Movie Posters - The good, the bad & the awful

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Peanut President: Nov 5, 2008; by Athanatos

Vegetable posted:

I don't get it.

# ? Nov 11, 2015 12:08

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# ? Jun 4, 2024 13:00

The MSJ: May 17, 2010

Peanut President posted:

I don't get it.

In more conservative times, people give blowjobs through holes in their bedsheets.

# ? Nov 11, 2015 12:13

Hogge Wild: Aug 21, 2012; by FactsAreUseless; Pillbug

Aatrek posted:

That's one hell of an impressive opener to this thread.

Also, I never realized that the 127 Hours poster was also a subliminal hourglass shape until you posted that thumbnail.

# ? Nov 11, 2015 12:15

KinkyJohn: Sep 19, 2002

The MSJ posted:

...and action by Z.

It's funny how in the last movie they made fun of how small phones were getting and now it's basically the opposite extreme.

# ? Nov 11, 2015 12:36

fatherboxx: Mar 25, 2013

KinkyJohn posted:

It's funny how in the last movie they made fun of how small phones were getting and now it's basically the opposite extreme.

Those huge rear end orange Apple computers dated the movie worse than Billy Zane

# ? Nov 11, 2015 12:39

Pingiivi: Mar 26, 2010; Straight into the iris!

Peanut President posted:

I don't get it.

The movie is about rape culture. Or something.

# ? Nov 11, 2015 12:51

Peanut President: Nov 5, 2008; by Athanatos

The MSJ posted:

In more conservative times, people give blowjobs through holes in their bedsheets.

Thanks, pal.

# ? Nov 11, 2015 14:08

MikeJF: Dec 20, 2003

The Saddest Rhino posted:

And a fan modification of a fan poster:

(Although the bit at the bottom should've saved more height and the stormtrooper wall if they could, looks goofy now)

MikeJF fucked around with this message at 14:39 on Nov 11, 2015

# ? Nov 11, 2015 14:36

Jose Oquendo: Jun 20, 2004; Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a boring movie

The MSJ posted:

Oh god. Selfies have to be the greatest thing ever devised for people like this.

# ? Nov 11, 2015 14:51

The MSJ: May 17, 2010

Jose Oquendo posted:

Oh god. Selfies have to be the greatest thing ever devised for people like this.

Zoolander's selfie book would outsell Kim Kardashian's book 3 fold and also be 10x as thick.

# ? Nov 11, 2015 15:00

Krispy Wafer: Jul 26, 2002; I shouted out "Free the exposed 67"
But they stood on my hair and told me I was fat; Grimey Drawer

The Saddest Rhino posted:

Why is Luke on the poster twice?

# ? Nov 11, 2015 16:07

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

The hell are you talking about?

# ? Nov 11, 2015 16:50

Megaman's Jockstrap: Jul 16, 2000; What a horrible thread to have a post.

Har har har, Luke is Kylo Ren (he's not)

# ? Nov 11, 2015 16:56

cvnvcnv: Mar 17, 2013; __________________

Actually, Luke is the little lizard child in goggles. Pew pew.

# ? Nov 11, 2015 18:02

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.
- ernest hemingway

Peanut President posted:

I don't get it.

It looks like a Virginia

# ? Nov 11, 2015 18:51

FreudianSlippers: Apr 12, 2010; Shooting and Fucking
are the same thing!

Acne Rain posted:

It looks like a Virginia

The Beef Curtain state.

# ? Nov 11, 2015 19:15

Young Freud: Nov 26, 2006

The MSJ posted:

Zoolander's selfie book would outsell Kim Kardashian's book 3 fold and also be 10x as thick.

Stiller really should have done that for Zoolander merch.

# ? Nov 12, 2015 01:24

I, Butthole: Jun 30, 2007; Begin the operations of the gas chambers, gas schools, gas universities, gas libraries, gas museums, gas dance halls, and gas threads, etcetera.
I DEMAND IT

A GLISTENING HODOR posted:

1992:

oh god meryl what's wrong with your neck

# ? Nov 12, 2015 01:50

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

I, Butthole posted:

oh god meryl what's wrong with your neck

Good job, you got the joke.

