Why Do Trailers Keep Spoiling Movies??

[@sem9546]

Personally I think the worst is when horror movies show off the 'best' jumpscares in the trailer

[@timheinrich3752]

I enjoyed Smile, but it would have been even better if they didn't include the car scare.

[@Baltux]

"best jumpscares" implies that a jumpscare is what makes a horror movie good. If a horror movie trailer is filled with jumpscares, I am glad as I know not to waste my time on it. There won't be any real horror, and it will just be "booh! haha gotcha" trash.

[@shawklan27]

​@@Baltuxokay

[@warmcorpse_]

@@Baltuxerm actually, “best jumpscare” implies theres more than one jumpscare

[@kuromi8384]

​@@BaltuxThis just in, people can like jumpscares. 😱😱😱 Not everyone jerks off their ego to psychological horror. Sometimes it's just fun to watch jumpscare horror. 😱😱

[@cinderefell1399]

Never been my problem. I hear that a movie is coming out and I'm like "cool", then I never watch the trailer and forget that the movie is coming out and watch it two years later.

[@charkatslife]

lmfao real

[@jack_of_nil]

This is the way.

[@MystiqMiu]

real

[@naonao9528]

My problem is that I go to movies, they show trailers before the movie, and often these days the closer you get to a movie's release date the more information gets spoiled in the pre-movie trailers. Plus, they show the same trailers over and over again so it's not easy to forget what happens in them.

[@HopeIsADrug11037]

real

[@BMcCauley6]

Kangaroo Jack is literally my reference point for a misleading trailers. When I see a film that is NOTHING what the trailer showed us, I’ve said on multiple occasions, “I’ve been Kangaroo Jack’d”

[@ScottCramer]

They Kangaroo Jacked us up.

[@RegiekEy]

no. Scott. that's not okay.​@@ScottCramer

[@simlover00]

The trailer portrayed exactly what the movie was 😂. Unfortunately those scenes were the only ones wroth watching

[@idgelee]

Bridge. To. Terribithia. I read the book ages before it came out. The trailer sold it as a YA fantasy but it was not!

[@UnreasonableArticulo]

I never saw Kangaroo Jack, and up until just now, I didn't know that the Kangaroo didn't really talk. That's pretty messed up. The movie isn't about a silly talking Kangaroo? But... That's what the trailer showed it to be. That's pretty bad.

[@mathijsfrank9268]

The problem with trailers feeling like they give away too much, is that they answer all the questions that are asked, without asking new ones. If the trailer does not leave any unanswered question it feels like there aren't any, regardless of the truth.

[@jijitters]

Exactly. This is why I see people who want the whole plot in the trailer as less intelligent, inferior minded people. An experience where your brain literally never has to think at all is what they want.

[@subtitlesonplease]

Seeing people as inferior or lacking intelligence, because of their trailer preferences, is hilarious. I’m not one of the people you’ve described but it wouldn’t make me less intelligent if I enjoyed spoilers lol. There’re intelligent people on both sides of the ballot

[@Lgdg143]

"Do you have a time machine? Why aren't you using it for something more important??" Scott with the real questions lmao

[@bAc0nBoY755]

Great comment! Good job

[@legofan370]

As someone who just LITERALLY WATCHED The Fall Guy today, I can guarantee you, they don't spoil SHIT in the trailer. Most of what was "spoiled" is introduced in the first act of the movie.

[@choosehappy9224]

Ooo Vincent Price!

[@legofan370]

@@choosehappy9224 "Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well."

[@thehousecat93]

There are even a couple cute editing decisions in the trailer to avoid spoilers, e.g. changing who the "i never forget a fist" line is pointed at.

[@newp0rt]

honestly the trailer is SO good having seen the movie. what seem like spoilers are infact, 100% hoodwinks. they dupe you into thinking you know, when you dont.

[@naonao9528]

Yeah, I guess I never watched the three minute trailer, but the trailers that played before movies I didn't think had too many spoilers just some funny action scenes. I thought they were good trailers. I guess there was internet drama about this trailer, but it's definitely not one I'd pick.

[@amyefting3225]

My favorite lying trailer was Guardians of the Galaxy 2. The trailer made it seem that the big electricity monster was some final or climactic fight and it was the opening credits. We had no idea about the rest of the movie and it was great. I also agree that keeping the tone correct is important in keeping the rug pull effect away from audiences.

[@-ThatGuy-]

The rug pull effect is exactly why I would prefer a trailer reveal a bit more to me. I don't wanna go in expecting an action movie and get a shitty romcom. Lol

[@melbapeach162]

​@-ThatGuy- exactly, I think the key is keep the biggest secrets and reveals a surprise but absolutely do not sell the movie as basically a different genre.. shouldn't be so difficult and yet.. 😅

[@DeathnoteBB]

See that sort of thing is why people who act like a movie trailer for a movie that hasn’t even released yet has “spoiled the entire movie” are incredibly silly. Like how tf do you know

[@Antwannnn]

Don't they show Drax killing the thing in one of the trailers? You thought they spoiled that? Plus they showed ego and mantis, I don't think anyone thought they weren't gonna be involved in the finale. Idk. Idk bc my nerd brain had already consumed breakdown videos of the trailer, announcement of the movie/plot at comic con, etc. So my experience isn't exactly "general"

[@TheInkTank]

I went into this thinking "yes they spoil way too much" but you have a good point that usually you'd forget most details a few days after seeing the trailer. Though with Superhero Movies I do feel it's slightly different because trailers are followed by waves of analysis videos and social media posts that can be trickier to avoid than just the trailer alone. I've been spoiled more by screenshots of trailers posted by fans for trailers I haven't even seen.

