Why are they called movie "trailers" if they come BEFORE the movi

[yoda313]

Ok has anyone figured out why movie TRAILERS are called TRAILERS even though they come BEFORE the movie itself???????

They really are PREVIEWS after all. In the true definition of a TRAILER doesn't it TRAIL something? In other words, doesn't it COME AFTER something else????

Just thought I'd toss that out there. Please feel free to comment...

[gadgetguy]

Here's the REAL and TRUE reason.
I swear I didn't make this up.
This comes from exhaustive research.

The term trailer is actually a mispronunciation of the original term "trialer" which was coined for the clips they used to put out for trial audiences to gauge projected response. The practice was discontinued as an unnecessary expense, but the term stuck for the shortened clips that are now used as advertising.

[yoda313]

?????????

So somebody screwed up and now they got a dumb name for a preview clip??



Thanks gadgetguy - can anyone coroborate that? (not that I don't believe you gadgetguy just being sure here)

[Number Six]

Ok has anyone figured out why movie TRAILERS are called TRAILERS even though they come BEFORE the movie itself???????

Just because :P

Thanks gadgetguy - can anyone coroborate that? (not that I don't believe you gadgetguy just being sure here)

Are you going to take that gadgetguy?

[MeDiCo_BrUjO]

Thanks gadgetguy - can anyone coroborate that? (not that I don't believe you gadgetguy just being sure here)

Are you going to take that gadgetguy?

Tell 'em Steve-Dave!!!

[Number Six]

Tell 'em Steve-Dave!!!

WHAT?

[Noahtuck]

DUDE!!!!


Seriously!!!
Are you THAT bored that you have time to sit around and think of a Q like this ??

:P



That is interesting though.. never thought of it before but it does seem to make sense.

[yoda313]

Seriously!!!
Are you THAT bored that you have time to sit around and think of a Q like this ??

Nah I was just killing time between periods of the Wings-Hawks game. EDIT - I just checked the time and it was 7:55 pm est so I was waiting for the game to start so there

HAWKS SUCK!!! :P :P :P We'll still beat you in 5 though

[Dv8ted2]

Maybe people in the theaters get free etch a sketch machines that will play that dudes mp3 dvd disc. - sorry couldn't resist.

I ran across a site that said they were called trailers because they were originally shown after the movie was over. -

"The term movie trailers are an interesting term. In the initial days of these movie trailers, these were shown after the main movie was over. This is the reason why they were called as movie trailers. They were always shown after the main movie program was over. But very soon it was realized that the people were not interested in staying in the theatre once the main movie program is over. The viewers would leave the theatre without bothering to see these movie trailers. This custom of showing the movie trailers after the main movie had to be changed. Now all over the world the movie trailers are shown before the start of the main movie program. The first ever movie trailer was shown in november1913. Nils garland produced first promotional film for the main movie "The pleasure seekers". In fifties there was the trend of the text movie trailers. There were some shots form the main movie and then followed the text. The descriptive text used to give the story line of the main movie. This sort of promotional movie trailers were just the routine in fifties. But in sixties this trend changed. Now the new text less movie."

source

[SquirrelDip]

Why do we park on a driveway and drive on a parkway?

[Number Six]

Why do we park on a driveway and drive on a parkway?

George Carlin

[Noahtuck]

Ahhhh Batshit!!!!!!!!!

[yoda313]

Hey no fair your going offtopic on MY thread!!!

[gadgetguy]

Yeah, well the real answer was boring, (and really easy to look up), so I thought it would be more fun to make stuff up.

[MeDiCo_BrUjO]

Tell 'em Steve-Dave!!!

WHAT?

Hmm... not a Kevin Smith fan, right?

[Number Six]

The only Kevin Smith that I ever heard of played Ares on Xena - so basically - I'm clueless