Excessive advertising for big movies? - Blu-ray Forum

MyBlu-rayBrotherEd · 06-13-2009, 10:45 PM

I've noticed, since I started collecting blurays and have been keeping closer attention to upcoming releases, that they show a lot of some of the bigger movies before they are released in forms of various previews and TV spots. It seems that if you add up all the trailers and such that you could almost watch the whole movie. What do you think of them putting so much of a films footage out before the release?

No Ceiling · 06-13-2009, 10:49 PM

Its been like that forever. Thats why I'm not too fond of previews unless its a movie I know Im going to see.

MyBlu-rayBrotherEd · 06-13-2009, 10:57 PM

I've kind of stopped watching the previews, except for maybe one. And I've tried to keep away from the hype around a movie, especially overly good hype because it makes for a disappointment when a movie has had too much positive publicity. Kind of sets it up to be too much for any movie to meet expectations sometimes. Excessive amounts of bad hype are easier to deal with because a lot of times the movie doesn't seem as bad as it was made out to be....if that makes any sense.

PH3AR · 06-14-2009, 01:27 AM

I only really watch previews to movies i will see so it dosent bother me

Suntory_Times · 06-14-2009, 03:32 AM

I don't watch tv, so I don't ever see tv spots. The only adds I see are posters (which I don't really pay attention to), and trailers before a film at the cinema (I also sometimes download a trailer and sometimes watch one or two before I watch a film at home).

Strannix136 · 06-14-2009, 04:29 AM

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Originally Posted by No Ceiling

Its been like that forever. Thats why I'm not too fond of previews unless its a movie I know Im going to see.

That's right. I remember when Star Wars was re-released in '79, there were 3 different ads playing for it every commercial break during the Bugs Bunny / Road Runner hour.

MyBlu-rayBrotherEd · 06-14-2009, 05:20 AM

I think the count at comingsoon.net for Transformers is up to 12 TV spots right now.

koontz1973 · 06-14-2009, 05:27 AM

Excessive advertising for a film is the name of the game. They don't want you to forget that there $200 million picture is coming out. Saying that, I never watch them unless it is a film I am passionately waiting for, then I watch all of them. The last one of these was the SW prequels so it does not happen often.

Mike53421 · 06-14-2009, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ed4246

I think the count at comingsoon.net for Transformers is up to 12 TV spots right now.

For The Dark Knight last summer I was all tapped out after the first two TV spots, the teaser and two trailers. Then noticed how all the later clips (especially 6-12) pretty much gave away the hidden gems in the movie, so beware of those Transformers ones, you never know.

MyBlu-rayBrotherEd · 06-14-2009, 06:03 PM

Ya, I don't watch many of them. Seems like it would ruin the movie to me.

CYMBOL · 06-14-2009, 06:15 PM

I try now to only watch the Teaser Trailer (or maybe the first major trailer) - too many times these days they give away everything - including the ending.

06-13-2009, 10:45 PM	#1
MyBlu-rayBrotherEd Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Billings, MT Home Theater Gallery:10 4K collection:132 Blu-ray collection:1057 DVD collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:13	Excessive advertising for big movies? I've noticed, since I started collecting blurays and have been keeping closer attention to upcoming releases, that they show a lot of some of the bigger movies before they are released in forms of various previews and TV spots. It seems that if you add up all the trailers and such that you could almost watch the whole movie. What do you think of them putting so much of a films footage out before the release?

06-14-2009, 05:20 AM	#7
MyBlu-rayBrotherEd Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Billings, MT Home Theater Gallery:10 4K collection:132 Blu-ray collection:1057 DVD collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:13	I think the count at comingsoon.net for Transformers is up to 12 TV spots right now. Last edited by MyBlu-rayBrotherEd; 06-14-2009 at 05:27 AM.

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06-13-2009, 10:49 PM	#2
No Ceiling Member Member since:Mar 2009 Blu-ray collection:85 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:1	Its been like that forever. Thats why I'm not too fond of previews unless its a movie I know Im going to see.

06-13-2009, 10:57 PM	#3
MyBlu-rayBrotherEd Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Billings, MT Home Theater Gallery:10 4K collection:132 Blu-ray collection:1057 DVD collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:13	I've kind of stopped watching the previews, except for maybe one. And I've tried to keep away from the hype around a movie, especially overly good hype because it makes for a disappointment when a movie has had too much positive publicity. Kind of sets it up to be too much for any movie to meet expectations sometimes. Excessive amounts of bad hype are easier to deal with because a lot of times the movie doesn't seem as bad as it was made out to be....if that makes any sense.

06-14-2009, 01:27 AM	#4
PH3AR Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Dover, Pennsylvania PSN:WORKINtheCORNER Home Theater Gallery:9 Blu-ray collection:325 Blu-ray reviews:2	I only really watch previews to movies i will see so it dosent bother me

06-14-2009, 03:32 AM	#5
Suntory_Times Blu-ray Champion Member since:Mar 2008 Location:The Grid Blu-ray reviews:16 Trading Score:23	I don't watch tv, so I don't ever see tv spots. The only adds I see are posters (which I don't really pay attention to), and trailers before a film at the cinema (I also sometimes download a trailer and sometimes watch one or two before I watch a film at home).

06-14-2009, 05:27 AM	#8
koontz1973 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Insane Alylum for the over achievers. Blu-ray collection:133	Excessive advertising for a film is the name of the game. They don't want you to forget that there $200 million picture is coming out. Saying that, I never watch them unless it is a film I am passionately waiting for, then I watch all of them. The last one of these was the SW prequels so it does not happen often.

06-14-2009, 06:03 PM	#10
MyBlu-rayBrotherEd Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Billings, MT Home Theater Gallery:10 4K collection:132 Blu-ray collection:1057 DVD collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:13	Ya, I don't watch many of them. Seems like it would ruin the movie to me.

06-14-2009, 06:15 PM	#11
CYMBOL Blu-ray Knight Member since:May 2007 Location:I move around a lot. Blu-ray collection:8	I try now to only watch the Teaser Trailer (or maybe the first major trailer) - too many times these days they give away everything - including the ending.

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