Quick, when I say “Wing Commander” and “Meet Joe Black,” what’s the first thing that comes to mind?
If it’s “two crappy movies, starring Freddie Prinze and Brad Pitt,” you must have actually had a life back in the primitive Internet age of 1998-1999. The rest of us have fond memories of buying tickets to those movies, getting a glimpse at early “Star Wars: Episode I” trailers, and then sneaking out of the theater to go see something else.
Now, the phenomenon might repeat itself some ten years later, as news has broken that “Speed Racer” will hit theaters next Friday with the highly-anticipated “Twilight” teaser attached. That’s right, kids, fork over your $10 and you’ll get a two-minute glimpse of Edward and Bella on the big-screen.
You’ll also get the bonus of a 129-minute Emile Hirsch movie that some people really, really want to see; others might not.
And here’s the rub: If you keep your eyes peeled on these here Internets at the beginning of next week, let’s just say that there’s a good chance you’ll discover that very same teaser trailer. It ain’t 1998 anymore, folks, and a decade later we’ve all become more accustomed to watching a hot trailer unfold on our computer monitors.
So, Twilighters, here’s a 3-part question of the day: Are you more likely to pay for “Speed Racer” next Friday now that “Twilight” is attached? If so, will you actually stick around to watch “Speed,” or sneak into something like “Iron Man”? And finally, if you see the trailer on the Internet next week, how does that impact your decision?

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As if I needed another reason to look forward to Speed Racer, it looks like the first teaser trailer for December’s Twilight will ship with the prints of the May 9th film. According to Collider, the trailer will ship “in the can” rather than attached to the print, which works as a strong suggestion to exhibitors that they should show the trailer with the film, but isn’t a mandate. So if you’re considering buying a Speed Racer ticket to get your first glimpse of Twilight, you should know you’d be taking a chance.
I’m quite curious to see the trailer, not because I’m a fan of the novels (which I now feel duty-bound to read) or think that Robert Pattinson is dreamy, but because I’m so fascinated by the singularly bizarre pop culture phenomenon that this movie represents. There’s been a sort of droning hum in the film community about Twilight becoming a Christmastime mega-hit, but no one (save Kim Voynar) can find anything useful to say about it because no one knows what it is. Adults without children of the right age are completely out of the loop on something that — we’re told — is going to absolutely burst out of the gate. This was not the case with Harry Potter, which raises a question: How explosive can Twilight be given its age and gender-specific appeal?
Sorry, but this information has NOT been confirmed. According to Summit, there is absolutely no guarantee that the trailer will be shown with this film or if it will show at all in May.
I compare the readers of Twilight to the readers of Pride & Prejudice. Note, I’m not comparing the literary substance of the books but merely their ability to create downright fantaticism for the story and the main couple.

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