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  • I think the first photo of Daniel they revealed would've made a better teaser poster.

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    Birdleson wrote: »
    I think that the first image, the bullet/SPECTRE logo was excellent and quite enough. We didn't need another rooster until way further into this.

    I agree I loved the original teaser, I don't mind this one but would've rather waited a couple of months for a more inspired poster.

    Looking forward to the first trailer though.
  • "Open the bloody bathroom door. I've pooped in my pants"
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    Sadly all I get is advert as for a phone app :(
  • Campbell2Campbell2 Epsilon Rho Rho house, Bending State University
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    Meh. Just meh.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    [quote="Sark;433320Casino_Royale_poster.jpeg

    I know which one I'd hang on my wall.[/quote]

    Now that one is a decent teaser poster. Have I said something positive about something Craig related? Might as well make the most of it, it could be a while before that happens again.

  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    andmcit wrote: »
    Well, I've spent hours manipulating this new teaser poster DC image in Photoshop and can see now why we were given what we've got. Nothing really works particularly well, even with a gun in one hand the pose looks placid and not really very badass at all - in fact he looks like he's relieving himself! I even tried racy poses of Lea and Monica wrapping themselves around him but the more I stare at it the weirder and gormless DC looks. ...
    I like what his outfit says (hopefully) about the film. Mendes really loves LALD. Seems like things will be more fun, hopefully, this time around. Other than that this is boring and uninspired. Insane that this is the best they could come up with.

    Looks like a magazine cover.

    I agree!

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    Ha! That is hilarious.
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    Sark wrote: »
    Someone asked this in another thread as a defense against the blandness criticisms:
    How so? It's a tease poster. Not a trailer. How much more could they show?

    to which my only response is:

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    I know which one I'd hang on my wall.

    Of all the posters in the Craig era? This still stands as my personal favourite!
  • TheWizardOfIceTheWizardOfIce 'One of the Internet's more toxic individuals'
    edited March 2015 Posts: 9,117
    Birdleson wrote: »
    I think that the first image, the bullet/SPECTRE logo was excellent and quite enough. We didn't need another rooster until way further into this.
    Quite. This new poster is just a promo still with SPECTRE written across the front. Simply awful even if that is a Berns-Martin triple draw holster he's wearing (any holster experts care to comment?). Also I don't like the black watch bracelet - should be metal to match the watch face. You might think that to design a Bond poster would take months but that has literally been done in 20 minutes. It's vying with the SF final poster as the most underwhelming of the series. As others have said the CR teaser blows it out if the water. As do the QOS and SF ones. Even DAD got this spot on. When did just a photo of the main actor replace innovative and creative art and design? Bond posters these days are just like a Jennifer Aniston film - a picture of the star and the title and that's your lot. Presume this was done by a studio committee who decided that audiences in China respond best to a dull picture of the actor rather than anything interesting and the rest of us are stuck with it because it's important to have brand consistency across market territories blah blah blah.

    Now this is a Bond poster: ibugJw5JOey0by.jpg
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited March 2015 Posts: 23,883
    I'm in agreement with the majority of comments on here.

    Somewhat uninspired to say the least. Also, a little airbrushed from my perspective. Finally, it continues Mendes' apparent desire to offer us throwbacks, this time to one of Moore's iconic outfits.

    Having said all that, DC looks great and ready for business, the haircut is ok this time, and they seem to be focusing on Bond himself (which they've thankfully gone back to doing during the Craig era) rather than offering a double bill poster with the female lead which they were doing during Brosnan's time (and which I couldn't stand - although I might be willing to make a one time exception for Seydoux).

    Let's hope for a more exhilarating poster as we approach the movie release date, and if they really want to do throwbacks, they should take a look at that TLD poster above for inspiration - I agree that this is how a Bond poster should be done. Classic.
  • Campbell2Campbell2 Epsilon Rho Rho house, Bending State University
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    Now this is a Bond poster: ibugJw5JOey0by.jpg

    My all time favourite. Simply the best!

  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited March 2015 Posts: 23,883
    I don't know if these have been posted before, but I think it's safe to say we know where Mendes got his inspiration for both the teaser posters for SP to date (it's good to see Rog's Bond getting his subtle just recognition via this):

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    It hasn't exactly gone unnoticed elsewhere here!! My homage to SirRog:

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  • TheWizardOfIceTheWizardOfIce 'One of the Internet's more toxic individuals'
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    andmcit wrote: »
    It hasn't exactly gone unnoticed elsewhere here!! My homage to SirRog:

    march%20spectre%20poster3.jpg

    That's already way more interesting than the one they put out.