[@ponodude101]

Woah didn't think I'd see The Ink Tank in the comments of a Scott Cramer video. Love your stuff! Well said though. With superhero movies especially, there's so much public talk about the trailer that it's hard to put it out of your mind enough to go into the movie with a relatively fresh experience.

[@DaNintendude]

I think the thing is that people nowadays rewatch trailers over and over-- because we can! They're on KZbin and they play as ads before videos, and everyone analyzes and talks about them... If you watch a trailer just _once,_ you're gonna forget most of it. And that's what I've had to start doing regarding movies and games I'm interested in seeing/playing blind. If I watch the trailer over and over, I'm not gonna forget that. And I think that's part of what people are doing. They're watching it over and over and realizing that they know almost the full plot of the movie. That's not to say that certain trailers aren't spoiling too much, because they absolutely are. Some stuff is unforgettable and it's annoying that it can be a gamble to watch a trailer even _once_

[@MSTiekims9952]

Yeah I was going to this up. Superhero movie trailers are analyzed to death, like scene by scene. The No Way Home trailer is a good example. Just a simple viewing made me excited, but I didn’t think about any of the other Spideys coming into it. It was all the over analyzing and sleuths needing to figure it out and ruining it for themselves. Just like what is currently happening with Deadpool and Wolverine.

[@GoncaloDCa]

​@@MSTiekims9952 The fans didn't ruin themselves the No Way Home crossovers we were all expecting it, it was kind of a teasing game between marvel and the fans and the slip up in the trailer felt so good, litteraly no fan wasn't happy about it, and when we saw them actually appear in the movie without actually seeing them anywhere else before fans were even more excited, Marvel movies shouldn't be part of this discussion in my opinion because the fandom it caters to is always trying to figure the most out of the trailers and marvels knows that so they play with it and it ends up being it own kind of challenge.

[@MSTiekims9952]

@@GoncaloDCa Yeah, but the GP who just want to be surprised or spoil free get screwed. There were/ are articles and videos all over the place - half the time just a title of a video can ruin something if it’s in your KZbin feed. And there are fans that do over-analyze and still get mad about something being in a trailer.

[@brianoestreich]

I work at an indie arthouse theater, and occasionally we do a "preview night" for our members to hype up some upcoming films, and have them vote on what they're most excited about. Without fail, the trailer that gives the most away about the plot does best, and if I only have a quick teaser trailer that gives a "vibe" and no info to show, it gets downvoted the most. People want to know exactly what they're about to see. As a friend told me one time about his mom "she loves movies but hates surprises."

[@Playtoomuch123]

It makes sense but god that hurts to hear. I understand people want to know what they’re walking into but it makes me sad fewer people are willing to take a chance on something.

[@Industry-insider]

That’s so stupid, the issue is they’re watching the trailer and wanting to be entertained, instead of letting the movie do that

[@UltravioletNomad]

@@Industry-insider Counterpoint, if a big factor of your enjoyment of a movie is just being surprised by new events are you really engaging with it? And if someone is enjoying the movie they chose after hearing the gist of the plot aren't they likely engaging with it more?

[@ryko1478]

@@UltravioletNomad the suprise factor isn't the only reason not knowing the plot is important, this is a big thing that people choose to ignore

[@Industry-insider]

@@UltravioletNomad honestly I haven’t watched a movie in like 5 years so maybe this isn’t the biggest issue

[@lillyrose6568]

The trailer for the Emperor's New Groove shows them swinging on a vine and getting tangled around a tree. Pacha says "Don't worry your highness, I gotcha. You're safe with me... Or not." In the movie, he NEVER SAYS "or not." This has pissed me off for the last 24 years!!!

[@demo2823]

Wait until you find out about the trailer for Flushed Away, where the rat has 2 butlers, completely ruining the idea that he lives alone and therefore should leave and go with Rita. They just edited them out of the final prodict.

[@mal_348]

That doesn't even change anything in the movie...?

[@bluestarkiller]

That movie was a nightmare to work on, so I'm not surprised tons of scenes were edited differently. Watch "The sweatbox" documentary about it. Also other movies have trailers made from scratch to avoid spoiling anything, like Frozen. Or infamously, Madam Web has a cringe voiceover to exposition the whole backstory, that's not in the actual film.

[@shannonceleste5557]

The only part I remember from that trailer is the two of them having the deadpan convinced before going over the waterfall, climaxing with Kuzco yelling "boooooyaaaahhhahhh" And that deffo does happen in the movie so 🤔 we seem to find ourselves at a draw

[@aswespeakI65]

@@mal_348that’s not the point !!

[@jhammy6208]

I cannot STAND when horror movies give away the best jump scare in the trailer!?! It completely ruins the intensity of so many scenes

[@ur_cowboy]

jumpscares are garbage, grow up and enjoy some real horror movies

[@MACHlNATION]

*cough cough* that one in smile *cough cough*

[@paperplate09]

@ur_cowboy Jeez man

[@Unfortunately_Mickey]

That goes along with the general issue that the monster we never see will almost always be the most terrifying. The more the audience knows about the monster, the more we can meme it lol

[@UnreasonableArticulo]

I love when they show jump scares in trailers, it lets me know to avoid the movie. Jump scares are the lamest common denominator. Startle jumps to fake "scariness" is cheesy. Put some real work into the scares and creepiness. My dad did that all the time at home, just because he popped a bag by me when it was quiet and forced my startle reflex, doesn't mean he was "scary," any more than it means the movie is scary. Of course by this logic, it's also not good to show them in the trailer, though :D

[@xxkori123xx]

I feel like knowing a lot of the movie doesn't necessarily ruin the experience so long as the story is still engaging and interesting. We go into Romeo and Juliet knowing from the first couple lines they're going to die but then you watch it play out and see what happens. Like you said, we rewatch movies all the time because we liked it and were invested. Just because you know what's going to happen, that doesn't change the fact it's still entertaining to get there. Side note. I remember the controversy when Red Eye had two very different trailers made just to manipulate their audience. On Spike TV (the quote unquote man's channel) it was edited to look like a hard core action movie. On Lifetime (a channel mostly associated with women) it was edited to look like a light hearted romcom. The movie is neither of those things.

