I am sick to death of teaser trailers. I remember when trailers actually showed you something of the film, gave you some hint of plot or visuals to make you go "Ooooooh!" Sure, there are still trailers out there (and some of them are very good), but just lately I have come to hate teaser trailers, because at most they have one little thing which makes you go "Ooooooh!" and the rest of it is just a waste of time.
The teaser trailer for the new Star Trek film is my argument exactly (spoilers for the trailer, but not the film, ahead).
It's just... Well... Boring. Some shots of some guys working on the hull of the Enterprise. Well. Whoop-de-do. Nearly a minute of guys welding. Bear in mind, this is supposed to raise excitement levels in anticipation of the film.
The two good things about the teaser trailer are in the audio as well: Leonard Nimoy's incomparable voice giving those timeless words, "Space... The final frontier..." (which sends shivers down my spine just typing it; Nimoy's voiceover at the end of Wrath Of Khan is ten times better than either of William Shatner or Patrick Stewart's efforts); the sound of the original series transporters as the old Starfleet logo appears.
Empire's blog recently had a post about how there was no opening voiceover or narration to beat the one which accompanied Star Trek, and I'd pretty much have to go along with that (although the various different opening monologues which have accompanied the first season of Heroes have been pretty good on the whole).
Work has been going well over the last two days; finished the first draft of my chapter of background material yesterday, and did a solid three pages for another chapter today (which I'm hoping I will finish tomorrow) as well as tidy up the formatting on some tables of results for one of my appendices. Through it all today I have been listening to Daft Punk and The Benjamin Gate (as well as the soundtrack to the musical episode of Buffy). I find that listening to music which is generally faster in beat has an effect on how fast I type and keep concentration.
Got to go now; playing squash in fifteen minutes, immediately followed by five-a-side. More soon.
Tuesday, 22 January 2008
Teasers
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2 comments:
I went and looked at the Star Trek trailer...yes, "boring" is an appropriate adjective. Let's hope for more from the next one. The last trailer for "The Dark Knight" was very good...it's sad that Heath Ledger has died, as it looks like he will be doing a fabulous job as The Joker.
Bilbo - It is very sad that Heath Ledger has passed away; very often the media focus on a person as being a "star" and while this was true of him he was also a terrific actor, and I enjoyed all of his performances that I've seen.
"The Dark Knight" looks set to be superb and his performance, on the basis of the trailer, could very well steal the whole film.
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