# ? Nov 12, 2015 01:51

couldcareless: Feb 8, 2009; Spheal used Swagger!

I, Butthole posted:

oh god meryl what's wrong with your neck

If you look real close, you can see how lovely of a job they did with the photoshopping. Bruce Willis's hand goes right through Goldie Hawn's torso!

# ? Nov 12, 2015 02:01

I, Butthole: Jun 30, 2007; Begin the operations of the gas chambers, gas schools, gas universities, gas libraries, gas museums, gas dance halls, and gas threads, etcetera.
I DEMAND IT

Lurdiak posted:

Good job, you got the joke.

yep, amazing how i picked up on a joke from a movie I'd never seen in a thread about calling out horrible editing on movie posters!!

# ? Nov 12, 2015 04:15

The Saddest Rhino: Apr 29, 2009; Put it all together.
Solve the world.
One conversation at a time.

also, the hand through that woman's abdomen can't be healthy, omg, guys

# ? Nov 12, 2015 04:28

The Anime Liker: Aug 8, 2009; by VideoGames

I can tell the hand through the torso is a photoshop because of the pixels and I've seen quite a few shops in my day.

# ? Nov 12, 2015 04:58

got any sevens: Feb 9, 2013; by Cyrano4747

I, Butthole posted:

yep, amazing how i picked up on a joke from a movie I'd never seen in a thread about calling out horrible editing on movie posters!!

You should see it

# ? Nov 12, 2015 06:35

KinkyJohn: Sep 19, 2002

MikeJF posted:

And a fan modification of a fan poster:

Dan Harmon at the top playing Hooded Jedi Beardperson

# ? Nov 12, 2015 06:49

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

I, Butthole posted:

yep, amazing how i picked up on a joke from a movie I'd never seen in a thread about calling out horrible editing on movie posters!!

Jokes in movie posters are designed for people who have never seen the movie

# ? Nov 12, 2015 07:04

dreezy: Mar 4, 2015; yeah, rip.

Erebus posted:

Jokes in movie posters are designed for people who have never seen the movie

or hmmm read the title.

only a complete moron would see a poster like that for a movie called "death becomes her" and chalk it up to bad graphic design

# ? Nov 12, 2015 07:19

Mr. Squishy: Mar 22, 2010; A country where you can always get richer.

effectual posted:

You should see it

I'll always stop and watch DBH when I see it on TV.

# ? Nov 12, 2015 13:03

The Saddest Rhino: Apr 29, 2009; Put it all together.
Solve the world.
One conversation at a time.

# ? Nov 12, 2015 15:29

morestuff: Aug 2, 2008; You can't stop what's coming

Love that one, it's a fun inversion of the Jaws poster.

# ? Nov 12, 2015 16:08

BonoMan: Feb 20, 2002; Jade Ear Joe

Yeah that is both pretty and effective

# ? Nov 12, 2015 16:37

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

The Based on a True Story part of that poster is giving me a headache.

# ? Nov 12, 2015 17:18

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.
- ernest hemingway

"it's not THAT story, but it's based totally on a story that INSPIRED that one!!" is kind of... yeah.

# ? Nov 12, 2015 17:20

rawillkill: Aug 15, 2009; Emma Watson is what runs trivia teams.

# ? Nov 12, 2015 17:49

King Vidiot: Feb 17, 2007; You think you can take me at Satan's Hollow? Go 'head on!

Erebus posted:

Jokes in movie posters are designed for people who have never seen the movie

Her neck is twisted around like a corkscrew, you can clearly see that she has spun her head around in a comical Looney Tunes way. Probably because she's dead or something.

# ? Nov 12, 2015 17:54

GrandpaPants: Feb 13, 2006; Free to roam the heavens in man's noble quest to investigate the weirdness of the universe!

Lurdiak posted:

The Based on a True Story part of that poster is giving me a headache.

A part of me is wondering whether that line would even draw people in more than that image. Like, is Moby Dick a draw or is it more just "Hey, a thing I recognize!"?

# ? Nov 12, 2015 17:55