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Author here: The point of this project is to discover movies and TV shows that you ordinarily wouldn't find because the studios put their advertising money into
by mattkenefick 8y ago
Author here: The point of this project is to discover movies and TV shows that you ordinarily wouldn't find because the studios put their advertising money into something else.
Now that we have so many ways to watch content: Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, HBO, theaters, cable/dish, etc... there are so many options, so many new original series, and it's nearly impossible to follow along with new releases. It's great to have all this new content, but not if you can't find it.
Trailer Nite is a fun way of discovering new content on platforms that you use. Every trailer is like a short film. It's about 2 minutes long with its own tone, with its own entertainment value, and if you like it... you can watch the real thing.
Anyway, this came out of a utilitarian need for me and then grew to be more. Hopefully it helps some other people out there that enjoy movies/tv like I do.
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Backstory:
A few years ago, I got into a show recommended by Hulu. After the second season ended, I was like "Hmm, I wonder when the next one is coming out?" Turns out, the show had already been canceled for a year. I had never even heard of it. I probably would've watched it if I knew about it. That would've increased their ratings (if enough people watched) and it could still be on today; but it's not.
I've found several movies using Trailer Nite that I never heard about. Some were recently released with several famous people starring in it, but it didn't matter. I watch plenty of TV and I see plenty of commercials so it's really surprising to me that this many movies and shows are released with little to no advertising.
Edited for grammar / wording.
- falsedan 8y agoThe scrolling is awful, it fades out the trailer roll if I stop moving my scroll wheel. Looks like it's not resetting the 'hide trailer roll' timeout when scroll events happen.
- mattkenefick 8y agoThe logic around that is: If you're scrolling, it stays open. If you pause the video, it stays open. If you stop moving your mouse, we wait a couple seconds then fade out. If you move your mouse, it resets the timeout. Some people would scroll a little then stop moving the mouse to watch the current trailer and were expecting details to fade away since they were no longer interacting with it. I think I understand your point, but it's tough when some people expect A and some people expect B.
- rhacker 8y agoI thought it was pretty clever, even supported two-finger sidewise scrolling on the movie-bar that netflix still doesn't get right.
- falsedan 8y agoYou should configure it to wait a second or two, instead of instantly disappearing. It happened whenever I moved the scrollwheel as far as I could, and then moved my finger to the other side of the wheel to continue scrolling. Note that scrolling once and waiting causes the roll to stay up for a short while before fading out. Scrolling a lot and waiting causes the roll to almost-instantly disappear, when I expect the same delay as the first case I described.