[@mymakeupnonsense]

I remember the trailer for Pixar’s Brave made it seem like it focused on her “fighting for her own hand” but we got the the theatre and it was basically brother bear 😅

[@eyebrowsj2243]

To be fair that's a problem with the movie switching gears during production

[@lillyrose6568]

Same with princess and the frog. She's basically a frog the entire movie?! I wanna watch a princess!!

[@demo2823]

​@@eyebrowsj2243They switched directors but they were always going to make the mom turn into a bear.

[@haybale287]

I mean, that's still what it's about. You can have multiple messages and plots in your movie lol

[@CarlyndraTM]

I actually was excited for the film when it came out and I was so disappointed with the film for the same reason

[@devichi4108]

My memory is just so bad I don't even remember what happened during the trailers, so I get to watch movies going in blind.

[@murrenkelly3866]

I was able to see Fall Guy early through my university, and I can say that the trailer doesn’t take away from the movie experience. First, the trailer doesn’t reveal everything. Second, it’s the type of movie that is enjoyable because of the vibes and character dynamics, so it would still be fine if you knew the plot.

[@kingbaco1233]

A little too much talking at first but god damn does the action go hard

[@zachroos3910]

Movies great I had a blast

[@AlecDouglas]

I am so glad you mentioned the Super 8 teaser, probably my favorite movie trailer I have ever seen. The fact that none of the footage in it is in the actual movie is such cool choice

[@Ottobuns]

One of my favorite trailers of all time is the Barbarian trailer when the girl just shows up on the porch and the guy asks if she wants to come in. So creepy and unsettling while revealing basically nothing about the movie

[@madfisch473]

yes!! it was such a great example of setting people up to be blown away when shit hits the fan! i was expecting a run of the mill home invasion horror movie going in and i was OVERJOYED to be wrong

[@-Burch]

AGREED

[@carolinewheeler77]

That movie entirely made money Because of its vague marketing in my opinion

[@Glitteryteddy]

Thank you for shouting out the people with anxiety. Thats not me and i dont like spoliers in trailers but i do have ptsd and have to look up spoilers so i can be aware of/avoid triggers

[@Glitteryteddy]

(For anyone who would also like spoilers for a similar reason- doesthedogdie is a great website for this)

[@macnkeebs]

now i want a shirt that says "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it lookin' ass"

[@Maxis_Mi]

As someone who tries to avoid spoilers like the plague, I have found that the teaser trailer and FIRST trailer of a movie are the perfect amount to inform me what the movie is actually about and getting me excited by keeping it a mystery Going onto the second and especially third+ trailers is when they start revealing more- just recently my friend felt the newest Kingdom of the planet of the apes trailer spoiled it for him but the last two were fine

[@halfghostgirl]

"Lookin ass" is my favorite little flavor phrase to throw out. Thank you for the immaculate vibes on that one.

[@BatAmerica]

The funny thing is, this was a problem that arguably has gotten better with time. Nowadays, people are angry and critical to trailers that do this forcing editors to be more creative. Back in the 1970s, these people would have a heart attack. My favorite example of this is The Deer Hunter, which is a great movie with a terrible trailer. It spoils everything from the heartbreaking ending to the amount of time spent in Vietnam yet audiences still adore it.

[@Itcouldbebunnies]

The trailer for 'Alien' is from the 1970s, and it is the greatest trailer of all time.

[@BatAmerica]

@@Itcouldbebunnies That's true, there were great trailers then just like now. I'm just saying that the problem was much worse then compared to today.

[@sarahc.839]

I haven’t finished the video yet but I think a lot of movies try so hard to get viewers that they don’t leave you any room to learn the story as you go. It’s like how booktok has so many tags of like “enemies to lovers” , “found family” and so on, and that spoils the content of the book before you start it. There’s just so much media nowadays, that they don’t know how to hit their demographic without giving away the whole plot. I don’t have a solution, just a rant 🙃

[@redwiltshire1816]

Japan already solved this problem with its long titles you see on manga and anime (e.g that time I got reanimated as a slime) tells you enough to be interested but also doesn’t spoil it

[@stupiditiusmaximus]

@@redwiltshire1816 *reincarnated. that time i got reanimated as a slime sure would have been interesting.

[@redwiltshire1816]

@@stupiditiusmaximus sorry auto correct lol can’t win with it

[@stupiditiusmaximus]

@@redwiltshire1816 trueeeee. It always messes everything up.

[@t_ylr]

Matthew Weiner the showrunner for Mad Men hated "next time on" trailers but the network forced him to do them. So over the course of the series the next time on clips would get shorter and shorter and also like more disjointed and cryptic until it was almost a parody of itself lol. Like in the last season it just be a random 5 sec montage of reaction shots with no dialogue 😂

[@TechySpeaking]

12:45 There's actually a really interesting backstory behind the "Suicide Squad" trailers. The first one is pretty dark and bland, but was more accurate to the actual film. The second one was done by a trailer house, which added all the colors and Queen music. The studio then scrambled to try to retroactively edit the movie to be more like the upbeat trailer. And thus, the mess that was "Suicide Squad".

