Discussion The Rogue One Trailer Abstinence Thread - seeing the film cold

I'll open up this thread with some brutal honesty - I could very well fail this challenge, but i'm going to make some attempt between now and December 15 to abstain from seeing any trailer that is released for the upcoming Anthology film.

As much as I enjoyed The Force Awakens, I feel that some of my euphoria had worn off when it came to watching the film because of all the repeated viewings of the trailers and TV spots that were released in the lead up to the film. Of course, TFA looks amazing on the big screen (seeing it for a second and final time tomorrow in fact) but some of the emotional spine tingling electricity experienced when watching the trailers wasn't there apart from some misty eyed nostalgic moments.

So, it's time for an experiment - will going into Rogue One without watching any trailer or TV spot make the film more enjoyable? I hypothesise that it will which is why I am going to make some attempt to avoid all trailers. Yep, i'm going in cold. Or at least I think I will. If I give into temptation, i'll of course report in.

Who else is game?

 

Impossible for me. I'm hoping the trailers will be the same style as the ones for TFA though - zero spoilers.

 

Good luck, your gonna need it.

Are u planning on not watching any tv closer to release?

 

Honestly...I don't actually watch TV because there's nothing on there I like apart from one show which is on an ad-free network. Every TV show or film I watch is on Netflix. So i'm safe there. If by chance I happen to be channel surfing, i'll simply keep flipping. Of course, i'll report in if I see anything and let you know what I saw, and how much. Maybe even with my interpretation as to how I think the rest of the trailer goes

 

DebonaireNerd
The potential problem with this thread is that you've posted it in the Anthology SA forum. If you're that adamant about avoiding trailers, I'm assuming you'll want to avoid spoilers too. So if you want to continue posting in this thread and making updates to it, it may make more sense for it to be in the New Films - No Spoilers Allowed forum. Let me know; I can move it there.

 

EHT

Thanks for being mindful of that, I had not considered it.

Maybe more people are likely to participate given the non-spoiler nature of the thread. I doubt they'll be doing any browsing in this section of the forums.

Yep, send it over - great idea.

Thanks!

 

OK, no problem. Moving in 3, 2, 1...

 

I can avoid a trailer and footage, but I haven't thought about being as determined to avoid information and hope to be as surprised as possible about this. I guess I could easily do that. I would like to avoid all Star Wars news and stories simply because every other one aggravates the crap out of me.

 

while I don't foresee Rogue One permeating the media as much as Force Awakens did, I still think it's impossible to go into a Star Wars movie completely cold unless you go the log cabin with no internet route approximately 6 months before the release.

 

Agreed. I would imagine spoiler exposure will be less of an issue for this one – in fact several of my friends/people I have talked to werent even aware this movie was coming out.

Oddly enough I am not anywhere near as adamant about avoiding spoilers for Rogue One as I was for TFA-and now Episode VIII. I'll see trailers, images, and read anything else out there that doesn't start with "major spoilers ahead."

I guess I'm okay with that just cos we pretty much know how it's going to end, from an overall story standpoint. And learning about cameos and whatnot will only make me feel more excited to see it!

The real trouble with spoilers will come when main/post production for Episode VIII is in full swing...

 

Some people are pretty cavalier about who the cameos involve...needless to say, I'm really excited to see the trailer!
I guess you can count me out of the whole 'Trailer Abstinence' thing. I was non-spoiled for TFA, and I'm sure I'll be the same for Rogue One if I follow the same path. Bring it on!

 

Avoiding everything is tiresome so I'll probably watch the first two trailers for this and skip the third. I won't be as "AAAH *scroll scroll scroll" with this as I was for TFA & will be for VIII. Most news articles have been easy to skip so far, so I'll probably do that again.

 

A while back I was told that I was mistaken about when R1 takes place. I wish it hadn't happened because it would have been awesome to go into the theater and think, "Hold on, you mean it isn't after RotJ? [face_bewildered]"

 

With the main line saga films I am going into them basically 100% spoiler free where . I'll watch the teasers, but nothing more. With these anthology films I am less concerned about it. I still want to be spoiler free as with any movie, but I will watch the trailer without any trepidation.

 

Unlike most, I see the trailer as one of the most spoiling things because I like to be completely unaware of how everything looks in a movie. I can easily avoid that. I've read some details on it and seen the one picture, the kinds of details that would have made me really mad to learn of The Force Awakens or Episode VIII, but I will make more of an effort to avoid them. I'm interested in how uncharacteristic of a traditional Star Wars movie this could be.

 

Ok, in a way i've already failed this challenge. I've just watched the Episode VIII production teaser half a dozen times.

I don't think i'm going to make it

 

Ok, teaser released. Have not watched.

 

Stay strong, DN! Remember, once you start down the trailer path, forever will it dominate your viewing.

 

Not missing trailers so far. I am interested to read reactions to the trailer.

Would this be cheating?

 

there is another thread with the teaser trailer and reactions, but so far, the responses that I have read have been positive.

For myself, I won't be seeing the film cold.

 

Accidentally saw one frame of the trailer. Literally. I was on the YouTube front page. Among the list of videos was the Rogue One trailer with a still shot of a woman in black standing in a black hallway with white lighting.

 

omg, you've just spoiled yourself so badly ...

 

I know. It's like knowing Han dies in TFA.

 

I watched the trailer, couldn't resist.

I wasn't that interested in this film, but now WOW I CANNOT WAIT!!

Like TFA this will be the only trailer for it I watch, so no more now until the film comes out