter in the Two Towers trailer!


Hong "don't tell me you didn't see it, people" Ooi

Now that you mention it I thought it was rather odd that they had recycled the helicopter explosion that was in the FotR trailer back into TTT trailer.

 

[Zaruthustran]

Re: Re: Amazing movie scenes ruined by spoliers in Trailers

I agree about trailers which is why I don't watch them. I've read LotR, so I know what's going to happen, but I still prefer not to see in advance how the events/characters are portrayed. At the cinema, I shut my eyes and block my ears if a trailer comes on of a film I'm interested in. If one appears on telly, I switch over within a second or two. I managed to avoid seeing the trailer for TTT. I did see the cover to some magazines and a few TTT toys, but that's about it.

This is exactly what I do.

A trailer is designed to entice the viewer into seeing a movie. If I'm already interested in the movie, I don't need to see the trailer.

I closed my eyes and stopped up my ears for all the two towers trailers. Earlier today I watched the trailer for the first time. Boy, am I glad I went into TTT cold. Sure, I'd read the books multiple times. But many of the most dramatic parts were in that trailer. When I saw those dramatic parts in the theater, I was shocked, amazed, delighted. Had I seen them first in a trailer, they would have had zero impact.

So, to all of you who complain about trailers: DON'T WATCH THEM!

Seriously, don't watch the trailers for The Matrix, or Return of the King. You'll get much more enjoyment out of the movie, and you can always watch the trailers *after* you've seen the movie.

-z, who thinks the trailer for TTT is pretty cool--but is glad he watched it after seeing the movie twice.

 

[Agamon]

When I went to see The Core, I remember telling my friend that I'd not seen the trailer yet. He told me that what we had just watched was actually the trailer for The Core, and we had actually come to see Star Trek. I didn't believe him, I'm pretty sure it was the whole movie I watched...oh, and it sucked, don't bother.

 

[Dark Psion]

Honorable mention for the Star Trek movies and series.

The earlirest previews of anything Star Trek always includes FX scenes from the last Star Trek movie/series and the Genesis Effect. They love the Genesis Effect!

 

[Shard O'Glase]

The thing I hate is when they show trailers that include CUT SCENES. Great scenes, but they ended up on the cutting room floor.

For instance, in Major League (the "no-name ball players come together and win" movie), they show three guys sitting at a table, giving a pep talk to the pitcher.

Catcher: "That ball wouldn't have made it out of most parks."
Pitcher: "Name one."
Catcher: "Yellowstone."

See? Funny scene. But they cut it. It made it into Major League 2 (but with the girlfriend saying it, instead...), but it would have been funny in the original.

What's wierd is that's the example I always use for how crappy it is when they cut scenes that are in the trailer/comercials. Kind of makes me think it was really bad when different people use it as their big example, and the adding it to the second movie makes me think they got some flak for it.