The Incredible Hulk Teaser Trailer Thread

[The Shape]

I look silly? I think I make perfect sense. You come over to the Hulk forum and predict that the Hulk will flop. You admitted that you were aware of the fact that Hulk fans were a bit sensitive due to what we were given in 2003. Yet, you decided to carry on anyway. Did you honestly not expect backlash from diehard Hulk fans?

I didn't realize you were THAT sensitive. I apologize for hurting your feelings. From now on, when I come here, I'll just agree with what everyone else says.

 

[Nivek]

Do you remember that teaser released with Transformers last summer? They didn't even give the title of the movie, but it was great and got people talking, not just internet dwellers. I remember people talking about that teaser more than Transformer's itself. That anticipation built up over the next year.

Thats a loaded question, Transformers has been around for a while and has the same recognition as something like Batman. They showed a logo, and some odd teaser with a Mars robot. But as soon as you seen the Autobot and Decepticon logo's, you knew what it was. And for the uninformed, everyone knew it was "based off of Toys" or a cartoon.

I'm not saying this movie doesn't have issues since the Trailer was released so damn late, but recognition by the public? Never a problem.

 

[FrostBite]

Do you remember that teaser released with Transformers last summer? They didn't even give the title of the movie, but it was great and got people talking, not just internet dwellers. I remember people talking about that teaser more than Transformer's itself. That anticipation built up over the next year.

Yeah I remember, heres the convo that went on between me, my girl and my friends and I quote "What the ****?" And we never spoke of it again until the actual trailer.

How that helped opening box office baffles me. The mystery of what the monster looked like is all that got people talking, not an untitled teaser.

 

[The Shape]

Thats a loaded question, Transformers has been around for a while and has the same recognition as something like Batman. They showed a logo, and some odd teaser with a Mars robot. But as soon as you seen the Autobot and Decepticon logo's, you knew what it was. And for the uninformed, everyone knew it was "based off of Toys" or a cartoon.

I'm not saying this movie doesn't have issues since the Trailer was released so damn late, but recognition by the public? Never a problem.

I was talking about the Cloverfield teaser released with Transformers.

 

[cerealkiller182]

Yeah I remember, heres the convo that went on between me, my girl and my friends and I quote "What the ****?" And we never spoke of it again until the actual trailer.

How that helped opening box office baffles me. The mystery of what the monster looked like is all that got people talking, not an untitled teaser.

The mystery surrounding the teaser and the experimental viral marketing campaign made headlines in regular papers coupled with the popularity of Abrams.

 

[Nivek]

Oh, so your talking about THAT stupid film that made me and a couple of friends sick (Them, motion sickness, me, bad F'ing movie). Cloverfield could have been called HYPEMONSTER!!! because it was like Godzilla 98 mixed with Blair Witch, mixed with some MTV throw off cast in a big budget Sci-Fi channel movie.

What are you doing? Get bored talking about viral Marketing? Decided to come here and shake things up? Whats your agenda here?

 

[The Shape]

Yeah I remember, heres the convo that went on between me, my girl and my friends and I quote "What the ****?" And we never spoke of it again until the actual trailer.

How that helped opening box office baffles me. The mystery of what the monster looked like is all that got people talking, not an untitled teaser.

Yeah, but you and your girlfriend don't represent the entire general public.

The mystery of what exactly that trailer was got people interested and digging up info as to what it could be for. The mystery built up over the year until the marketing went into full swing, and low and behold, a typical monster movie with a gimmick was a hit.

 

[Nivek]

It dropped off 2 weeks later. In mid January, a film release graveyard.

Once again, why does this matter? This is the Hulk. Marvel took a gamble, but it could pay off.

 

[The Shape]

Oh, so your talking about THAT stupid film that made me and a couple of friends sick (Them, motion sickness, me, bad F'ing movie).

What are you doing? Get bored talking about viral Marketing? Decided to come here and shake things up? Whats your agenda here?

Not that great of a movie, but that wasn't the point.

What's anyone's agenda when posting their opinion on this board? Why did you join here? To agree with what everyone says all the time?

 

[FrostBite]

Yeah, but you and your girlfriend don't represent the entire general public.

The mystery of what exactly that trailer was got people interested and digging up info as to what it could be for. The mystery built up over the year until the marketing went into full swing, and low and behold, a typical monster movie with a gimmick was a hit.

Yeah, been told that plenty of times, me and my friends, me, my mom, my girl, my uncles best friends cousin don't represent the general population. I get it. I know that.

My statement was to give an example of how many people not following a movie react.

It's viral campaign may have made the news, but if you think anything other than those who really wanted to get sucked into it, knew anything about it? You're fooling yourself.

95% of people who went to that movie saw -- a teaser, a trailer, and maybe a tv spot. That's it.