[@hanzwurst3805]

I actually LOVED the way Marvel did this for Endgame. All trailers suggested the movie going in a COMPLETELY different direction. When you then went to watch it you had no idea what was coming. Super well done. Edit: bruh nice mentioned. Yeah I rarely see people giving credit for that but as a former hardcore fan that was everything

[@gabrielaharries8149]

I love the way Marvel does trailers, they edit in or out the spoilery bits or straight up shows something different, gets fans talking and theorizing but not actually spoiling the best parts

[@demo2823]

I remember lots of people theorizing time travel from the trailer, though.

[@nobodysdawn493]

Yeah but then some people get pissed about that too, like the new Scott Pilgrim where they threw a curveball and changed trajectory at the end of the first episode and so many people were pissed that they were “lied to” by the marketing. Like make up your minds do you want to know what’s going to happen or not.

[@haveidonethisbefore]

​@@gabrielaharries8149funny because they used to spoil a lot back in the day, Iron man 1 trailer spoils like 80% of the movie.

[@seanbeard7558]

Going into a movie blind is truly the way to experience any movie. I saw Abigail recently and had no clue she was a vampire. Had I seen the trailer I would have sent 30 minutes waiting for the reveal I knew was coming

[@FrancisR420]

F*** I haven't seen Abigail now the first 30 minutes are ruined. Thanks a lot for the tip 😒

[@-Burch]

omfg it always annoyed me how it showed her as a vampire in the trailer and then had the main cast have a "who dunnit" plot for the first part of the movie

[@carolinewheeler77]

Yeah, but I also probably wouldn’t have seen the movie if it was just advertised as like an action thriller. And thriller fans would’ve fuckin hated it lmao it’s more for horror fans

[@ransompie]

Actually fall guy is mostly a romcom for like an hour, so it’s pretty different from the trailer

[@OpenToeFilms]

If that’s the case then that’s just misleading marketing tactics which makes it even worse

[@AldenTuttle02]

I figured.

[@pemanilnoob]

Oh god, I hate romance, imagine if I loved action and thriller, and I saw the movie because of the trailer, and then got A ROMANTIC COMEDY?? I think I’d barf tbh

[@Mallinaamari]

​@@OpenToeFilms There's no misleading marketing. It's a 100% action movie packed with almost unnecessary amount of explosions and crazy car stunts, with a romcom storyline mixed with a murder mystery (the missing actor is not the dead body shown in the trailer btw) storyline. Plenty of meta humor and there's also a twist villain in the story. The trailer is fine, it's accurate and it didn't reveal too much, though I do think the trailer should've shown less of the pretty much coolest action/stunt scenes in the movie.

[@Mallinaamari]

​@@pemanilnoob I've seen the movie, it is 100% an action thriller... So the action movie protagonists can't have love interests in movies anymore?

[@SenseiSeth]

What do I want in a trailer? 2:30 seconds of random dialogue, but in a scrolling Star Wars style text, with a that AMC intro that lady did in the background (also it’s just a littttle too quiet to make out what she’s saying) 😊👍

[@lilwoofs]

I normally don’t watch trailers for this reason. But also I think it can make people get more excited to watch it

[@mcbuckets2399]

I like the way you think, but it sucks when you have to sit through the later trailers before you watch a different movie

[@LiamLivesOn]

​@@mcbuckets2399that's my issue as someone who goes to the cinema 2 or 3 times a week, it's so hard to avoid trailers

[@chickenburrgers]

​@LiamLivesOn Yeah. Also considering that there are trailers before KZbin videos.

[@LiamLivesOn]

@@chickenburrgers oh I have KZbin premium so I'm lucky that way,

[@chickenburrgers]

@@LiamLivesOn lucky... I'm too poor.

[@kelltainer4608]

"Let's go see The Fall Guy together!" Scott, you make me want to have friends

[@kateribarry]

I stumbled across the movie "Selena" on tv one time, i had absolutely no idea it was a true story or anything about this persons life. I was legitimately shook, almost ill, at the end, because i was so shocked.

[@yanelluviano]

You know what’s crazier is I actually did grow up listening to her and the first time I watched that movie I didn’t put 2 and 2 together and thought they just made a random movie using all her songs 💀

[@StarchieHalo]

19:42 Hardly, if the entire movie is building up to this huge reveal and I already know what it is it ruins everything

[@superdude4178]

12:49 Apparently Warner Bros liked the trailers so much they asked the trailer house company to just edit the film itself which is why the film is the way it is

[@Boggythefroggy]

A really good marketing decision done by the upcoming horror movie Long Legs is make really esoteric, eerie teaser trailers that make no sense without context and are just really chilling when you watch them by themselves. I’m excited to see how the movie actually is just from the teasers alone.

[@casuallycal]

“Uploaded 35 seconds ago” I got home from work at the exact right time and not a moment too soon

[@happyswife427]

Early morning post let's goo

[@ClearlyJoking]

Well, kinda 34 seconds late 😂

[@casuallycal]

@@ClearlyJoking fair point 🤣

[@UnreasonableArticulo]

So is this basically you saying "First!" ?

[@ellepalmer]

my boyfriend and i are complete opposites he keeps up on new stuff coming out, if it’s a franchise he likes, he watches all the promos, reads the theories… by the time the movie is out he literally knows what’s going to happen. i hear about a movie on accident, look at the poster and title, someone says “you should watch this, it’s good” and MAYBE read part of the description, then decide to go. when i go into a movie i want to go in completely blind or as blind as possible. this is why i NEVER seek out movie trailers. and i hate spoilers. sometimes i have to prevent my boyfriend from speaking as soon as he gets started on a movie topic and yell “NO SPOILERS” because he’s been reading the articles for months. he doesn’t even think of it as a spoiler anymore. meanwhile, i barely know what the plot is. i like doing it this way because it makes me feel like a kid again. movies surprise me because i dont try to figure them out. i just let them play and react accordingly. yes i am the girl who cries at the obvious cliches. but as soon as i show him a movie i like that i’ve already seen before which he has no knowledge of, he can predict the twist within 2 minutes. this man drives me insane.

