By the Numbers: Breaking Down the New Expendables 2 Teaser
The new 60-second teaser for The Expendables 2 isn't quite as LOL-splosive as the poster we all saw a few weeks back, but it's still pretty great in its own sort of testosterrific way. What's its secret? Let's try breaking the magic down by the numbers:
Length of teaser: 60 seconds
Total amount of actual film footage: 22 seconds
Number of Expendables 2 title cards: 0
Number of Expendables 2 Web site title cards: 1
Actors listed: 11
First names used: 0
Ex-governors featured: 1
Speaking parts: 1
Scowling parts: 8
Combined age of listed cast: 565 years
Average age of listed cast: 51 years
Target male demographic: 18-25
Weapons featured (including Expendables skull animation): 77
Weapons featured (excluding Expendables skull animation): 11
Guns featured: 8
Guns fired: 1
Knives brandished: 1
Pairs of sunglasses removed: 1
Explosions: 0
[via Apple]
Comments
"Also" Van Damme? That's wonderfully snide somehow.
Right? Like, "Oh! We almost forgot..."
Very terribly