Movie Posters - The good, the bad & the awful

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Snooze Cruise: Feb 16, 2013; hey look,
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The big freaky guy?

# ? Jan 22, 2016 15:52

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# ? May 15, 2024 09:52

Iron Crowned: May 6, 2003; by Hand Knit

PBS Newshour posted:

The big freaky guy?

I was hoping it would be a remake of Baby

# ? Jan 22, 2016 15:53

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PBS Newshour posted:

The big freaky guy?

No, the big loving gun.

# ? Jan 22, 2016 15:58

Mister Chief: Jun 6, 2011

Is the animated film really as scary as I remember it being?

# ? Jan 22, 2016 16:04

KinkyJohn: Sep 19, 2002

The MSJ posted:

"From the human beans that created ET"

4chan memes on movie posters always show how hip and with it the marketing team is

# ? Jan 22, 2016 18:45

Waffleman_: Jan 20, 2011; I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

KinkyJohn posted:

"From the human beans that created ET"

4chan memes on movie posters always show how hip and with it the marketing team is

It's a reference to the book.

# ? Jan 22, 2016 18:48

Hat Thoughts: Jul 27, 2012

Waffleman_ posted:

It's a reference to the book.

Ya...lol

# ? Jan 22, 2016 18:49

Aces High: Mar 26, 2010; Nah! A little chocolate will do

Mister Chief posted:

Is the animated film really as scary as I remember it being?

what are we considering scary? when Sophie watches as a boy they just delivered a dream to get skewered by the Fleshlumpeater is definitely scary and unsettling but I don't remember much else

# ? Jan 22, 2016 18:52

LesterGroans: Jun 9, 2009; It's funny...

You were so scary at night.

KinkyJohn posted:

"From the human beans that created ET"

4chan memes on movie posters always show how hip and with it the marketing team is

ummmm

# ? Jan 22, 2016 18:53

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

Ville Valo posted:

Aren't they out of ways? We've already had a "Fast #" ... unless "Five" is different from "8" because it's spelled out.

FASTurb8

# ? Jan 22, 2016 19:05

Hemingway To Go!: Nov 10, 2008; im stupider then dog shit, i dont give a shit, and i dont give a fuck, and i will never shut the fuck up, and i'll always Respect my enemys.
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will the new bfg keep the part with the soda that gives you jetlifting farts

# ? Jan 22, 2016 19:11

Kurtofan: Feb 16, 2011; hon hon hon

The MSJ posted:

Big loving Giant?

# ? Jan 22, 2016 19:13

Jedit: Dec 10, 2011; Proudly supporting vanilla legends 1994-2014

Kurtofan posted:

Big loving Giant?

"Friendly". Did they not have books where you were growing up?

# ? Jan 22, 2016 19:33

marshmallow creep: Dec 10, 2008; I've been sitting here for 5 mins trying to think of a joke to make but I just realised the animators of Mass Effect already did it for me

Honestly Matilda and Charlie got all the attention and I didn't hear about BFG until a few years ago.

# ? Jan 22, 2016 19:36

teagone: Jun 10, 2003; That was pretty intense, huh?

BFG is a gun in Doom. That's the only known usage of BFG I'm familiar with.

# ? Jan 22, 2016 19:43

joedevola: Sep 11, 2004; worst song, played on ugliest guitar

Aaron Eckhart has the worst loving agent.

"Prepare for bloody hell" did get a chuckle out of me though.

# ? Jan 22, 2016 19:53

sbaldrick: Jul 19, 2006; Driven by Hate

rawillkill posted:

Why haven't all the posters for this movie looked like this?

# ? Jan 22, 2016 20:27

A Buttery Pastry: Sep 4, 2011; Delicious and Informative!

Jedit posted:

"Friendly". Did they not have books where you were growing up?

Not everyone is an Anglophone.

# ? Jan 22, 2016 21:23

feedmyleg: Dec 25, 2004

joedevola posted:

Aaron Eckhart has the worst loving agent.

"Prepare for bloody hell" did get a chuckle out of me though.

Aaron Eckhart and Adrian Brody should really do a JCVD-style film together where they play themselves trying to get good parts. Or play each other.

I'm constantly depressed with Adrian Brody's career.

# ? Jan 22, 2016 21:28

edogawa rando: Mar 20, 2007

A Buttery Pastry posted:

Not everyone is an Anglophone.

Sure, but on these forums where everyone predominantly types in English, I'd say that it's a reasonable assumption that they are.

And considering how widely circulated and that it's been translated into numerous languages, it's more like a bunch of idiots are trying to show off how ignorant they are.

# ? Jan 22, 2016 21:29

Lurdiak: Feb 26, 2006; I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a completely miserable film.

Harlock posted:

How long before they run out of ways to style the title

Really disappointed it's not just called The 8.

# ? Jan 22, 2016 22:32

The Anime Liker: Aug 8, 2009; by VideoGames

No one gives a poo poo that the British nerd who wrote that Gene Wilder movie also wrote some dumbass giant book.

Suck it, frenchie.

# ? Jan 22, 2016 22:33

Lurdiak: Feb 26, 2006; I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.

