A huge amount of effort has been expended by a massive amount of people in service to fan-cut trailers, remixes, parodies, mash-ups, supercuts, and other tribute videos on the internet. And while it might be a bit sad to know just how many man-hours have spent on such things, it’s not really a big deal when you consider most of them would probably have otherwise been expended on video games or masturbation. With that in mind, the fact that we from time to time receive the gift of an actually interesting, illuminating or even artful piece of re-purposed media makes me glad such a culture exits, and a piece like this Alien trailer cut in the style of the recent (embedded below) Prometheus teaser is exactly why…
It speaks volumes about the excellent structure of the Prometheus trailer that it translates so well.
I think I’m going to go rewatch Alien now. I hear the home video anthology (available in Blu-ray or DVD from CHUD) is quite nice….
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I thought it was rather pedestrian and by the numbers. Anyone with a few weeks on an AVID could do this.
Too many reveals. The genius of the original Alien trailer was it really didn’t show you ANYTHING yet still scared the living shit out of you. But this fan trailer gets a C+ for effort.
You owe me a new shirt, Mr. Brown. That “…otherwise been expended on video games or masturbation” line made me spit coffee down the front of my white polo. I take size L. Thanks.
Renn, do I detect a trace of the insecure, self-loathing fanboy in your diatribe against harmless internet tributes and fancuts? I thought that kind of bullshit left with Devin Faraci.
Did you pick that out from the part where I explicitly stated that I was “glad such a culture exists?”
BermudaMan, do I detect a trace of hyper-sensitive condescension trolling?
Buddy, if you haven’t picked up that Alien Anthology set, you need to rectify that mistake immediately!!!
I totally can’t wait for 5.25.79!!
I just used an X-Mas Best Buy gift card for mine… and it’s backordered! Two week wait! AAAAARRRRGGGHH!
I was gonna try the new shirt line, too, but admittedly my clothing stain occurred while masturbating to a video game.
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