Movie Posters - The good, the bad & the awful

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Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

Having (almost) everything crammed at the top actually makes me uncomfortable. I'm not sure why, it just seems to closed in, maybe that's the point. The title looks like it is slightly too high on the poster, which could be doing it too. I have no clue what the movie is really about though.

# ¿ Jun 7, 2012 21:15

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# ¿ May 2, 2024 19:23

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

Maybe this has been asked, but do these independent/fan posters have to pay licensing money to the studios? I just can't imagine the studios letting independent artists use their property to make money for themselves.

# ¿ Jun 8, 2012 19:54

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

tmfool posted:

The guy who did it is another fan that hopped on the minimal movie poster train, but somehow managed to luck out and get real gigs. Here's his site. http://www.imagekind.com/MemberProfile.aspx?MID=3a3b674d-8c7a-44dd-8e59-350257052923

Some of these are good, but seeing all of them right next to each other makes it to easy to see that this guy has a template. Take "iconic" image from the movie, place at 3/5 up the page, put title of movie in small font at the bottom, repeat. Some are different, but way too many follow that model.

# ¿ Jul 17, 2012 21:59

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

How can you pluralize Lone Rangers?

# ¿ Oct 3, 2012 14:10

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

Shanty posted:

Sort of like you can "hermits", I guess? The rangers are a very loose-knit organization, apparently.

Someone needs to brush up on their mid-90s comedies!

# ¿ Oct 3, 2012 15:13

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

Shanty posted:

Hah, it's me. I'm the guy who hadn't even heard of Airheads (1994) before you mentioned it.

D'Oh! I don't even remember that line from the movie, and I've seen it like 20 times.

# ¿ Oct 3, 2012 15:35

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

Darthemed posted:

So a sequel to Harold and Maude then huh?

# ¿ Oct 9, 2012 14:33

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

Well now I know what a movie poster would look like if I tried to draw it.

# ¿ Dec 7, 2012 15:47

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

Does anyone know where the son came from? He's only ever had a daughter in the previous movies. My guess is illegitimate child and he founds out about him in the first act.

# ¿ Dec 17, 2012 17:14

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

Mister Chief posted:

Ken Taylor Jurassic Park posters.

Why the two versions also? The first one is ok, nothing great, but the second in grey makes it look like someone made a statue of T-Rex and put it in the jungle.

# ¿ Jan 3, 2013 14:05

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

Jim Carrey looks more like Mac from It's Always Sunny than actual Jim Carrey. That is Carrey on the right, correct?

# ¿ Jan 31, 2013 01:30

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

I'm still trying to decide which character looks the least like the actual actor. At first I was going with Carrey, but even Rance Holloway barely looks like Alan Arkin.

Bird in a Blender fucked around with this message at 23:00 on Feb 1, 2013

# ¿ Feb 1, 2013 22:35

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

Baseball has a few things going for it that other sports don't. In general, it's the only major sport being playing in the US in the summer, so it's going to draw a lot of attention that way. Second, they just play a lot of games, so baseball is always going to be somewhat popular, and draw good attendance numbers just out of shear volume. 81 home games for baseball vs. 8 for football means you can draw a lousy 10,000 people per game (which a lot of even the crappiest teams can still do) and you will still way outdraw even the most popular football teams.

As for the movie aspect, baseball has the best made-for-the-screen drama inherit into the game. It always comes down to two people, the pitcher vs. the batter, and the suspense of waiting for the pitch. It's harder to create that tension with more fluid games like basketball and hockey. Football still has a lot of stoppage, but there are 22 guys on the field, so it loses some focus on just a couple of actors, and they all wear helmets, and pads, which limit their physical expressions at key moments. Plus, since it is the only summer sport, it can lend itself to those lazy summer days and nights watching a game. The Sandlot couldn't have been made with any other sport since it relies on kids hanging out all day while school is out, and playing late into the evening because the sun is up longer, and summer nights are the best weather all year.

But I love baseball, and I love baseball movies, so maybe it's just me.

