What follows up is a short introduction to what Agents are and how badass they are. Next, you'll see a car chase and various hand-to-hand combat in Singapore's iconic spots. While you're into it, do you notice that blue tone that shrouds the whole trailer? I don't mean the blue tint that whoever decided would fit in the trailer screen.
I mean these little pieces of sh-, er hem, I mean Comfort DelGro Taxis.
And it pisses me off so much, my excitement dropped while watching the trailer.
It's not because how the taxis looks so derpy. It's because of how many times it's shown in this short piece of a trailer! For the record, the trailer is just 2:25 minutes.
Here's the Comfort DelGro Taxi counter within the short 2 and a half minutes:
1:04 - right after you see the iconic Esplanade, you're shown a shot of a red car being intercepted with rows of Singapore's signature blue taxis on the CBD. Cool! Not often that you'll see Singapore in Hollywood movies
1:10 - another shot where you see one taxi after the traffic light, another coming in from the right and possibly a couple more waiting behind the intersection. You simply can't ignore them
1:14 - "Look, I know this is going to sound strange, because it is" Yep, it's strange because it's the third time I'm seeing a Comfort Delgro Taxi on the street. Is that whole segment the only highlight of the movie?
1.24 - Agents are stronger, faster and more intelligent than normal people. Also, they fight in this imaginary CBD with rows of Comfort DelGro taxis on the street. Let the movie remind you: three rows of taxis
1.57 - Hey, it's the theme song! The trailer's ending with a huge ba- OH HELL NO, ANOTHER COMFORT DELGRO TAXI SHOT?!
Finally, the trailer ends with a chopper crashing into an office building and chopping everything in it's path. At least it's not a Comfort DelGro Helicopter.
If one day, there's Comfort Chopper, it'll definitely be blue
Do you know how painful is it to watch that scene when I've been waiting for a cab for the last 20 minutes?!
Are all of the taxis STUCK IN THE CBD WATCHING A STREET FIGHT?!
This is just the first International trailer and I'm sure that if one is watching it from the perspective of a non-Singaporean, you'd find the setting, the pace and the atmosphere in the essence of the Hitman series.
But I swear to you, if the next international trailer has more than 2 shots of Comfort DelGro Taxi, I swear to you I will (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻
Now here's a description of how I play stealth games just to abruptly end this post awkwardly.
But I swear to you, if the next international trailer has more than 2 shots of Comfort DelGro Taxi, I swear to you I will (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻
Now here's a description of how I play stealth games just to abruptly end this post awkwardly.
