The Simpsons movie is in my top 5 of films I’m looking forward to. Many people say the show has lost a step, but I totally disagree. Yes, like any show, it has some years that are stronger than others… but I’ve found this season to be amazing… and as I’ve always said… when you give all those writers a YEAR to come up with one 90 movie (the same time frame they have to come up with about thirty 30 minute segments) I think we’re in for pure Simpsons Gold.
HOWEVER…
The bastards over at Fox have ALREADY given us an announcement trailer months ago. They’ve already given us some early sketch work (Homer on the sled) and now they told us we were about to get a REAL TRAILER. Well folks, I watched it… and I’m pissed off. The new Simpsons “trailer” (which you can see here to share in my outrage) is total crap. It’s NOT a trailer. It’s just one quick visual site gag… and I bet it’s not even in the movie itself. This was nothing more than another announcement commercial… not a trailer.
Look Fox, you wanna just give us another announcement trailer? Fine… THEN JUST FUCKING TELL US IT’S JUST AN ANNOUNCEMENT TRAILER! Don’t bullshit us by announcing a “Trailer”. Commercials and internet ads proclaiming “The New Simpsons Trailer”. That was bloody lame. And yes, it bothers me… because you just told me you think I’m an idiot and will swallow anything you want to shoot in my mouth.
The movie BUSINESS, you Fox morons, is about more than the movie… it’s about marketing and fostering the excitement and good will of your potential audience. Well guess what… you just shot my “good will” right to hell with that crap you just showed us when promising an actual trailer. I just lost 50% of my enthusiasm for this movie… and that pisses me off too.
Grrr… maybe I just woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.
