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I saw the trailer for this when I went to watch The Avengers. It looks like a total shitpile (no surprises there). I wonder what goes through Dreamworks' heads when it comes to sequels, especially since they are (still) trying so, so hard to be Pixar. Pixar have made sequels to Toy Story and Cars. Cars confuses me, 'cos I felt it was one of their weaker films, but hey, money. Toy Story makes sense though since that's where it all began for them, but Dreamworks' mentality is just  . Can't wait for Shrek 5! 
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Dillbag posted:But what happens once you believe you die? http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/theapparition/ edit: ah I missed your cleverness. How's that working for you? kiimo fucked around with this message at 18:32 on May 25, 2012 |
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Dillbag posted:But what happens once you believe you die? Based on the poster, once you believe you die... THE APPARITION! I hope that clears things up for you.
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frozenpeas posted:Don't care what you guys think, Dark Knight is going to be amazing... I actually like this, it's a spooky horror movie poster and it advertises the film well.
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At some point in high school, we were shown a filmed seminar by a feminist scholar about women's portrayal in media. One thing that really stuck with me was the section on movies, more specifically posters for horror movies. She showed probably a dozen examples where the poster was simply a woman's face with a hand covering the mouth. Lo and behold, that's my  nitpick because it gets used on every single horror poster in the last 15/20 years, and I think this was the poster that made it popular:
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Radio Paranoia posted:I saw the trailer for this when I went to watch The Avengers. It looks like a total shitpile (no surprises there). I wonder what goes through Dreamworks' heads when it comes to sequels, especially since they are (still) trying so, so hard to be Pixar. Basically, they make more money from Cars movies. Not through the box office (a simple look at wikipedia can tell you that the Cars series are some of their worst-performing movies), but through merchandise. I guess kids really love cars with faces, because none of their other franchises sell as much merchandise as Cars. But hey, if for every Cars movie Pixar can produce an Up and a Wall-E, then I'm perfectly fine with it.
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Pakled posted:Basically, they make more money from Cars movies. Not through the box office (a simple look at wikipedia can tell you that the Cars series are some of their worst-performing movies), but through merchandise. I guess kids really love cars with faces, because none of their other franchises sell as much merchandise as Cars. But hey, if for every Cars movie Pixar can produce an Up and a Wall-E, then I'm perfectly fine with it. Wasn't there a story about either Wall-E or Up nearly getting canned because Disney couldn't figure out how to merchandise the gently caress out of it?
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Pakled posted:Basically, they make more money from Cars movies. Not through the box office (a simple look at wikipedia can tell you that the Cars series are some of their worst-performing movies), but through merchandise. I guess kids really love cars with faces, because none of their other franchises sell as much merchandise as Cars. But hey, if for every Cars movie Pixar can produce an Up and a Wall-E, then I'm perfectly fine with it. Very few of Disney's franchises in general are as much of a merchandising bonanza as Cars.
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Pakled posted:Basically, they make more money from Cars movies. Not through the box office (a simple look at wikipedia can tell you that the Cars series are some of their worst-performing movies), but through merchandise. I guess kids really love cars with faces, because none of their other franchises sell as much merchandise as Cars. But hey, if for every Cars movie Pixar can produce an Up and a Wall-E, then I'm perfectly fine with it. I was going to make a post earlier (but it got eaten) that said essentially this (but adding the Spaceballs "MERCHANDISING!" clip). My young cousins love Cars toys. It's like most kids obsessions with Hot Wheels, but cars that have pre-determined personalities. Disney had to have made so much money off of the toys alone to make it worth making Cars 2, while Ratatouille, while being a great movie, probably had little in the way of merchandise.