    How about one with the first SP teaser bullet hole and then we might be getting close to something half decent?

  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    edited March 2015 Posts: 15,127
    Great minds think alike @TheWizardOfIce ,as I posted this over in the timeline thread.
    All of the poster campaigns for the Craig films have been well below par when compared to posters of old.
    Personally I do like the sixties posters. But one of my all time favourites is this one...
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    Bond in the centre of the gun barrel, with snippets of action and women surrounding him.
    But a retro 60's / 70's look would also work. It should be very busy, without being cluttered. Fingers crossed on that one.

    The TLD poster is easily one of the series best. The 90's posters onwards got more and more boring and uninspired. I really hope Spectre turns that around.
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    andmcit wrote: »
    It hasn't exactly gone unnoticed elsewhere here!! My homage to SirRog:

    march%20spectre%20poster3.jpg

    That's already way more interesting than the one they put out.

    How about one with the first SP teaser bullet hole and then we might be getting close to something half decent?

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    I posted that on another thread here earlier, is this what you meant?
  • TheWizardOfIceTheWizardOfIce 'One of the Internet's more toxic individuals'
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    Benny wrote: »
    Great minds think alike @TheWizardOfIce ,as I posted this over in the timeline thread.
    All of the poster campaigns for the Craig films have been well below par when compared to posters of old.
    Personally I do like the sixties posters. But one of my all time favourites is this one...
    bond_the_living_daylights.jpg
    Bond in the centre of the gun barrel, with snippets of action and women surrounding him.
    But a retro 60's / 70's look would also work. It should be very busy, without being cluttered. Fingers crossed on that one.

    The TLD poster is easily one of the series best. The 90's posters onwards got more and more boring and uninspired. I really hope Spectre turns that around.

    The last great poster and that's over 25 years ago.

    The only ones I have been truly happy with since then are the DAD teaser very Chopping-esque) and the CR teaser.
    JCRendle wrote: »
    andmcit wrote: »
    It hasn't exactly gone unnoticed elsewhere here!! My homage to SirRog:

    march%20spectre%20poster3.jpg

    That's already way more interesting than the one they put out.

    How about one with the first SP teaser bullet hole and then we might be getting close to something half decent?

    tumblr_nldshxqRMx1rv0z1no1_540.jpg

    I posted that on another thread here earlier, is this what you meant?

    I realise I am being very picky but the bullet hole is a bit too big and overshadows Bond for me. Keep the bullet hole the same size as @andmcit's effort above but with the SPECTRE tentacles design from yours and I would be happy.

    Well as happy as I could be. Still think it's pretty uninspired but at least you guys have managed to polish it up into something passable.

    Shame EON couldn't even put in the same small amount of effort as you have here.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
    edited March 2015 Posts: 7,546
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    It's not coming across too well on my work monitor, but what I did here was put a super-saturated version under a high contrast B&W version, then masked out the eyes and strap to give them some color.
    I've also made it a bit off center to get the PPK in a 16:9 frame.
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    I've tried to retain as much of the original Moore shattered glass and trade off the need for the tentacles of the spectre bullet hole to sit with it and still be recognisable. Quite tricky actually!

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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    Looks amazing ! =D>
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited March 2015 Posts: 23,883
    I agree. Great job. If only EON had considered this (in fact, for poster # 3 they should just fuse 1 and 2 like has been done here and that would be an interesting marketing gimmick).
  • TheWizardOfIceTheWizardOfIce 'One of the Internet's more toxic individuals'
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    andmcit wrote: »
    I've tried to retain as much of the original Moore shattered glass and trade off the need for the tentacles of the spectre bullet hole to sit with it and still be recognisable. Quite tricky actually!

    march%20spectre%20poster6%20copy.jpg

    Well done for doing EON's job for them. That's not too bad as a teaser now but I still want something far more inspired for the main poster. Won't get it of course - it'll just be some generic photo of Daniel posing a la SF and this.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    I keep hoping we'll get some posters for the Craig films that were hand-painted like in the old days, but if they didn't pull out all the stops for Skyfall and the big 50th anniversary, I don't think there's much hope in them doing it now. Quite a shame, too. No posters these days are true pieces of art like they used to be, just messes of Photoshop and no imagination.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    I keep hoping we'll get some posters for the Craig films that were hand-painted like in the old days, but if they didn't pull out all the stops for Skyfall and the big 50th anniversary, I don't think there's much hope in them doing it now. Quite a shame, too. No posters these days are true pieces of art like they used to be, just messes of Photoshop and no imagination.

