These are almost certainly fan createdpzadvance wrote:Not to fan the flames of said dumpster fire, but some new posters have come out
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Unless fans have suddenly started plastering them around Los Angeles, they are very regrettably real:
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Ok, Iron Giant being the exact same poster is funny.
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Wow, that is... embarrassing if sopzadvance wrote:Unless fans have suddenly started plastering them around Los Angeles, they are very regrettably real:
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I will probably never see it, but I certainly dig the nostalgia beat they’re hitting. But who knows, maybe it’s the Instagramy affect working on me.
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I can confirm they're absolutely real. They're getting dunked on really hard on on Twitter right now. This is all part of a campaign too.
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My god. I squealed out loud at that.
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I think I hate the idea of the posters less than the art style for the characters. They have that furry, drawn by a 14 year old girl, fan fic vibe to them. Ick.
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It's astounding to see such a big-bucks blockbuster ending up with a poster campaign that looks as if done by somebody who has roughly 1 day of self-taught experience with Photoshop.
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Posters and trailers -- all utterly ghastly.
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Ah , now I feel bad for having the wrong opinion. I saw these on highland Blvd on my drive home last night and thought they looked awesome. I enjoyed the playfulness of it, selling the concept of reappropriated nostalgia quite well I thought.
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Yep, this is why I was so sure these were fakes. I had plenty of high school students who could have produced better and more consistently on-model drawings than these, so like, this studio didn't even try to find someone goodDaneurism wrote:I think I hate the idea of the posters less than the art style for the characters. They have that furry, drawn by a 14 year old girl, fan fic vibe to them. Ick.
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It is true that there have been 110+ posts on this film's thread over two years, with the vast majority of them harshly critical of the pre-production decisions, marketing, and source material/author (and that's basically reflective of the larger external conversation around the film as well). I never root for movies to be bad, so I want this to surprise everyone and overcome all the negativity with a quality final product, but at this point that would require a small miracle. Has anyone seen any evidence from everything that's been made available that this is not going to be the failure it looks like, except to those whose expectations have been so lowered by all this that mere flawed mediocrity with a sheen of Spielbergian competence will seem like a pleasant surprise?Ribs wrote:Thanks, article from July.
I'm beyond sick of this dumb groupthink. We get it, you think the book is lazy. The marketing is built around brand recognition for other things, which people think is cheap and deceptive. People literally are incapable of giving this anything resembling a fair shot.
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To be fair, I think "failure" is the wrong word to use here - I wouldn't be surprised if, given the other movies releasing the same week, this shoots straight up to #1 on release and stays there for a while. I expect that this'll do really well, quality be damned.DarkImbecile wrote:Has anyone seen any evidence from everything that's been made available that this is not going to be the failure it looks like, except to those whose expectations have been so lowered by all this that mere flawed mediocrity with a sheen of Spielbergian competence will seem like a pleasant surprise?
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That's right, I meant creative failure.
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Is it weird that Iron Giant gets lumped in with 80s nostalgia? It’s not quite a generation apart but close.
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Reminds me of “More Than Words” by Extreme, a 90s acoustic ballad, popping up in Rock of Ages, an 80s hair metal musical. It’s perplexing, but then you remember “eh, this is shit anyway” and you just don’t care anymore.Luke M wrote:Is it weird that Iron Giant gets lumped in with 80s nostalgia? It’s not quite a generation apart but close.
(I am prepared to hate-watch the shit out of Ready Player One)
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See mfunk's post above, dominodomino harvey wrote:Rejected theme song
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I don’t care if it gets posted 100 times, I love it
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Maybe if it gets popular enough it will make it into the sequel.
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Okay but have you guys seen this fan art of the characters on the Goonies poster??
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I unfortunately keep seeing Salo mock ups.
What's fascinating to me is that the film continues to invoke that "rule" mentioned in Mystery Space Theater. "Don't ever remind the audience of a film they'd rather be watching." I see all these references and just keep wondering just how much I don't want to see this. I've not seen one person I know react to this film with anything but disgust.
What's fascinating to me is that the film continues to invoke that "rule" mentioned in Mystery Space Theater. "Don't ever remind the audience of a film they'd rather be watching." I see all these references and just keep wondering just how much I don't want to see this. I've not seen one person I know react to this film with anything but disgust.