Movie Posters - The good, the bad & the awful

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Baron Bifford: May 24, 2006; Can't post for 2 years!

Professor Clumsy posted:

I'm gonna need to see a more shots of this to be fully convinced. You need to do the Olivia Wilde pose fully.

This is the only possible reconstruction of Wilde's hidden right arm:

# ? Dec 16, 2012 02:03

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# ? Apr 29, 2024 08:59

Erebus: Jul 13, 2001; Okay... Keep your head, Steve boy...

Another entry in the category of great taglines:

Also I don't quite get the trajectory of that ball.

# ? Dec 16, 2012 02:49

Snowy: Oct 6, 2010; A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth;
One who never feels
The wanton stings and
Motions of the sense

I was given a little pile of cool old origial movie posters, thought you might like to see them.

There are those who kill violently!

Nice prison rape poster for the bathroom:

They are all labeled/stamped:

Jimmy Cliff, this one is signed by the director:

I never knew Johnny Rotten made a movie with Harvey Keitel. This one came with a nice 8x10 that I can't find right now.

Snowy fucked around with this message at 03:54 on Dec 16, 2012

# ? Dec 16, 2012 03:49

SALT CURES HAM: Jan 4, 2011

Wendell posted:

I just wish they'd stick to "big" movies. The new Rocky and Rambo were eventful returns of old characters, Expendables was another big event bringing all those old stars together. Arnold's The Last Stand and this Bullet to the Head movie are just generic crud that will be instantly forgotten.

Arnold in particular should have been more picky since his return to starring roles could have been marketed as a huge loving deal.

The director of The Last Stand was also responsible for I Saw the Devil, and Bullet to the Head is a new Walter Hill movie. I will be very surprised if either of them turn out badly.

# ? Dec 16, 2012 04:03

Snowy: Oct 6, 2010; A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth;
One who never feels
The wanton stings and
Motions of the sense

Erebus posted:

Also I don't quite get the trajectory of that ball.

A bloody ball curving out of guy's rear end is a strange way to sell a movie.

# ? Dec 16, 2012 04:12

Lance Streetman: Feb 20, 2011; A parfait is a dessert, but it is also the French word for perfect.

Baron Bifford posted:

This is the only possible reconstruction of Wilde's hidden right arm:

Or she could be holding him normally. That's another possibility.

# ? Dec 16, 2012 04:59

Bloody Hedgehog: Dec 12, 2003; 💥💥🤯💥💥
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Lance Streetman posted:

Or she could be holding him normally. That's another possibility.

That's what he secretly meant.

# ? Dec 16, 2012 06:13

Orunitier: Dec 5, 2010

It's easier to see her crazy arm on the poster that doesn't have that lovely motion blur.

# ? Dec 16, 2012 06:17

HUNDU THE BEAST GOD: Sep 14, 2007; everything is yours

Xenophon posted:

Don't you mean

HOUSE
^{^{^HAUSU}}

Can't confuse it with the other horror comedy called House.

# ? Dec 16, 2012 06:19

Come And See: Sep 15, 2008; We're all awash in a sea of blood, and the least we can do is wave to each other.

jet sanchEz posted:

Out of curiosity, where did you buy this? I ask because it is missing the rest of the quote and it really changes the tone of the whole thing.

I goofed and bought the Australian version by accident.

Since it's my favorite film, I'm tempted to just buy the 'normal' one and hold onto the one I have as an Aussie novelty.

# ? Dec 16, 2012 06:40

Dillbag: Mar 4, 2007; Click here to join Lem Lee in the Hell Of Being Cut To Pieces; Nap Ghost

Snowy posted:

A bloody ball curving out of guy's rear end is a strange way to sell a movie.

I don't know about that...

# ? Dec 16, 2012 07:33

Nuclear Pogostick: Apr 9, 2007; Bouncing towards victory

That poster is based off a shot in the film:

Quorra's not clinging to him in a "oh, sam~ *swoons*" manner. She's trying to get him into the portal back out into the real world - he's hesitating because he has to leave his father behind, who is being threatened by CLU, the dude with the yellow stripes.

Illustrated here:

And here:

I also really want this poster as I mentioned, but they're loving 400 dollars on ebay. Mondo really needs to do reprints from time to time :argh:

# ? Dec 16, 2012 07:47

Bloody Hedgehog: Dec 12, 2003; 💥💥🤯💥💥
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Nuclear Pogostick posted:

Mondo really needs to do reprints from time to time

They're pretty drat strict about never doing that. Even if you buy a print direct from them and it gets mangled in the mail, they'll just refund your money even though creating a replacement print is well within their ability.

# ? Dec 16, 2012 07:56

Power of Pecota: Aug 4, 2007; Goodness no, now that wouldn't do at all!

Erebus posted:

Another entry in the category of great taglines:

Also I don't quite get the trajectory of that ball.

That would look so much better if there was just a motion trail or something to show the ball's path instead of having it look like a big line of baseballs.

# ? Dec 16, 2012 09:12

Jedit: Dec 10, 2011; Proudly supporting vanilla legends 1994-2014

Nuclear Pogostick posted:

I also really want this poster as I mentioned, but they're loving 400 dollars on ebay. Mondo really needs to do reprints from time to time

That poster is awful. Eminem in a swimming cap.

# ? Dec 16, 2012 11:37

Vince MechMahon: Jan 1, 2008

Jedit posted:

That poster is awful. Eminem in a swimming cap.

