In a world where Don LaFontaine is no longer with us.....we must learn to deal...with a voice.... we may one day.....must find the courage..... to embrace.
Those types of trailers and commercials are beyond ripe for parody, but that doesn't mean that I'm ready to live without them. It used to be that I flat out refused to miss the trailers when I went to the movies. I'd get there twenty minutes before the movie started to get my spot, and count the trailers. If there were less than five, I was not satisfied. I could watch hours of them. I loved the show Coming Attractions on E! that was just a half hour of nothing but trailers. Yes, I was excited every time that green screen informing me that what I was about to see was been approved for all audiences appeared.
Of course now it's not a big deal because I spend hours online. Now I've seen the previews and I can use those precious few minutes to run to the bathroom before the opening titles. When I heard that the King of Voice-overs had died, I had a conversation with my boyfriend about how sad I was. I wondered how this would change my movie and TV experiences. He told me a lot of companies were trying to steer clear of that raspy "voice of God" voice-overs.
First of all, Morgan Freeman is and forever will be the champion of "voice of God" voice-overs. Second of all, even if that isn't LaFontaine in the commercial, I think we all know he could have done it so much better.
So wait, does this mean we now have to suffer more trailers with
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Words over it
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making a sentence
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that will be the movie's tagline?
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Date of Release.
I'm already tired of those. Maybe we can get Will Arnett to fill some of the void. Sadly, this week, in order to become a good replacement for Don LaFonatine, Will Arnett must become......a rapist.
