What’s In A Trailer
After posting my last comments, I was reminded of an excellent example of how grossly deceptive a trailer can be versus it’s source material. I don’t know if any of you are fans of Highlander or if you’ve seen the movie Highlander: Endgame. But it’s okay, because you don’t have to in this case. Check out the trailer here:
When I first saw it in the theater, I thought, “Wow! That looks fucking awesome! The heroes jumping through dimensional portals… A villain that’s some immortal telekinetic wizard with magic crystal balls and shit… Even ninja powers like splitting into two guys! The movie doesn’t come out for three months; where can I buy tickets now??”
Fast forward to my buddies and I going to see the movie on opening night. Guess what. No dimensional portals. No stopping swords in mid-air. No splitting into two guys. Just five seperate plots, all boring. I was pissed and confused… Were there two Highlander movies that came out that night and I saw the wrong one? Years later, I did some research and it turns out that the footage that I saw in the trailer was filmed specifically for the trailer. It was a bunch of completely unrelated shots that the studio produced in order to make the movie look cooler than it was and draw people to see it. So essentially, I was lied to about the movie.
Am I saying that Capcom is trying to also lie to us with the Street Fighter IV trailer? No way! But what I am saying is that we should not take this trailer at face value. It’s job is to create attention and excitement about the game…not give us insight into the final product. It won’t be until much later in it’s development before we get any kind of look at what’s to come. I just hope that they keep us as up to speed as they have been with us for SSF2HD Remix, thanks to the likes of David Sirlin.
