| Aug. 7th, 2009 @ 09:57 pm Do you think Hollywod has finally gotten a clue about slash? |
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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 |