[@shaynalange7488]

When I saw the Fall Guy trailer in the movie theater, I was so excited to actually see the full movie. It's definitely an action movie, I love that it's a movie within a movie, and it's a rom-com as well with two great actors. I'm psyched to see it this weekend!

[@funtechu]

I saw it today and it was great!

[@Mellence]

I think I'm a weird person in that getting spoilers doesn't ruin a story for me. The joy is not in unraveling an unknown story but immersing yourself in it. I rewatch stuff all the time where I know the ending and still get excited. I figure I'm a minority in this respect though

[@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia]

You're not alone lol. As Scott mentioned, people with anxiety like me actually enjoy the movie more if they don't have to worry about an unexpected big twist such as the death of a main character. Which is why I also enjoy rewatching the same movies and TV shows, even if I know the end. (That goes for books as well). It's a little bit like going on vacation in your favourite location, you have a good time even if you already know the place. 😊

[@sushilampa8287]

If I'm REALLY into the show, I'm extremely impatient on what's gonna happen so I go out of my way LOOKING for spoilers- it just makes me feel better

[@destinysux]

@@sushilampa8287:o but ???? but ??????? 😭

[@jijitters]

This thread is like reading comments from aliens 😭 Knowing what's going to happen in a movie basically makes it pointless to watch for me, unless it's a re-watch. I don't watch trailers and I mute all sorts of stuff on social media if I'm avoiding a particular thing before I've seen it myself.

[@sushilampa8287]

@jijitters I just hate surprises haha, I still have the rest of the movie/series to watch I just wanna know the big twist

[@anvil5686]

Honestly even if trailers spoil everything I usually forget the entire trailer by the time I end up seeing the movie 🤷‍♀️

[@oscarabel3935]

He said that already…

[@tomascrenzel7446]

I DONT

[@ggw1776]

NPC comment

[@KwehShiro]

i dont, lol, just dont wanna watch the movie if i do. video games do this too.. makes the story developpment underwhelming, some improved though after criticism, some were already amazing at not spoiling. a trailer should be something that gets you hyped and give you content but doesn't tell anything or something i like is when they give you a false path so when you watch the story it's actually different (the plot but not the events) than what you would have thought with all the leads they gave.

[@alexisdogbo7958]

@@KwehShiroI guess so, but for me unless the trailer spoils a big twist or it’s really egregious in spoiling the plot, it’s never gonna ruin the movie for me. I think the sweet spot for is something that let me know if the premise I can get invested while also not revealing any big plot points. Even then, though if the movie looks good enough, it’s not gonna stop me.

[@rkj5258]

GREAT timing for this video I was just so pissed about the trailer for “Damsel” on Netflix. They give away the whole edge to most of the movie! You’re not at all wondering what happened.

[@Evanz111]

An inverse to this that I’ve noticed is what I’m gonna call the “Filibuster trailer” (in honour of your Parks & Rec reference) It’s when the trailer just seems to jump between completely random shots and characters saying lines that seem to give a vague idea of what the film is about, whilst almost specifically avoiding showing anything crucial or revealing. They just stitch as much as they can to form the length of a trailer. I respect what they’re going for, but it kinda just makes me feel like I wasted two and a half minutes of my life with nothing new gained by the end of it.

[@imperfectly_megan]

I have a mind for jokes and a scrambled egg brain for everything else. So I am mad at a trailer for spoiling all the jokes/the best jokes because I will remember that.

[@astridmyst]

I love that you mentioned about people who need to know for anxiety reasons. I agree of course that obviously that isn't the majority and account for why most people want "spoiler heavy" trailers.

[@autumn-alexl8233]

I remember when I saw The Truman Show for the first time without any idea of what it was about... I thought for a good part of the beginning that it was a documentary about a tv show host and I was SO confused when the plot started 😭😆 but I feel like I enjoyed it even more because of that! I like to know as little as possible about a movie now before I see it, and if I don't like it, then oh well

[@XanderPGK]

(Spoilers for The Batman!) When I went to the theater to see something (forgot what exactly it was), they showed the third trailer for The Batman, which I had not seen intentionally - for fear of seeing something I'd rather see fresh when the movie came out - and when it got to the end of it, I thought they had spoiled that Riddler knows that Bruce Wayne is Batman. I was a tad peeved. When I actually saw the movie, it turned out that Riddler was simply talking about Bruce Wayne to Batman, not knowing they're the same. Not the worst example of a trailer showing too much (hell, it didn’t even technically spoil anything), but that's just what I can remember recently. Sorry if that was a waste of reading 😅

[@sophdog2564]

So I'm only at 1:26 making this comment and I did see the movie right when it came out. Mild spoiler, the dead guy is not the actor he is a double for.

[@sophdog2564]

Honestly the title of the movie is more of a spoiler because it's a pretty obvious play on words where he's a "fall guy" because he's a stunt man, but also gets framed to take the fall for a crime. Only one of those is a typical use of the phrase "the fall guy" and it is not the first one

[@TonisFilmClub]

Exactly why I made a fake horror movie trailer about the eggs in my fridge. I wish I was kidding.

