Movie Posters Discussion Thread

[starbinger]

That is exactly how posters are shipped to theaters. You should see how smashed some of our posters can be sometimes.

[jj5206]

went to see Fast Five today (awesome movie) and the theater had a room of posters and were allowing each person to take one poster (all original, double sided), i wasn't finding anything good and was getting ready to leave to head to my seat when i saw this!!!




came in awesome shape too!!! My friend found an Iron Man 2 poster...

[jason34cincy]

I love this one.

[househead]

Originally Posted by jason34cincy

I love this one.
Maximum Overdrive

I wasn't sure if I should pull the trigger on that one going by the jpeg - Yup looks like I should! Nice pickup there sir.

Nabbed the gray variant of this James Rheem Davis piece last night. It was tough deciding which color but I flipped a coin. Only the gray and cyan were available.

[househead]

they should have made the variant with real bullet holes.

[jason34cincy]

Originally Posted by househead

I wasn't sure if I should pull the trigger on that one going by the jpeg - Yup looks like I should! Nice pickup there sir.

Nabbed the gray variant of this James Rheem Davis piece last night. It was tough deciding which color but I flipped a coin. Only the gray and cyan were available.

That Assault poster does look awesome! I was only going to pick up one but I couldn't decide which so I got both that are available. Didn't want to spend that but it is one of my favorite Carpenter films. I really like the work Davis does with his posters. It will be interesting to see if the third one becomes available at some point. Great pickup with the variant!

[househead]

Originally Posted by jason34cincy

That Assault poster does look awesome! I was only going to pick up one but I couldn't decide which so I got both that are available. Didn't want to spend that but it is one of my favorite Carpenter films. I really like the work Davis does with his posters. It will be interesting to see if the third one becomes available at some point. Great pickup with the variant!

Dude our collections are very alike. Ha! I see a bunch of Troma dvd's on your shelf so you must be a big fan. Did you read the blog on that skuzzles site with the Maximum Overdrive poster? They are teaming up with Troma! Good Lord!

[jason34cincy]

Originally Posted by househead

Dude our collections are very alike. Ha! I see a bunch of Troma dvd's on your shelf so you must be a big fan. Did you read the blog on that skuzzles site with the Maximum Overdrive poster? They are teaming up with Troma! Good Lord!

They are very alike! I am a huge Troma fan and I did actually just go back and check out the skuzzles blog. Very cool stuff indeed. I'd definitely like to pick up some cool Troma prints. Curious to find out what is the first poster scheduled. I would love to get Class Of Nuke 'Em High!

[JonD7]

Just ordered the POTC On Stranger Tides DS poster!

[Cinemach]

Originally Posted by jj5206

went to see Fast Five today (awesome movie) and the theater had a room of posters and were allowing each person to take one poster (all original, double sided), i wasn't finding anything good and was getting ready to leave to head to my seat when i saw this!!!




came in awesome shape too!!! My friend found an Iron Man 2 poster...

That's awesome man! Every time I go to the theaters I ask if they have any extra posters available. Most don't - or their workers get first choice - but it never hurts to ask.

[jason34cincy]

Only had 1 frame, here is the silver variant:



I really dig this poster.

# 35/35

[househead]

Nice! Got mine yesterday too. I like how there's a hidden bad guy in the sheen layer! It's so cliche to say but this one really does look 100x better in person. The metallics and sheen set it off!

[jason34cincy]

Originally Posted by househead

Nice! Got mine yesterday too. I like how there's a hidden bad guy in the sheen layer! It's so cliche to say but this one really does look 100x better in person. The metallics and sheen set it off!

Yeah, the hidden bad guy is a cool touch and you are right, this bad boy looks so good in person.

