Star Wars Sith Trailer and the O.C. 377
williamw83 writes "CNN is reporting that the Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith trailer will make its debut during none other than Fox's "The O.C." The article is candid in pointing out that 'as an avid superhero fan, Seth Cohen, the main character of "The O.C." played by Adam Brody, would likely relish the event.' The trailer will air during the March 10 episode, at sometime between 8 and 9PM EST. The article also makes note for those not wishing to tune into the TV drama that "the new trailer will be released in movie theaters beginning March 11.""
payola (Score:5, Insightful)
It's that time of the year (Score:4, Insightful)
Didn't They Do This Last Time? (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:payola (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:payola (Score:4, Insightful)
Is it needed? (Score:5, Insightful)
Bold prediction (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:It's that time of the year (Score:1, Insightful)
Target Audience? (Score:3, Insightful)
But.... (Score:2, Insightful)
Oh, it didn't? That's what matters, that's what matters....
Re:The O.C. - Crap! (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:cool tie in (Score:3, Insightful)
Use the huge OC crowd that may not see Star Wars and use all the glits you can to convinve them they must see it. Not to mention all the Star Wars freaks will tune into the OC now and at least one of them will watch it again because of this.
I'm wasting my breath as you probably knew this too but were just making a comment. Either way you're AC so deal with it.
Re:payola (Score:2, Insightful)
I will actually be watching The O.C. for The O.C., not for some Star Wars trailer.
I watch the O.C. because I think it is produced quite well, decent drama, good music, good camera work and is funny once in a while. Besides that, it focuses a lot on adult problems as well as teenager problems, so its not specifically targeted at the 13-19 demographic.
From my point of view, my viewing of "The O.C." will be interupted with the broadcast of a crappy trailer for what looks like will be a crappy movie.
Thank God It's Almost Over (Score:5, Insightful)
Everyone on Earth who saw the original Star Wars is compelled by some unknown force to watch these god-awful movies.
Just think for a minute: the Republic was so feeble that Jar-Jar binks was allowed to be a representative in the Senate - and people listened to him! The Jedi were so clueless that they were funding the creation of a clone army - and didn't notice the expense for years!
Heck, the Jedi were so all-powerful that they were almost wiped out, and the last two were reduced to hiding out in a swamp (Yoda) and hiding out stalking a young boy (Obi-Wan).
This is what the rebels were fighting for?
Meanwhile, back in reality.... (Score:3, Insightful)
Who cares? (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Thank God It's Almost Over (Score:4, Insightful)
After 6 movies, you should know the Force, and especially that it has a strong effect on the weak-minded...
That said, AotC was perfectly watchable, and much better than many scifi and action movies I've seen.
To be fair, the Jedis were apparently an official part of Republic government, and the with the amount that government seems to be spending (for flying senate chairs, for example, and the Jedi temple) a clone army is going to amount to a rounding error.
That said, Jedis were complete idiots to not become the least bit suspicious of Palpatine after two Sith-related crisis, both of which ended up benefitting him.
No, of course not. Leia was fighting to avenge her homeworld, Luke was trying to avenge his family, Lando was trying to avenge losing his business, Han was trying to get into Leia's panties, and the rest just tagged along.
Frankly, who is interested in trailers? (Score:3, Insightful)
Why?
If I look at old or new movie trailers, they are inevitably very bad edits conveying nothing of the spirit of the film. They usually have only cheap laughs. Naturally, they have no plot, no dialog (although they do have snippets of monologue), just a few big explosions. (Like I haven't seen those before.)
Who cares? I'm honestly mystified why anyone would care about a movie trailer.. even for a movie they really want to see.
This looks an awful lot like Holywood pushing it's values on the rest of us by sheer force of marketing.
Re:I've seen The O.C. here on Australian TV... (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:payola (Score:5, Insightful)
Which Demographic? Hmmm... Well, I'm 31. Yea, EP 1 sucked... REALLY bad. EP 2, if you track past all the love scenes, really wasn't any where near as bad as people make it out to be. What's in store in EP 3 for those people who have been able to see all of the flicks, thus far, in the theaters (and not some pimple-faced teen born in the late 80's / early 90's who has only seen them on TV)? I dunno. Closure. I do know that I am going to do my God Damnedest to get tickets so I *AND* my Son can see it.
Oh, and will I be tuning into whatever this O.C. show is for the sole reason of being able to tape the trailer? You'd better bet I am.
*THAT* is the target audience...
P.S.
No. I am, by far and large, no Lucas whor^H^H^H^H fan, I have just been a fan of the flicks (and genre) for quite a long time. You'd better bet I want to actually *WATCH* Obi-Wan kick Anakin's ass...
Re:I've seen The O.C. here on Australian TV... (Score:3, Insightful)
Very Glad .... (Score:2, Insightful)