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Jedit posted:Silent Night, Bloody Night beat it to the punch by a few months. Still, Black Christmas was a trailblazer. A couple of years, I think you mean, unless we're talking about two different movies?
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 This is the new IMAX poster for Gravity. Yeah, it's minimalist in a lazy way, but it at least works on a marketing level of tying in well with the images in the trailers. I also felt like posting some image for Monkey Shines, which is Romero's real most important contribution to the horror genre.  The first poster is definitely better, but this box art at least makes it clear that it's an actual monkey, not a toy that's the killer. 
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BOAT SHOWBOAT posted:
More than that, this poster is actually quite terrifying. I'm uncomfortable just looking at it.
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The MSJ posted:More than that, this poster is actually quite terrifying. I'm uncomfortable just looking at it. Yeah, this is minimalist for a very good, thematic reason, not just *random item from random scene* *crinkled paper filter*
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I feel like there's something to this concept, but the execution...
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Jul 31, 2013 01:24
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casa de mi padre posted:I feel like there's something to this concept, but the execution... I think there was a stamp in Kid Pix that made letters like that.
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Jul 31, 2013 01:27
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Sockser posted:OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOY A heart, a lamp, and a ballsack? 
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Oh I get it the tin man wants a heart and the scarecrow wants a brain and that can be a light bulb I guess and the lion wants courage so aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:Oh I get it the tin man wants a heart and the scarecrow wants a brain and that can be a light bulb I guess and the lion wants courage so aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Also the balls are an upside down heart which means that it's a better poster since it uses less symbols to make its point.
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Jul 31, 2013 02:14
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casa de mi padre posted:I feel like there's something to this concept, but the execution... Just for the hell of seeing with a different execution: 
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Jul 31, 2013 02:22
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casa de mi padre posted:I feel like there's something to this concept, but the execution... At a glance, I thought this was the Japanese poster.
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uPen posted:Also the balls are an upside down heart which means that it's a better poster since it uses less symbols to make its point. Should have turned the light bulb upside down and made it pure black so it would become the massive dick that Toto wished for.
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Jul 31, 2013 02:35
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Turned the upside-down heart green because the Wicked Witch probably wanted a bigger rack.
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Jul 31, 2013 02:51
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I think the Star Trek movie posters need some love, and not the new ones either. They all look like covers to the inevitable novelizations of them.   Although I did think this one was a little  
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casa de mi padre posted:I feel like there's something to this concept, but the execution... Yeah, there's a lot of play with the ground (the Earth) and subject (the astronaut) that they could have just left title alone and it would be 100% better. The disorientation and interaction of those two alone is enough to tell you that the movie is about being helplessly and hopelessly lost in space.
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Jul 31, 2013 03:49
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Maybe the title could've been zooming out in a spiral, like the poster for The Black Hole.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Maybe the title could've been zooming out in a spiral, like the poster for The Black Hole. How about a comedy option?: 
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casa de mi padre posted:I feel like there's something to this concept, but the execution... The turning letters make it look like the astronaut was ambling along the title and fell off.
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Those Gravity posters work because they're not minimalist for the sake of being minimalist. It's actually used appropriately to convey the vastness and emptiness of space and the insignificance of a single person lost in it. Whereas a Big Lebowski poster with just a white russian on it is just lazy.
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...of SCIENCE! posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7gIpuIVE3k That's from part 2, actually. My friends got me a dvd of 1 and 2 a while back, they're awesome. This is from part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr4yK2ZW1wI
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effectual posted:That's from part 2, actually. My friends got me a dvd of 1 and 2 a while back, they're awesome. I've never actually seen Part 1 because apparently Part 2 is about 50% recycled footage from part 1, framed as the main character recounting the events of the first movie. The actual new bits are loving amazing, mostly due to the lead actor and his eyebrows.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uxSGRNLA6o There's even a scene in Part 2 where they're in a movie theater watching part 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5GP-KK4rT0 ...of SCIENCE! fucked around with this message at 08:21 on Jul 31, 2013 |
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...of SCIENCE! posted:I've never actually seen Part 1 because apparently Part 2 is about 75% recycled footage from part 1, framed as the main character recounting the events of the first movie. The actual new bits are loving amazing, mostly due to the lead actor and his eyebrows.. The director commentary is hilarious for part 2. Find it if you can. Terminal Entropy posted:Just for the hell of seeing with a different execution: Not bad, but I'd space the letters out further and make the circle/font bigger to compensate. Original is great though. got any sevens fucked around with this message at 08:24 on Jul 31, 2013 |
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BOAT SHOWBOAT posted:
The reason there's no stars behind the astronaut is because that's a 2001 monolith.