 

[The Shape]

It dropped off 2 weeks later. In mid January, a film release graveyard.

Once again, why does this matter? This is the Hulk. Marvel took a gamble, but it could pay off.

Right, and it could just as easily NOT pay off. Simple as that. That's all I'm saying.

Why does it matter? You could ask that about ANY topic discussed here, on a superhero message board. Don't be stupid.

 

[cerealkiller182]

Even though this movie has the last movie in its way it has many desirable factors.

1) Edward Norton is a plus for general audience, Tim Roth a plus for film buffs
2) The opening scenes of the teaser seem similar to the Bourne movies that have been quite popular
3) The Hulks design is much more iconic Ferrigno look which most people outside comics relate to.
4) The f/x are pretty good
5) Norton was involved in production. The fact that an actor takes pride in something hes doing enough to want to put in input says a lot. Especially after the last time Norton did something like that we got American History X which was very good

Overall it looks to try and copy BBs success. Its that movie that everyone will be intriguied about but not want to go see until those few brave souls who saw it start talking it up. They already used MTV to reach the teen audience, the same people who spend hours on end talking about movies, music and the like because they dont have real jobs to worry about. They even had a teaser for a teaser.And if theres any truth to the Iron Man crossover which definitely seems to be a big hit in waiting then there will be even added interest.

Thus far nothing about the movie sparks any real doubt of whether it will make money.

 

[The Shape]

Yeah, been told that plenty of times, me and my friends, me, my mom, my girl, my uncles best friends cousin don't represent the general population. I get it. I know that.

My statement was to give an example of how many people not following a movie react.

It's viral campaign may have made the news, but if you think anything other than those who really wanted to get sucked into it, knew anything about it? You're fooling yourself.

95% of people who went to that movie saw -- a teaser, a trailer, and maybe a tv spot. That's it.

I'm not even talking about the virals, necessarily. I know the virals don't reach out to that many people. But that teaser was the start of the marketing campaign, almost a year in advance, and started the build-up of anticipation.

 

[Kirmit]

Even though this movie has the last movie in its way it has many desirable factors.

1) Edward Norton is a plus for general audience, Tim Roth a plus for film buffs
2) The opening scenes of the teaser seem similar to the Bourne movies that have been quite popular
3) The Hulks design is much more iconic Ferrigno look which most people outside comics relate to.
4) The f/x are pretty good
5) Norton was involved in production. The fact that an actor takes pride in something hes doing enough to want to put in input says a lot. Especially after the last time Norton did something like that we got American History X which was very good

Overall it looks to try and copy BBs success. Its that movie that everyone will be intriguied about but not want to go see until those few brave souls who saw it start talking it up. They already used MTV to reach the teen audience, the same people who spend hours on end talking about movies, music and the like because they dont have real jobs to worry about. They even had a teaser for a teaser.And if theres any truth to the Iron Man crossover which definitely seems to be a big hit in waiting then there will be even added interest.

Thus far nothing about the movie sparks any real doubt of whether it will make money.

Yup, I agree. This movie has more going for it than against it, the only hurtle is the last film which they can overcome in the coming months.

 

[FrostBite]

I'm not even talking about the virals, necessarily. I know the virals don't reach out to that many people. But that teaser was the start of the marketing campaign, almost a year in advance, and started the build-up of anticipation.

And another point I can make is, we are movie fans, we care what teasers come out and get hyped a year in advanced... before I found this site though I was on the other end... the general end, which most people forget what it's like to be on.

On the GA end, they don't care whether a teaser comes out a year, a month, or a week before as long as they like it. TV spots are where most of the public gets their info for movies they want to see. Yes, those crappy 20 second snippets of the Hulk probably punching someone through a wall, is what hooks MOST people in.

Let me break it down even further... everyone I talk to who knows nothing about these sites... doesn't even know what a TEASER is, they know trailers, but they have NO CLUE about teasers. Let alone the fact they haven't even SEEN many.

TV spots, interviews. Thats all a film really needs to succeed. If the film drops the ball on them, I'll be right with you saying "Well it's going to bomb."

 

[The Shape]

Even though this movie has the last movie in its way it has many desirable factors.

1) Edward Norton is a plus for general audience, Tim Roth a plus for film buffs
2) The opening scenes of the teaser seem similar to the Bourne movies that have been quite popular
3) The Hulks design is much more iconic Ferrigno look which most people outside comics relate to.
4) The f/x are pretty good
5) Norton was involved in production. The fact that an actor takes pride in something hes doing enough to want to put in input says a lot. Especially after the last time Norton did something like that we got American History X which was very good

Overall it looks to try and copy BBs success. Its that movie that everyone will be intriguied about but not want to go see until those few brave souls who saw it start talking it up. They already used MTV to reach the teen audience, the same people who spend hours on end talking about movies, music and the like because they dont have real jobs to worry about. They even had a teaser for a teaser.And if theres any truth to the Iron Man crossover which definitely seems to be a big hit in waiting then there will be even added interest.

