You don't need to be well-off and pampered to know that Lipton is always the tea of last resort.  It probably does help to be British, though.

You don't need to be well-off and pampered to know that Lipton is always the tea of last resort.  It probably does help to be British, though.

That… was outstanding.

That… was outstanding.

Possible responses to a man dressing up in costume and shooting people with a legally owned assault rifle:

Possible responses to a man dressing up in costume and shooting people with a legally owned assault rifle:

Now that's what I'm talking about, yo.

Now that's what I'm talking about, yo.

I have a racist monopoly, though.

I have a racist monopoly, though.

tl;dr

tl;dr

D'aaaw, thanks guys.  And the best part is, there's no way this in-joke can possibly go out of fashion!

D'aaaw, thanks guys.  And the best part is, there's no way this in-joke can possibly go out of fashion!

Oh yeah, I've no doubt there's twists and turns.  But it lays out the premise in no uncertain terms.  I've got used to stuff more like the (excellent) Skyfall trailer, which gives absolutely no clue about the plot.  On the other hand, that and the Batman one have the luxury of being about recognisable characters, so…

Oh yeah, I've no doubt there's twists and turns.  But it lays out the premise in no uncertain terms.  I've got used to stuff more like the (excellent) Skyfall trailer, which gives absolutely no clue about the plot.  On the other hand, that and the Batman one have the luxury of being about recognisable characters, so…

In fact, now I'm commenting I'm just going to keep going… the Dark Knight Rises trailer is an example of the other way to do it.  As I recall some people were saying 'jeez, spoilery!' about it.  But if you didn't know the characters beforehand, how much would you gather about the plot?

In fact, now I'm commenting I'm just going to keep going… the Dark Knight Rises trailer is an example of the other way to do it.  As I recall some people were saying 'jeez, spoilery!' about it.  But if you didn't know the characters beforehand, how much would you gather about the plot?

Dammit, I've gone and got used to teaser-style trailers with rapid successions of images, little or no dialogue, and liberal use of BWAAAARM.  This 'set out the whole plot by showing key scenes and using the most expositionary bits of the dialogue' stuff feels all kinds of clunky, and if there's one thing a Tarantino…

Dammit, I've gone and got used to teaser-style trailers with rapid successions of images, little or no dialogue, and liberal use of BWAAAARM.  This 'set out the whole plot by showing key scenes and using the most expositionary bits of the dialogue' stuff feels all kinds of clunky, and if there's one thing a Tarantino…