The Most Incomprehensible Foreign Posters of American Films - Blu-ray Forum

J_UNTITLED · 02-02-2009, 08:21 AM

Check out Cracked.com's ranking of twenty foreign extremely-baffling posters for American movies from cinema's past. Some of them are truly-odd, indeed.

assydingo · 02-02-2009, 08:48 AM

I want the King Kong with giant sharks and snakes

nick1091 · 02-02-2009, 02:31 PM

Is it just me, or does it look like the Predator in the Easy Rider poster?

And the Ghostbusters print is really....out there. It looks like some kind of abstract art print you'd find for sale in an Ikea.

rebfandan · 02-02-2009, 08:31 PM

What the hell is wrong with European marketing firms? Honestly. When all of these came out (except for the ones from France and Japan), there was still the Eastern Bloc to deal with, right? Could Soviet control of Eastern Europe have anything to do with it? This is just completely beyond me....

brett_day · 02-02-2009, 08:34 PM

wow....

xtop · 02-02-2009, 08:35 PM

:bowdown:

P@t_Mtl · 02-02-2009, 08:36 PM

One post said it best on the site there

"glock78To all of you going "OMG!ZOMG! ARE THOSE CZECHS, POLES AND RUSSIANS BLIND? DON'T THEY KNOW WHAT THE MOVIE IS ABOUT? WTF!?"...
Think for a second that all those countries were a part of this little group called Eastern Bloc or Warsaw Pact.
And it was a kind of a obligatory thing in that club to consider ANYTHING coming from the west as evil and/or decadent.
People HAVE been sent to work camps for "decadent behavior" in those countries. Or for just a loose remark or a political joke.
So, if you want to play the latest product from the decadent west and not end up somewhere in the Siberia sewing mittens and eating sawdust soup for the rest of your very short and very cold life - you don't promote the western decadence through the use of poster stands across the land.

Instead, you MASK the actual content of the movie with some abstract art.

Posted on 2/2/2009 5:45:42 AM"

rebfandan · 02-02-2009, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

One post said it best on the site there

"glock78To all of you going "OMG!ZOMG! ARE THOSE CZECHS, POLES AND RUSSIANS BLIND? DON'T THEY KNOW WHAT THE MOVIE IS ABOUT? WTF!?"...
Think for a second that all those countries were a part of this little group called Eastern Bloc or Warsaw Pact.
And it was a kind of a obligatory thing in that club to consider ANYTHING coming from the west as evil and/or decadent.
People HAVE been sent to work camps for "decadent behavior" in those countries. Or for just a loose remark or a political joke.
So, if you want to play the latest product from the decadent west and not end up somewhere in the Siberia sewing mittens and eating sawdust soup for the rest of your very short and very cold life - you don't promote the western decadence through the use of poster stands across the land.

Instead, you MASK the actual content of the movie with some abstract art.

Posted on 2/2/2009 5:45:42 AM"

Well, I'll accept that answer. Makes sense.

P@t_Mtl · 02-02-2009, 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by assydingo

I want the King Kong with giant sharks and snakes

And stepping on a boat no less, got to love that

rebfandan · 02-02-2009, 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xtop

:bowdown:

This really is the best of the bunch. I mean, this is the kinda stuff I would expect to come out of Japan.

Blu Titan · 02-02-2009, 08:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by assydingo

I want the King Kong with giant sharks and snakes

In the classic King Kong movie he does fight a giant snake. Not sure about the giant shark!

P@t_Mtl · 02-02-2009, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rebfandan

This really is the best of the bunch. I mean, this is the kinda stuff I would expect to come out of Japan.

I like the Campbell soup cans

SquidPuppet · 02-02-2009, 09:12 PM

wtf?

rebfandan · 02-02-2009, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

I like the Campbell soup cans

If I could somehow find a poster of just one of those! Maybe just exactly as the Warhol. I have a friend that would owe me his life if I got him one.

02-02-2009, 08:21 AM	#1
J_UNTITLED Power Member Member since:Jul 2006	The Most Incomprehensible Foreign Posters of American Films Check out Cracked.com's ranking of twenty foreign extremely-baffling posters for American movies from cinema's past. Some of them are truly-odd, indeed. Last edited by J_UNTITLED; 02-02-2009 at 08:59 AM.

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02-02-2009, 08:48 AM	#2
assydingo Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Oct 2008 Blu-ray collection:483 DVD collection:12 Trading Score:3	I want the King Kong with giant sharks and snakes

02-02-2009, 02:31 PM	#3
nick1091 Senior Member Member since:Dec 2007 4K collection:111 Blu-ray collection:672	Is it just me, or does it look like the Predator in the Easy Rider poster? And the Ghostbusters print is really....out there. It looks like some kind of abstract art print you'd find for sale in an Ikea.

02-02-2009, 08:31 PM	#4
rebfandan Senior Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Memphis, TN Blu-ray collection:135	What the hell is wrong with European marketing firms? Honestly. When all of these came out (except for the ones from France and Japan), there was still the Eastern Bloc to deal with, right? Could Soviet control of Eastern Europe have anything to do with it? This is just completely beyond me....

02-02-2009, 08:34 PM	#5
brett_day Blu-ray Guru Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Moore, Oklahoma Home Theater Gallery:18 Blu-ray collection:45 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	wow....

02-02-2009, 08:35 PM	#6
xtop Blu-ray Count Member since:Oct 2007 Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Digital collection:- Trading Score:3	:bowdown:

02-02-2009, 08:36 PM	#7
P@t_Mtl Blu-ray Duke Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Montreal Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:452 DVD collection:513 Trading Score:3	One post said it best on the site there "glock78To all of you going "OMG!ZOMG! ARE THOSE CZECHS, POLES AND RUSSIANS BLIND? DON'T THEY KNOW WHAT THE MOVIE IS ABOUT? WTF!?"... Think for a second that all those countries were a part of this little group called Eastern Bloc or Warsaw Pact. And it was a kind of a obligatory thing in that club to consider ANYTHING coming from the west as evil and/or decadent. People HAVE been sent to work camps for "decadent behavior" in those countries. Or for just a loose remark or a political joke. So, if you want to play the latest product from the decadent west and not end up somewhere in the Siberia sewing mittens and eating sawdust soup for the rest of your very short and very cold life - you don't promote the western decadence through the use of poster stands across the land. Instead, you MASK the actual content of the movie with some abstract art. Posted on 2/2/2009 5:45:42 AM"

02-02-2009, 09:12 PM	#13
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