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spanky the dolphin posted:
Hey, it's the Fantasia "Rite of Spring" dinosaurs! Nice to see them out and about.
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Sockser posted:What is the origin of that pose? Its sometimes referred to as "The King of the Mountain" trope, its just a popular pose for pulpy adventure stories. Probably started with Conan, like they said.
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A couple of amusing things I noticed about the Vacation posters is that Rusty and Audrey aren't anywhere on the first movie's poster, and on the second Audrey looks absolutely nothing like she does in the film. I'd say it's because it's not meant to be her, but I think more to the point it's because Audrey and Rusty are never the same two actors. One or both were probably cast after the poster came out.
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SuperMechagodzilla posted:House/Hausu is a weird case, since the movie was officially titled in English so it would seem creepily foreign to Japanese audiences. But if your just bring it up in conversation why not just use the version that you think who ever it is your talking to would be most familiar with? Sure you may have a point that using the translated/untranslated title possibly could have a slight affect on the the perception of the movie, but I'd would say you suck at basic communication if you chose to use a version of the title you had to spend time explain which one your referring to if was a simpler one available. People not knowing what your film your talking about is always going to be bit more of an issue than someone who is unable to overcome the pretty basic concept that foreign films are just local films from overseas that were exported to them, the foreign audience. People are going to pick whatever title they are used (most likely whatever they were first exposed to) and I'm completely fine with using whatever that is as a handle as unless I'm going to spend far to long in a discussion about that movie I doubt what ever name I use for it is going to make to much of an impact in what they call it.
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To tie this back in with movie posters, here's the excellent poster for Battle Royale: Note that even in the original Japanese poster they use English words, "Battle Royale Survival Program". Given that the film is promoted using English words, and the name is officially "Battle Royale" and not "Having a Time on Island With Killer Children From School", I'll call it "Battle Royale". But come to think of it, House has recently been localized in a Criterion Collection DVD as "House" and not "Hausu", so that argument should probably be put to rest. It's out in the States, it's known as "House", the end.
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The only way to refer to House is to say it really elongated in a funny voice. HAAAAAUUUUUSU. 
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Sockser posted:What is the origin of that pose? As far as I know it's just a general riff on Frank Frazetta:   
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feedmyleg posted:As far as I know it's just a general riff on Frank Frazetta: 
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The Frazetta stuff predates that. The middle one in that post is from the late 60s.
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penismightier posted:The Frazetta stuff predates that. The middle one in that post is from the late 60s. Sorry, Star Wars is eternal and therefore everything else is ripped off of it. Go suck a dick, Akira Kurosawa!
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penismightier posted:The Frazetta stuff predates that. The middle one in that post is from the late 60s. I know that. I was suggesting that the Star Wars poster was the actual inspiration for the Vacation poster - though in turn, Greg and Tim Hildebrandt were almost certainly inspired a bit by Frazetta.
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I've just noticed that Luke and Leia look nothing like themselves on that poster. In the faces, I mean.
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"I'd like your newest DVD copy of House, please." "Hmm, no. Not the House I'm looking for."  "Not quite."  "Almost."  "Excellent."
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oldpainless posted:"I'd like your newest DVD copy of House, please." This is the first thing I was greeted with when looking for House on Amazon. Just row after row of this, eventually followed by the other 80's horror movie and then finally the Criterion DVD of the correct House. Luckily, I could tell by the box art which was the right one. This is why you always look for movies on Amazon. edit: For added fun, try looking for the poster or cover art for House on GIS solely by searching the word "house". Good luck!
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I always wondered just how smug the smile was on the face of the dude who came up with "The Second Story" as House II's subtitle. Because it was totally warranted. Goddrat, you movie titlin' genuis!
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caligulamprey posted:I always wondered just how smug the smile was on the face of the dude who came up with "The Second Story" as House II's subtitle. Ohhhhhhh, story!
