How have mundanes reacted to THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES teaser trailer?

There are no words to describe the fandom’s excitement in regards to the release of THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES teaser trailer. We’ve all been waiting days, weeks, months, years, even, for a glimpse of a live-action adaptation of our favorite series.

And it was everything we had hoped for and more.

The teaser trailer played in front of most screenings of Breaking Dawn Part 2, which grossed $141.3 million in the United States its opening weekend. It gave quite a lot people (who haven’t heard of the series) a glimpse at what has the opportunity to be the next big thing now that Twilight has come to an end.

So how have the non-fans–the mundanes (did you read that as mundaaaaanes, too?)–react to the teaser trailer?

From what I’ve heard, quite well, actually.

I was lucky enough to glimpse the teaser trailer on the big screen in front of Breaking Dawn Part 2 and it was even more epic on a big screen–where the film will be in nine months. But it also gave me an opportunity to listen to the reactions of the mundanes in the audience.

The theater reacted quite positively to the teaser trailer. I could hear excitement and heard people around me wanting to go out and read the book. It was an amazing feeling to hear that the teaser trailer was garnering a positive reaction.

I also showed the trailer to some family and friends–from young women to middle-aged women to middle-aged men to young men–and they all seemed intrigued by it.

When I asked them what was most appealing about it I got a few varying reactions. The guys loved the action, as did the women, and everyone really liked the mythology in the trailer and the story.

As fans we know the events of the book and the series, but the mundanes don’t know the story and it’s great to see that they want to know more about Cassandra Clare’s world and see the film.

I’ve scanned through different social media websites, like Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook, and found–for the most part–an intrigue and motivation to read this series. There were of course some that weren’t impressed by the trailer as it’s not their thing, and that’s OK. To each their own.

But it was generally a positive reaction. There hasn’t been anything like THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS in the movies in quite awhile, so it’s refreshing to see something like this garner enthusiasm.

It really helped that the teaser trailer wasn’t confusing. When it threw out terminology that only fans of the series would recognize it explained what it meant and provided context and some killer action scenes.

A teaser trailer–especially one in the Young Adult category nowadays–serves as a first impression. And it was one hell of a first impression.

Have you showed the CITY OF BONES teaser trailer to any mundanes? What has been their reaction? Leave their reactions in the comments!