The Silver Screen & Other Musings

Would someone please explain to me WHY movie trailers now have to give away the entire movie plot? Seems like a general waste of time and a pain in the ass.

The best trailers are the ones that get your attention, and your interest, without the thought of "Meh, seen all of it in a couple minutes, won't spend my hard-earned to see it on the big screen when it comes out."

Take, for example, the trailer for the first Aliens film. Yes, I'm dating myself. But here's the trailer, in a nutshell: you see a large egg, it cracks and light comes from it, then the text on the screen "In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream"

That pulled me in. And the movie didn't disappoint.

Moving over to the small screen -- it seems everything happens in Chicago, according to NBC. There's Chicago P.D., Chicago Fire, Chicago Med. Okay, what about Chicago Sanitation or Chicago Metro Operator or Chicago Cabbie? Guess those are still in the pipeline.