[@Regene2383]

Need to see that lol

[@TonisFilmClub]

@@Regene2383 It's in a video on my channel called "How Movie Trailers Manipulate You" - I wanted to prove that a trailer can make anything look exciting lol

[@TonisFilmClub]

@@Regene2383 it's at the end of my "How Movie Trailers Manipulate You" video - I wanted to prove that a trailer can make just about anything look exciting lol

[@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia]

I was so intrigued by your comment that I went straight to your channel to watch it. Not only is this trailer hilarious, it's also very, VERY well done! How on earth do you only have a thousand subscribers? You just got a new one, I'm definitely gonna check your other videos. 👍🏻

[@TonisFilmClub]

@@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia Wow, thank you so much, I really appreciate your comment. Welcome to the club :)

[@TheAwesomePadronShow]

12:45 I agree! The very first trailer looked really good tbh. But then BvS came out and people were criticizing the DCEU and its dark tone (even more than they already had been after Man of Steel) so WB pretty much amped up the “fun” factor in Suicide Squad hardcore. I mean just look up the transformation of the movie’s logo throughout the trailers. Also another movie whose trailer was very different than the actual movie was the Avenger’s Age of Ultron first official trailer. I still to this day still watch that trailer sometimes because it’s so good. And I, too, hated Kangaroo Jack when I saw it in theaters as a kid because I also thought it was going to be about a talking kangaroo because of the trailer 😭 Also one more thing, I absolutely LOVE when a good trailer plays a song and makes me fall in love with the song. Like there’s been so many times where I’ve already even known the song but once it’s played on a trailer that I really like, it makes me love it even more. I’ve liked Madonna’s Like a Prayer a decent amount but the Deadpool & Wolverine trailer has definitely boosted it for me -Zach

[@catherineliu06]

I literally walk into movie theaters last second to avoid the trailers

[@SimiDaGoat]

I personally enjoy watching movies I have not seen the trailer to. Even trailers that don’t show everything, still take away from the initial impact of a first time seeing it.

[@clementineshetheyfae8312]

My favorite trailers right now are for Skinamarink and Kane and Lynch 2 dog days. They show basically nothing but the general vibe and it’s executed so well

[@GoddessofWisdom]

10:59 I actually appreciate this so much, I have been part of that segment of society before and it was nice to know my favorite summer camp counselor respects my existence

[@Cardali]

Twist endings aside, I think spoilers can be okay. If the movie is entertaining/interesting enough, then how they get to that ending is just as fun.

[@juno4279]

At the end of every episode of Hell's Kitchen they have a mini trailer that shows what's going to happen in the next episode. The thing is, these are almost always completely fake, to the point where they insert audio clips from other episodes to show fake events that never even take place. One of my favorite examples of this is in season 11 where they make it seem like two contestants are in a secret relationship and when Gordon finds out he's reallllyy angry, but in reality none of that happens. It's like if clickbait thumbnails were trailers, it's great.

[@Angryoyster]

10:37 it’s me I’ve been mentioned. I am someone who doesn’t care/kinda likes spoilers. I’ve always been that way I honestly find that 90% of the time I tend to like movies/books/tv shows more when I know the outcome going in then when I don’t, and I have to sit there stewing in anxiety. Like I literally can’t watch LOST because no one talks about the ending in great detail they all say “you just gotta watch it” well I don’t just gotta watch it I want to know it. I need to know that everything will be okay or mentally prepare myself for it not being okay. But again as Scott said this is extreme anxiety I don’t even like to be surprised for my birthday and Christmas I prefer to know what I’m getting as otherwise I get over anxious about it.

[@jijitters]

It must be very difficult to live a normal life like that, I'm sorry.

[@fred2310]

I was talking with some friends last week about this, and the trailer for A Dog's Purpose actually LITERALLY gives away the entire plot. I unironically felt more emotion while watching the trailer than through the entire movie.

[@adda312]

I saw the trailer for M. Night Shamalayan's new movie 'Trap' and a lot of people complaining that it spoils the story...while the director is famous for not wanting anything about his films spoiled..not even the 6th Sense after all these years. Not to mention he is known for hist 'twists' in his films. So I'm actually more excited to see Trap, because there's just no way the trailer actually tells us what's going on

[@yt.byliam]

I also feel like people are not realizing that the story is from the killers perspective. From my POV it seemed like they showed mainly a lot of what will be in the first act.

[@hanthonyc]

When people say "back then", they're probably thinking about TV commercial trailers, which were either TEASERS or a very condensed trailer, edited down to save money on adspace.

[@Pejora]

I never watch entire trailers anymore! As soon as I know I wanna watch it I switch it off

[@TechySpeaking]

13:18 An Ana De Armas fan successfully sued because the trailer for "Yesterday" included scenes with Ana De Armas that were ultimately cut from the final movie. The fan rented the movie solely because the trailer suggested that Ana De Armas was in the movie.

[@aburlingham0915]

"How Dare You?" merch when?? It's like your signature line, imo. You put a certain stank on it that really sticks in my head.

[@donovanfaust3227]

Honestly I find the whole concept of spoilers to be silly. I mean if someone feels like they've been robbed of on experience who am I to say they're wrong. I just think that there's so much in between these "spoiled" moments that people forget it's about the journey, not the destination. Also it is so wild to me how much value some people put on unspoiled media. I just don't get that same feeling I guess. Reading the synopsis of a novel is not the same experience as actually reading it to me, I view trailers the same way. There's a whole lot more I can say about this fairly recent phenomenon of spoilerphobia but I digress. Great points as always, loved the video.

[@SillyGooseTV]

Its my 29th birthday and this is the perfect gift. Thanks a million Scott ❤

[@MittensTheMurderKitty]

My feelings about misleading or spoilery trailers is pretty much what you said. It depends on what was spoiled or what way it was misleading. Now the one spoiler website I will absolutely check if I think it's at all necessary is "Does the Dog Die?" Because THAT is not a surprise I want in my entertainment.

