Ok, NOW You've Convinced Me It's a Quality Movie.

Have you been paying attention lately when you've been watching TV shows, movies, and commercials? I've noticed a newish trend that I find disturbing.

As an example, I present to you the trailer for the new Star Trek movie. Notice anything slightly out of place and, um, stupid about that trailer? I actually am kind of excited to see this movie. It looks like it was well made, and having an older brother who always brought home the SciFi movies (not to mention a sister who watched Star Trek every Saturday night at one period in her life), I have an appreciation for Star Trek. What doesn't fit into my idea of what a Star Trek trailer might look like in this day and age is the creepy shot of Captain James T. Kirk (we don't know if he's the captain at that point, but still) hiding under a bed watching a star fleet officer take off her uniform to reveal her undergarments. Um, random? I know that they feel the need to assure us that there will be hot women er whatever in these kinds of movies, because apparently that's what the boys like. But seriously, this is what they choose? This cut of it is not nearly as disturbing to me as the one I keep seeing on TV that shows a shot of him under the bed, then her lower half as he stares at her while she slips off her skirt to reveal her tighty whitey looking panties. Um, is this peeping tom moment supposed to be sexy? And it's so fast you almost don't realize how skeeved out you should be. I'm sure it'll turn out it's one of those wacky moments where he gets backed into a corner and HAS to hide, and can't do a thing about it. Good call, script writers. I'm sure it moved the plot along fabulously.

I've noticed this trend lately. On TV, in movies, and on commercials, I've seen more and more moments where you realize that the camera either started on a woman's chest at the beginning of the scene and then panned up for the dialogue, or did the whole body scan before their discussion about courtroom ethics. What is that? I mean, I expect it in the beer commercials, and on TV shows that are meant to reach a certain young male demographic. But it seems to be the new technique out there.

Someone, please take the camera away from the dirty boy.