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In this web series the Screen Junkies crew picks out everything that is wrong with a movie and then makes an "honest trailer".
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Be honest, as in, NOT sarcastic...We have to call it like it is ~ Spencer Gilbert.
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TV-14
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On October 10th, series creator Andy Signore was fired from Defy Media due to sexual harassment and assault allegations. He has since been excluded from writing Honest trailers.
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Most of the "Honest Titles" and "Starring..." parts re-use the same fonts from the movie titles that were featured in the episodes
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There's no shortage of parody to be found on YouTube, but I can't think of a more winning concept than "Honest Trailers". It captures the spirit of the classic voiceovers dude from the '80s while skewering all manner of mainstream garbage.
And after so many years, it still hasn't gotten old. For me, Jon Bailey is the secret weapon; he makes for an excellent Epic Voice-over Guy, channeling Don LaFontaine with plenty of room for his own humorous touches. It doesn't matter whether they're taking jabs at some low-hanging fruit like "Armageddon" or a bulletproof classic like "The Empire Strikes Back", it's always funny. And when they're really trashing a movie, it is glorious (*cough* "Suicide Squad" *cough*).
Few YouTube shows are consistently this entertaining.
10/10