Yeah I've only barely heard of that book, it's weird to act like not knowing about it is some kind of cultural faux pas.

# ? Jan 22, 2016 22:34

Snooze Cruise: Feb 16, 2013; hey look,
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Vagabundo posted:

Sure, but on these forums where everyone predominantly types in English, I'd say that it's a reasonable assumption that they are.

And considering how widely circulated and that it's been translated into numerous languages, it's more like a bunch of idiots are trying to show off how ignorant they are.

you shouldn't be rude to your fellow human beans, heh here i go using classic 4chan memes what wacky thing will i do next

# ? Jan 22, 2016 22:35

The Anime Liker: Aug 8, 2009; by VideoGames

[American child finishes watching a Winnie the Pooh cartoon]

"Mother dearest, I simply must read A.A. Milne's literary classic The Red House Mystery."

# ? Jan 22, 2016 22:47

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

Roald Dahl's books were cool but the man was a bit of a oval office and an occasional Hitler apologist.

# ? Jan 22, 2016 23:09

joedevola: Sep 11, 2004; worst song, played on ugliest guitar

Dillbag posted:

Roald Dahl's books were cool but the man was a bit of a oval office and an occasional Hitler apologist.

This episode of the Dead Author's Podcast features Ben Schwartz as Roald Dahl. Dahl is apparently one of his favourite authors and when he's made aware of Dahl's anti-semitism near the end his reaction is tragic and hilarious.

# ? Jan 23, 2016 00:01

A Buttery Pastry: Sep 4, 2011; Delicious and Informative!

Vagabundo posted:

Sure, but on these forums where everyone predominantly types in English, I'd say that it's a reasonable assumption that they are.

I guess it depends on which forum/thread you're looking at, but there are actually quite a lot of ESL people here. I mean, if you pick a random person they're probably going to have English as their first language, but if someone is unaware of some important English cultural touchstone it's not exactly unreasonable to assume that they have a different cultural background.

Vagabundo posted:

And considering how widely circulated and that it's been translated into numerous languages, it's more like a bunch of idiots are trying to show off how ignorant they are.

A translated version would have a translated name too, meaning BFG wouldn't be nearly as easily connected to the name of the book as it is for an native English speaker where the acronym makes sense, if the person was even aware of the original book. (I've never heard of it before now.)

# ? Jan 23, 2016 00:12

Erebus: Jul 13, 2001; Okay... Keep your head, Steve boy...

Plenty of native English speakers have never heard of that book either, the guy's just being dumb.

# ? Jan 23, 2016 00:24

Air Skwirl: May 13, 2007; Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed shitposting.

A GLISTENING HODOR posted:

Oscar Nominees: The Movie

(featuring the white guy from GI Joe who's only notable for playing a sex slave in a seth rogen comedy)

Someone has clearly not seen 21 Jumpstreet or Magic Mike.

# ? Jan 23, 2016 01:39

Air Skwirl: May 13, 2007; Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed shitposting.

Anglophone and Anglophile are words with very different meanings.

Also, without checking Wikipedia or whatever, can anyone name a story Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote that wasn't about Sherlock Holmes?

# ? Jan 23, 2016 01:49

Light Gun Man: Oct 17, 2009; toEjaM iS oN
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Skwirl posted:

Anglophone and Anglophile are words with very different meanings.

Also, without checking Wikipedia or whatever, can anyone name a story Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote that wasn't about Sherlock Holmes?

Best I could do was "didn't he have one about dinosaurs or tarzan or something", which I then checked, and yes!

# ? Jan 23, 2016 01:52

HUNDU THE BEAST GOD: Sep 14, 2007; everything is yours

Skwirl posted:

Anglophone and Anglophile are words with very different meanings.

Also, without checking Wikipedia or whatever, can anyone name a story Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote that wasn't about Sherlock Holmes?

Yep, its even one that was adapted to film. "Lot 249", in the Tales From The Darkside movie.

# ? Jan 23, 2016 01:54

SuperMechagodzilla: Jun 9, 2007; NEWT REBORN

Skwirl posted:

Anglophone and Anglophile are words with very different meanings.

Also, without checking Wikipedia or whatever, can anyone name a story Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote that wasn't about Sherlock Holmes?

The Horror of the Heights :cmon:

# ? Jan 23, 2016 02:20

Mechafunkzilla: Sep 11, 2006; If you want a vision of the future...

Skwirl posted:

Anglophone and Anglophile are words with very different meanings.

Also, without checking Wikipedia or whatever, can anyone name a story Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote that wasn't about Sherlock Holmes?

The Lost World is pretty drat famous.

# ? Jan 23, 2016 02:26

Peanut President: Nov 5, 2008; by Athanatos

Skwirl posted:

Anglophone and Anglophile are words with very different meanings.

Also, without checking Wikipedia or whatever, can anyone name a story Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote that wasn't about Sherlock Holmes?

The Lost World: Jurassic Park 2

# ? Jan 23, 2016 02:30

Build-a-Boar: Feb 11, 2008; Lipstick Apathy

I think it's mandatory that british children be raised on Roald Dahl stories but it's genuinely not hard to imagine this may not be the case around the world!

# ? Jan 23, 2016 02:49