For the unlucky few who have somehow remained unaware of the internet phenomenon that is Honest Trailers, you’ve been woefully underserved in the pop culture parody department. This Emmy-nominated YouTube series cuts through the film studio and TV network-approved hyperbole and hype to summarize beloved movie and TV series in a hilariously… well, honest way. To give the popularity of this series some scope, consider that the Game of Thrones Vol. 1 trailer from the Honest Trailers archives has amassed over 33 million views (and counting).
Today, the Honest Trailer dropped for the BBC’s much beloved Sherlock — and it has delivered a predictably large deposit of comedy gold in its wake. Given the Anglophilic reverence with which we Americans view the often more erudite TV offerings of the BBC, Sherlock was admittedly ripe for the Honest Trailer picking.
Few would argue ...
Click to continue reading Sherlock Gets The Honest Trailers Treatment
from Screen Rant http://ift.tt/2fcuzjN
via IFTTT
No comments:
Post a Comment