Trailer 3: Audience Reaction

[Michael]

I saw the midnight showing of Watchmen, and I figured that since it was genre fans that filled up the midnight showing, I thought the trailers that were shown would get a reaction. The Star Trek trailer was the 1st one shown, and the audience reaction was great. The first shot of the Kelvin in battle was received with a collective whoa from the audience. When Sulu came on screen fighting the Romulans, the audience broke out in applause, probably since he is Harold from Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. There was a similar reaction when Simon Pegg was shown. At the end of the trailer, when the title card came up, about half the audience started clapping, and some guy in the front row threw up the Vulcan salute, and everyone cheered some more. Some guy behind me then went, "I can't believe that was Star Trek. Holy shit."

However, since most of the people there are genre fans, I figured for all the trailers the reaction was the same. The Terminator trailer was next, but that was met with silence, so I figure the Trek trailer really got to people.

On the big screen this movie is going to be INCREDIBLE.

Wow, compared to that it's unbelievably quiet in German movie theatres. I didn't notice any reaction from the audience at all. But then again, I think I was stoked because I couldn't believe that I was actually watching the goddamned new Star Trek trailer. I just remember that I leaned towards my buddy and whispered something along the lines of "That alone was worth the ticket!"

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

I saw "Watchmen" in a nearly-full theater at 7:00 PM this evening. The Trek trailer as well as the one for the Wolverine movie and for "Terminator Salvation" were shown. There was no noticable audience reaction to any of them.

 

[Captain X]

I went to see Watchmen tonight and it was a big crown. Not surprisingly, no one cared. My friend and I had some stifled laughter, but the rest of the room was actually pretty quiet.

 

[Rii]

The Star Trek trailer was the 1st one shown, and the audience reaction was great. The first shot of the Kelvin in battle was received with a collective whoa from the audience. When Sulu came on screen fighting the Romulans, the audience broke out in applause, probably since he is Harold from Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. There was a similar reaction when Simon Pegg was shown. At the end of the trailer, when the title card came up, about half the audience started clapping, and some guy in the front row threw up the Vulcan salute, and everyone cheered some more. Some guy behind me then went, "I can't believe that was Star Trek. Holy shit."

".... and then I woke up."

 

[Tom Servo]

The Star Trek trailer was the 1st one shown, and the audience reaction was great. The first shot of the Kelvin in battle was received with a collective whoa from the audience. When Sulu came on screen fighting the Romulans, the audience broke out in applause, probably since he is Harold from Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. There was a similar reaction when Simon Pegg was shown. At the end of the trailer, when the title card came up, about half the audience started clapping, and some guy in the front row threw up the Vulcan salute, and everyone cheered some more. Some guy behind me then went, "I can't believe that was Star Trek. Holy shit."

".... and then I woke up."

Naw, I kid you not, that's how it was. They must have gathered most of the Trekkies from the greater Philadelphia area, and jammed them into that theater, because there was a fair amount of commotion over that trailer.

It was nice to see.

 

[LutherSloan]

I saw Watchmen, but of course there was no ST trailer. The same thing happened to me when QoS came out last November. There was a strong audience reaction to Terminator: Salvation that sounded positive. Clearly most people in the theater quickly recognized what the trailer was for pretty fast. Some positive reaction to the X-Men trailer, but more so at the end.

I've read the graphic novel, and I thought that the film version of Watchmen was literally as close to the source material as humanly possible. All of the claims about crazy endings like the Owl Ship crashing into Veidt's stronghold and killing people were dead wrong. I was honestly surprised they kept the ending so close to the original, because I figured they would change the ending to make it brighter or something. You know Hollywood. It's clear to me that Zach Snyder understands this comic very very well.

 

[mistabaka]

Well of course it figures my report in reply to my own post is that they didn't show the trailer ahead of Watchman. Of all the luck!

Watchman was... good... but depressing, and like has been pointed out life is depressing enough right now (economy etc...) Star Trek on the other hand, can't wait to see it! (thats the most obvious statement of the night)

 

[Tiberius Jim]

My wife and I went to see Watchmen last night, the midnight showing; which was her idea, actually, on account of wanting to get it over with early (uh hmmm... ). I was relieved that they did show it, given the disappointment of not seeing trailer two with Quantumn of Solace. I wasn't able to gauge the audience's reaction up to a certain point owing to the fact that I was swept up in the exhilaration of seeing it on the big screen. Some guy who had been a bit boisterous in a suppressedly rowdy kind of way during the hour or two leading up to the show shouted "Star Wars!" at the end of it; some of the audience laughed. My wife dispaired that this audience of a predominantly younger generation than ourselves (we're in our late 20's/early 30's) didn't understand. I didn't know what to make of it; I "got" the guy's joke in one sense, I guess; in another sense, I wasn't sure what the point of his outburst was. I honestly didn't know what to feel, if it was worth it to laugh, or scowl. Curious, eh?

