• Editorials,  Movies/Entertainment

    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…

  • Editorials,  Movies/Entertainment

    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…