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It's nice when a bad American poster can be improved overseas.  Even if it becomes much more boring in the process.
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Ed Harris is The Incredible Botox Man
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Tewratomeh posted:To tie this back in with movie posters, here's the excellent poster for Battle Royale:
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So? All that English text features on the Japanese posters so his point still stands.
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Gonz posted:Ed Harris is The Incredible Botox Man I don't think Ed Harris ever looked that young. I've seen Walker and still no.
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Vegetable posted:That poster is in Chinese, not Japanese. What makes you say that? e: 
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Mister Chief posted:So? All that English text features on the Japanese posters so his point still stands. It also appears in the film itself, in the background of the video explaining the rules.
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Darthemed posted:What makes you say that? Because the Japanese poster looks like this and has Japanese text on it.  Mister Chief posted:So? All that English text features on the Japanese posters so his point still stands. Japanese, Korean and Chinese people take a fairly dim view of being misidentified as each other.
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Darthemed posted:What makes you say that? Say what you will about this poster -- and it is worthy of this thread's scrutiny by every measure -- but that is one HELL of a tagline.
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I too think of dog ladyparts getting the snip when I think of David Spade.
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Vagabundo posted:Japanese, Korean and Chinese people take a fairly dim view of being misidentified as each other. If he had posted the French poster I would have made literally the same post. I also know that's the Chinese poster since we had this exact conversation about this exact poster in the previous thread.
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Tewratomeh posted:To tie this back in with movie posters, here's the excellent poster for Battle Royale: 
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oldpainless posted:"Not quite." I've always liked this poster.  And yeah the movie is loving stupid but for some reason it holds a special place in my heart. Also DING DONG YOU'RE DEAD is better than the tagline above.
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Yodzilla posted:I've always liked this poster. That's a great poster, but the movie is stupid fun.
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Vagabundo posted:Because the Japanese poster looks like this and has Japanese text on it. I went through pages of image search results, and that poster you posted showed up once. Every other poster was in English, French, German, etc. and they all had the same design as the Chinese poster. I take that to mean that all territories outside of Japan had a better poster than the original... but all that aside, my main point was about the logo, which is in English. Oh here, here's another official Japanese poster: http://www.movieposterdb.com/poster/4fec205b I assume it's for an in-store promotion, what with Takeshi's head taking up the entire top half and the rest of the cast relegated to tiny stills below. I like this poster for the second:  I heard the second was pretty mediocre, but the poster has more going for it than just "LOGO - TEXT". It's simple but effective, in a cheesy 80's B-movie kind of way.
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Tewratomeh posted:I heard the second was pretty mediocre, but the poster has more going for it than just "LOGO - TEXT". It's simple but effective, in a cheesy 80's B-movie kind of way.  Look at those douchebags.
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Akuma posted:It's worse than mediocre. I loved the first one and went to the premiere of the second in London, and was utterly baffled that it got a standing ovation at the end. It's pretty terrible.  Was it a 'foreign movie courtesy clap' or something? That movie was pretty bad.
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Dissapointed Owl posted:That's a great poster, but the movie is stupid fun. House and House II are great horror/comedies. Wasn't there a Saturday morning cartoon based on House II? The 80's were weird.
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Dissapointed Owl posted:
Edit: I should point out that the crowd laughed every time a dead/number left alive notification came on-screen. I don't know. Maybe they thought it was a comedy?
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Akuma posted:Maybe they thought it was a comedy? The first was a satire, so that was probably an apt interpretation unless the second was supposed to be super-serious and a complete departure from the first.
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Allow me to interrupt this horror/pronunciation/nationality clusterfuck with a new poster! 
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Tewratomeh posted:The first was a satire, so that was probably an apt interpretation unless the second was supposed to be super-serious and a complete departure from the first.
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zenintrude posted:Allow me to interrupt this horror/pronunciation/nationality clusterfuck with a new poster! That's the last place I expect to see a Dreamworks Face.
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