my profile | my password | search | faq & rules | forum home

» Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE   » Community   » Film-Yak   » The worst policy trailer EVER??? (Page 2)

This topic comprises 3 pages: 1  2  3

Author Topic: The worst policy trailer EVER??? Mathew Molloy Master Film Handler Posts: 357 From: The Santa Cruz Mountains Registered: Nov 2000 posted 02-09-2003 12:09 AM                     Los Angeles area Film-Techs are sure to hate most of the L.A. Times ads, but particularly the "puppet" ad. "...talking with the hands..." Aaaarrghghgh!!!  |  IP: Logged Sean McKinnon Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1712 From: Peabody Massachusetts Registered: Sep 2000 posted 02-09-2003 01:19 AM                        Brad, If you mosey your way on over to DOUBLE U DOUBLE U DOUBLE U DOT ENJOY THE SHOW DOT COM and click on the "Trailer Park" link it lists a bunch of policy trailers including the "thank you for coming to loews" song (including the bouncing ball for the words so everyone in the theatre can sing along) and the muppets trailer. I forgive you for the spelling its just funny sometimes when I worked at the Liberty Tree Mall Theatre we had a Lowes in the same city so I would get calls for Al in plumbing a lot.  |  IP: Logged Pravin Ratnam Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 844 From: Atlanta, GA,USA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 02-09-2003 02:05 AM                     I hated the AMC policy trailers which were replaced recently. The one where all the film reels fall with a lot of clanging noise for the Slience is Golden policy trailer. Then the reel mascot as a conductor got annoying real fast  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 02-09-2003 04:13 AM                       quote: how about doing a version with Koko the car-crushing gorilla Scott We did do a joke version for conventions, that said "Don't make us open up a can of whoop-ass on you!", Instead of "We Appreciate Your Cooperation".  |  IP: Logged Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 02-09-2003 03:12 PM                        Sean, I couldn't find the link you mentioned. The trailers link states that they currently aren't working. There is no Trailer Park link that I could see.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 02-09-2003 03:43 PM                       Me, neither.  |  IP: Logged Thomas Procyk Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1842 From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 02-10-2003 12:37 PM                     That policy trailer is horrible! It even says PLAY and has a COUNTER in the corner, so you KNOW it was shot on video! =TMP=  |  IP: Logged Don E. Nelson Expert Film Handler Posts: 138 From: Brentwood, CA, USA Registered: Nov 2001 posted 02-10-2003 02:35 PM                     ....are you sure this is how Rick Baker got stated??--- Maybe so, gotta start somewhere, I guess, the good looking APE costumes have to come from somewhere.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 02-10-2003 05:19 PM                     I think the policy trailer would have been better if Koko threw some of his stinky ape feces into the face of the cellphone user.  |  IP: Logged Dino Panagiotopoulos Expert Film Handler Posts: 139 From: Windor, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jan 2003 posted 02-11-2003 02:45 PM                     Im not too keen on Famous Players' new policy trailers. I think the older ones (even when they were all scratched up and dirty) were better than the new ones. I think the best policy trailers I had seen from all theaters I have visited are definitely the Cineplex Odeon trailers. I dont say this because I work for the company but because they are truly the best ones I have seen.  |  IP: Logged Don Bruechert Mmmmmmmmm, bird! Posts: 340 From: Manitowoc, WI, USA Registered: Jan 2003 posted 02-12-2003 08:57 AM                        We had a bunch of policy trailers from Pepsi that had a bunch of Barbie dolls doing various bad things. One was on a cellphone and they electrocuted her, one was making a mess and they sucked her into a vaccuum cleaner, two were smoking and they hosed them down, etc. Then they ended up in a "large" pepsi cup set up to look like a hot tub - there were some suspicious looking bubbles at the end that looked like one of them farted.... it was pretty funny about the first 5 movies I saw it on - then it got stupid real fast.  |  IP: Logged Charles Everett Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: New Jersey Registered: May 2001 posted 03-16-2003 11:38 AM                     "Survivor", now in use by National Amusements. A thinly disguised promo for a TV show on a network that shares corporate ties with the theater chain. Corporate Synergy at its worst! National Amusements should have brought back the Pepsi Girl.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 03-16-2003 02:23 PM                       NA is particularly bad about stuff like that. I remember the Nickelodeon cartoon characters trailer, circa 1995. Blatant cross-media plugging.  |  IP: Logged System Notices Forum Watchdog / Soup Nazi Posts: 215 Registered: Apr 2004 posted 04-11-2006 11:41 AM                 It has been 1121 days since the last post.  |  IP: Logged Paul Hemme Film Handler Posts: 2 From: San Antonio, TX, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 04-11-2006 11:41 AM                     Anyone remember the UA Dinosaur animated policy? That was pretty bad, if I remember correctly, it reachs down and eats a talking patron? Correct me if I'm wrong, its been a long time since I've seen it and UA didn't run them long.  |  IP: Logged

All times are Central (GMT -6:00)

This topic comprises 3 pages: 1  2  3

Printer-friendly view of this topic

Hop To: Select a Forum: Category: Operations -------------------- Digital Cinema Forum Film Handlers' Forum Large Format Forum Ground Level Feature Info, Trailer Attachments & REAL Credit Offsets Category: Community -------------------- Film-Yak Film Handlers' Movie Reviews The Afterlife Bob Maar's Joke-A-Thon Category: Classified -------------------- Equipment and Supplies Wanted/For Sale Help Wanted/Seeking Employment Category: System -------------------- Software Beta Testing Forum

The Film-Tech Forums are designed for various members related to the cinema industry to express their opinions, viewpoints and testimonials on various products, services and events based upon speculation, personal knowledge and factual information through use, therefore all views represented here allow no liability upon the publishers of this web site and the owners of said views assume no liability for any ill will resulting from these postings. The posts made here are for educational as well as entertainment purposes and as such anyone viewing this portion of the website must accept these views as statements of the author of that opinion and agrees to release the authors from any and all liability.