Lest you think that all trailers from the 1970s were as awful as the original Star Wars trailer, here is the trailer for the first Alien film, which is like the Citizen Kane of movie trailers.

If you missed class yesterday, you missed your chance to participate in cinematic democracy (sorry New York field trippers!). By a margin of 17 to 10, Tropic Thunder was chosen over Stories We Tell as our Week 10 film, the final film for the class . . . A late addition to the race, the 2011 Muppet movie received a shameful 0 votes (they should have left the original alone). I will apologize in advance for ruining Tropic Thunder by making you all talk about the film’s ideology and the protests surrounding its representation of disability.
P.S. If you’re really into learning more about trailers, you might check out this article and this video.