My big problem with San-Diego Comic-Con is the fact that people who are not in hall H can’t watch the great movies trailer and teasers that are shown there.
This is a problem that has pissed me for some years now. Every year, big studios come to SDCC, they show really cool stuff, but they don’t release it online. So only the people who are in hall H can see the footage, while the millions who couldn’t be there, will not see it for a very long time.
My question is: Why?
In this day and age, everyone has a camera, and every year the trailers that are shown in hall H are leaked online in a terrible quality. I mean, by now everyone saw the Batman v Superman footage. And I believe that it’s just a matter of time until the Avengers 2 footage will leak. So why do we need to get our first look of these movies on a leaked video on YouTube? Why not just give us the footage and be done with it? We will get the footage eventually anyway.
Now I know that some people will say that these trailers are shown only for people who are in SDCC, and it’s a special thing. But Comic-Con isn’t special because of the trailers, it’s special because of the costplay and the fact that “nerds” can become something different for few days, and meet a bunch of other people, and share their love to comics.
If I’m a movie studio, I will do everything I can to promote my movie. After all, in Hollywood, it’s all about the money. There is a massive backlash of news after SDCC, but instead of people watching these cool trailers in HD, we need to watch the “Cam” version. Wouldn’t be there more talk and excitement about Batman v Superman, if we all could see the teaser?
So what do you think, do you think that studios should release the trailers they show in SDCC online?