Movie Posters - The good, the bad & the awful

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Darthemed: Oct 28, 2007; "A data unit?
For me?"; College Slice

Another poster that promises something much better than the movie delivers:

_{Although this version credits Rob Schneider, so that's a bit of a warning, at least.}
Then ended up amazed at how many

versions

of Surf Nazis Must Die

there were.

_{that last one doesn't really count, since it's a remake/homage you can pick up for $25 at skuzzles along with some other Troma property-inspired prints}

# ? Feb 13, 2012 19:32

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Dissapointed Owl: Jan 30, 2008; You wrote me a letter,
and this is how it went:

Darthemed posted:

Yeah, there's simply no way that any movie could've lived up to what's being depicted here.

# ? Feb 13, 2012 19:37

The MSJ: May 17, 2010

Dissapointed Owl posted:

Yeah, there's simply no way that any movie could've lived up to what's being depicted here.

It's Army of Darkness if Ash is a surfer instead.

# ? Feb 13, 2012 19:41

Prof. Spaceman: May 1, 2007; NOPE

Darthemed posted:

Another poster that promises something much better than the movie delivers:

_{Although this version credits Rob Schneider, so that's a bit of a warning, at least.}

You know you're in for a good movie when one of the leads' names is spelled incorrectly.

# ? Feb 13, 2012 20:11

NINbuntu 64: Feb 11, 2007

Suburban Commando is an amazing film and I'll hear no ill words spoken of it.

# ? Feb 13, 2012 20:27

Rocket Ace: Aug 11, 2006; R.I.P. Dave Stevens

Darthemed posted:

AWESOME POSTERS FOR SURF NAZIS MUST DIE

Christ I was disappointed by that movie. It certainly doesn't deserve any of these amazing posters.

# ? Feb 13, 2012 20:50

Happy Noodle Boy: Jul 3, 2002

Dissapointed Owl posted:

Yeah, there's simply no way that any movie could've lived up to what's being depicted here.

Kinda hoping I can buy that as a poster for a gift because it is simply incredible.

# ? Feb 13, 2012 20:54

Desperado Bones: Aug 29, 2009; Cute, adorable, and creepy at the same time!

Darthemed posted:

This screams "Motherfucking 80's-early 90's" and I want it. For myself. Mine. My precious...

# ? Feb 13, 2012 20:58

Irish Taxi Driver: Sep 12, 2004; We're just gonna open our tool palette and... get some entities... how about some nice happy trees? We'll put them near this barn. Give that cow some shade... There.

NINbuntu 64 posted:

Suburban Commando is an amazing film and I'll hear no ill words spoken of it.

You're a dead man Ramsey!

# ? Feb 13, 2012 21:15

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...

Dissapointed Owl posted:

For now you'll have to make do with Bitch Killer.

God, that film makes me horny!

# ? Feb 13, 2012 23:24

Brettbot: Sep 18, 2006; After All The Prosaic Waiting... The Sun Finally Crashes Into The Earth.

TheFallenEvincar posted:

I quite like most posters for Lars von Trier films, they're often as delightfully twisted as the films themselves.

Is it just me, or is that the Burger King font?

The little laurels on the bottom even look like the Burger King logo in the thumbnail!

Also, if I can be total :goonsay:

about this, it bugs me that they didn't do:

code:

    D
   A N
  C E R
 I N T H
E D A R K

# ? Feb 13, 2012 23:50

Desperado Bones: Aug 29, 2009; Cute, adorable, and creepy at the same time!

Brettbot posted:

Is it just me, or is that the Burger King font?

The little laurels on the bottom even look like the Burger King logo in the thumbnail!

Nah,it's just you. Serious answer is that both are similar Serif fonts.

# ? Feb 13, 2012 23:55

Brettbot: Sep 18, 2006; After All The Prosaic Waiting... The Sun Finally Crashes Into The Earth.

Desperado Bones posted:

Nah,it's just you. Serious answer is that both are similar Serif fonts.

Yeah, when I googled for the font, I realized it wasn't 100% identical, but I think they use a thinner version on the signs inside the restaurants, which is probably why the poster reminded me of it.

# ? Feb 14, 2012 00:05

Desperado Bones: Aug 29, 2009; Cute, adorable, and creepy at the same time!

It happens, sometimes the differences between two fonts are minimal and you can't notice them unless you take a good look.

