As anyone who sits in a theater watches a 2:30 trailer before their movie starts can attest to, the Trailer Industry is nothing short of pure magic. It can simultaneously whip an unsuspecting crowd into a frenzy, or repel even the most patient and trustworthy fan of any genre or series. Whether or not its a predictable trailer or something new, for that small duration of time even lamest film imaginable could be spun to look like the second coming of Christ, or vice-versa. Sometimes after seeing a crappy movie which looked good in the trailer, I have to ask myself, “Did it happen again? Did I just get led…
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The Trailer Industry: The Contemporary 'Pied Piper'
As anyone who sits in a theater watches a 2:30 trailer before their movie starts can attest to, the Trailer Industry is nothing short of pure magic. It can simultaneously whip an unsuspecting crowd into a frenzy, or repel even the most patient and trustworthy fan of any genre or series. Whether or not its a predictable trailer or something new, for that small duration of time even lamest film imaginable could be spun to look like the second coming of Christ, or vice-versa. Sometimes after seeing a crappy movie which looked good in the trailer, I have to ask myself, “Did it happen again? Did I just get led…