[META] How about we have a weekly new movie trailer discussion thread?
Hi guys,
So I've really liked the addition of weekly, purpose-driven, threads on this sub, and I thought this would be a nice addition to promote some discussion, as well as give people the opportunity to discover movies that would otherwise go under their radar. As far as I'm concerned, this is a pretty unique suggestion because none of the other sizeable, movie-related subs actually have provided drive to discuss some of the smaller, usually indie and/or international movies that are released.
The new trailers section on Imdb regularly updates with new content (lots of foregin stuff too), and at least once a week there is something new that looks interesting.I think we can agree that it's good to have some more exposure to contemporary cinema from countries around the world whose movie industries are on the upswing e.g Romania and Iran, as well as indie directors who get little hype.
I think it's a good idea this gets a separate thread and doesn't get lumped into the Fun & Fancy Free Discussion one because there's too much content to be discussed and would just swamp the whole thing. I recommend we keep the character limit to avoid half-assed comments and jokes for the first generation comments (I'm so sorry I don't know the actual terminology for this lol) in order to encourage actual discussion.
Lastly, It's just nice to be able to discover something new which you otherwise might not know about. Many of these movies will only get a mention in passing, or more likely slip by without being released anywhere near you anyway, and by the time its on Netflix or whatever, it's far too late and gets lost among in a massive library of stuff.
I suggest we allow trailers for movies that might be a few months old if they haven't hit wide-release yet. The incentive behind this is to also allow people who might have seen them at festivals to contribute (as was the case with the "Death of Louis XIV" which appeared here a couple days back).
So yeah, mods and readers what do you think?
Posted Apr 26, 2017, 5:51 PM UTC