I havent read this (audible has been pushing it for what feels like two years every time i logged in to listen to my book) but i do know about it, and saw the trailer and thought once again "why do they have to summarise the whole bloody movie in a trailer? The art of the trailer has been lost.
Have also read the book and agree it's brilliant. I was surprised the trailer spent so much time on the recruitment process - I don't remember that at all from the book, I presume it was there but it just didn't stick in my mind (a few years later). Hope the film does the story justice - as mentioned, The Martian gives grounds for hope there.
Tangentially related: the trailer to Psycho when it came out was (apparently) brilliant, and in no way gave away the twist there that everyone born after the movie was released now has coded in their brains.
Looks like good sciency fun. Will check it out once it hits streaming. I guess we should be grateful that the movie industry hasn't yet just turned over the making of trailers to Large Language Models onthe metric 'good enough'.
I'm excited for the movie because as you said, great book, and a very fun read. But I was also surprised they gave away the twist in the trailer.
Their thinking must have been, the book has been out for ages, people are going to have it spoiled for them anyway, might as well put it in the trailer. Still, plenty wouldn't have read the book.
I havent read this (audible has been pushing it for what feels like two years every time i logged in to listen to my book) but i do know about it, and saw the trailer and thought once again "why do they have to summarise the whole bloody movie in a trailer? The art of the trailer has been lost.
Agreed. It seems the aim is to show the best bits of the movie, regardless of whether it is a tease or a giveaway.
Even $h!te movies can look great in the trailer.
It’s almost as if you could watch the trailer and not bother with the movie.
Reminds me of ancient ref to 80s vamp movie The Lost Boys.
Grandpa:
“If you read the T.V. Guide, you don't need a T.V.”
Have also read the book and agree it's brilliant. I was surprised the trailer spent so much time on the recruitment process - I don't remember that at all from the book, I presume it was there but it just didn't stick in my mind (a few years later). Hope the film does the story justice - as mentioned, The Martian gives grounds for hope there.
Tangentially related: the trailer to Psycho when it came out was (apparently) brilliant, and in no way gave away the twist there that everyone born after the movie was released now has coded in their brains.
Looks like good sciency fun. Will check it out once it hits streaming. I guess we should be grateful that the movie industry hasn't yet just turned over the making of trailers to Large Language Models onthe metric 'good enough'.
I'm excited for the movie because as you said, great book, and a very fun read. But I was also surprised they gave away the twist in the trailer.
Their thinking must have been, the book has been out for ages, people are going to have it spoiled for them anyway, might as well put it in the trailer. Still, plenty wouldn't have read the book.