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One of my favorites is this Children of the Damned poster. (Huge) e: another for the same film. Not quite as effective! 
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 "It's a real toot!" is a tagline for the ages.  I've never seen this movie but judging by the poster they're running an escort service out of a morgue?  Haven't seen this one either but I can only imagine.  How can you see this poster and not want to see the film?  I had no idea Matt Dillon was doing movies in 1982.  Early 80's airbrushing, apparently.  Has anyone seen this movie? Because I think I need to.
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Jan 14, 2013 19:44
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Mr. Carlisle posted:
That's exactly what they're doing. I've never seen that poster and it's really impressive that they conveyed such a weird premise so consisely. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N6rzfoWHzg
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Jan 14, 2013 19:47
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It's also impressive how accurate Winkler and Keaton's faces are on that poster.
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Jan 14, 2013 20:57
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I'm excited for the movie and I liked the main poster they did of Moretz, but come on now: You don't get your daughter to pray in her closet for five hours without making a few enemies.
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Jan 14, 2013 21:27
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 Almost everything on that list is delicious - I'd be upset too.  John Ritter superhero movie?!  I'm guessing this is the movie the recent Owen Wilson movie was a remake of. Apparently Matt Dillon was in every movie in the early 80's and I just completely missed it.  I love this poster because it tells you going on that 'Hey, if you don't like the poo poo in this list you're probably not gonna find this movie funny." 80's posters had the best comments and taglines.
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Jan 14, 2013 22:20
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Icon-Cat posted:I'm excited for the movie and I liked the main poster they did of Moretz, but come on now: It's the fact that it's the SAME layout (even down to the font) for the Thor character posters that gets me.  THE GOD (OF THUNDER) WON'T HELP YOU
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Jan 14, 2013 22:35
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Mr. Carlisle posted:
Drillbit Taylor? Not really, but there's a homage to My Bodyguard in that film, with Baldwin coming to Taylor's bodyguard business for work. And yes, Matt Dillon was in every early '80s movie.
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Jan 14, 2013 22:57
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Young Freud posted:Drillbit Taylor? Not really, but there's a homage to My Bodyguard in that film, with Baldwin coming to Taylor's bodyguard business for work. Thanks for the info - I had never seen My Bodyguard but because the 80's posters in general are so good for the most part of expressing exactly what to expect in the movie itself it looked like almost the same premise.  "Thank you for the flowers, bro!"   Loved this movie as a kid.  Didn't know this movie existed but now that I do I need to see it. Let's see how many times we can fit the phrase RAW DEAL into a poster!  Last known picture of Nic Cage with real hair? Orange Carlisle fucked around with this message at 23:39 on Jan 14, 2013 |
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Jan 14, 2013 23:19
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Young Freud posted:Drillbit Taylor? Not really, but there's a homage to My Bodyguard in that film, with Baldwin coming to Taylor's bodyguard business for work. The parallels are eerie, esp. since I'm pretty sure Owen Wilson is similarly dressed to Dillon in that poster (the green Army jacket looks familiar, at least).
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Jan 14, 2013 23:32
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Hewlett posted:It's the fact that it's the SAME layout (even down to the font) for the Thor character posters that gets me. I know I'm being a massive sperg but they aren't the same font, just very similar.
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Jan 15, 2013 00:14
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Oh good god: It just gets worse as you go from left to right, holy poo poo.  Seriously, what is that?!
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Jan 15, 2013 00:15
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"Special Appearance by Martin Mull" Really though, isn't every appearance by Martin Mull special?
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Jan 15, 2013 00:18
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Raw Deal loving owns - how is that not a known movie? How old are you (not being rude)?
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Jan 15, 2013 00:21
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live with fruit posted:"Special Appearance by Martin Mull" He does have a special way of appearing 
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Jan 15, 2013 00:23
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Hewlett posted:The parallels are eerie, esp. since I'm pretty sure Owen Wilson is similarly dressed to Dillon in that poster (the green Army jacket looks familiar, at least). That's Adam Baldwin, TV's Jayne, in the army jacket. Dillon's the slick-back douche in the blue varsity jacket lying on the ground.
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Jan 15, 2013 00:32
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Robert Denby posted:
Did they frankenstein 'sardonic' by patching one quarter 'dopey' onto a 'determined' expression?
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Jan 15, 2013 00:50
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Mr. Squishy posted:Did they frankenstein 'sardonic' by patching one quarter 'dopey' onto a 'determined' expression? It looks like the took a neutral expression picture and decided to morph it into that face. The thing about 80s Posters/VHS covers is that they are very hit or miss as to how accurate they are. They like to exaggerate the film's competency and make it look more professional than it might actually end up. Although this mostly was a problem with horror, sci-fi and fantasy.
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Jan 15, 2013 00:59
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Robert Denby posted:
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Jan 15, 2013 01:22
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Strange Matter posted:Is that Stanley Tucci? Or what's left of him.
