Hey Have You Seen That Old Trailer?
Hey Hey Hey! Happy April Fools Day. I got no jokes lets just get right into it. Oooh I'm excited for this one kids. Today what I want to do is look at a different kind of movie trailer. This will be a new series in the "Have You Seen That Trailer? series. It's the Sequel Movie Trailer. I loooooove the sequel movie trailer. The trailer that lets us know, "Guess who's back? And you're not going to believe what kind of situation they've gotten themselves into this time." When I was a kid I bought into all of that. I'd be like "Guess who's back? I don't know-Tell Me! Tell Me! Why aren't you telling me!!! I need popcorn quick!!!"
I'm starting this trailer series off with what is one of the best Sequel trailers ever, Die Hard II: Die Harder. It's a teaser so it doesn't show you much but that's what makes it so frakking awesome. It shows you only what you need to know and then sends you off saying, "Now Ricky you can spend the next year or so of your 13 year old existence wondering if God exists why doesn't he give you a time machine and let you jump to the release date of this movie.". Hell God meet me half way and make Doc Brown a real person and then Doc can build the time machine. I believe we all have super powers that we just don't know about yet. I've been told on several occasions that my super power is the ability to remember when and where I saw a movie trailer. To quote a great super hero "With great power comes great responsibility." I accept the responsibility.
So let's go back in time now shall we? It was a perfect night. In the summer of '89 (the summer of '89 was one hell of a movie year but we can talk about that another time) my fat young self was convinced that if I didn't see Tango & Cash I was going to die, the world was going to end, all of our lives are in danger so someone please take me to see this movie!!! I must have still been running off the high of Stallone's performance in "Over The Top" and Kurt Russell's performance in "Big Trouble In Little China" because I was like "Excuse me? You're putting both Hawk and good ol' Jack Burton in a movie together?!? Moooommmmm! Start the car." Bless my mom because she knew when I was serious about seeing a movie. She didn't understand much English but she still took me to the movies so many times, sat right there next to me, and stared at the screen probably not knowing what the heck was going on just so her little Ricky could be happy. My mom was the best. She's the woman who took my brothers and I to see Ghostbusters at the theater. How does a woman who doesn't speak English know to take their children to go see Ghostbusters? That's a parent who wants the best for their children right there.
So on a warm Saturday night, my mom, my brother Jessie, and I hopped into our green station wagon and took a trip to the Plaza movie theaters on the border of Lincolnwood and Chicago to enjoy Tango & Cash like I believed every Latino family was doing that summer. I thought I had gone to heaven because after weeks of crying and complaining I was finally going to enjoy some Tango & Cash awesomeness but the Movie Gods had something even more special in store for me. We found our seats and the beautiful ceremony that is the lights going dark began and one of my favorite images showed up on the screen as it does to this day against a bright green background that reads "The Following Preview Has Been Approved For All Audiences". John McClane welcome back to my world. I didn't know what to do after the trailer. I enjoyed Tango & Cash but all I wanted to talk about afterwords was the trailer to Die Hard II. I'm pretty sure all I kept saying to my brother was different variations of "Can you believe they're making a part two to Die Hard?" "Dude Die Hard is going to have a part two!" "Bro its Die Hard but it's Part 2. How are they going to make him Die Harder?" I wanted to see the first Die Hard again right then and there so bad too. I wished that I could just go home and watch it and you know what! We get home from the theater and what's the late night movie on WGN? Die Hard!!! No joke. There is a God I thought and he likes to say "Yipee Ki Yay Motherfucker" too. One of the best nights of my life ever. No diggity, no doubt.
The Die Hard II trailer sets the standard for what a sequel trailer should always set out to do. It should start off by 1)keeping you in the dark as to what the movie is about. 2)Then it completely throws you back in the world of the original movie, only to 3)yank it all away from you and beg you wanting for more. This teaser trailer is able to do all of that in 1 minute and 29 seconds. Enjoy the trailer kids. I have to go see why my flight from Dulles airport is being delayed.
I'm starting this trailer series off with what is one of the best Sequel trailers ever, Die Hard II: Die Harder. It's a teaser so it doesn't show you much but that's what makes it so frakking awesome. It shows you only what you need to know and then sends you off saying, "Now Ricky you can spend the next year or so of your 13 year old existence wondering if God exists why doesn't he give you a time machine and let you jump to the release date of this movie.". Hell God meet me half way and make Doc Brown a real person and then Doc can build the time machine. I believe we all have super powers that we just don't know about yet. I've been told on several occasions that my super power is the ability to remember when and where I saw a movie trailer. To quote a great super hero "With great power comes great responsibility." I accept the responsibility.
So let's go back in time now shall we? It was a perfect night. In the summer of '89 (the summer of '89 was one hell of a movie year but we can talk about that another time) my fat young self was convinced that if I didn't see Tango & Cash I was going to die, the world was going to end, all of our lives are in danger so someone please take me to see this movie!!! I must have still been running off the high of Stallone's performance in "Over The Top" and Kurt Russell's performance in "Big Trouble In Little China" because I was like "Excuse me? You're putting both Hawk and good ol' Jack Burton in a movie together?!? Moooommmmm! Start the car." Bless my mom because she knew when I was serious about seeing a movie. She didn't understand much English but she still took me to the movies so many times, sat right there next to me, and stared at the screen probably not knowing what the heck was going on just so her little Ricky could be happy. My mom was the best. She's the woman who took my brothers and I to see Ghostbusters at the theater. How does a woman who doesn't speak English know to take their children to go see Ghostbusters? That's a parent who wants the best for their children right there.
So on a warm Saturday night, my mom, my brother Jessie, and I hopped into our green station wagon and took a trip to the Plaza movie theaters on the border of Lincolnwood and Chicago to enjoy Tango & Cash like I believed every Latino family was doing that summer. I thought I had gone to heaven because after weeks of crying and complaining I was finally going to enjoy some Tango & Cash awesomeness but the Movie Gods had something even more special in store for me. We found our seats and the beautiful ceremony that is the lights going dark began and one of my favorite images showed up on the screen as it does to this day against a bright green background that reads "The Following Preview Has Been Approved For All Audiences". John McClane welcome back to my world. I didn't know what to do after the trailer. I enjoyed Tango & Cash but all I wanted to talk about afterwords was the trailer to Die Hard II. I'm pretty sure all I kept saying to my brother was different variations of "Can you believe they're making a part two to Die Hard?" "Dude Die Hard is going to have a part two!" "Bro its Die Hard but it's Part 2. How are they going to make him Die Harder?" I wanted to see the first Die Hard again right then and there so bad too. I wished that I could just go home and watch it and you know what! We get home from the theater and what's the late night movie on WGN? Die Hard!!! No joke. There is a God I thought and he likes to say "Yipee Ki Yay Motherfucker" too. One of the best nights of my life ever. No diggity, no doubt.
The Die Hard II trailer sets the standard for what a sequel trailer should always set out to do. It should start off by 1)keeping you in the dark as to what the movie is about. 2)Then it completely throws you back in the world of the original movie, only to 3)yank it all away from you and beg you wanting for more. This teaser trailer is able to do all of that in 1 minute and 29 seconds. Enjoy the trailer kids. I have to go see why my flight from Dulles airport is being delayed.
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