Thundercats “official” (wink wink) trailer:
Was that awesome or what?
I heard there is a movie coming out in 2010 though. Damn furries!
kerzain
4882
Nintendo’s “Wario” games become less than family-friendly. (N.W.S. - Not Work Safe)
Kindly refrain from asking where I found this link.
EDIT - Apparently, new Wario game has some kind of D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself) user created content system that lets people make their own mini-games. So this particular mini-game was likely not from Nintendo proper.
kerzain
4885
Awww, damn it. I caught it about an hour after it was put up. I guess they got tired of the negative feedback.
First of all, thank you for assuming I get dates. That was nice.
Next of all, I am reluctant to answer this because it reveals what a social doofus I am, but I will anyway. When a trailer comes on a countdown immediately starts in my head. As the countdown goes, this question is prominent: Is this a film I am ever going to want to see? I usually know the answer to this within five seconds. Protip: If I see the name “Robin Williams”, the answer is ‘No’ and I watch the trailer. If the answer is ‘Yes’, no matter how tentative…
I put my fingers in my ears, close my eyes, and bend forward, putting my head down. I imagine I look to be in a position akin to the one flight attendants suggest for an emergency landing. I start humming to myself, changing pitch and volume to try to avoid hearing any key dialogue. This is exceedingly difficult because movie trailers are so fucking loud, but I do my best, changing pitch often (this is sort of like the shield attack tactic in Dune).
Yes, I am aware how idiotic this is. It’s worth it. Trailers suck.
The friend I go to the movies with the most does this too. One time we went to see a film and his then girlfriend came along. He had not prepared her in advance and so when we went into our trailer avoidance drill she was a little taken aback, immediately imagining we were having a fit like a couple of “angry autistic kids”.
-xtien
“That’s a polite word for what you are.”
kerzain
4887
Dude, if there’s one thing you should know about me, I won’t consider you (or anyone else) a doofus until you go out of your way to insult me (of course, then I pull out all the stops). I don’t care what weird things you do. I won’t judge, unless you’re trying to force your ways on me or someone else.
If you have trained yourself to ignore trailers, you’re a better man than I. I’ve been burned too many times to count, but I just keep on gobbling them up – only to be angry when they go too far.
My wife and I use he same tactic to avoid spoilers for shows like The Shield which liked to used show previews of the upcoming episode on netflix dvd’s seconds before the actual episode played.
freaky alien baby disease :( :( :(
(not for the faint of heart)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhZxAMPGJ5c
Battlestar Galactica does that and it is so freaking annoying! We’re only just watching season two, and this weird tendency to show what is about to happen in the episode you’re about to watch drives me batty. Luckily it’s just images with music, and no dialogue, so all I have to do is hold my hand up in front of my eyes.
I understand this convention exists to keep television viewers from turning the channel during the broadcast, but it seems moronic to me. Not only is it moronic to include it in the dvd, but really, how many potential channel changers does that stop? “Man, I was gonna switch over to American Idol, but now that I see that Starbuck is gonna kiss that dude I think I’ll stick around.”
Now I wonder when I started doing this. I think it was in 1996 when the trailer for Ransom really pissed me off. Not sure though.
-xtien
kerzain
4891
Actually I think it was Battlestar galactica I was thinking of, not The Shield. I last saw episodes of both of these several years ago at about the same time, got them confused.
wumpus
4892
The friend I go to the movies with the most does this too. One time we went to see a film and his then girlfriend came along. He had not prepared her in advance and so when we went into our trailer avoidance drill she was a little taken aback, immediately imagining we were having a fit like a couple of “angry autistic kids”.
-xtien
“That’s a polite word for what you are.”
This story is awesome. That is all.
You know, I find that personally retarded. That said, I love it that you do it anyway. You know it looks, but you don’t care. That’s way everyone should live their lives. Kudos sir, kudos.
You should just bring an iPod / DS, and play / listen at full volume until the trailers go away. playing a game having the added benefit of giving your eyes something else to do too.
Athryn
4895
A whole page and no videos? wtf?!
Here’s a cute little number. “The Party Just Took a Turn for the Douche”
I do the OCD hunched-over humming gig at trailers, too. Actually, I just don’t go to movies; in the last three years, I’ve only gone to see Children Of Men and Up.
Cubit
4898
I kind of feel bad for this guy, but that doesn’t make it any less funny.
WarrenM
4899
I do the OCD hunched-over humming gig at trailers, too. Actually, I just don’t go to movies
So which is it? Do you do that at home or something?
lollers
I did it at Up and Children of Men, and I did it before when I saw more movies, and I’m doing it right now in the face of your inquiry.
