I used to think I had the perfect ST:TNG episode: The Enterprise confronts some horrible new adversary - and gets blown-up ten minutes into the show. The remaining 35 minutes is just a black screen.
No. You're missing the point. The design of the thing is functional. The plan is not to shoot you. The plan is to get the girl. If there's no girl, then the plan, well, is like the room.
Early ,'Objects In Space'
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tommyrot - Feb 04, 2005 7:03:07 pm PST #8864 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
DebetEsse - Feb 04, 2005 7:11:31 pm PST #8865 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
P-C, I think that would be cool, and would give them major promo points.
Polter-Cow - Feb 04, 2005 7:20:20 pm PST #8866 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
P-C, I think that would be cool, and would give them major promo points.
There have been a few TV episode promos that have done this, I think. They take some sort of conflict in the first act and make it the biggest deal ever. And then the first act is over and you realize you have no idea where the rest of the episode is going. It's refreshing.
I wish I could remember specific instances. Because I love watching trailers/promos but I hate being spoiled. The key is to spoil things that aren't integral to the plot.
Kalshane - Feb 04, 2005 7:24:26 pm PST #8867 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Personally I'm getting sick of UPN's latest thing where they show about 5-seconds of later in the episode before going to commercial. Thankfully, they only do it once per program but it's still generally more than I need to know about the episode I am currently watching. Tonight's Enterprise was a prime example of it.
§ ita § - Feb 04, 2005 7:27:53 pm PST #8868 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
TV promos thrive on that cut from an action to a reaction that belongs somewhere completely different place in the timeline -- but they can get away with it. I think a truly misleading/mindfucking trailer would alienate potential ticket buyers.
DebetEsse - Feb 04, 2005 7:33:44 pm PST #8869 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
If they were upfront about it, a "And that's just in the first 20 minutes", I think they'd be able to avoid pissing people off.
§ ita § - Feb 04, 2005 7:35:32 pm PST #8870 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I do think that the trend to overly didactic trailers may be a response to people not us who really want to know what they're spending their $8 on. And there are probably more of them than us.
DebetEsse - Feb 04, 2005 7:38:07 pm PST #8871 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Yeah. I try to forget about those people.
Sean K - Feb 04, 2005 9:15:34 pm PST #8872 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
TV promos thrive on that cut from an action to a reaction that belongs somewhere completely different place in the timeline --
These people come from the same school of marketing that brought us horribly misleading or outright false comic book covers, I think.
Alibelle - Feb 04, 2005 10:01:46 pm PST #8873 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
For Alibelle, from IMDB
You know, it's probably a good thing I didn't see that before I went to the theatre today, or I might not have been able to gear myself up for the bus trip. However, I did see "The Wedding Date," and I thought it was great. I laughed, I grinned, I was impressed with the pretty clothes and the pretty places (they filmed at Lacock National Trust Village! I was there! It's so pretty there! That was totally awesome!).
I don't know. I enjoyed it. It was good, fluffy fun. It was also nice to see Debra Messing play someone who wasn't Grace, and I thought she did a great job with it.
AND there was a short ballroom dancing scene! Which was awesome. But maybe I'm easily pleased. But it was cool, and I think I might want to take up ballroom combat .