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this is just too obvious
« on: May 18, 2011, 12:39:08 AM »
compare the poster for this new flick "Fright Night" and the poster for "No Country for Old Men"

I mean, its just too obvious - I noticed the moment I went to the Fright Night page on imdb.



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Re: this is just too obvious
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2011, 12:42:15 AM »
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Re: this is just too obvious
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2011, 01:21:30 AM »
I don't see what the big deal is.  Every genre has its conventions.

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Re: this is just too obvious
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2011, 01:40:10 AM »
But that is where convention meets unoriginality.  Not a problem for many people, no doubt.

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Re: this is just too obvious
« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2011, 05:02:06 AM »
Oh I remember NCFOM. Great movie.

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Re: this is just too obvious
« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2011, 05:25:40 AM »
meh, it's not like it was a terribly original poster to begin with.
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Re: this is just too obvious
« Reply #6 on: May 18, 2011, 05:51:53 AM »
Its kind of like this and this.



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Re: this is just too obvious
« Reply #7 on: May 18, 2011, 06:51:01 AM »
Sort of off-topic but is that a remake of the old Fright Night?

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Re: this is just too obvious
« Reply #8 on: May 18, 2011, 06:54:33 AM »
meh, it's not like it was a terribly original poster to begin with.

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Re: this is just too obvious
« Reply #9 on: May 18, 2011, 07:58:07 AM »
I thought I read that the 13 Ghosts poster was actually by the same artist who did the Scenes from a Memory cover.  I'm not sure which is worse though, copying someone else, or copying yourself.

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Re: this is just too obvious
« Reply #10 on: May 18, 2011, 08:22:18 AM »
I thought I read that the 13 Ghosts poster was actually by the same artist who did the Scenes from a Memory cover.  I'm not sure which is worse though, copying someone else, or copying yourself.

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Re: this is just too obvious
« Reply #11 on: May 18, 2011, 09:42:55 AM »
I thought I read that the 13 Ghosts poster was actually by the same artist who did the Scenes from a Memory cover.  I'm not sure which is worse though, copying someone else, or copying yourself.

I was the same guy.

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Re: this is just too obvious
« Reply #12 on: May 18, 2011, 10:10:35 AM »
I was phone.

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Re: this is just too obvious
« Reply #13 on: May 18, 2011, 11:06:41 AM »
I thought I read that the 13 Ghosts poster was actually by the same artist who did the Scenes from a Memory cover.  I'm not sure which is worse though, copying someone else, or copying yourself.

Dave McKean did the SFAM cover.  DT originally wanted a similar piece of work by him, but it had already been used for the cover of the Sandman:Brief Lives graphic novel.  So, he created a new work using similar techniques for SFAM.  I don't believe the 13 Ghosts art is by McKean, but, rather suspect it was someone else "inspired by" his works.

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Re: NCFOM looks way better, though
« Reply #14 on: May 18, 2011, 11:58:52 AM »
Hundreds of movies come out every year. It's inevitable that some of the posters will look the same.
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Re: this is just too obvious
« Reply #15 on: May 18, 2011, 01:06:54 PM »
Sort of off-topic but is that a remake of the old Fright Night?

Yes, but why isn't it easy being green?

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« Reply #16 on: May 18, 2011, 01:43:55 PM »
Sort of off-topic but is that a remake of the old Fright Night?

Yes, but why isn't it easy being green?
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Re: this is just too obvious
« Reply #17 on: May 18, 2011, 02:00:33 PM »
That reminded me of this article: https://www.cracked.com/article_18664_5-annoying-trends-that-make-every-movie-look-same.html

a lot of that was bullcrap. saying you can't make the camera shake unless you're making a documentary, jesus christ. Imagine what Saving Private Ryan would have looked like if the camera was steady the whole time. no emotion.

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Re: this is just too obvious
« Reply #18 on: May 18, 2011, 02:10:47 PM »
That wasn't the point, and not what he was saying at all.

The point was that the handheld camera used to give a feeling a immediacy and presence, drawing the viewer into the scene and making it seem "more real' because it is so strongly associated with documentaries.  Now that everyone uses it all the time, it has all but lost its effectiveness, like all the trends he lists.

This wasn't one of the better Cracked lists IMO, but all were valid points.

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Re: this is just too obvious
« Reply #19 on: May 18, 2011, 02:13:10 PM »
oh, I see that now, I may have misread the tone.

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Re: this is just too obvious
« Reply #20 on: May 18, 2011, 03:12:14 PM »
Its kind of like this and this.
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