Edit:
The trailer for this looks amazing, there's a huge 60's and 70's vibe:

Desperado Bones fucked around with this message at 00:09 on Feb 14, 2012

# ? Feb 14, 2012 00:06

Farbtoner: May 17, 2011; by Y Kant Ozma Post

Desperado Bones posted:

It happens, sometimes the differences between two fonts are minimal and you can't notice them unless you take a good look.

This is why I can't watch I can't watch Jeopardy! without thinking of Capcom.

# ? Feb 14, 2012 00:13

Star War Sex Parrot: Oct 2, 2003

I adore this poster:

Regardless of your thoughts about the movie itself, the poster's got a neat art deco vibe. I had it hanging on my wall as a kid (that I ruined with a bunch of pushpins) and have another mint one waiting for a frame.

I've also got this one:

But it's pretty bad (is he flying away from the explosion?). It's only good for reminding how smoking hot Jennifer Connelly was in that movie and how hilarious Timothy Dalton was.

# ? Feb 14, 2012 00:25

davebees: Feb 18, 2009

Farbtoner posted:

This is why I can't watch I can't watch Jeopardy! without thinking of Capcom.

For me it will always be this.

# ? Feb 14, 2012 01:24

westborn: Feb 25, 2010

Brettbot posted:

Is it just me, or is that the Burger King font?

The little laurels on the bottom even look like the Burger King logo in the thumbnail!

Also, if I can be total about this, it bugs me that they didn't do:
code:
    D
   A N
  C E R
 I N T H
E D A R K

It's neither the same font (come on, one look at the 'a' or 'r' should give away that it's not even just a thinner version) nor is that supposed to be some sort of perfect typographic pyramid, it's an eye chart. All the logo and the laurels have in common is that they're round.
Your post is all kinds of :psyduck:

to me...

# ? Feb 14, 2012 01:33

Fat Aggression: Aug 18, 2006

Prof. Spaceman posted:

You know you're in for a good movie when one of the leads' names is spelled incorrectly.

Surf Ninjas is legitimately the funniest Rob Schneider movie. Money can't buy knives.

# ? Feb 14, 2012 01:48

PriorMarcus: Oct 17, 2008; ASK ME ABOUT BEING ALLERGIC TO POSITIVITY

Desperado Bones posted:

The trailer for this looks amazing, there's a huge 60's and 70's vibe:

It's meant to be awful. I've heard nothing but bad words about it.

# ? Feb 14, 2012 01:57

Cacator: Aug 6, 2005; You're quite good at turning me on.

Isn't "black rainbow" an oxymoron?

# ? Feb 14, 2012 01:59

Desperado Bones: Aug 29, 2009; Cute, adorable, and creepy at the same time!

PriorMarcus posted:

It's meant to be awful. I've heard nothing but bad words about it.

I've read that the main complain is that the movie is very slow. That's the same complain for Melancholia. So, I dunno, I just want to look at the pretty pictures.

# ? Feb 14, 2012 02:13

TheBigBudgetSequel: Nov 25, 2008; It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me.

Captain Capacitor posted:

I think it'd be much better without the "Funniest movie you'll ever read" bit. Something appropriately cheesy would have been more suitable, I think.

I think that tagline is amazing, especially since most americans loath foreign movies because they have to read.

# ? Feb 14, 2012 03:56

Brettbot: Sep 18, 2006; After All The Prosaic Waiting... The Sun Finally Crashes Into The Earth.

westborn posted:

It's neither the same font (come on, one look at the 'a' or 'r' should give away that it's not even just a thinner version) nor is that supposed to be some sort of perfect typographic pyramid, it's an eye chart. All the logo and the laurels have in common is that they're round.
Your post is all kinds of to me...

Well excuse me for having a sense of humor on a comedy website! :cop:

I was just kidding. It's what it made me think of, sorry! And I know it's an eye chart, they usually have more letters per line as they go.

It looked weird to me. V :shobon:

V I know it's a nitpick, that's why I said it was "Goonsay".

# ? Feb 14, 2012 04:58

sub supau: Aug 28, 2007

Desperado Bones posted:

Blind Owl...the photoshopped faces in the poster you posted are hilarious.

Hey now, be fair, Meg Ryan's looked like she was Photoshopped for years now.

# ? Feb 14, 2012 05:03

Open Marriage Night: Sep 18, 2009; "Do you want to talk to a spider, Peter?"

Darthemed posted:

Went looking for more posters for VHS-era bad movies, and had a tough time finding any of appreciable size (although I did end up buying a copy of Remote Control's poster, which I guess I'll have to upload once it arrives); all I have tonight is this descent into blandness.

