I’ve taken part in a regular Twitter movie discussion event called Movie Talk On Sunday (or #MTOS for short) for a while now. It involves a different host each week taking up the mantle by asking a set of 10 questions on a particular topic.

This coming Sunday, January 20th I am once again taking hosting responsibilities and my chosen subject this time around is movie trailers. We all have different levels of love for trailers, whether it be relishing in every new one that appears, hating that they show too much or somewhere in between. I thought it’d be an interesting topic because every movie fan has some sort of opinion on them and for MTOS that’s always a good thing.

As always #MTOS takes place on Twitter at 8pm GMT, so take note those in the US/Canada etc how that translates to what time it is where you are. You should follow me on Twitter @rosstmiller so it’s clear and easy for you to see the questions as they move along.

However, if you want to prepare in advance for the event here are the set questions below:

1. Are you a fan of movie trailers? Or do you prefer to know as little as possible about a film going in?

2. Do you feel movie trailers these days give far too much away? If so are there any specific examples which stand out for you?

3. How important are trailers nowadays? Do they still have an influence over whether people want to see a movie, if they ever did?

4. What makes a good trailer? Please give examples of some of the best trailers you can remember.

5. Do you think there are certain types of movies which are better suited to having trailers?

6. Do you like that so many trailers now get released online or did you prefer it when you only saw them when you went to the movies?

7. What do you think of the latest trend of having “trailers for trailers”? Is it a neat treat or just an annoyance?

8. Are you a fan of voice-overs in trailers? “In a time… In a world…” etc? Or have we moved beyond that sort of trailer?

9. Is there anything which would make you laugh/roll your eyes in a trailer e.g. a certain person’s name? “From the mind of…” etc

10. Finally, come up with your idea of the perfect trailer. Which actors appear, what kind of music, what font even? Be creative!

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Movie Talk On Sunday is an initiative to get the Twitter Film Community together at one time and one day each week to discuss various film related topics. The aim of the whole exercise, besides having fun is to find new individuals who share the same passion for films as you do and also in the process find out about different aspects about movies. You can count on finding about new movies, interesting facts, and who knows even gossip.

How Does It Work?

It really is simple. There are 10 questions. We will throw out 1 question relating to the weeks topic every 10 minutes starting at 20:00 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) every Sunday evening. All the questions and subsequent answers/discussions, by you, should simply be followed by #MTOS. In your Twitter “search” you can type in #MTOS and follow what everyone is saying and henceforth answer back and take part. If you “like” someone’s answer simply Re-Tweet it like you would normally on Twitter.

In order to make #MTOS more interactive we have started asking everyone to post their blog links related to the topic of the week throughout the week with the hashtag (#MTOS) so that everyone can simple search #MTOS at any time and read interesting write-ups before the actual event that Sunday.

#MTOS is all about you. We will try and make the questions open ended with multiple answers. Let the discussions go off in a tangent if you find someone who agrees/disagrees with what you think. Just remember to #MTOS everything so someone neither one of you follow can also join in.

Important : Please, please, please avoid profanity and behave in a civilized manner.