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Author Topic: What is up with the "Surrogates" trailer? Mark Strube Master Film Handler Posts: 322 From: Milwaukee, WI, United States Registered: Feb 2007 posted 06-09-2009 01:09 AM                        When you guys get a chance take a look at the 35mm trailer for Surrogates. I've noticed it looks as though they took a H.264 video-compressed version of the trailer and transferred it to film. Fine details and fine-grained color seperation, for the most part, isn't there, and I can see those familiar compression artifacts all over the place. Might this be a result of the trailer editing house being in a big rush to get their preview to the distributor? I've never seen anything quite like this. I certainly hope this doesn't become a standard practice.  |  IP: Logged Carl Martin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1424 From: Oakland, CA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 06-09-2009 02:42 AM                        i haven't seen this particular trailer, but you describe a familiar problem. the recent "il divo" trailer looked really bad. aren't trailers supposed to sell the movie? they seem to do the opposite in these cases.  |  IP: Logged Michael Brown Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1522 From: Bradford, England Registered: May 2001 posted 06-09-2009 06:54 PM                     Another one that looks really bad at the moment is Bandslam.  |  IP: Logged Matt Skilton Film Handler Posts: 43 From: Bromley, Kent, UK Registered: May 2009 posted 06-12-2009 10:27 AM                        The song is Bandslam is so bad that I haven't even noticed what the quality of the print is like, lol. I put a Surrogate trailer in a Terminator trailer set this week but haven't had a chance to watch it yet. Shall do tomorrow.  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 06-12-2009 11:04 AM                    Who's "lol"?  |  IP: Logged John Hawkinson Film God Posts: 2273 From: Cambridge, MA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 06-12-2009 10:27 PM                     "lol" is an abbreviation for "laugh[ing] out loud," and is common in the vernacular of instant messaging, text messaging, etc. --jhawk  |  IP: Logged Tyler Potts Expert Film Handler Posts: 159 From: Anderson, SC, USA Registered: Sep 2008 posted 06-13-2009 12:23 AM                       Watched Surrogates in our biggest house, finely focused... and the only problem I see is Bruce Willis doing yet another throwaway movie.  |  IP: Logged

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