# ¿ Feb 8, 2013 16:36

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

aga. posted:

Ah, nepotism, that explains it. I understand they might not have been able to get the rights to his past work, but he could have at least painted it, or a portion of it, to give a bit of a clue.

I feel like they should have inserted him into one of his iconic posters. Like draw Drew in where Christopher Lloyd is in the BTTF poster, or insert him for Harrison Ford in the Blade Runner poster. Could have done a whole series of them.

# ¿ Feb 15, 2013 18:08

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

Time to get Don Johnson to reprise his role on Miami Vice and get a remake of Jurassic Park going.

# ¿ Mar 6, 2013 23:14

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

Jamie Foxx is on that poster at least four times, Leo is on there like two or three times. The guy was spending way too much time filling up every inch of that poster.

# ¿ Mar 15, 2013 23:46

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

Tears In A Vial posted:

Hey, do you guys love minimalist stuff or hate it? I'm pretty sure I remember you all loving it.

That first image after red pill looks like some sort of cockroach/man thing, like the Matrix is actually some overwrought adaptation of Metamorphosis.

# ¿ Apr 11, 2013 15:25

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

It's 1993, he's playing Fresh Prince era Will Smith.

# ¿ Jun 12, 2013 13:44

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

The studios probably need to make sure they keep releasing movies, even if they're not as good as they could be. If they all waited for the strike to finish, they'd end up having a crowded field of movies and end up releasing competing films. Plus they probably figure it's cheaper to have the actors rewrite than have a couple of screenwriters on call.

# ¿ Dec 5, 2014 15:12

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

Cage posted:

I love me some QT but drat who cares what # film it is of his?

The more I look at it the less I like that poster though. The lantern, the awkward dual pistol pose, the boot/leg that clearly can't belong to said akimbo ace.

I'm assuming that's Kurt Russell in the foreground, but he apparently flew into that position because he's the only one without tracks in the snow.

Edit: Also glad that they did match all the names to the pictures below.

# ¿ Nov 20, 2015 21:21

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

kiimo posted:

Thanks for posting this and bringing this poster to my attention.

Is it just me, or does Liam Neeson look a lot like Michael Flynn here?

# ¿ Jan 24, 2018 23:06

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

morestuff posted:

Am I missing something with that tag line

I'm assuming with that tagline, and a title including the word paradox is that the Cloverfield monster is somehow time travelling.

# ¿ Feb 5, 2018 17:16

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

ruddiger posted:

Wrestlers vs. Zombies

Is this the rare poster where the names actually match the faces?

# ¿ May 30, 2018 00:49

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

spookygonk posted:

Only found out about this 2018 movie today:

Would never have guessed that was [meant to be] John Cusack

Did some intend to make this 15 years ago and just got around to it?

# ¿ Jan 7, 2019 02:05

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

Documentaries like that are probably going to be easy to pull together when half the film is probably the producers using people's instagram/facebook/snap videos of the insanity.

# ¿ Jan 11, 2019 22:08

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

The MSJ posted:

Wait, what? Is this like a prequel to the movie? Is it still muppets?

# ¿ May 31, 2019 12:39

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

falz posted:

Pretty sure that zero people want to see any movie or series taking place with covid as its focus for the next 10+ years.

Yea I saw that on HBO and I think I felt physically repulsed at the idea of watching that.

# ¿ Mar 14, 2021 20:11

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

ixnay posted:

Wait, that�s not Jeffrey Tambor?

# ¿ Jul 31, 2021 21:48

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

Waffleman_ posted:

Good things come in abuelas.

Futurama covered that.

# ¿ May 11, 2022 03:32

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

caligulamprey posted:

I don�t know if it holds up but god bless that movie for queering up a generation real good.

Bless this movie for being PG-13, but still having boobs. Little me was very grateful for that.

# ¿ Jul 10, 2022 02:17

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# ¿ May 2, 2024 19:23

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

Gripweed posted:

Trying to figure out the f stop they used on that picture.

# ¿ Jun 7, 2023 01:03

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