"What happened here is a miracle, I just want you to fucking acknowledge it!"
May 19, 2006 9:39 AM Subscribe
Trailer remix filter. Did you like the Shining trailer remix? What about the numerous Brokeback Mountain mashups? Think the Big one was lame? You'll love 10 Things I Hate About Commandments. Starring Charlton Heston, Yul Brenner, Sinead O'Connor and Samuel L. Jackson as Principal Firebush.
How true it is that things can look so differently depending on how they are framed or presented. (note to self: reframe your world).
posted by rougy at 9:44 AM on May 19, 2006
posted by rougy at 9:44 AM on May 19, 2006
How did you miss this?
A Scanner Darkly Trailer Remix Contest
posted by empath at 9:46 AM on May 19, 2006
A Scanner Darkly Trailer Remix Contest
posted by empath at 9:46 AM on May 19, 2006
Unfortunately the potty mouth will prevent me from forwarding it to all my friends who would really enjoy it... Ha!
posted by blue_beetle at 9:48 AM on May 19, 2006
posted by blue_beetle at 9:48 AM on May 19, 2006
That's right, I just said "potty mouth". Deal with it.
posted by blue_beetle at 9:49 AM on May 19, 2006
posted by blue_beetle at 9:49 AM on May 19, 2006
What is it about Heston that I find so funny? That edit of Planet of the Apes which cuts out everything but his dialogue was hilarious (at least for the first 15 minutes, when he's such a prick to the other crew). Re-framing him in this trailer really cracked me up too.
posted by JeremyT at 9:52 AM on May 19, 2006
posted by JeremyT at 9:52 AM on May 19, 2006
This is truly a gift from God.
posted by brain_drain at 9:53 AM on May 19, 2006
posted by brain_drain at 9:53 AM on May 19, 2006
I don't understand... does someone view the links before they allow your forwarded message to go through?
posted by emelenjr at 9:53 AM on May 19, 2006
posted by emelenjr at 9:53 AM on May 19, 2006
I think I just gave myself a bruise, I laughed so hard. Lemme go get an icepack.
I'm going to be shouting "... And I want you to fucking acknowledge it!"all week. Probably inbetween yelling lines from Dave Chappelle's Samuel L. Jackson beer commercial.
(Anyone wanna link that, it'd be awesome. I don't have time to find it at the moment.)
posted by grapefruitmoon at 9:56 AM on May 19, 2006
I'm going to be shouting "... And I want you to fucking acknowledge it!"all week. Probably inbetween yelling lines from Dave Chappelle's Samuel L. Jackson beer commercial.
(Anyone wanna link that, it'd be awesome. I don't have time to find it at the moment.)
posted by grapefruitmoon at 9:56 AM on May 19, 2006
Apparently they really made the Must Love Jaws one as well cause it's pretty good.
Grapefruitmoon here's your link: It'll get you drunk!
posted by daHIFI at 10:01 AM on May 19, 2006
Grapefruitmoon here's your link: It'll get you drunk!
posted by daHIFI at 10:01 AM on May 19, 2006
Man, you can't just go and spoil the Principal Firebush joke. That's the best bit, which is why it's hidden at the end. The Sinead O'Connor joke sets it up and then spike!
posted by blueshammer at 10:19 AM on May 19, 2006
posted by blueshammer at 10:19 AM on May 19, 2006
Yes, I did love it.
posted by Pressed Rat at 10:55 AM on May 19, 2006
posted by Pressed Rat at 10:55 AM on May 19, 2006
Color me unimpressed...
The Shining is still the best one to date. Titanic 2 in a close second.
That said, I've been trying to find a copy of "The Wizard" (1989) so I can turn it into the story of kids who prostitute their way across the country.
posted by Mach3avelli at 11:35 AM on May 19, 2006
The Shining is still the best one to date. Titanic 2 in a close second.
That said, I've been trying to find a copy of "The Wizard" (1989) so I can turn it into the story of kids who prostitute their way across the country.
posted by Mach3avelli at 11:35 AM on May 19, 2006
I'd say Must Love Jaws gives The Shining a good run for its money. Both seem very subtle in their execution - a few tweaks and splices, cornball music, and a story flipped upsidedown.
