A24 4,339 Posted March 10, 2004 Author Share Posted March 10, 2004 Your "daily, typical, nothing special, a dime in a dozen, haven't I seen this somewhere before" CD cover.vs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin 2 Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 Minority Report has a great 'non painting' cover. Catch Me If You Can too. Justin - Who thinks the Episode I cover took much more work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 The only thing bad about the TPM O.S.T. cover is the gold Star Wars logo that's used on the toys and other merchandise.They should have used the movie poster logo.K.M.Who got the AotC Yoda cover but should have gotten the poster art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diskobolus 3 Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 I got the Yoda cover. For me Yoda was the 30 seconds of AOTC that was watchable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 8 Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 Alexcremers, that Star Wars one is the most boring dull CD cover I have ever seen. All it has is letters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 I have to agree with Morny here.K.M.Watching Elija Wood trying not to be a geek on Leno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 Alexcremers, that Star Wars one is the most boring dull CD cover I have ever seen. All it has is lettersLooks great to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 8 Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 Nostalgia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,339 Posted March 11, 2004 Author Share Posted March 11, 2004 No, nostalgia has nothing to do with it. It's just not your daily meat, Morn. I've have a couple of friends working in the graphic design sector. Heck, one of them owns one of the largest private bureaus in town. They wouldn't be caught dead with a cover like TMP in their hands or anything similar in concept. Too average, too typical, and no balls. It simply has no identity, because of its overused style and technique. It looks like any other movie, Morn. A dime in a dozen. I wish you could see that instead of saying "nostalgia". My original Star Wars LP is in pristine condition and it really looks great in that format. Almost a piece of modern art. It's the unique Star Wars typography that makes it simple and yet very distinguished. One can associate with Lucas' saga by only seeing the typography, even at great distances. I'm sure the "MoMA" would gladly except if Lucas were to offer the original artwork to them. ----------------Alex cremers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 8 Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 It's boring and utterly bland. TPM has a nice picture. It actually looks good. Maybe not as distinctive, but that hardly matters compared to something utterly bland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 In 1977, Star Wars was a true icon. Merely the title, set in the official lettering, sufficed.- Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 There's a difference between effectively simple and bland. The Hook regular cover, in my opinion, is simple and effective. This Star Wars one is boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 8 Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 What do your friends do anyway, design packages for toothpaste? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,339 Posted March 11, 2004 Author Share Posted March 11, 2004 Hardly. Sony, Honda, that sort a thing. I don't expect to find many agree with me on this board so find it boring all you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 They wouldn't be caught dead with a cover like TMP in their handsAlex, can I assume you meant TPM (The Phantom Menace) and not "TMP" (The Motion Picture).vs.No contest.Neil - who wants a Star Wars DVD cover that just has the title, like the LPP.S. That Bob Peak Star Trek - The Motion Picture poster is just stunning. The best movie poster ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren 75 Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 ST better than SW. . . yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,339 Posted March 11, 2004 Author Share Posted March 11, 2004 The faces I don't like so much in the ST TMP poster. Especially the one in the middle is not so good. But I guess Kirk and Spock had to be in it, commercially wise. That's the thing with movie posters. The artists are far from free to do what they want. There are always requirements set by some producer that have to be fulfilled. Some posters were very unique and special in the fact that they seemed to have escaped their obligations as movie posters. Remember Alien anyone? Now that is a brilliant poster, if ever there was one. No monster, no captain, no crew, no ship, no nothing. Only, "What the hell is this about?" It's a classic and deservedly so.----------------Alex Cremers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 What,the egg poster?K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 Ah,I posted this from the AoL browser..it's working!K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,339 Posted March 12, 2004 Author Share Posted March 12, 2004 Yes, of course!What did you think? This one? Hahahahahaah!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 8 Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 Jeeze, wtf is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,339 Posted March 12, 2004 Author Share Posted March 12, 2004 Haha, it's the Alien 10th anniversary poster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diskobolus 3 Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 That's not what it really looks like... the coolest poster is the one with the egg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Leader 2 Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 The original SW movie poster is syill the best ever IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisAfonso 186 Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 Lier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,339 Posted March 13, 2004 Author Share Posted March 13, 2004 Hmmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 "Stop!! Don't see this movie!!"Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisAfonso 186 Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 "Stop! Ignoramuses stay out!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 The LotR poster is very good IMO,but i had to get one only to put on a wall,so i picked the Mount Doom one from RotK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 Wow, I've never seen that RotK poster before.Ah, I remember the time when it was announced they would be making The Lord of the Rings trilogy movies. Can't say I cared too much, I was roughly nine or ten at the time. But I saw the teaser YEARS ago and was freaked out by the Nazgul (it was the scene where it sniffs the Hobbits out under the tree). Then I saw Fellowship when I was 13 and I loved it. The End. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 just look at my avatar, its a better poster than either of those bored, I mean Lord of the Rings posters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisAfonso 186 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 A good poster, for a film whose only merit it was to produce a great score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,339 Posted March 14, 2004 Author Share Posted March 14, 2004 Jaws 2 is no match against... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 This are great ones too:K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,339 Posted March 14, 2004 Author Share Posted March 14, 2004 That one of Empire I never liked. There are better ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 This are great ones too: I don't rememeber, but didn't Lionheart blatantly rip this off? For me, something about the Naked Lunch poster does it for me. And I've never seen the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 The cover on my Lionheart vol 1 CD looks very similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIEfighter 0 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 See what I´ve found in the "music" section of Drew Struzans Portfolio, he even painted the maestro:http://www.drewstruzan.com/documents/img/g...72501394876.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Yeah, this drawing was used for one of the Boston Pops Spielberg/Williams Cd's.It's pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 8 Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 The LotR poster is very good IMO,but i had to get one only to put on a wall,so i picked the Mount Doom one from RotKThis one is nice, has a good focus, rest are too jumbled to be that good really. Jaws is good but a bit too simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,339 Posted March 16, 2004 Author Share Posted March 16, 2004 Jaws is good but a bit too simple. Jeez. Is that your norm, Morn? That it shouldn't be simple? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 8 Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 Yeah, it should look interesting, detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,339 Posted March 16, 2004 Author Share Posted March 16, 2004 Most brilliant ideas are simple, most brilliant designs are simple. Complexity is not a norm in design. Ideas are! Your example of what is good is hardly a concept. I can make 100.000 posters like that in one day. All I need is a 35mm film of LOTR.Let me put it in another way. If I take a photo of something that is complex and detailed, does it mean I made a good photo? Here's another one. Is the shark motif in Jaws a bad composition because it uses not more than 2 notes? It's simple, I can play it on my piano with my elbows, but the idea is brilliant. ----------------Alex Cremers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 8 Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 That may well be so, sometimes that works. But I like that ROTK, it has a focus and plenty of detail. It's a simple idea just with a nice full picture. After all you can have the Jaws theme played on piano, or fully orchestrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,339 Posted March 16, 2004 Author Share Posted March 16, 2004 But it's nothing special. It's not a fine example of brilliant poster designing. It will never earn a place in a poster book, if you know what I mean. But let's face it, Pete Jackson himself isn't exactly a fine example of good taste either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 8 Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 I said it was the best poster in this thread. Err well maybe, TMP is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,339 Posted March 16, 2004 Author Share Posted March 16, 2004 I said it was the best poster in this thread. Err well maybe, TMP is good.You haven't learned anything. Ah well, school is over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 8 Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 I'd rather do the teaching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren 75 Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 some of those pictures are showing up as X's. what gives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 I have a T-Shirt of that Jaws poster with Homer Simpson on it. In fact, I'm wearing it right now. - Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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