    A big yes to this. Poster art use to be that, art; now it's more like elaborate cut and paste.

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    antovolk wrote:
    And now we have a dedicated trailer thread, why not have a poster thread too...once again, this is to reduce clogging up for the production timeline which should be more about BTS of filming etc IMO.

    First up the "first teaser poster" from December:
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    And today's teaser posters (the definitive US versions direct from Sony)
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    Alternate generic international and UK quad versions at http://www.007.com/spectre-teaser-poster/
    Why is there another of SPECTRE poster isn't the SPECTRE FAN ART enough?
  • edited March 2015 Posts: 1,068
    Since I was a small kid I have adored film posters and been inspired by them which saw me follow design, illustration and graphic design for my employment..

    I still make old school artworks with pencil and paint onto paper but now only in my own time as everything exists only in digital form. It's sad but that's just a commercial necessity now. I can't see any client wanting to commission a pure work of art when the mindset now expects things in an instant through cut and paste photography.

    Don't get me wrong I adore the gun barrel swirl graphic on. TLD but even a skilled artist would take days and weeks rather than minutes and hours the new breed of montages require.

    The thing is,, it hasn't all just been deskilled to simply a few mouse clicks and pressing a few keys you still need an artists eye to create truly astounding and accomplished artwork. Many on a computer now have the technical ability and the hardware but not the artist's eye or the imagination. Something I can see in abundance here in the fan art by hobbyists, more so than at EON.

    What do you want? Something like:

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    Or

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    Someone here on one of the threads made a very good observation yesterday; before the internet a poster tended to be the only means of mass media pitch for the forthcoming film to coax a prospective audience. Look at us here now, arguing about buckles on shoes DC is wearing on set for a film months away.

    We don't need really need a montage story telling poster of old but the official name and date of release on a 'brand poster'. I don't like it either!
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    I love that first SF poster, andmcit. :)
  • TheWizardOfIceTheWizardOfIce 'One of the Internet's more toxic individuals'
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    andmcit wrote: »
    Since I was a small kid I have adored film posters and been inspired by them which saw me follow design, illustration and graphic design for my employment..

    I still make old school artworks with pencil and paint onto paper but now only in my own time as everything exists only in digital form. It's sad but that's just a commercial necessity now. I can't see any client wanting to commission a pure work of art when the mindset now expects things in an instant through cut and paste photography.

    Don't get me wrong I adore the gun barrel swirl graphic on. TLD but even a skilled artist would take days and weeks rather than minutes and hours the new breed of montages require.

    The thing is,, it hasn't all just been deskilled to simply a few mouse clicks and pressing a few keys you still need an artists eye to create truly astounding and accomplished artwork. Many on a computer now have the technical ability and the hardware but not the artist's eye or the imagination. Something I can see in abundance here in the fan art by hobbyists, more so than at EON.

    What do you want? Something like:

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    Or

    13748807_11401787_pm.jpg

    I don't really understand your point that it has to be done instantly. Why? I'm sure Kleinman and the singer get weeks and months to come up with something so why not the poster? There have always been deadlines so why couldn't a professional artist work to that instead of this crap which has a sense of a kid doing their homework on the bus before school and saying 'that'll do'?

    However you are correct to say the hand drawn posters are gone and won't be coming back. Gorgeous as the TLD poster is it would look a bit old fashioned and quaint these days but that's still no excuse for the rubbish we are getting at the moment (QOS final, SF final, SP teaser - even the CR final doesn't do a lot for me).

    You don't have to draw something by hand for it to be striking and eye catching you just need a creative mind to come up with an interesting concept.

    And this is not just an old man pining for nostalgia of days long gone. If you're telling me someone considers a photo of Bond standing there sufficient to fulfill their brief as 'poster artist' then I'm telling you that guy is a charlatan. Robert McGinnis, Bob Peak and Dan Goozee were poster artists mate. Youre just a bloke who read Photoshop For Dummies.
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