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Has any movie theater trailer been as impactful as 1-18-08?
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lmao I remember that. The forum I was on at the time had a huge thread with people arguing about whether the dude said "it's a lion" or "it's alive"
Wing Commander came out several months later and had a different Phantom Menace trailer attached.
And the original trailer also ran in front of The Waterboy.
It is a bit disappointing now, I agree. Back then I was hyped af though. "Anakin Skywalker, meet Ob-Wan Kenobi" and Darth Maul igniting his double light saber...dayum.
I agree with OP. The mystique of "just what the hell are we watching", no title, in the days before every detail of every project were online for all to see (for me at least). I remember checking the IMDb boards and all the theories.
Super 8 evoked a similar feeling a couple of years later but it's a very different movie.
Super 8 evoked a similar feeling a couple of years later but it's a very different movie.
Yep, I know.I loved PM and all its characters back when I was a kid.
I was. You're wrong. Most non-movie nerd people don't even remember that trailer now.
The real answer is the first trailer for Episode 1, which had people buying tickets for Wing Commander just to watch the trailer and walk out before the actual movie even started.
Cloverfield's marketing was one of the first major uses of social media viral marketing and it was very effective. A lot of studios studied it and have tried to emulate it.
Blair Witch and Phantom Menace are also great picks.
Blair Witch and Phantom Menace are also great picks.
This movie was a nightmare for theaters in the bible belt. Hoards of baptists riding in church vans and causing problems in the parking lot. Weirdos crying in the bathroom and making messes everywhere. Church groups getting mad cause there wasn't a discount. People doing weird shit during the movie like standing up and testifying.
It wasn't. Everything it did was already done with Blair Witch Project. From the Found Footage technique, building mythology through marketing, using the internet to go viral. That was done 9-10 years before Cloverfield.
I'm thinking some of you were too young to realize the impact of BWP had among the industry.
I first saw the Star War ep 1 trailer before "Meet Joe Black". I, along with literally half the theater - left after the trailers were done.
No trailer will ever be more important than Phantom Menace.
No trailer will ever be more important than Phantom Menace.
Yea I distinctly remember seeing this before Transformers too, and I'd say no, nothing has matched it since. Mostly because everyone watches trailers online nowadays and nothing will ever be that mysterious ever again.
I'd say the Phantom Menace was bigger though. I remember they played it on Sky fucking News over here.
I 100% went to see that for the Animatrix, remember having to run there as well as we thought we were gonna be late. I stayed for the film. Safe to say that was a big mistake.
Great choice, that trailer had ghe entire internet over-analyzing and speculating on what it actually was.
I feel the 300 trailer deserves a mention. The hype for that film was almost entirely generated by that trailer and it generated a thousand memes. It had a decent cultural impact.
I feel the 300 trailer deserves a mention. The hype for that film was almost entirely generated by that trailer and it generated a thousand memes. It had a decent cultural impact.
I remember that teaser... it was quite something. I do remember everyone in the theatre talking about that after the movie we saw ended. It was pretty crazy. The hype and lead up to that film... so good.
I think this is easily the best trailer I've seen since maybe Prometheus. Love the music.