[@MittensTheMurderKitty]

Though I did think the romantic comedy version of the "Fight Club" trailer was a masterpiece. LOL

[@jaycille1536]

Ah yes my lunch break video

[@elize2952]

I don’t remember why but I became a trailer hater around 5 years ago and now I actively refuse to watch them. Unless it’s something I don’t care about too much or I care about too much lol. For the most part I like to go in having no idea what it’s gonna be like

[@GogiRegion]

I can't remember which movie it was, but I remember assuming a movie I was about to watch had the whole movie in the trailer. The first 5 minutes was basically the trailer, and by 10 minutes in every scene in the trailer was shown. The rest of the movie was great and the trailer gave away absolutely nothing.

[@asaladwithoutcrutonsispoin437]

I think there was an instance that happened recently where someone successfully sued a movie studio for showing a trailer that wasn't completely accurate to what the movie turned out to be.

[@GT_Mr.C]

short answer: yes long answer: yes. yes they are

[@jeremyzapsmash]

Shorter answer: *nods*

[@kathleent4291]

Just remember Scott, if you’re completely in the dark in the movie theatre then you’re in the wrong theatre, go find your movie

[@Megasnoop]

There was a movie from last year called Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken that the trailer was LITERALLY everything that happens in the movie down to the final climax. I think that's one of the reasons it was Dreamwork's worst movie release in the modern era, since audiences could see what the whole film was about, and it just wasn't good at all lmao

[@-ThatGuy-]

That seems like a win for us as consumers. We saved money by not wasting time and cash on a shit movie. Lol I personally would prefer a spoiler to a very good movie vs a crap movie with no spoilers that I now wasted upwards of $30 per person on.

[@cadrenadams9109]

The take on not remembering the trailer at all was spot on. I watch dimension 20 weekly, and at the end of each episode is spoilers for the next episode. I never remember any of the spoilers until they play out in the next episode. Also I too thought kangaroo jack was about a talking kangaroo and until rewatching as an adult, I remember him talking more than just the one scene.

[@jackgardner2514]

I feel like the M Night Shyamalon movie Trap has an inexcusible giveaway in its trailer

[@stuffingtonjfluffypantsiii]

Plus it's a Shymalon movie. Everyone knows there will be a twist. Question is will the twist make sense

[@Wasab1841]

If it’s a shyamlon movie there will be a twist so the trailer giving a basis to the plot makes sense

[@nicivera6698]

I thought the same when I saw the “twist” in the trailer I just felt like what else could possibly happen now

[@KitAE0]

I feel like there's gonna be a twist on the "twist" in the trailer

[@kingdingaling3376]

Shamamlon love twisting the trailer twist

[@lesbrarian]

Brave is one of my fave movies ever and I loved that the trailer gave nothing away! When her mom turned into a bear I was absolutely shocked and blown away, and the story was so much deeper than I expected!

[@samueljohnston9639]

Here’s the thing about studios lying in trailers, the first wave of viewers will pay and feel lied to, but it’s too late because they’ve already payed, but the second wave will be non existent because everyone leaves bad reviews and nobody else goes to see the movie. Let’s also point out that if they know what will put butts in seats, so they lie that their movie is about that topic, why don’t they just make a movie about that topic?

[@alexkunce2006]

Thanks for being an all around positive and friendly guy, Scott. It really makes a difference sometimes.

[@weird_lemur]

I've been avoiding movie trailers for the past 10 years because I got tired of predicting the movie before seeing it. I only need posters and screenshots to know if i'll go see it and even that starts to push it because things get predictable quick

[@Simplyshreenaizhere]

lol same Fr

[@ThisIsNotMyUsername]

It's a good point. If I want to avoid spoilers about anything, I don't scroll the internet for too long. It's not always easy but it does work.

[@njdotson]

My favorite movie trailer is the first trailer for Nope because it kind of misled me before I watched the movie. The movie was more complex than it seemed at first. It also was super mysterious so I wanted to see what it was about. Maybe others feel the same I won't explain it in detail though.

[@GingerHoliday]

I have a gift of not having most movies spoiled for me and I’m what you’d consider “chronically online.” I hardly ever watch trailers but I also don’t watch many movies. Well I didn’t until I met my fiancé who loves movies. When I tell you that I didn’t know Jason’s mom was the original Friday the 13th killer until I watched it for the first time this year, you’d think I lived under a rock. I’m 40 btw so I have been around long enough for that to have gotten spoiled for me. But that happens all the time. I also don’t remember watching movies to the point where I’ll have my fiancé saying the plot to a movie and me not remember having seen it.

[@clintonwilcox4690]

This is a problem, at least sometimes. I haven't seen a Marvel movie in a couple years now, but when I was invested I had to stop watching their trailers because while in the theater to see Thor: Ragnarok, I realized that every major reveal in that movie was spoiled in the trailer. I saw pretty much everything coming because I had seen, I think, two trailers for the film. It was ridiculous.

[@scrappydudes1783]

Also on the spiderman one, the multiverse thing is the entire premise of the movie. They're trying to draw in fans of the older Spiderman movies.

