This is it. This is every now-ubiquitous sci-fi thriller trope, presented to us in the form of Eastern Kentucky’s football team intro video. It’s less than a minute and a half long, but it’s a great way to get drunk quickly.
We’ve reached a point where all of these things are instantly recognizable, clearly pretty cheap to produce, and a not-that-far-fetched theme for a sports team. Let’s run down the tropes:
The Inception-style BWOOONG noise (Dear Hans Zimmer, You’re great. But I blame you for every single trailer using this sound now.)
Jittery, glitchy cuts
And the staticy tech sound that accompanies the camera glitch
LENS FLARE
Glowing cybernetic parts
Unplugging from the base of the neck
The full body scan displayed on tablet/hologram
Using the scan to make changes to a look/activate androids
The armor appearing by tapping the ear (most recently seen on Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy, although this has a definite Iron-Man look to it, too.)
If you just drank on the glitchy cuts alone, you’d be blitzed at the end of that. And I might have missed some. Let me know in the comments if I did.
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