Aug. 7th, 2009 @ 09:57 pm Do you think Hollywod has finally gotten a clue about slash?
Because I finally saw the latest HP movie (about which I will say nothing, because it's all been said already) and caught the trailer for the new Sherlock Holmes flick. The one where Holmes is played by Robert Downey, Jr. and knows how to use nunchuks (I know, I know....) and Watson is Jude Law and OMFG just from the TRAILERS I'm going "Good God, are they actually playing them gay? Because that is SURE as hell what it looks like to me!" Okay, maybe they're supposed to be Heterosexual Life Partners or something, but golly, even with my brain set at level 10 slashiness, I've never seen a movie trailer that so audaciously begged the audience to SLASH THESE GUYS!

Really, I'm wondering if it's some sort of marketing ploy. Like there was some Hollywood movie dude who went "Look, if we make the pairing opportunities *really obvious* then there will be fanfic and fanart all over the place, and hey guys, that's like FREE MARKETING for our movie!"

If so, I'm not sure whether I'm disturbed that they're using us, or glad they've figured out we're worth pandering to. If it's the latter, it's certainly working. Because, believe you me, there is NO other way you could have convinced me to see a movie where SHERLOCK HOLMES uses nunchuks. And I'm definitely planning to see this one.

ETA: Here's a link to the trailer in case you haven't seen it. It gets slasherific around :53.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4K3aM5H5KM#watch-main-area
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From:[info]r_grayjoy
Date: August 8th, 2009 - 03:31 am
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Wow. You're not kidding. That is THE most blatantly slashy movie trailer ever made. It would be damn difficult for that to have been unintentional. Just... wow.
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From:[info]nehalenia
Date: August 8th, 2009 - 04:17 am
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I'm relieved that you agree. For some reason, it makes me feel better.

Here's the one I actually saw, which is perhaps even slashier:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2aobtJyGRY&NR=1

Funnier ending bit, too. The rest is pretty much the same.
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From:[info]noukran
Date: August 8th, 2009 - 08:29 am
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I agree totally! I am a fan of Sherlock Holmes and when I saw the casting I was just shock (in a positive way of course). OK I think that Robert Downey, Jr. is not my idea of Sherlock Holmes but him and Jude Law together... Yes!!! and if you add Mark Strong as Lord Blackwood (Septimus in Stardust) you can even imagine a lot of pleasantly nasty things.
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From:[info]torino10154
Date: August 8th, 2009 - 12:37 pm
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I saw that trailer when I went to HBP at midnight and I wondered whether it was just me in my both sleepy and adrenaline crazed state. [info]lilithilien posted this link the other day about backlash against the film.

They know that making Holmes and Watson homosexual will take away two-thirds of their box office. Who is going to want to see Downey Jr. and Law make out? I don't think it would be appealing to women.

Heh. ;)
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From:[info]drusillas_rain
Date: August 8th, 2009 - 09:38 pm
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All I can say is "BBC's Merlin". It's the slashiest supposed not-slash around.
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