Right now, and this is quite exciting, I have Hanelle's RCA trailer for "Clocks: Generations" , the long anticipated finale to the just as long running show. Let's look at this carefully, as there are, for sure, bound to be "Revelations".
PEN on a BLACK SCREEN. The soft sound of a ticking CLOCK is heard.A digital clock SLAMS on screen. The red numbers count down.6:00....5:59...5:58...
CUT TO:BOLD white letters appear on the screen reading:
IT ALL STARTED WITH A TERRIBLE ACT
A few quick flashes from "The Pilot" involving Marianne being assaulted in the dark alley.
From the start, it is apparent that we are dealing with a trailer, like a clock, that will build suspense over time. This is how I see the episodes of the show, and how I will see the finale; as a timebomb, waiting for a revelation to hit when the hand strikes twelve. We start with a flashback to the pilot; one of the pivotal scenes, and as time goes on through the trailer (though that cannot really be said, as Clocks follows no linear timeline), the pace to the trailer, and finale, I am assuming will pick up. If you have not seen the show, this trailer is actually well made in those regards as well. The words, "it all started", can lead you as to what is important, and give you a notion of the sort of situations that Clocks holds dear. Of course, looking at this first bit, I am left with an inevitable question; what happens when the clock strikes zero? The chaos from the first scene of the pilot?
ALL CULMINATING IN A FINAL EVENT
John, Sophie and the older Seth run through the chaotic city streets. Tanks roll down and military personnel fire at some unseen enemy in the distance. Sophie ducks, narrowly missing an oncoming bullet.
This next bit is a scene involving bullets, but is still taken in a slow manner; a set-up, not an "event". However, on top of this, it seems to be, as you would know from the show, that Clocks is something of a spectacle in the lightest sense of the word. There are effects, and violence, and suspense built up. Taking a view from one who has not seen the episodes, this would lead me to make some natural guesses. One would be that this finale will be filled with death of main characters, a few twists, and characters finding things out. Though those seem cliche in general; specifics are needed to really guess what is going on, or what will go on, in the finale; and we can only guess.
THIS MARCH
Seth, Ron and Rose stand over a fresh grave in the middle of a cemetery. They stare at the ground in a fusion of anger and sorrow.
The three of them standing as they are, looking down, shows us, as the trailer says, sadness, but it also has this feel of redemption around it, or, for a more accurate phrase, the desire to do something. I think that this finale will not be one of death and of depressed shocks, but of hope and of comfort, despite how dark and damp things might (and will) get.
THE PAST
Marianne stands in a long line outside of a brick building. She stares ahead, numb to the world around her.
THE PRESENT
CLOSE on Eva's face as she screams in horror, sweat pouring down her cheeks.
DOCTOR
Eva, you need to push....your baby is almost here.
Here is what I meant by not following a timeline; and it has became evident in the series that it will continue throughout this ending, as there is a drama and plots with each tense. Here, we see two woman, and while different, one can feel a contrast for what the world is like at the given moment. The first, we see a woman waiting in line, and we are reminded of something like a bum would do to get food or food stamps; which can draw connections to the pilot. It seems like nothing, not anything of stimulation, but "numb"; a place where you cannot feel. The present, however, feels somewhat different, as there is a birth; actual creation of life, and that alludes to an attempt to fix the world. It looks like some optimism can be held there.
THE FUTURE
Thomas sits in a bunker with a few of his aides around the table.
AIDE
Sir, it's not safe.
THOMAS
I can't stay here forever...the people need me in the spotlight now more than ever.
Again, there seems to be this ever present mood to help things, and do what the people need. However, we see that, obviously, as it will show in this movie, that the future is the test; and with the world on a brinking point, the start of the pilot episode seems all too near. Only with a clearing of the past troubles and present, though, can the future take hold; and things are all bound to meet up soon enough.
ALL IN ONE EXTRAORDINARY TWO-HOUR EVENT
A younger Seth sits on a bus-stop bench. Next to him sits a creepy older man with bulging bloodshot eyes. Neither speaks but the tension in the air can be cut with a knife.
For this bit, let me just say what I think of the man. Seeing him in the other trailer as well, I think that he is Mr. Black, and essentially represents the end of the world, or an almost higher force. He is present with Eva's baby too, and he seems to be the power which stands as the end of all things. If he is Mr. Black, then he is old here and in all the other tenses of time, which would mean he is non-aging; and has been through all things.
ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END
I pulled this quote separate, because I just thought I should note that this can act as a suspense builder, but also a plot indicator. In a world so chaotic and violent, there is still good; and when that comes to an end, everything ends; so this can semi-confirm the pilot episode's first scene.
A hotel door is KICKED open. The occupant, Doug Jones, jumps out of his seat in shock.
John leaps from the roof of a city building, his black jacket fluttering in the night breeze. He lands hard on the lower rooftop of the next door building.He looks back from his original spot to see two men in black suits watching him angrily.
Nathan Gorman cocks his pistol, pointing it directly into the CAMERA.
Seth smashes a wooden chair against the wall in a furious rage.
SETH
We need that code!
A few things. First, here we see the action scenes, the one which makes the pace more and more (like a clock) quicker. Also, the ending states that a code is needed; and this seems to be a code for a door or a bomb or a computer. Seeing it is present in the midst of action scenes, I would guess a bomb, and assume that the pilot's destruction scenes were caused by it. A literal clock; seems like a set up for the whole series.
Charles Abaddon walks through a crowd of reporters toward his car when a loud GUNSHOT is heard. Panic and chaos ensues.John rummages around a smokey burning building, desperately covering his mouth to breath.Ron slams Doug into a wall, denting the wall dramatically.A small group of military soldiers and a team of men wearing Hazmat suits enter a confined building, guns drawn.CLOCKS: GENERATIONS
FADE IN:Seth stands over Charles, who sits complacently on his knees. In his hand he holds a gun, pressing it to Charles' temple.
Two gun incidents around Charles in this little bit and not to ruin anything for those reading the episodes, sop I will not get in details or latter surprises, but one earlier too. He should just stay inside! However, more building up of momentum; and a reminder of how shocking this can be. It is likely that neither of these times he will die, though this trailer wants to show us just how shocking it has the ability to be and test our emotions, see if we are "there" enough to feel the impact of everything.
CUT TO BLACK.Over the BLACK SCREEN we hear the ticking again.The digital CLOCK again SLAMS on screen. It now reads: 30....29....28...The TICKING is increasingly loud as we ZOOM OUT to reveal the clock represents the detonation timer of a large green and white nuclear bomb.
CUT TO BLACK.
Ah, and we see it was a bomb; and also one which connects this scene to the first (an allusion to the finale connecting their last scene to the pilot's first?). However, here we are at the end of what has been a very professional, well made and tension induced trailer; I can only sit in anticipation for this finale, and I urge all to quickly catch up on the episodes beforehand.
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