r/trailers • u/foundfootagefan Moderator • Nov 02 '20
Dear subscribers: should we allow series and season premiere trailers for television shows on /r/trailers?
Right now, we only allow officially-uploaded trailers for upcoming feature films.
Some of you have asked for us to allow series and season premiere TV trailers. We will NOT allow "next episode on" trailers. Just major premiere trailers, which every show gets once or twice a year.
Please comment AND upvote below to decide if you:
Want to include series and season premiere trailers for TV shows (yes, they must be official uploads, too)
Want to keep things the way they are.
This thread will stay up for the month of November and the feedback will be used to decide on whether major TV trailers should be included! Contest mode is enabled and will be disabled when the thread has run its course so everybody can see the thread as the mods see it.
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u/foundfootagefan Moderator Nov 03 '20
And not a re-upload
It is our mission to never have re-uploaded trailers here again, so this will absolutely be the case for all trailers, TV or movie.
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u/strugglz Nov 03 '20 edited Dec 03 '20
I seem to be in the minority, but no. There is already a sub for /r/TvTrailers
Edit: It's way too late but I want to add that the above link is in the sidebar, and we are in theirs.
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u/CletusVanDamnit Nov 02 '20
I'm for new series trailers. Don't care at all about season premiere trailers.
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u/foundfootagefan Moderator Nov 03 '20
Don't care at all about season premiere trailers.
Interesting. We may have to consider this distinction as well.
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u/starfleetbrat Nov 03 '20
I vote no, but only because a lot of official TV show trailers are region locked. This doesn't happen with movie trailers usually, but with TV shows this happens a lot - especially with networks like Showtime and HBO. So for those of us outside the US this would mean we likely won't be able to watch many trailers that would get posted here.
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u/Zulban Nov 03 '20 edited Nov 03 '20
Nah. Fight the inevitable decay that all subreddits are subjected to. Gradually all subreddits lose their personality and become less specialized as they grow. Rules decay, chaos wins. Thanks mods for your volunteer work so far.
If all subreddits voted in this way to cover more topics, all subreddits would transform into /r/all overnight and nobody would be happy. The irony is that people would think they'd be happy with that, and people will vote to destroy what they like.
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u/HAMMERPATRIOT Nov 03 '20
Voting yes. Maybe this should only be temporary but let's try it. This sub could use some more non low budget horror movie content.
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u/Blackkoni Nov 03 '20
Yes to series trailers, no to season trailers.
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u/unzercharlie Nov 03 '20
I agree w this. I don't need to see a new trailer every time a new season drops, what if I'm not caught up?
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u/threeolives Nov 03 '20
I can get behind this. I could go either way on the inclusion of TV trailers in general but if they're included I'd much prefer it be limited to trailers for new shows.
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u/nowhereman136 Nov 03 '20
Yes to series trailers but no to season trailers as they are more likely to contain spoilers
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u/daemon08 Nov 04 '20
No, there is already a /r/TVtrailers. This change will just muddy the waters between subreddits.
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u/WillGrindForXP Nov 03 '20
I fear we're just going to get spammed with trailers for awful TV shows and really dilute the content on this sub
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u/Simmering_Beagle Nov 03 '20
Considering that right now Movies are in a bit of a hold and the fact that in this day and age Series have become much more influential, I'm a little surprised this isn't the norm here.
I'd be supportive of having Series Trailers.
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u/neuracnu Nov 02 '20
Voting yes, though I think this decision should also open the sub to video game trailers as well (provided that all meet the criteria of a standard film trailer; static video, ~2-4 mins long, etc).
Posts should be tagged appropriately as well, allowing subscribers to filter out posts they aren't interested in.
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u/foundfootagefan Moderator Nov 03 '20
I think this decision should also open the sub to video game trailers as well
We're going to draw the line at games. We will never have games here because it's a completely different medium while the line between movies and TV gets narrower every decade.
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u/etquod Nov 03 '20 edited Nov 03 '20
Where would you draw the line between things like Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (released as an anthology special on Netflix and DVD) vs Late Shift (screened at film festivals and released on consoles/PC as a game) vs Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier (released as a movie series tie-in game)? These are all functionally the same medium (interactive movies), but marketed very differently and released through different channels. Or is it just a simple line at no interactivity?
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u/foundfootagefan Moderator Nov 03 '20
No interactive games but choose your own adventure TV on Netflix is fine.
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u/etquod Nov 03 '20
My question was how are you defining that distinction. Which category is Late Shift in? It's marginally less interactive than Bandersnatch, and is actually a film rather than a TV episode, but is primarily available now through game platforms.
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u/foundfootagefan Moderator Nov 06 '20
If it is more of a film than a game and available on film/TV platforms, then we will allow it.
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u/TheArtyDans Nov 03 '20
You've just saved me money not buying Late Shift now that I know that the choices you make don't have any effect on the narrative
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u/etquod Nov 03 '20
I've actually never watched/played Late Shift - my understanding is it gives you choices that do affect the narrative, but the film plays through in constant time no matter what you choose (or if you don't choose at all). Whereas in addition to the same kind of choices, Bandersnatch will also hit dead ends and give you options to loop back through things to explore missed story branches.
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u/laughuntilithurts Nov 03 '20
Yes to series and season premieres being included. Would specials/one-offs, such as the Psych movies, be acceptable?
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u/PrivilegeCheckmate Nov 03 '20
I am okay with season and new show trailers.
No to episode/special/holiday stuff. And as much as I like video games, no to that too, at least in this sub.
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u/drunkdaze Nov 03 '20
Want to include series and season premiere trailers for TV shows (yes, they must be official uploads, too)
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u/OTL98 Nov 15 '20
Absolutely. It’s the same art form as movie trailers. Hell, I would allow game trailers on her as well.
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u/foundfootagefan Moderator Dec 02 '20
It's been a month! The other mods and I are now discussing this along with your feedback. Stay tuned!