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Nybble posted:I was going to make a post earlier (but it got eaten) that said essentially this (but adding the Spaceballs "MERCHANDISING!" clip). My young cousins love Cars toys. It's like most kids obsessions with Hot Wheels, but cars that have pre-determined personalities. Disney had to have made so much money off of the toys alone to make it worth making Cars 2, while Ratatouille, while being a great movie, probably had little in the way of merchandise. They were going to release a bottle of wine for Ratatouille, but it got banned because they used a cartoon mouse as the logo (you're not allowed to use cartoonish things on alcohol, lest kids think it's for them). But yeah, Cars has made something insane like 3 or 4 billion dollars for Disney on merchandising alone.
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Little kids LOVE Madagascar. They really do. I've got quite a few young cousins (6-9) and you can't get them to sit still for Wall-E but Alex the Lion is like hypnotizing or something. It's a lot of slapstick Looney-Tunes style humor with animal jokes. Putting it on Shrek's level is unfair. (That poster is terrible, though.)
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 I've gotta say, the kids on the left side of this poster seem to be winning the battle. The ones on the right just look dejected.  gently caress your perspective 
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Dissapointed Owl posted:"AND WHY ARE WE KIDS, SUDDENLY!?!?" From a few pages back, buuut  War is radical!
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Is that a dude surfing on an explosion or an army man caught in the barbed wire? Regardless what the hell is it actually supposed to be?
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May 25, 2012 22:44
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Honey I Shrunk The Fugitive.
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That's no surfboard, I'm pretty sure that's a plastic army man.
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Kurtofan posted:Another DKR banner: So are these new oddly shaped posters being made specifically for people to use as Facebook wallpaper?
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kiimo posted:http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/theapparition/ Haha sorry, I couldn't resist. Personally, I don't think it's a terrible poster. The tagline, however...
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Soonmot posted:So are these new oddly shaped posters being made specifically for people to use as Facebook wallpaper? They're banners, they hang them up in theater lobbies. They aren't new, either.
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mistaya posted:Little kids LOVE Madagascar. They really do. I've got quite a few young cousins (6-9) and you can't get them to sit still for Wall-E but Alex the Lion is like hypnotizing or something. It's a lot of slapstick Looney-Tunes style humor with animal jokes. Putting it on Shrek's level is unfair. Madagascar is popular enough that Universal Studios made an entire section of their theme park into "Madagascar", at least in Singapore. It's right next to Shrek, so they probably see it as a comparable franchise.
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Turns out the actual prints of the last few TDKR posters had a QR code that unlocked a Catwoman poster on the official website. 
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Wazzit posted:Turns out the actual prints of the last few TDKR posters had a QR code that unlocked a Catwoman poster on the official website.  High Heels
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Since I didn't see them posted, the latest Mondo 1 minute sellout were these by Vania Zouravliov for the movie 13 Assassins. I liked the top/gold one, but knew there'd be a slim chance of getting it.  
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Haha here's what happens when Chernobyl Diaries does better than expected...
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kiimo posted:Haha here's what happens when Chernobyl Diaries does better than expected... Is it doing well?
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kiimo posted:...better than expected. So it made 3 million instead of 2 million?
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Cloning is rife on the streets of Gotham:
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kiimo posted:Haha here's what happens when Chernobyl Diaries does better than expected... Is it yellow cake  ?
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Pesky Splinter posted:Cloning is rife on the streets of Gotham: Batman looks so badly pasted on, it's ridiculous. Those are such terrible banners.
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Young Freud posted:Is it yellow cake 
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Young Freud posted:Is it yellow cake Only if it was made with enriched flour
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:
But if you look closely, the heel is a KNIFE so it's cool. 
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Wazzit posted:Turns out the actual prints of the last few TDKR posters had a QR code that unlocked a Catwoman poster on the official website. I'm starting to suspect the high heels will be an important prop.
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It has a serrated edge on it so she will at least stab at least 1 person with the end and use the edge to cut off some ropes or restraints at least once as well.
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Robert Denby posted:At some point in high school, we were shown a filmed seminar by a feminist scholar about women's portrayal in media. One thing that really stuck with me was the section on movies, more specifically posters for horror movies. She showed probably a dozen examples where the poster was simply a woman's face with a hand covering the mouth. Lo and behold, that's my You sure it's not 
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