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Recent trailers have revealed plot points that would normally be considered spoilers. Should studios stop doing this?

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[–] PDFuego 32 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I've always felt that way about prerelease stuff. Give me a title, a release date, and in the rare cases it's not a remake/sequel, a hook. I don't need endless hype.

[–] CluckN 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The craziest trailers are the ones that flash a 5 seconds of clips before starting the actual trailer.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Those are to get your attention if used as an ad because you can't skip within the first few seconds usually.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They pay for the ads right? Why not just have that 5 second clip be for the ad and not for the actual youtube video?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

That 5 second clip is the ad and then it plays the rest of the trailer which is also the ad. They know post people will skip the ad so they have a short spot at the beginning as an attention grabber in hopes you won't skip.