[@jannecapelle_art]

i wish books, series and movies had a wonderful tagging system like Ao3 tbh! i really dont like certain type of stories and themes, but a little book summary on the backcover is not gonna tell you what actually happens. a book or movie might be a romance story, but is it dark romance? is it a light, fluffy type of thing? does a main character die for a tragic plot twist???? i wish everything had a tagging system thatd be so convenient omg

[@ellepalmer]

i have to say, this video is insanely good timing because i watched the fall guy trailer a couple days ago when i saw an ad for it on my amazon tv stick. i haven’t purposefully clicked on a movie trailer of my own volition in years. so to see this as the topic was mind blowing! i share a lot of the same thoughts as you. really good video. actually the reason i clicked was because it made me think of “free guy” which is another great meta action movie with another great ryan in it

[@cee8ch]

There’s a movie coming out called Trap. It’s about a dad who takes his young daughter to a concert, and unknown to the concert attendants, the concert is where a serial killer plans to take his next victims. The trailer seemed SUPER interesting and genuinely something I wanted to watch, but in the last few seconds of the trailer they spoiled who the bad guy was (even though it was supposedly a “mystery”). I’m still gonna watch it but I am not nearly as excited.

[@Wasab1841]

It’s a shymalan movie their will be a twist so it’s fine

[@yt.byliam]

if you’re talking about the reveal of the killer, that happens really early in the trailer, because that’s what the movie is about… it’s from his perspective

[@thehousecat93]

that's not even what the trailer says the movie is about. it's a police trap for the serial killer, not a trap for the serial killer's next victim. If you're going to complain about learning what the premise of a movie is, at least get what you're complaining about right.

[@jijitters]

@@yt.byliam I'm of the opinion it's still a mistake to show that in the trailer. It would be more effective to leave out the suggestion of that.

[@yt.byliam]

@@jijitters i personally think it’s much more intriguing knowing we are following the killer. then it would just look like an average father save daughter from evil villain movie and i think that would garner much less interest. now this poses more intriguing questions like how he will escape this trap set for him AND how his daughter will play into the narrative. but if that’s your opinion that’s fine, the op just made it seem like it was a huge reveal at the end when it was a key plot point given early in the trailer.

[@Gracehasyoutube]

I love how Scott told us to watch the castaways trailer that didn’t spoil anything but also spoiled that Tom Hanks got off the island with the first trailer

[@introverted_unicorn]

Infinity war was spoiled for me, not from the trailers but from Adult Swim. About 10 days after the movie was released Adult Swim posted a black screen, during one of their breaks, with large white text spoiling the names of those who died in the movie. I was so pissed. It only happened once, but it was enough 😢

[@scifigrl23]

How in the world did you NOT know everyone was going to die in the end? That was obvious years ahead of time.

[@SaturdayParker]

@scifigrl23 It wasnt obvious youre just being a jerk

[@scifigrl23]

@@SaturdayParker you're just mad that the rumor you heard were true.

[@SaturdayParker]

@@scifigrl23 I couldnt care less if fans accurately predict something. The problem is when someone goes out of their to spoil something they know lots of people are hyped about. And your attitude of well you should've been one of those fans that analyzed everything and figured it out sooner.

[@ChefQuilava156]

If the movie trailer itself isn’t spoiling the movie, Tom Holland is

[@krillion177]

It's kinda cool that old trailers were essentially free samples for movies.

[@RealMrRobinson]

I have a rule of watching 30 seconds of the trailer and then deciding if i want to watch it. this way i know enough, but not too much

[@syrahchinn7821]

NEW VIDEO WOOP

[@nootnootnootok]

3:36 the quote is yours sir you own it now

[@kingcummber9285]

With the Cast Away example them needing to know the answer to their question right away, is giving early signs of brain rot.

[@GalinaEv]

focus groups are cancer, i heard a lot of great endings were changed/reshot due to them. and I still wonder if any of them actually go to the movies at all

[@cathenight]

From what I've spoken to people about it, I think it's mostly that the way a lot of people consume movies (or media in general) is that they mostly want some safety on what they watch. They want the story to be mostly coherent, the most important plot points wrapped up by the end, and a happy or hopeful ending, and one or all of these things missing will ruin their enjoyment of the movie. If you're gonna spend time, money and invest yourself in a story you wanna know if it's gonna be worth your while. So, in the Castaway example, you watched this trailer that got you really hooked, but you know you're not gonna like the movie if he doesn't make it out of the island or if they leave it ambiguous, so you need to know before going in to make sure you're gonna enjoy it. The story isn't just the ending anyway, so you can still invest yourself in the story while having the safety of knowing that in the end, everything is fine. A lot of people just don't care all that much about the mystery of it and we can complain all day about the right or best way to watch a movie, but in the end everyone wants different things out of a story.

[@sambrown821]

from a movie theater employee: the average person tends to not even know the name of the movie they’re going to see, let alone what was in the trailer

[@vannareyne6336]

I go to the movies most weeks and I always struggle when I get to the desk even if I just told myself the name XD. It's like there is a force field preventing people from getting it right ok.

[@sambrown821]

@@vannareyne6336 there might be something there because i’ve heard people talking about which one they’re seeing but as soon as they come up to me i just get blank stares

[@Look_look_at_my_cats]

I heard the trailer for My Girl hid a little too much! Poor parents, taking their happy kids to see a heartwarming coming-of-age movie... and bam, Macauley bites it.

[@melsyoutube]

personally, a bio / written teaser is more important to me than a trailer. some of the best movies i’ve seen are films that i didn’t watch a trailer for - banshees, eeaao, dune, anatomy of a fall, interstellar, holding the man, etc

[@alexanderoleksyn9435]

Charlie St. Cloud AND Stranger than Fiction in the final montage? Fantastic. 19:26

[@EnriqueMaxx]

People complain about everything. If you're worried trailers give too much of a movie away....then don't watch them. No one is forced to watch a movie trailers

[@laslalal8451]

Except those who are in a theater before the movie starts

[@VulpesDystopia]

10:28 I’m glad he mentioned that, very cool! I know I have that problem, and it’s especially bad if it’s a movie I actually want to see. Usually it’s not so bad if I’m with a friend who wanted to see a movie I’m not so interested in.