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Comment on Trailer for Every Oscar-Winning Movie by Kelli Marshall

Kelli Marshall — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:07:27 +0000

Good one, but I’m still partial to “How to Report the News.” =)

http://www.break.com/index/how-to-report-the-news.html

Comment on Intro Sequences: The Good and the Bad by Michael

Michael — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:38:33 +0000

Have you written on the way TV intros work before? It seems to me they are in some ways an even more central paratext than trailers, as they help shape your emotional response right before you view the program, and for repeat viewers help get you in a familiar frame of mind. (I’m just discovering your work via Jenkins now, so maybe you have made this *exact* point). They also seem to have evolved from an example like Friends (which is well done and iconic, but more or less simply a series of clips) to more abstract and symbology based, helping to set the tone of what is to come. Do you have an analysis on this?

Another great new intro is for the HBO’s “How to Make it in America”.

I think your description of intro as chuck/bond/comic was freakishly good – though, of course, it is indeed based on a comic series. Music truly awful.

Comment on Trailer for Every Oscar-Winning Movie by The Chutry Experiment » Generic Movie Trailer

The Chutry Experiment » Generic Movie Trailer — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:29:16 +0000

[...] Jim Emerson and Jonathan Gray have mentioned the extremely funny “Generic Movie Trailer,” which parodies conventions [...]

Comment on Hating on James Cameron: Avatar’s Anti-Fans by Poe Ghostal

Poe Ghostal — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:05:44 +0000

I walked into Avatar a bit predisposed to dislike it–largely stemming from reading the posts about it on ToplessRobot.com–and ended up feeling very “meh” about the whole thing–underwhelmed but not actively hating it.

My wife went in mildly interested and came out *hating* it. Every aspect of it–the plot, the visuals, the acting, the poorly-done 3D with the out-of-focus backgrounds thereby ruining the whole point of going 3D, everything. She rarely feels this passionately about this sort of thing, so it was kind of interesting to witness.

Comment on What a Crazy Trailer by Jonathan Gray

Jonathan Gray — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:50:01 +0000

Thankyou Chuck, for that link: there’s such a great selection of reviews there — one could teach a class on audiences with just that batch

Comment on What a Crazy Trailer by Chuck

Chuck — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:34:57 +0000

You should see the comments on the movie’s IMDB page: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1314645/

Comment on Hating on James Cameron: Avatar’s Anti-Fans by Martin

Martin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:48:59 +0000

I like Avatar very much. Before watching it, i tried to be without any prejudicates. At the beginning the 3D effekts were very confusing but after a while i enjoyed it very much. The story was very crazy but all in all i like it either. I can understand others who say Avatar is the latest trash in all film productions because it is not every mans thing.

Comment on Intro Sequences: The Good and the Bad by charles echangiste

charles echangiste — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:09:06 +0000

Well you´re right the opening of Human Target is graphically good but the music is so lame, slowing doing the rest and making it boring as death!
It is not even cheesy it´s corny!
Thanks for the post anyway as I enjoyed it

Comment on Intro Sequences: The Good and the Bad by Jonathan Gray

Jonathan Gray — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:31:09 +0000

Not a list — just a sample

Comment on Intro Sequences: The Good and the Bad by Annie Petersen

Annie Petersen — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:29:07 +0000

No mention of True Blood?!? One of the few intros that I watch all the way through for each and every episode. I also enjoy the quietude of the FNL intro.