You wouldn't happen to live in Brentwood, CA would you? Because that's exactly what happened when I saw the Watchmen midnight showing last night, some idiot yelling out "Star Wars!"

 

[Mordock]

Audiences in my area are generally very polite and hard to read. I didn't notice a particular strong reaction in my crowd, just some tittering from the front rows.

Then again, if my crowd is any indication, Inglourious Basterds might be in some trouble, as it was greeted by gales of laughter...

 

[Saul]

My wife and I went to see Watchmen last night, the midnight showing; which was her idea, actually, on account of wanting to get it over with early (uh hmmm... ). I was relieved that they did show it, given the disappointment of not seeing trailer two with Quantumn of Solace. I wasn't able to gauge the audience's reaction up to a certain point owing to the fact that I was swept up in the exhilaration of seeing it on the big screen. Some guy who had been a bit boisterous in a suppressedly rowdy kind of way during the hour or two leading up to the show shouted "Star Wars!" at the end of it; some of the audience laughed. My wife dispaired that this audience of a predominantly younger generation than ourselves (we're in our late 20's/early 30's) didn't understand. I didn't know what to make of it; I "got" the guy's joke in one sense, I guess; in another sense, I wasn't sure what the point of his outburst was. I honestly didn't know what to feel, if it was worth it to laugh, or scowl. Curious, eh?

I'd laugh too thinking that this was either a fool, a star wars fan or a star trek fan who thinks JJ loves Star Wars too much.

 

[Amaris]

My wife and I went to see Watchmen last night, the midnight showing; which was her idea, actually, on account of wanting to get it over with early (uh hmmm... ). I was relieved that they did show it, given the disappointment of not seeing trailer two with Quantumn of Solace. I wasn't able to gauge the audience's reaction up to a certain point owing to the fact that I was swept up in the exhilaration of seeing it on the big screen. Some guy who had been a bit boisterous in a suppressedly rowdy kind of way during the hour or two leading up to the show shouted "Star Wars!" at the end of it; some of the audience laughed. My wife dispaired that this audience of a predominantly younger generation than ourselves (we're in our late 20's/early 30's) didn't understand. I didn't know what to make of it; I "got" the guy's joke in one sense, I guess; in another sense, I wasn't sure what the point of his outburst was. I honestly didn't know what to feel, if it was worth it to laugh, or scowl. Curious, eh?

I'd laugh too thinking that this was either a fool, a star wars fan or a star trek fan who thinks JJ loves Star Wars too much.

My money's on the third.

J.

 

[trekkerguy]

As for Watchmen, I wasn't impressed. It was technically well done but oh, so cynical and grim.

I'm trying to figure out what it was you expected...

I loved it, "happy-golucky-rainbow-funtimes" rarely addresses any serious issues.
And I don't find, essentialy, world peace to be depressing. The point is there
are stark realities to getting to those points. It saddens me to see people
squeemish at anything that doesn't take place in a fairy tale land.

 

[Samuel T. Cogley]

The Trek trailer as well as the one for the Wolverine movie and for "Terminator Salvation" were shown. There was no noticable audience reaction to any of them.

Same here. Although we got the first Star Trek trailer again, not the third one.

Looking back, the best audience reaction to a trailer that I've ever seen was the trailer for Terminator 2, follwed by (oddly enough), the trailer for The Fly 2.

 

[RoJoHen]

Saw the midnight showing of Watchmen. The theater was full of nerds. Holy crap. Teenager emo goth nerds. Middle-aged obese man nerds. So many nerds.

When the trailer started, a lot of them tried to shush themselves, while a bunch of others yelled, "Shut up, this is Star Trek!" But mostly, too many people were talking through the trailer, so the experience wasn't all that great.

 

[C.E. Evans]

It was generally quiet in my theatre, but I did hear one woman say "Not another one?" She might have been talking about something else, but it was just as the trailer ended...

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

That woman obviously didn't get the point of the Trailer.

 

[Michael Chris]

No reaction here. Just kind of quiet.

 

[Jon1701]

Didn't show the trailer at my theatre.

Showed Terminator & Transformers. There were other trailers (not Star Trek) but I missed them as I ran out to meet my friend who was fucking late to the theatre for the hundreth time in the foyer and give him the ticket I was holding. I would have opened a can of whoop-ass had I missed the Star Trek trailer, but my girlfriend assured me it was not.

I'm always far too early for the cinema, whilst my friend is always just on time.

 

[SalvorHardin]

I'm always far too early for the cinema, whilst my friend is always just on time.

I have a couple of friends like that and I always try to give them false time for when the movie begins.
If it starts at 8 I tell them it starts at 7:30

 

[Michael]

I would have opened a can of whoop-ass had I missed the Star Trek trailer, but my girlfriend assured me it was not.

Your girlfriend is wise. What you don't know won't hurt you.