Here is the Cyan version:

[filmnut5]

Love the above rendition of the "Maximum Overdrive" poster. Here are a few of mine...
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[Kinsella5]

Originally Posted by PUsokrJosh305

Yes, that was indeed a Disney Rewards deal. And I agree with you, but many people have had the same problem, they won't change. Unless if I got enough support, we could all complain at the same time, but I don't have that kind of time for that

Trust me I have already contacted Disney Rewards and explained in detail how they could avoid damages to their posters, but my comments fell on deaf ears. Remember everyone, even though what they are sending out is a collectible that technically isn't made for public sale or even in the hands of collectors for that matter, the posters themselves are simply tossed into a flimsy tube with nothing to protect the ends of the poster from shifting inside the tube, which it often does during transit, and then some plastic caps are put on (not taped on) and it's sent out. In these cases it is done by an employee who is making minimum wage, who doesn't understand the importance of "collecting" and thinks it is just something a person will tack up to their wall, etc. It is highly unlikely they will ever change their packaging design or the tubes they use. Maybe you will get one eventually with no damage, but if they would change they way they package, use more support, better tubes, and tape the end caps down, it would actually not only cut down on customer complaints, but also cut down on the repeat shipping charges they pay to send replacements out to people.

[Kinsella5]

Originally Posted by roar

I finally got my posters back from Michael's today... a little longer than their 3 week estimate, but I think they were worth the wait. The flash on the camera has kind of blown out the colours on the matting so I think they look a little better in person. Anyway, I'm happy.

I think I could fit two on the wall with the Leon poster, so now I just need to win the Stout lottery to buy a Kill Bill and I will be set!

Roar, your Professional and IM2 Variant look great, well done on the framing.

[Kinsella5]

Originally Posted by ChuckT43

Now today I got my Pirates poster. This was much worse. Imagine a poster in a tube with nothing else. Now drop the tube on one of the ends. The poster inside slams against the end of the tube leading to a banged up edge on the poster. I contacted Disney so we'll see what comes of it.

Again, per my post above, Disney Rewards doesn't care, they will continue to package up the way they do, it's quick, easy, and cheap. Rather than getting it right the first time by putting forth some extra labor and better material, they will instead waste time, money, resources sending multiples out. You will probably get them to send you a replacement, but expect it to be the same exact way, you may luck out and actually get a near-mint one, but be advised the way they send out is standard practice for everyone.

[Kinsella5]

Originally Posted by starbinger

That is exactly how posters are shipped to theaters. You should see how smashed some of our posters can be sometimes.

Yes, theater posters are often sent the very same way, sometimes if a theater gets a few of a poster, at least one will make it through safely, but in many cases if you want a near-mint/mint condition movie poster you really need to go through a movie poster dealer that specializes in originals.

[Kinsella5]

More than likely everyone has been surprised by the lack of marketing for Green Lantern. A few with this much potential one would have thought would have had a poster out during the Christmas holiday, but nothing ever was released. There has been a lot of promotional "images" released and even an earlier posting of mine here on the forum a few pages back stated an advance style would more than look like the image I posted, but it turned out NOT to be a poster. Of all the images released, nothing ever was released as a theatrical movie poster, until now. The studio finally released a new trailer attached to Thor in theaters, and the first poster (and probably the only poster) should be hitting theaters this week. The artwork is below, personally I think it looks pretty good and the trailers have gotten much better since the first one debuted late last year. The other images released are either banners, bus shelter posters, or just various promotional images.

I will see what else I can find out, but in the meantime, here is the final style imagery for "Green Lantern" movie poster, and despite the fact that you can't see the credits, they are in fact on the actual posters.

[Kinsella5]

Last month was the first ever Mondo Mystery Movie, the company that releases those limited edition movie poster prints that suddenly everyone is now collecting. They often sell out in seconds when they are released. Last month they held the mystery movie, whereas they didn't tell anyone what it was ahead of time. The tickets sold out quite fast, and was mainly geared towards those around the Austin Texas area. Fans went nuts when they released at the screening they were seeing the Japanese animated classic "Akira" and that a special print was offered for sale only at the event by the same artist who has done the prints for Iron Man 2, Star Wars Trilogy, The Thing, Kill Bill, Blade Runner, Big Trouble in Little China and others. There were two versions made, each 24x36 inches silk screened, one being a standard edition limited to only 180 copies, and an ultra-rare variant edition limited to only 80. For those who haven't seen them, images are below, these are really quite nice, and insanely rare:

Standard Edition:




Variant Edition: