Title: Amusing Poster Comparison
Description: Highly original poster design circa 1985
Description: Highly original poster design circa 1985
Jonathan Hertzberg - July 12, 2007 07:10 PM (GMT)
Marty McKee - July 12, 2007 08:08 PM (GMT)
DEATH SHIP and GHOST SHIP are just about the closest I've ever seen. It's such awful marketing. GHOST SHIP blatantly ripped off that earlier campaign, but still managed to make it 100 times less evocative.
Heh. How about this one and this one.
Heh. How about this one and this one.
William S. Wilson - July 12, 2007 08:26 PM (GMT)
Bill Picard - July 12, 2007 08:50 PM (GMT)
Mark Tinta - July 13, 2007 12:01 AM (GMT)
Martin Brooks - July 13, 2007 06:08 AM (GMT)
Slightly bending the thread in a musical direction, can anybody guess the inspiration behind this rejected album artwork [by Storm Thorgerson] for the Mars Volta's Amputechture album?
Amputechture
Amputechture
JEFFREY ALLEN RYDELL - July 13, 2007 08:13 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Martin Brooks @ Jul 13 2007, 02:08 AM) |
| Slightly bending the thread in a musical direction, can anybody guess the inspiration behind this rejected album artwork [by Storm Thorgerson] for the Mars Volta's Amputechture album? Amputechture |
Dunno, the '61 THE MASK?
Chas Lindsay - July 13, 2007 12:53 PM (GMT)
Looks like a combination of THE MASK and ZARDOZ (sorry the pics are so small):
http://www.timboucher.com/journal/wp-conte...zardoz-head.jpg
http://www.bleedingskull.com/vhs/_images06...reens/Mask5.jpg
http://www.timboucher.com/journal/wp-conte...zardoz-head.jpg
http://www.bleedingskull.com/vhs/_images06...reens/Mask5.jpg
Aleck Bennett - July 13, 2007 01:15 PM (GMT)
As one who had his taste warped at a tender age by Re/Search's book Incredibly Strange Films, I say it's gotta be THE MASK (1961)...
Martin Brooks - July 13, 2007 08:03 PM (GMT)
Well done Jeffrey, Chas and Aleck. The Mask is correct! I suspect though, that the inspiration comes from the front cover of the Incredibly Strange Films' book.
I wonder why it was rejected by the band? Don't they like THE MASK :P ?
I wonder why it was rejected by the band? Don't they like THE MASK :P ?
Jonathan Hertzberg - September 7, 2007 08:26 PM (GMT)
Mike Thomas - September 8, 2007 04:47 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Aleck Bennett @ Jul 13 2007, 07:15 AM) |
| As one who had his taste warped at a tender age by Re/Search's book Incredibly Strange Films, I say it's gotta be THE MASK (1961)... |
Slightly off-topic, but the RE/SEARCH Pranks book is incredible.
Andrew Fitzpatrick - September 8, 2007 07:29 PM (GMT)
Marty McKee - September 8, 2007 07:32 PM (GMT)
I'm sure that had to be a parody, not a ripoff.
Jonathan Hertzberg - September 10, 2007 05:29 AM (GMT)
That's pretty quick turnaround on the Breakfast Club and TCM II posters. According to IMDb the former was released in February 1985, while the latter bowed in August 1986. Doesn't the joke only work well when the two are side by side? Is the BC poster design that iconic? I think if the spoof poster was for another teen film, ideally a parody like Not Another Teen Movie, the connection would be more obvious.
JEFFREY ALLEN RYDELL - September 10, 2007 07:10 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Jonathan Hertzberg @ Sep 10 2007, 01:29 AM) |
| That's pretty quick turnaround on the Breakfast Club and TCM II posters. According to IMDb the former was released in February 1985, while the latter bowed in August 1986. Doesn't the joke only work well when the two are side by side? Is the BC poster design that iconic? I think if the spoof poster was for another teen film, ideally a parody like Not Another Teen Movie, the connection would be more obvious. |
And yet the fact remains that it's an intentional parody, that all concerned with TCM 2 cop to.
Lars Erik Holmquist - September 10, 2007 07:37 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Aleck Bennett @ Jul 13 2007, 07:15 AM) |
| As one who had his taste warped at a tender age by Re/Search's book Incredibly Strange Films, I say it's gotta be THE MASK (1961)... |
As good a reason as any to plug my blog, then - I posted a bunch of different MASK posters just the other day!
Put the Mask on NOW!!!
Craig Blamer - September 11, 2007 06:49 AM (GMT)
Maybe the video of The Breakfast Club was coming out around the same time as TC2... I seem to recall it took a while for vids to get released back then.
Leif Jonker - September 11, 2007 04:38 PM (GMT)
In case the image below isn't appearing: How about NIGHT BREED and BAD DREAMS?
If I recall correctly, Cliver Barker said that a regime change at the studio resulted in the new guys dumping and/or sabotaging the current releases of all the old guys flicks including his own movie NIGHT BREED. Looking at this poster I can't imagine why he might think such a thing.
Seriously though, how does ANYONE, even someone with an axe to grind and/or the most talentless of all marketing people/departments, manage to watch NIGHT BREED and justify coming up with this for its poster and tagline?
Oh, and the TCM2 poster is definitely an intentional nod to the BC one-sheet.
BeAst WisheS -- L
If I recall correctly, Cliver Barker said that a regime change at the studio resulted in the new guys dumping and/or sabotaging the current releases of all the old guys flicks including his own movie NIGHT BREED. Looking at this poster I can't imagine why he might think such a thing.
Seriously though, how does ANYONE, even someone with an axe to grind and/or the most talentless of all marketing people/departments, manage to watch NIGHT BREED and justify coming up with this for its poster and tagline?
Oh, and the TCM2 poster is definitely an intentional nod to the BC one-sheet.
BeAst WisheS -- L
Jonathan Hertzberg - September 11, 2007 08:50 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Leif Jonker @ Sep 11 2007, 04:38 PM) |
| Oh, and the TCM2 poster is definitely an intentional nod to the BC one-sheet. |
Yes, this is clear. I feel it was an odd choice to lampoon BC, but the posters sure look funny when posted side by side.