Is Q Force Actually A Great ShowWith A Terrible Trailer?
Netflix dropped the trailer for their upcoming gay animated adult comedy Q Force last week. Gone are the days when the queer community celebrates wildly for any new show about queer people with queer characters. While representation still matters, ALOT, not every show made for and by queers is necessarily a great show. Since Q Force does not premiere until September we will have to wait to see where this show ranks in the queer canon. Lets start with the trailer, then we will get to the reaction on social media. Well, the Twitterverse did not think so. As soon as the trailer dropped, the reaction was swift, vocal, and not good. Take a look   literally every lgbtq person after seeing the q force trailer pic.twitter.com/qafAFN4p1p  froggy (@jimmmly) June 23, 2021  Me leaving the lgbt community after the q force trailer dropped pic.twitter.com/94hUcTMgXX  shlloyd (@draqqons) June 23, 2021  i just saw the qforce trailer and i can say with full confidence that id rather be called a slur than sit through a second of that shit pic.twitter.com/5YFCqfvXRL  echo||18 DAYS (@echosobble) June 23, 2021  There are supporters out there of Q Force, asking people to not judge a series based on a 1-minute trailer. Heres one thing to take away from the whole #QForce situation: even if the show succeeds (it might, I dont know the future), the TRAILER was bad  Maybe it was rushed, maybe it tried too hard, but regardless of how it was created, Id be willing to say it was a really BAD trailer https://t.co/PGEAUubbjH  Mummys Rosario: Happy Pride Month my+peeps! (@ThatDanKFan4Fun) June 24, 2021  Due to the extreme backlash of the show on social media, someone who worked on the show came to the shows defense and actually agreed that the trailer was awful. I want to say some stuff Re: the Q Force trailer: I am one of the MANY queer artists who worked on this show and boy can I say with confidence that the trailer is AWFUL. The clips they chose and how they edited them together, remove all plot, character dynamics and heart (1/?)   | train (@cabeeese) June 24, 2021  So before you berate me & other artists with how awful it is, remember that we animated it, or made layouts, or story boarded it. WE know the show. WE have seen it. YOU have seen a badly edited 40s trailer. Trust queer artists. We wouldnt have worked on it if it was shit. (4/4)   | train (@cabeeese) June 24, 2021  adding on that those who worked on it didnt just do 1 of those 3 things. Theres SO many elements that makeup an animated show!! And no matter what someone worked on, they know the show more than someone whos just seen the tiny trailer.   | train (@cabeeese) June 24, 2021  Responses to that tweet were mixed, with some still very critical of the show and the trailer, and others promising to give the show a chance. ..then release another trailer. All we can see is this bad piece of the puzzle. If you want us to see the good work you did, show us the good work.  MassEffectFan1 (@MassEffectFanU3) June 24, 2021  i had my suspicions that the trailer was just poorly edited!! thank you for speaking out about this   (@_Magsan33la) June 24, 2021  Thank you for your perspective. I am really happy to hear that queer people did in fact work on this and from what you have said it makes me want to give the show a chance. Trailers can completely misrepresent the full content, but man, that was a rough one to watch. Sound off in the comments below.