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Jan 15, 2013 01:25
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Did they change the title from giant killer?
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Jan 15, 2013 01:28
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Strange Matter posted:Is that Stanley Tucci? checked the imdb page, and yup, it's Tucci. good spot. at least he'll be good in it anyway. Stanley Tucci is always good.
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Jan 15, 2013 01:29
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If any of you have never seen Jekyll & Hyde ...Together Again, fix that because it's loving jaw-dropping. Watch the transformation scene if you don't believe me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AiYS-rDGyc EDIT: I just realized that "It's a real toot" is yet another cocaine joke, which brings the total up to 4,974 coke jokes in this movie. caligulamprey fucked around with this message at 01:50 on Jan 15, 2013 |
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Jan 15, 2013 01:40
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Robert Denby posted:Oh good god: Fixed it.  
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Jan 15, 2013 01:49
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Strange Matter posted:Is that Stanley Tucci? The guy on the far right is Ewan McGregor.
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Jan 15, 2013 01:55
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Robert Denby posted:Oh good god: If you haven't seen the trailer, are you supposed to guess which one is Jack?
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Jan 15, 2013 01:57
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The movie would probably be so much better if it was just these four loving around in Giant-land and never referring to each other by name until the very end when it turns out that the retarded midget-giant is Keyser Soze.
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Jan 15, 2013 02:00
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Robert Denby posted:Oh good god: You can't have guns being pointed at the viewer anymore, but crossbows are acceptable? What an odd double standard.
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Jan 15, 2013 02:03
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Kaiju Cage Match posted:You can't have guns being pointed at the viewer anymore, but crossbows are acceptable? What an odd double standard.
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Jan 15, 2013 02:11
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Kaiju Cage Match posted:You can't have guns being pointed at the viewer anymore, but crossbows are acceptable? What an odd double standard. The difference is that no one has ever shot up a movie theater with a crossbow.
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Jan 15, 2013 03:00
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Slate Action posted:The difference is that no one has ever shot up a movie theater with a crossbow. ... yet. *shifty glance* Edit: As far as 80s posters go, everyone knows that there has only been one, and it came out in 1990. This was because they had to condense everything that was good about the 80s into one single, perfect film. Gentlemen, I give you... 
Yancy_Street fucked around with this message at 03:48 on Jan 15, 2013 |
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Jan 15, 2013 03:41
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That's a pretty sweet font
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Jan 15, 2013 03:58
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All those eighties posters made me think of this one. The movie was drat obscure and was awful but what a poster. I actually owned one because I saw a sneak preview.
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Jan 15, 2013 04:07
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The title doesn't reflect what is happening on that poster.
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Jan 15, 2013 04:10
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This is a perfect example for answering "why can't they just get the cast in one big photo?". It becomes a game of "where Wally?" as you only realise who's in the film from reading the byline and then proceed to hunt down all of the faces. The correct exposure would have been a struggle - water beams right back at you so everything has to get stopped down. No doubt there's some assistant shining a reflector into the face of Robin Williams in an desperate attempt to highlight they're the leads. Despite Rick Moranis getting third billing he's way over on the left chilling with Eugene Levy. There's also that fantastic mistake of your eyes being lead down from the spout of water right into the lion boardshorts which so happens to match the general size of all of the other faces as well as being one of the brighter objects in the scene.
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Jan 15, 2013 04:27
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Mister Chief posted:The title doesn't reflect what is happening on that poster. I assure you such problems are indeed modern and did not occur prior to 1981.
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Jan 15, 2013 04:29
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Dick Trauma posted:The movie was drat obscure and was awful  I LIKE IT.
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Jan 15, 2013 05:30
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Dick Trauma posted:All those eighties posters made me think of this one. The movie was drat obscure and was awful but what a poster. I actually owned one because I saw a sneak preview. I remember this being on TV when I was laid up with a massive flu, and I thought I fever dreamed the movie. I don't really like Chevy Chase, so I always found it odd I imagined a movie with him in it. Then I saw it a few years later. My mind couldn't make that poo poo up.
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Jan 15, 2013 05:50
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That movie was on all the time on HBO when I was a kid. I think I knew it as "Chevy Chase gets psychic powers" because, it wasn't like Foul Play or Caddyshack or any other Chevy Chase movie, I never knew the title until about twenty years later.
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Lance Streetman posted:I never realized before now, but Satoshi Kon's films have some really good posters. Renoistic posted:That list is sorely lacking in the Perfect Blue department. The first one isn't really a poster but it certainly caught my eye even when I had no idea what movie it was or who Satoshi Kons was. The second one is a french poster for Perfect Blue. You're missing a really stellar one for Perfect Blue. 
a kitten fucked around with this message at 06:15 on Jan 15, 2013 |
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