This 10 Commandments one - mehh, maybe the idea is too vague perhaps, too arbitrary. The funny bits are just the things Heston says. And SLJ of course.
posted by Flashman at 11:57 AM on May 19, 2006
This 10 Commandments one - mehh, maybe the idea is too vague perhaps, too arbitrary. The funny bits are just the things Heston says. And SLJ of course.
posted by Flashman at 11:57 AM on May 19, 2006
Must Love Jaws was hilarious. I think it was better than The Shining trailer remix, which was also very well done.
posted by Stuart_R at 12:46 PM on May 19, 2006
posted by Stuart_R at 12:46 PM on May 19, 2006
10 Things I Hate About You is like my favourite film ever, and yet I barely recognised any of it in the trailer.
Meh.
posted by cillit bang at 1:36 PM on May 19, 2006
Meh.
posted by cillit bang at 1:36 PM on May 19, 2006
A friend of mine cleverly noted that they should have called it 10 Things I Hate About Jew
posted by O9scar at 2:02 PM on May 19, 2006
posted by O9scar at 2:02 PM on May 19, 2006
That edit of Planet of the Apes which cuts out everything but his dialogue was hilarious
Share please!
posted by Citizen Premier at 4:06 PM on May 19, 2006
Share please!
posted by Citizen Premier at 4:06 PM on May 19, 2006
Nevermind, I see it now.
posted by Citizen Premier at 4:11 PM on May 19, 2006
posted by Citizen Premier at 4:11 PM on May 19, 2006
"you're a sharp-clawed, treacherous little. . .", *record-scratch*, *cut to scene of guy doing wide-eyed double-take*, *cut to scene of offended guy saying "did you hear that?"
That was a good edit, and the fact that it's instantly recognizable as a trailer convention*, highlights the irony about these fake movies created through editing: real movie trailers are inventing fake movies too. Movie trailers are constantly inventing dialogue, jokes, and even plots for the movies they're advertising, that aren't in the actual movies.
The weird part to me is, if the movie people think these invented jokes, dialogue, or plots are more attractive to audiences than what was really found in the movie, then why didn't they just actually put these kinds of jokes, dialogue, or plots in the movie to begin with?
* I'll bet the record scratch thing is in at least 10 other trailers.
posted by dgaicun at 6:36 AM on May 20, 2006
That was a good edit, and the fact that it's instantly recognizable as a trailer convention*, highlights the irony about these fake movies created through editing: real movie trailers are inventing fake movies too. Movie trailers are constantly inventing dialogue, jokes, and even plots for the movies they're advertising, that aren't in the actual movies.
The weird part to me is, if the movie people think these invented jokes, dialogue, or plots are more attractive to audiences than what was really found in the movie, then why didn't they just actually put these kinds of jokes, dialogue, or plots in the movie to begin with?
* I'll bet the record scratch thing is in at least 10 other trailers.
posted by dgaicun at 6:36 AM on May 20, 2006
Not really a mashup, but I found this edit of scenes from Star Wars Episode 1 set to Weird Al's The Saga Begins to be quite enjoyable to watch, in a nostaligic kind of way.
posted by Meridian at 6:59 AM on May 20, 2006
posted by Meridian at 6:59 AM on May 20, 2006
dgaicun, I've always found this a pet peeve of mine as well.
specific shots in trailers that don't appear in the release. I blame the editor, mostly.
Also, I thought that most studios outsource the trailer creation to someone other than the director anyway.
posted by Busithoth at 8:18 AM on May 20, 2006
specific shots in trailers that don't appear in the release. I blame the editor, mostly.
Also, I thought that most studios outsource the trailer creation to someone other than the director anyway.
posted by Busithoth at 8:18 AM on May 20, 2006
I didn't have the extra footage thing in mind, though I see that a lot too. I meant making new scenes, etc. by remixing the included footage.
I've also noticed the advertisements for syndicated Simpsons often report the plot all wrong. It's almost like the announcer is making up what he thinks the episode is about from the accompanying clips. (these same advertisements seem to be national, not local)
posted by dgaicun at 10:17 AM on May 20, 2006
I've also noticed the advertisements for syndicated Simpsons often report the plot all wrong. It's almost like the announcer is making up what he thinks the episode is about from the accompanying clips. (these same advertisements seem to be national, not local)
posted by dgaicun at 10:17 AM on May 20, 2006
*shoots milk out nose*
posted by Smedleyman at 10:42 AM on May 22, 2006
posted by Smedleyman at 10:42 AM on May 22, 2006
Trailers are made by trailer companies, who just do that and nothing more. They're mostly geniuses, able to make even the worst of the worst look somewhat palatable. And since they're frequently working with the rough cut of the movie months before it's locked, they often end up using scenes that wind up on the cutting room floor. That's why you see stuff in the trailer that isn't in the final movie. As for using editing to take things out of context and completely change the story around... It's like those axe body spray comemrcials that posit that if you use axe, women will hump your leg. It's a commercial. It's fake. Don't believe it.
And just to add... 10 Things feels more like a real trailer than Shining, which always felt forced to me.
posted by incessant at 11:52 AM on May 22, 2006
And just to add... 10 Things feels more like a real trailer than Shining, which always felt forced to me.
posted by incessant at 11:52 AM on May 22, 2006
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