{"id":7541,"date":"2019-05-19T12:27:57","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T19:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-proxy.atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/?p=7541"},"modified":"2019-05-19T12:27:57","modified_gmt":"2019-05-19T19:27:57","slug":"star-wars-the-phantom-menace-and-5-more-trailers-that-were-better-than-their-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/trailers-that-were-better-than-their-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Star Wars: The Phantom Menace&#8217; and 5 More Trailers That Were Better Than Their Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>20 years ago today,\u00a0<em>Star Wars: Episode I &#8211; The Phantom Menace<\/em> was an event. Obviously. The only thing that rivaled it was the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.starwars.com\/video\/episode-i-teaser-trailer\">the first teaser trailer<\/a> for George Lucas&#8217; prequel.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H8g8nRvCVUA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The iconic teaser (&#8220;Every journey has a first step&#8230;&#8221;) ran with Universal&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Meet Joe Black<\/em> and fans would buy tickets for that movie just to watch their first look at the first\u00a0<em>Star Wars<\/em> movie since 1983&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Return of the Jedi<\/em>. The trailer proved to be better than the final product; it joined a deep bench of marketing materials that surpassed their movie in terms of quality. Here are a few more memorable trailers that surpassed the movies hitting theaters.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;X-Men: The Last Stand&#8217; (2006)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kajEhbglG7k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wolverine&#8217;s &#8220;gotta rally the troops&#8221; speech at this epic trailer&#8217;s end, in concert with the action-packed music and visuals, convinced us that Brett Ratner taking over for Bryan Singer may not have been such a bad thing. Oh, but we were so, so wrong.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;Die Another Day&#8217; (2002)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tRrhB_kmOHA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Oh c&#8217;mon! Ice guns, frozen tundras revealed to be women &#8212; what&#8217;s not to love?! This teaser is way cooler and more enticing than anything in\u00a0Pierce Brosnan&#8217;s final film as James Bond.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;Alien 3&#8217; (1992)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bk_x9W1xKng?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>David Fincher&#8217;s first &#8212; and last &#8212; sequel was this much-maligned entry in the <em>Alien<\/em> franchise. The movie was plagued with behind-the-scenes strife from the jump. But studio 20th Century Fox needed to get marketing out for the film despite its troubled production. What they released, a largely in-movie footage-free teaser, is one of the all-time best teasers.<\/p>\n<p>But this great bit of marketing is very misleading &#8212; especially with its promise of Earth&#8217;s first xenomorph encounter that never came to be.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;Prometheus&#8217; (2012)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sftuxbvGwiU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Another movie set in the\u00a0<em>Alien<\/em> universe blessed with an a-mah-zing trailer &#8212; and cursed with a disappointing movie.<\/p>\n<p>The first ad for Ridley Scott&#8217;s prequel, borrowing from the 1979 film&#8217;s trailer in chilling ways, is more of a true <em>Alien<\/em> movie than the final film. They should have called it &#8220;Noble Misfire.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;Avengers: Age of Ultron&#8217; (2015)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tmeOjFno6Do?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re confident you watched this trailer more than the movie itself.<\/p>\n<p><em>Avengers: Age of Ultron<\/em>\u00a0isn&#8217;t terrible, it&#8217;s just, well, okay. And that&#8217;s worse. But that creepy cover of &#8220;I Got No Strings&#8221; is the best.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>20 years ago today,\u00a0Star Wars: Episode I &#8211; The Phantom Menace was an event. Obviously. 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