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I noticed the rather unfortunate 'coming soon' date in a poor position on DC too! =))
By the way. The style reminds me of this one:
Nice stance, too, Craig. :)
Well I love turtleneck and it does look neat and tactical. Soberly elegant, yet useful.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=YKcvM4y4XRY&feature=youtu.be
@ggl007 Thanks! Great Video
Welcome to the world of Adobe Photoshop.
It is not ALL photoshop! I am sure those are real muscles at least... ;)
And I am not only talking about the posters, but every shot and teaser clip from the production.
I think the ageing remarks were aimed squarely at his craggy face. I don't think anyone would dare question the shape he's in.
I think his 'craggy face' looks very good as well. From a male perspective that is...
I love his craggy face too, they don't need to airbrush it out. It gives him character.
It's more his haircut.
This is almost the same haircut he had in "Casino Royale".
With really short hair like in SF he looks older.
Of course they photoshop the pictures. But the Casino Royale pictures are photoshoped, too.
It's his hair.
If he had the haircut from Skyfall now, then he would look like he did 3 years ago.
Don't forget, photography is an art too (Michael Wilson knows that). And I think this new teaser poster completely nails it. Wun-der-ful bit of photography. Yes, perhaps there was some photoshopping done on it, but nowhere as obvious as with the teaser poster from CR (Allthough I still love that one) and the final full-sheet posters of QOS.
This teaser poster (And I'm playing "Goldfinger" very loud now) pays tribute to NOT another Marvel sci-fi superhero. Actually, it distances itself from it completely. What you get is a man staring at you, with tons of self-assurance. And actually, such simplicity can be quite efficient. It leaves the interpretation and analysis of this teaser poster entirely over to your own imagination.
Some (rare) examples (to compare with the "SPECTRE" teaser above):
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And although above images would suggest that such "full staring face" posters are not so original, I believe the majority of action-blockbuster posters nowadays are at least not as simple and stylish. Yes, we could have asked for a Kingsman-esque poster, or perhaps even a poster that has been completely drawn/painted, like those early Bond film posters. But I think what works for Craig's Bond is simplicity.
We have heard director Sam Mendes saying on quite a few occasions that in "SPECTRE" James Bond is now "on a mission from the very beginning". I think this shows on this teaser poster. By letting him wear true "spy gear" (turtle neck, black), you can tell that 007 now truly needs to channel his own skills; the skills that he has familiarised himself with during his previous three Bond films. Yes, there will be a personal backstory in "SPECTRE", but I do feel that, looking at this teaser, Bond is now way more in control of himself.
By the way, I was just reading some reviews on the internet about the "SPECTRE" teaser poster, and the positive remarks are quite huge in numbers. We make comparisons to Roger Moore's first outing as 007....
....but on the internet I can only find comparisons made to Steve McQueen in "Bullitt". Well, as the Rome car chase starts to turn out like it used the blueprint from the "Bullitt"-chase, the teaser certainly has "Steve McQueen" written all over it. A Bigger compliment you can't get ;-).