Welcome back to Trailers
on Trial (we settled on a name of sorts). Last time we discussed Fant4stic and this time we’ll be talking
about Ted 2. Oh, boy. (And something
else too).
What makes both these trailers unique to me is I never saw
the earlier Fantastic Four films nor
did I see the first Ted movie. Never
had interest in them. The only thing that has me remotely interested going
forward for the Fant4stic is if Dr.
Doom isn’t garbage. But Ted? Well,
fact is I never found Seth McFarlane (man behind Family Guy) all that compelling or irresistibly funny. Sure, he’ll
have a joke or two that works and I’ll like it. But for every one or two good
jokes, I have to sit uncomfortably through another five to ten that just don’t
work. This is mainly why I never had the interest in seeing Ted.


Verdict here is that this hasn’t yet convinced me to watch either
Ted film or I don’t see myself doing
so in the foreseeable future. It’s the Hangover
all over again. Successful comedy-film gets a sequel it never needed and
probably shouldn’t have gotten, or at least it appears that way. We’re still
kind of short, so let’s discuss another trailer that came out recently. How
about a game trailer for Five Nights at
Freddy’s 3?
At this point, I feel like the Five Nights at Freddy’s (FNAF) series is following the trend of
old-school horror films. Namely, cash out as quickly as you can by making sequel
after sequel until the audience is completely tired of whatever series you’re
doing. Then you throw your monsters into space or do crossovers with other
monsters. See Freddy Vs. Jason or
that one movie when Jason goes to space. The FNAF series has had a similar
thing going on with the second game presumably being a sequel, but it is
chronologically a prequel that hinted at events taking place before it
chronologically as well. So will FNAF3 be another se-prequel? Or will it be a
legitimate sequel? Who knows, since the trailer didn’t seem to share that
information?
This was very much a tonal-trailer. It sets the mood and
shows off the new visuals, but nothing else. In a game like Mario or Madden,
fair enough. They rarely change up the gameplay enough where you need a trailer
to tell you that your Mario game will be taking you on more jumps over puts or
Madden will be more roster changes. But with the gameplay changes between
titles, a trailer should showcase a bit more to let us know how different this
game will be, if at all. Judging by the visuals alone, it appears to be set in
a similar setting to the first game, in which the doors have returned. But
whether or not the function is the same can’t be tested until the release of
the game.
Verdict? I think the creators would be wise to slow down in
their creation of sequels, but I guess while it’s still a hot item, sure, milk
it for all it’s worth if your dignity is worth it. All we’ll likely get is more
YouTube white noise with all the “popular” Let’s Players screaming into their
mics and distorting their face cameras for our “entertainment”. But if the
gameplay changes are radical enough to throw things for a loop, maybe it could
be good. Ergo, I’m not really interested until I see how gameplay is… which is
what a trailer for a game should always have.
That’s all for this installment of Trailers on Trial. Tune in again for more digging into previews of
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