Great Moments in Cliché Trailers: the Clash of the Titans remake
There's something horrendous about a teaser trailer that relies on CGI, Sam Worthington and nondescript but shitty, generic rock music that manages to out-cliché other upcoming studio wank fests featuring 3D animation, desperate Oscar grabs , half-billion Hail Marys or financing your pool.
Still, it is hard to figure what route Louis Leterrier would take for his Clash of the Titans remake. I'm a mild fan of Danny the Dog/Unleashed and acknowledge Leterrier is a distinct fan of constant motion, pulling an audience along for whatever roller coaster they happily agreed to strap into. It escalated from Transporter 2 into The Incredible Hulk, wherein he became progressively more obsessed with trading actors in for graphics and culminated with the "Playstation"-esque final battle in Hulk.
It's not like the original trailer was groundbreaking. In fact, if anything, it's the period equivalent to this teaser. And yes, it is a teaser. But the second you cross the line firmly set in place by The Last Action Hero and Jack Slade level quips with "TITANS. WILL. CLASH." We get it: this is going to be Greek mythology by way of sugar coatings, giant scorpions that oddly keep the beat and yelling.
Fine. But it doesn't mean we have to like it. And that's why this has been a great moment in cliché trailers.
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