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casa de mi padre posted:I feel like there's something to this concept, but the execution... Am I the only one who thinks the "R" looks too much like the "A"? To the point that if this your first exposure to the movie you'll not understand the title and think it's a foreign film.
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I know his films never get great posters, but I just want one amazing promo for Gravity to give me hope that it'll be good.
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Lizard Combatant posted:I know his films never get great posters, but I just want one amazing promo for Gravity to give me hope that it'll be good. The one I saw in IMAX 3D ahead of Pacific Rim was pretty drat nerve-wracking. This will get my money easily.
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I tried to make my own Gravity poster, but something went wrong....
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Tripwyre posted:The one I saw in IMAX 3D ahead of Pacific Rim was pretty drat nerve-wracking. This will get my money easily. Oh good, didn't know there was one out.
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Lizard Combatant posted:I know his films never get great posters, but I just want one amazing promo for Gravity to give me hope that it'll be good. This is two minutes of a 17-minute shot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4pcg7bXgmU Enjoy your nightmares!
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...of SCIENCE! posted:This is two minutes of a 17-minute shot: Cheers, but I just watched the teaser and I'm sold on that. Glad people are reassuring me though. Now to avoid all other trailers.
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I finally understand why those "minimalist" posters make me so angry. It's not because they are lazy. That Gravity poster is lazy. But it's also terrifying. It conveys an emotion and invites you to take part in it. It is sincere. Almost all great posters are like that. They communicate something. Whereas the only thing those minimalist posters communicate is this hipster-ish cool detachment. It's lame to be sincere about something after all. Like, they are too good for the movies they make posters for. They already mastered it, already know it's details and they want to show you that mastery with no effort at all.  Look at this poo poo. I want to find whoever did this and punch him in his smug face.
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fspades posted:I finally understand why those "minimalist" posters make me so angry. It's not because they are lazy. That Gravity poster is lazy. But it's also terrifying. It conveys an emotion and invites you to take part in it. It is sincere. Almost all great posters are like that. They communicate something. It's a lazy, popular thing because people (like me) with zero artistic talent can make a minimalist poster in Photoshop, following one of the many tutorials found online, much more easily than they can make a decent original poster. It's the same reason it seems like every person aged 21-30 with a flannel shirt, tight pants, and black glasses is a 'photographer.'  I think I found this one here and it's still my favorite. It was many moons ago before there were millions and I was much less cynical about these things. They've ruined my memories.
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casa de mi padre posted:I feel like there's something to this concept, but the execution... Hehe, at thumbnail size I thought it was Japanese text.
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They recently announced a set of DLC for Bioshock: Infinite that's a detective noir set in the underwater city from the first game. All it does is make me want to see Chinatown again.
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...of SCIENCE! posted:They recently announced a set of DLC for Bioshock: Infinite that's a detective noir set in the underwater city from the first game. Huh. I could see that work. I always felt like the last game would be more suited for a mystery/adventure game instead of a shooter. Just walking around in the beautfil environment and slowly unravel what's beneath the shiny surface. Have we had any Ghana posters lately? Because they kick rear end in their sincerity and somehow manage to be better than much of the usual stuff.      Personal favourite: Midnight Heat. How can you not love a face like that?
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Are those faces on the Face/Off poster the same people? And a triple-barrel handgun made by MC Escher? Also, Deep Roy as Scorpion King.
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The MSJ posted:Also, Deep Roy as Scorpion King. I was thinking more Danny Devito from Lethal Weapon 5. 
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I've only seen a neck like the guy on the Midnight Heat poster once. It was in The Thing.
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