The thing I hate about it, and the other ones like this, are all the lines on people's faces. I remember there's an old rule of thumb for drawing faces that was something like every line on it adds ten years to the character. Dude in the cap looks like he's about 60.

# ? Dec 16, 2012 11:43

Shirkelton: Apr 6, 2009; I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.

He looks like Guy Pearce in Prometheus.

# ? Dec 16, 2012 11:45

Cleretic: Feb 3, 2010; Ignore my posts!
I'm aggressively wrong about everything!

Nuclear Pogostick posted:

Did Daft Punk actually appear in that movie? I know they did the soundtrack, but were they in the movie proper?

# ? Dec 16, 2012 12:03

Jedit: Dec 10, 2011; Proudly supporting vanilla legends 1994-2014

Cleretic posted:

Did Daft Punk actually appear in that movie? I know they did the soundtrack, but were they in the movie proper?

Yes, they play the DJs at the End of Line Bar.

# ? Dec 16, 2012 12:05

SALT CURES HAM: Jan 4, 2011

Cleretic posted:

Did Daft Punk actually appear in that movie? I know they did the soundtrack, but were they in the movie proper?

For about two seconds.

# ? Dec 16, 2012 12:05

Noxville: Dec 7, 2003

Nuclear Pogostick posted:

Mondo really needs to do reprints from time to time

And destroy the artificial scarcity they've created? Never.

# ? Dec 16, 2012 12:23

casa de mi padre: Sep 3, 2012; Black people are the real racists!

Noxville posted:

And destroy the artificial scarcity they've created? Never.

The artificial scarcity only makes people think the posters are better than they are. If anyone could buy a copy, people would see that a lot of their posters are pretty average.

# ? Dec 16, 2012 13:52

Baron Bifford: May 24, 2006; Can't post for 2 years!

I hear the Heavy Metal animated movie was much the same. Due to issues with music rights, you could only get it on bootleg for a while.

# ? Dec 16, 2012 15:43

blast0rama: Aug 13, 2003; Tingly.

Noxville posted:

And destroy the artificial scarcity they've created? Never.

The scarcity isn't just theirs. The only reason why they get half of the licenses they do is because they agree to a limited run of each print, so to not disturb the sale of "official" merchandise.

# ? Dec 16, 2012 15:54

jet sanchEz: Oct 24, 2001; Lousy Manipulative Dog

Tomero_the_Great posted:

I goofed and bought the Australian version by accident.

Since it's my favorite film, I'm tempted to just buy the 'normal' one and hold onto the one I have as an Aussie novelty.

Huh, that's even weirder, I wonder why the Aussie poster drop those five words?

# ? Dec 16, 2012 16:34

dr_rat: Jun 4, 2001

Power of Pecota posted:

That would look so much better if there was just a motion trail or something to show the ball's path instead of having it look like a big line of baseballs.

I dunno, I really want to see that movie about the guy who has a tail made of dozens upon dozens of bleeding baseballs as he attempts to escape a 300 foot tall armed and suited Roy Schneider.

I have a feeling that's not what the movie is about and that makes me sad. The poster, as always, promises so much.

dr_rat fucked around with this message at 17:05 on Dec 16, 2012

# ? Dec 16, 2012 17:03

edogawa rando: Mar 20, 2007

Look at this poo poo. Just look at it.

# ? Dec 16, 2012 19:51

muscles like this!: Jan 17, 2005

Vagabundo posted:

Look at this poo poo. Just look at it.

Varro back there looks like he's CG.

# ? Dec 16, 2012 20:03

lunar detritus: May 6, 2009

Vagabundo posted:

Look at this poo poo. Just look at it.

Looper completely ruined any chance for that movie to make me believe that guy is Bruce Willis son. :colbert:

# ? Dec 16, 2012 20:43

Alhazred: Feb 16, 2011

jet sanchEz posted:

Huh, that's even weirder, I wonder why the Aussie poster drop those five words?

The concept of something not being able to kill you baffles them.

# ? Dec 16, 2012 20:48

casa de mi padre: Sep 3, 2012; Black people are the real racists!

gmq posted:

Looper completely ruined any chance for that movie to make me believe that guy is Bruce Willis son. .

I was thinking the same thing. As silly as JGL looked I kinda want to see him in that role. It'd probably be the only thing to get me to see that movie because goddamn a FIFTH Die Hard?

# ? Dec 16, 2012 21:15

angry climber: Dec 6, 2010

Just be thankful it wasn't Shia Labeouf.

# ? Dec 16, 2012 23:25

Cleretic: Feb 3, 2010; Ignore my posts!
I'm aggressively wrong about everything!

Gotta love that the tagline implies that McClane's kid is going to be a big part of the movie, but they don't even give him billing in that poster.

# ? Dec 17, 2012 00:24

muscles like this!: Jan 17, 2005

Cleretic posted:

Gotta love that the tagline implies that McClane's kid is going to be a big part of the movie, but they don't even give him billing in that poster.

To be fair, Jai Courtney isn't exactly a household name.

# ? Dec 17, 2012 00:33

Rageaholic: May 31, 2005; Old Town Road to EGOT

Vagabundo posted:

Look at this poo poo. Just look at it.

muscles like this? posted:

Varro back there looks like he's CG.

This, and the fire too. And something about the guns looks off too...

# ? Dec 17, 2012 00:59

Professor Clumsy: Sep 12, 2008; It is a while still till Sunrise - and in the daytime I sleep, my dear fellow, I sleep the very deepest of sleeps...