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Soooo I'm doing some research for a project I'm writing right now and I need some help. Basically just throw up any sort of traile (r that made you go "HOLY SHIT WE NEED/PLAY TO SEE THAT!!!!!!!!".
That's it basically...show me what you got.
(Ignore if the movie/game was actually good or not, I only care about the trailer)
Last edited by BigDamnArtist (2010-08-19 04:10:58)
I wanna make sure I understand the question. You want examples of commercial trailers for movies or games or whatever that evoke that reaction? Not like shit we've made ourselves, right? (The "show me what you got" line threw me a bit.)
Assuming I'm not a total dumbass, I got these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0zaqWQiXG8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvNkGm8mxiM
Yeah, sorry, trailers for actual commercial stuff that made you just stop in awe for a moment at the awesomeness.
That new trailer for Arronofsky's "Black Swan," is rocket sex.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jaI1XOB-bs
I was gonna mention the "Black Swan" trailer, only for the last few seconds. It looks like a fairly straightforward (if a bit weird) story, but then you see that one thing at the end and it makes you go "okay, now, hang on a minute."
It doesn't rise to the level of holy-shit-must-see for me, but maybe that's because I'm already gay for Aronofsky and will watch anything he commits to film at this point. I was never on the fence to begin with.
Yeah wow, up until that last (ish) shot it looked remarkably similar to a Secret Window type story. But yeah, that last shot is intriguing.
But I mean honestly, you had me at Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis do ballet.
I'm going to come at this from a slightly different direction. Once upon a time there was a company called ADVision (later just ADV) which imported anime. While they did get some great titles (Neon Genesis Evangelion, Blue Seed) they also got some real crap. However, whoever was doing their trailers back in the VHS days was great at putting something together that looked fun (and probably sexy) regardless of the actual show. Case in point, Iczelion, the bad third sequel to a direct to video series that was popular in the 80's before it got translated and we found out how stupid the story was.
Behold the masters at work!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUrELE1PGt8
My god, I can't believe I forgot Ratatoing! Truly a work of staggering — almost inhuman — genius.
This trailer made me nearly obsessed with seeing the film. I wasn't disappointed. Definitely one of the best trailers in recent memory.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twuScTcDP_Q
See, now I had almost exactly the opposite reaction to that trailer. I saw it, figured it to be a fairly conventional movie with a big twist ending, and lost interest. Then when I got around to watching the film, the "big twist ending" came in the first act, not the third, and I was really pleasantly surprised.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQmvkvgMs6Q
Biggest DUDE GOTTA SEE reaction in forever.
But I mean honestly, you had me at Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis do ballet.
....and at least make out really hard.
Last edited by paulou (2010-08-19 01:03:38)
I will respond to everyone else but this must be dealt with first...
Is Emily Browning over 18 yet?
Conveniently another movie I am insanely psyched for...
I have absolutely no interest on any level in seeing that movie. I do, however, look forward with eager, slightly sweaty anticipation to downloading promotional stills from it and saving them to the special folder on my hard drive.
Lol, It might be interesting.
It's also going to have to fill the roll of my "Disney Star-Real World Test ©" for Vanessa Hudgens seeing as I won't get to see her in RENT 
Someone in the anime newsgroup pointed out this trailer which I'd never seen, but now possibly has moved to the top of the list 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH8leozni8A
Hmm... I remember the Mission Impossible 2 trailer being pretty awesome.
The trailer for the first Matrix was great, with a perfect line of dialogue for it:
"No-one can be told what the Matrix is... you have to see it for yourself"
Yup, agreed. The Matrix trailer induced precisely that "oh shit must see" reaction in me.
OK. So somebody posted the 'Strange Days' trailer? So I watched the film? Whoa. That was an incredible movie. Can't believe it's been so ignored.
I really dig that movie. For a while after it came out it seemed really anachronistic, for obvious reasons, but now a few years later it's got the air of an alternate-period piece.
Also, that scene — you know the one I mean, that one scene — is up there for me as one of the most disturbing, hard to watch sequences in mainstream cinema. It's just so damn brutal.
That's genius Jeff.
Ok, I've got a few...
300 Trailer 1
Alien 3
The Adjustment Bureau, but I'm a sucker for the music.
Inception Trailer 3
Star Trek Trailer 3
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace...you know you were excited the first time you saw it too.
The Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition, probably the first trailer I remember being able to see on the internet.
I'll second Sucker Punch
Super 8
Terminator Salvation Trailer 3
Tron Legacy, any
Ultraviolet, I actually bought this based on the trailer. Joke on me.
Watchmen
No one's thrown out any video game trailers yet; thankfully I've got a few of those too.
Halo 3: Believe
Halo 3 ODST: We are ODST (Welsh and Hungarian in case you were wondering.)
Star Wars The Force Unleashed 2: Teaser
Star Wars The Force Unleashed 2:Betrayal Cinematic Trailer HD
Star Wars The Old Republic: Jedi vs. Sith Cinematic Trailer HD
Star Wars The Old Republic: Hope of Alderaan Cinematic Trailer HD
Also of interest, though not strictly trailers, are the Timeline series that GameTrailers is doing for The Old Republic, narrated by Lance Henriksen. Too bad the actual gameplay looks terrible, the trailers had me wanting to get into my first MMO.
Let's see. These aren't strictly trailers either, but they do have that trailer feel.
Mortal Kombat: Rebirth
Halo: Landfall, directed by Neill Blomkamp
Halo 3 ODST: Desperate Measures Vidoc, staring Mal, Jayne, and Number 6.
Gran Turismo 2 intro, still the best intro of the series.
That should keep you busy for a while. 
Shining, another heart-warming movie for the whole family.
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