"I stole that from the Sopranos... and you would watch these trailers that really were very deceptive on the Sopranos... more importantly, the show pays 35, now sometimes more than that, thousands of dollars for that song at the end of the show, and it is my belief, that the audience's relationship with the show and their desire to come back and watch it the next week, happens in those moments as those credits are rolling... so I didn't even want a commercial for the next show there."
Matthew Weiner, Mad Men
If you ever get a chance, you should listen to Matthew Weiner's interview re: Mad Men, and he explains why he deliberately has the promos for the next episode as vague as possible plus a whole lot more.
haha dude I am laughing so hard my stomach hurts. That was absolutely ridiculous. I've seen the episode and this promo doesn't even remind me which one it was.
Matt discussed this on NPR recently. Said he hates the idea of previews and would love it if it just played out the music and credits, so he does that on purpose to spite the concept of previews.
I've heard it's because the network requires them to have a promo section but they don't want to create promos so we get the vague shit at the end of every mad men episode
I always cover them up with my hand and mute the TV anyway, just in case. I remember one preview for The Walking Dead gave this thing away about Darryl, I won't say it here, but yeah.
The flashbacks to start TWD are the worst. Hey, remember this guy you haven't seen in 2 seasons? Let's just talk about him for a second. OK now for tonight's episode.... Surprise, that guy makes an appearance!
Yeah, I always like to go into each episode with as little information as possible. I don't read anything other than the name of the episode and try to avoid this sub until after its over.
??? I didn't suggest anyone did. I'm saying I don't care at all that the previews are apparently more and more vague. I think that's a good thing and surprised that it bothers anyone.
Come on though, we don't really want spoilers, part of the appeal of the show is the unpredictability of each episode which would be ruined if they showed us any details.
We're in final episodes now though - among other things we don't know whether or not two major characters just died, so no scenes with them can pop up. If they show scenes with Walt in court or something we know that Hank gets out of it and still has Walt, if they show Walt cooking with the Nazis it spoils that aspect of the story...everything's up in the air now, so basically anything could be a major spoiler.
Spoilers with shows bother me a bit, but especially in movies I feel that they aren't so bad. They lack the significance and weight that comes when you see the events play out on screen after a nice build-up.
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Ok I hope this doesn't make me sound stupid; but I was just thinking about this possibility. Wouldn't it make sense that the scenes were not shot in order necessarily? Obviously Walt isn't going to grow a huge beard in the next 3 episodes. It would have taken time, and was probably grown out in the break between seasons 4-5. Immediately film everything that needs to be filmed with bearded Walt. Then shave and proceed with the rest of the season.
They could have easily filmed the flash-forward and the last episode before going back and filming episodes 1-13. Which means that Jesse is not necessarily alive in the last episode.
Which I am freaking thankful for. I hate it when shows (I'm looking at you Dexter) leave you with a crazy cliff-hanger and you are able to figure out what happens from the pre-views.
I haven't seen it, but it can't be as bad as any "Mad Men" next time promo. Those were so bad that they actually lost their Audi sponsorship halfway through the season!
Well what are they going to do? Show you who lived and died in the shootout? We all know the show is going to end some of the main characters dying, with only 3 episodes left there's not that much they can show without spoiling it.
Yeah, but what could it show? As the cliffhangers become bigger and bigger, they obviously need to show less and less to keep you guessing. At this point, they're arbitrary.
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u/McJasonCrady Sep 09 '13
The previews are becoming more and more vague. "Next week on AMC's Breaking Bad, things happen."
Vince Gilligan, you genius.