This made me think of this *related post https://videosift.com/video/How-To-Make-A-Blockbuster-Movie-Trailer

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"Movie Trailer Awards"

...and this isn't the Onion?

It's called advertising - it's supposed to manipulate you.

Why can't these assholes opt-out of monetization on YouTube?
I shouldn't have to watch an ad to see an ad.

Hey, No one should leave money on the table.

Maybe I'm just a bitter old prick, but a lot about trailers today frankly annoy the hell out of me. This video goes a long way to explain the "why" -- because there are these formulas, these companies that all copy each other's methods, etc., it just leads to so much... sameness. They need some new ideas, creativity, something more than the same rehash. No, the "nut punch" doesn't always work -- it pisses me off, because it's so trite, so unoriginal, so typical, so predictable, so done-to-death. Trailer makers: get a new idea and use it.