Primeval - The ulimate example in misleading advertising - VGF

**Sean P Kelly** · 01-03-2007, 10:04 PM

Watch the trailer for this film (and look at the poster) and try to guess what this film is about.

Now look in the spoiler text for the plot outline:
Spoiler Below

After a news team is dispatched to South Africa to capture and bring home a legendary 25-foot crocodile known as Gustave, their task proves to be more difficult than they anticipated and becomes potentially deadly when a warlord seeks to kill them.

If both match, you haven't been fooled by the film's trick marketing.

***CaptHayfever*** · 01-04-2007, 12:09 AM

Trailer said: Nonhuman serial killer. Probably a normal animal, considering how the attack shots were filmed.
Plot outline said: Texas Chainsaw/Wrong Turn/etc., just set in Africa and with a croc as the Macguffin.

My point exactly.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

**Sean P Kelly** · 01-04-2007, 12:32 AM

You know, I kind of missed the second half of that plot outline when I pasted it. Kind of screws up my point.

***CaptHayfever*** · 01-05-2007, 12:27 PM

No, you're still right; the trailer is about being hunted by a vicious animal of unknown origin, but the plot outline is about being hunted by a lunatic while trying to catch a known vicious animal.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

01-03-2007, 10:04 PM	#1
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01-04-2007, 12:09 AM	#2
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01-04-2007, 12:32 AM	#3
Sean P Kelly SMBHQ Mod Movies Mod Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Gender: Posts: 3,232 Thanks: 9 Thanked 41 Times in 32 Posts Points: 175,598.91 Bank: 61,283.41 Total Points: 236,882.32 Donate	You know, I kind of missed the second half of that plot outline when I pasted it. Kind of screws up my point.

01-05-2007, 12:27 PM	#4
*CaptHayfever* Smash Supermod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 19,225 Thanks: 159 Thanked 716 Times in 464 Posts Points: 104,474.02 Bank: 887.92 Total Points: 105,361.95 Donate	No, you're still right; the trailer is about being hunted by a vicious animal of unknown origin, but the plot outline is about being hunted by a lunatic while trying to catch a known vicious animal. And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"