Thus far nothing about the movie sparks any real doubt of whether it will make money.

Yes, Edward Norton is a plus, but he's not exactly a box office draw.Sure it has some things going for it, but there are plenty of factors working against it if we're talking about box office success, which have just been named in this thread.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Judging someones view by their avvy is like the racial profiling equivalent for t3h Internetz.

 

[Kirmit]

And another point I can make is, we are movie fans, we care what teasers come out and get hyped a year in advanced... before I found this site though I was on the other end... the general end, which most people forget what it's like to be on.

On the GA end, they don't care whether a teaser comes out a year, a month, or a week before as long as they like it. TV spots are where most of the public gets their info for movies they want to see. Yes, those crappy 20 second snippets of the Hulk probably punching someone through a wall, is what hooks MOST people in.

Let me break it down even further... everyone I talk to who knows nothing about these sites... doesn't even know what a TEASER is, they know trailers, but they have NO CLUE about teasers. Let alone the fact they haven't even SEEN many.

TV spots, interviews. Thats all a film really needs to succeed. If the film drops the ball on them, I'll be right with you saying "Well it's going to bomb."

I was like theshape before the trailer hit, thinking they didn't have enough time to market this film to the GA. I realise now though that was just me, a huge hulk fan, biting on the bit for some hulk stuff. The GA don't need a huge amount of time to become aware of a film and anticipate it, even if they only see a trailer a week before release, it can catch their interest to go see the film.

 

[Nivek]

Also going by what he's saying, Hunter.

You dont walk into a bear cave with a steak tied to your crotch and complain after the bears snap at your junk.

 

[Kirmit]

Yes, Edward Norton is a plus, but he's not exactly a box office draw.Sure it has some things going for it, but there are plenty of factors working against it if we're talking about box office success, which have just been named in this thread.

The ones you've already listed have been countered in this thread already though, so really there isn't alot working against it.

 

[Nivek]

Besides Shape, we touched on all this in the months we didn't have a trailer. Your just digging up old discussions.

 

[FrostBite]

Also going by what he's saying, Hunter.

You dont walk into a bear cave with a steak tied to your crotch and complain after the bears snap at your junk.

So you are telling me I've been trying to catch them the wrong way?....darn.

 

[The Shape]

And another point I can make is, we are movie fans, we care what teasers come out and get hyped a year in advanced... before I found this site though I was on the other end... the general end, which most people forget what it's like to be on.

On the GA end, they don't care whether a teaser comes out a year, a month, or a week before as long as they like it. TV spots are where most of the public gets their info for movies they want to see. Yes, those crappy 20 second snippets of the Hulk probably punching someone through a wall, is what hooks MOST people in.

Let me break it down even further... everyone I talk to who knows nothing about these sites... doesn't even know what a TEASER is, they know trailers, but they have NO CLUE about teasers. Let alone the fact they haven't even SEEN many.

TV spots, interviews. Thats all a film really needs to succeed. If the film drops the ball on them, I'll be right with you saying "Well it's going to bomb."

I'm not denying the effect of TV spots closer to the release. However, teasers and trailers usually give the film an audience. Think of the people who went to Transformers and saw that Cloverfield teaser. After it was over, I'm sure many people said, "I don't know what the **** that was, but I want to see it." Also the fact that so many people saw Transformers around the world, and ALSO saw that Cloverfield teaser, really got the excitement building for Cloverfield.

A lot of people see movies, and as you said, many don't know the difference between teasers or trailers. They don't spend time online watching them. They're only contact with upcoming movies is when they go to a movie theater and see the 8 different trailers that play before a movie. The earlier the excitement builds, the more chance a film like the Hulk has a chance of getting the word spread before the release.

And for tentpole films like the Hulk and Iron Man, it's so much more important to get the hype building early to grab as much money as possible, which is their goal.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Also going by what he's saying, Hunter.

You dont walk into a bear cave with a steak tied to your crotch and complain after the bears snap at your junk.

Ive read his posts, he just seems to have a counter opinion to the euphoria of some, ive never really got the whole "defend at all costs" mentality when it comes to a movie. I liked the trailer, I think the movie will perform decently but not as well as Iron Man or TDK, ive not felt great anger when someone takes a shot at any of them though.

 

[The Shape]

Besides Shape, we touched on all this in the months we didn't have a trailer. Your just digging up old discussions.

Alright, man. I gve up defending my opinion. You've changed me! Let's go back to talking about awesome everything is and how there's nothing wrong with anything Hulk-related.