Looks like you can see a rod attached to a handle that Hogan is holding to lift that kid on the skate board up.

# ? Feb 14, 2012 05:09

Iggy Johnson: Mar 11, 2007; It doesn't work if you beg.

Die Laughing posted:

Looks like you can see a rod attached to a handle that Hogan is holding to lift that kid on the skate board up.

That's his finger.

# ? Feb 14, 2012 05:21

Cacator: Aug 6, 2005; You're quite good at turning me on.

The previous two posts (and their respective avatars) is the funniest thing I've read today.

# ? Feb 14, 2012 05:25

emgeejay: Dec 8, 2007

Farbtoner posted:

This is why I can't watch I can't watch Jeopardy! without thinking of Capcom.

Oh, you rear end in a top hat.

# ? Feb 14, 2012 06:46

GonSmithe: Apr 25, 2010; Perhaps it's in the nature of television. Just waves in space.

Star War Sex Parrot posted:

I adore this poster:

Regardless of your thoughts about the movie itself, the poster's got a neat art deco vibe. I had it hanging on my wall as a kid (that I ruined with a bunch of pushpins) and have another mint one waiting for a frame.

This poster is still hanging in the movie theater closest to me. I remember it being there ever since I was a child (considering I was born in '92 that makes sense), and it seriously brings back amazing memories of going to the movies with my mom.

I should probably buy that poster.

# ? Feb 14, 2012 08:51

jojoinnit: Dec 13, 2010; Strength and speed, that's why you're a special agent.

GonSmithe posted:

(considering I was born in '92 that makes sense)

I'm so old! :cripes:

Also never heard of that movie, though I recognise the poster from threads like this. Maybe it didn't get a wide European release.

# ? Feb 14, 2012 15:54

Desperado Bones: Aug 29, 2009; Cute, adorable, and creepy at the same time!

My God...I was 10 when that movie came out. I even played the game in my cousin's Nintendo! :corsair:

Holy gently caress dude, I feel like a senile old lady next to you.

# ? Feb 14, 2012 19:06

Vince MechMahon: Jan 1, 2008

jojoinnit posted:

I'm so old!

Also never heard of that movie, though I recognise the poster from threads like this. Maybe it didn't get a wide European release.

Go watch the Rocketeer, right now.

# ? Feb 14, 2012 19:31

jojoinnit: Dec 13, 2010; Strength and speed, that's why you're a special agent.

TheJoker138 posted:

Go watch the Rocketeer, right now.

Well I'm at work but maybe this weekend. No chance its on Netflix, Hulu or Crackle?

# ? Feb 14, 2012 20:33

Desperado Bones: Aug 29, 2009; Cute, adorable, and creepy at the same time!

Go and rent the VHS dammit!

To contribute, I always loved this

# ? Feb 14, 2012 20:40

404GoonNotFound: Aug 6, 2006; The McRib is back!?!?

TheJoker138 posted:

Go watch the Rocketeer, right now.

It helps if you think of it as a side-story/prequel to the Captain America (which is, oddly enough, what I told my friends when the actual Cap movie came out.)

# ? Feb 14, 2012 20:45

jojoinnit: Dec 13, 2010; Strength and speed, that's why you're a special agent.

Desperado Bones posted:

Go and rent the VHS dammit!

Okay Grandma, but I'll need to come down to your place to watch it. Last time I tried shoving a VHS tape in my Xbox I got bits of plastic embedded in my hand and it was very painful and the movie wasn't all that good anyway.

# ? Feb 14, 2012 21:07

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

I love this poster for Ghost Rider 2 because it looks like they photographed a confused and slightly disgusted Nicholas Cage right after watching Wicker Man for the first time.

# ? Feb 15, 2012 00:08

Desperado Bones: Aug 29, 2009; Cute, adorable, and creepy at the same time!

jojoinnit posted:

Okay Grandma, but I'll need to come down to your place to watch it. Last time I tried shoving a VHS tape in my Xbox I got bits of plastic embedded in my hand and it was very painful and the movie wasn't all that good anyway.

You are lucky I don't have a Beta anymore.

Where is that Ghost Rider poster from? Is that Hebrew?

# ? Feb 15, 2012 00:27

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echoplex: Mar 5, 2008; Stainless Style

GonSmithe posted:

I was born in '92

Jesus christ, how are you even allowed to operate a computer

# ? Feb 15, 2012 00:29

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