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   From: Troels@ThisIsFake.invalid   
      
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   Paul S. Person  spoke these staves:   
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   > On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:44:38 +0100, Troels Forchhammer   
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   >>> You can't judge a film by its trailer.   
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   >> Well, both yes and no . . .   
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   >> As Rateliff points out in a comment to Bratman's blog (on his   
   >> livejournal blog[#]), "Trailers are there for people to judge   
   >> movies by; that's their entire purpose."   
   [...]   
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   > Well, there we (me and Rateliff, that is) differ.   
   >   
   > I would say that "trailers are there to convince people to watch   
   > the film".   
      
   Deciding to pay money to go and watch the film is also a kind of   
   judgement, I'd say . . .   
      
   It's an early judgement, certainly, one based on insufficient   
   knowledge (isn't that what is actually implied by the word   
   /prejudice/ -- prior judgement?), but, I would say, a judgement   
   nonetheless.   
      
   I do think this is what Rateliff meant -- that trailer are there for   
   people to judge how likely they are to like or dislike films by:   
   that, at least, was how I understood his statement. Apart from this   
   judgement (which I see as the basis for the decision whether or not   
   to spend one's time and money on watching the film), you can use the   
   trailer to make some educated guesses (which is how my various   
   comments were intended), but final, or detailed, judgment must, of   
   course, wait until one knows the final product.   
      
      
      
   > Of course, IIRC, Bombur should be the largest Dwarf.   
      
   At least horizontally ;)   
      
      
      
   > Something similar is possible here: the trailer for /TH/ could be   
   > configured to resemble /LOTR/ as closely as possible to attract an   
   > audience, whether the film is as serious as /LOTR/ was or whether   
   > it is considerably lighter in tone.   
      
   Possible, yes -- it is certainly possible, but I don't think it is   
   very likely (I /did/ put it in probabilistic terms) ;)   
      
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