Ditto.  I have memories of flipping through the channels late at night in high school and just coming across it, (pre-adult swim, it was on Cartoon Network and sometimes TBS?) and having to make sense of it, like it was being presented without explanation.  It felt like you were getting away with something by watching…

What about Furious D and the singing jockey leprechauns?

What about Furious D and the singing jockey leprechauns?

Fan made trailers are an interesting addition to this discussion; it goes along with what Noel said about how fans can come into films or comment on them before they see it with their minds made up.  But they can be interesting examples of how fans can have a clearer sense of a properties appeal than studios.

Fan made trailers are an interesting addition to this discussion; it goes along with what Noel said about how fans can come into films or comment on them before they see it with their minds made up.  But they can be interesting examples of how fans can have a clearer sense of a properties appeal than studios.

Well, there you go.  A Serious Man made the list!

Well, there you go.  A Serious Man made the list!

I never thought he was going to die.  The tension in the scene comes from how is he going to be saved, and I already knew how from the commercials.

I never thought he was going to die.  The tension in the scene comes from how is he going to be saved, and I already knew how from the commercials.

I'll agree with you there; I don't think it spoiled the experience for me, but as he is falling, during what turned out to be the climax of the third act, and they were building that tension of the fall, I knew Hulk was gonna swoop in and catch him.  It worked better in the context of the film but, when I realized I…

I'll agree with you there; I don't think it spoiled the experience for me, but as he is falling, during what turned out to be the climax of the third act, and they were building that tension of the fall, I knew Hulk was gonna swoop in and catch him.  It worked better in the context of the film but, when I realized I…

Sometimes a filmmaker (or an editor or an adept marketing person) takes an active role in the trailers and come up with something that is interesting and singular in it's own rights.  The trailer for A Serious Man immediately comes to mind for me…

Sometimes a filmmaker (or an editor or an adept marketing person) takes an active role in the trailers and come up with something that is interesting and singular in it's own rights.  The trailer for A Serious Man immediately comes to mind for me…

Tru dat @bakana42:disqus , although even if it's not for paragraphs and paragraphs, I'd be lying if I said I didn't, on occasion, bloviate mini-theses about pointless ideas in my real life…at least my wife liked LOST too.

Tru dat @bakana42:disqus , although even if it's not for paragraphs and paragraphs, I'd be lying if I said I didn't, on occasion, bloviate mini-theses about pointless ideas in my real life…at least my wife liked LOST too.

I'm also partial to the Nikola Tesla one with Crispin Glover as Edison.

I'm also partial to the Nikola Tesla one with Crispin Glover as Edison.

Comment boards have such an insular feel to them that it's easy to forget they are basically public forums, and when you read or post on a particular one a lot you can get desensitized to how low the level of discourse is/can seem to someone who's just checking out what's being said.

Comment boards have such an insular feel to them that it's easy to forget they are basically public forums, and when you read or post on a particular one a lot you can get desensitized to how low the level of discourse is/can seem to someone who's just checking out what's being said.

Best. Drunk History. Ever.