Cool News
The Avengers Get Assembled In Photoshop For Their New One Sheet
The Kidd here...
Marvel Studios has managed to assemble a new poster for THE AVENGERS, in advance of the debut of a new trailer, and, while it's pretty cool to be able to see Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, The Hulk, Nick Fury, Black Widow and Hawkeye all together, it's a little disappointing that Marvel couldn't actually get them in one place at the same time to shoot something like this, instead relying on the crutch of Photoshop that makes posters for films such as this feel incredibly less epic than they really should be.
For something as big budget as THE AVENGERS, you'd think a little more care would be put into smoothing out the edges, so we can't see exactly where they were cropped from their previous placement. Plus, it's a little bit of a cheat that we get Robert Downey Jr. minus the helmet, because the Iron Man suit doesn't entirely make Iron Man.
Remember back when studios actually put some emphasis on the promotional material, doing their best to make it look as cool as possible...? Yeah, those were the days.
We've been hearing good things coming from those who have laid eyes upon THE AVENGERS, and perhaps the excitement will be ratcheted up once the new trailer drops, but, for now, the new poster leaves plenty to be desired.
Did they not properly read the instructions for the assembly required here?
-Billy Donnelly
"The Infamous Billy The Kidd"
Follow me on Twitter.
Readers Talkback
comments powered by Disqus-
+ Expand All
-
What's the deal, Marvel?
-
I'm still going to see the damn thing though.
-
Looks fine to me.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 11:18 a.m. CST
everyone is looking everywhere...except the direction of the explosion
by future help
coming from behind them....
-
Still, I'll go see the flick. Who won't?
-
title change for non-US audiences for some reason?
-
silly poster :D
-
Not as bad as last year's X-Men First Class one but close.
-
That shit is shit.
-
I hear the guy who plays Hawkeye is "funny" but not funny "ha-ha".
-
please
-
considering the entirety of the situation here, I'm not sure I see how that would help much
-
Sadly, the more I hear about this, the more I am excited for the Dark Night.
-
We go to see superheroes, not superstars.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 11:24 a.m. CST
Cap's costume looks so much better with battle damage.
by whatevillurks
-
Plus a girl who is skilled in martial arts and firearms. They'll both come in handy.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 11:25 a.m. CST
Everything that is wrong with modern posters. Just imagine what Drew could have done...
by Farrokh
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 11:25 a.m. CST
Is someone going to shit-canned for that shitty-ass poster?
by Judge Briggs
That's fucking awful!
-
What's he bawling about?
-
So cliche its ridiculous at this point.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 11:28 a.m. CST
I hope we don't have an X-Men Last Stand on our hands here
by JackSlater4
-
look at all the posters for Iron Man 2, and even the teaser posters were underwhelming... I bet they are all just leaving Mondo to do the good stuff...
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 11:29 a.m. CST
Sam's eyeing (singular) ScarJo's ass, ScarJo's eyeing Hawkeye's ass
by Domi'sInnerChild
And everybody's wondering why the grey cloud behind Hulk smells so bad.
-
...but at least they're not floating heads.
-
it didn't have Joss Whedon's name on it four times.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 11:30 a.m. CST
Captain America will have Giant Man's powers in this one, it looks like.
by hank henshaw
Are we sure this is a real poster, and not fanart?
-
Someone with bad Photoshop skills is the problem here.
-
The positioning of Captain America and Johansson & Renner's poses are all bad for this layout.... this poster comes across really amateur. The Hulk and Thor are the only two that work in this.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 11:32 a.m. CST
This is what a Boris Vallejo poster would look like, if he just got lazy and stuck down his reference photos.
by Farrokh
-
Its probably not to confuse audiences with the classic TV show the Avengers.
-
Boris Vallejo could have designed it. In almost all of Vallejo's art, the people are looking forward while the action is behind them. Now Frazetta... Drew would have painted an awesome montage. Or how about Sanjulian? No? Okay, Bob Peak! Yes, I'm old.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 11:34 a.m. CST
Robert Downey Jr.'s the only one with the name above the title?
by Jack Desmondi
Don't like that, or his front and center positioning in both the poster and more to the point in the trailers. Cap America should be leading the group.
-
I'm still seeing this opening night!
-
Enough with the photoshop, it burns my eyes
-
...some kind of exclusivity deal, I don't understand why, on the bottom credits, his name is solitary before the title, noting top billing. This is "The Avengers," not "Iron Man and the Heartbreakers"...I mean, "and the Avengers."
-
This is Marvel. Forget the movies. If there's one thing Marvel should get right, it's illustration and graphic design.
-
BEHIND YOU, PENDEJOS!!!
-
Granted, he's the Hulk from what I've seen but, well, you know...
-
Several of the images from the poster are from previously seen sources, scale and lighting are a total mess, and the characters' focus is all over the place. </p> </p> Given those issues, plus the fact that everyone's feet are hidden leads me to believe this mess was crafted by none other than Rob Liefeld.
-
nice
-
That sort of ALMOST cool it's actually crap, big let down for something this big. Mind you I doubt it's going to effect the over all performance somehow.
-
Angelina Jolie at the Oscars...just sayin'...
-
Did anyone else start singing "Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right..." as they started seeing the different Avengers staring off to both sides of the poster?
-
Sheesh!!!
-
Sheesh!!
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 11:42 a.m. CST
How about anyone complaining that Hulk looked too small.... boom, now he is 50 feet tall.
by LowDevil
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 11:43 a.m. CST
UGLY POSTER, holy shit, who allowed that to happen. Kill photoshop now!
by Stereotypical Evil Archer
Looks like several marketing people are losing their jobs, between this and John Carter, bye bye Disney marketing department! It's just terrible and unprofessional.
-
Absolutely terrible. They're all staring at something different, which wouldn't be -terrible- if it wasn't for the fact that they're all LIT differently. And since you can't see Caps feet, he looks like a forty foot tall giant. Oh wait, so does the Hulk. The art of the movie poster is dead.
-
More in line with what he did with Captain America and his more recent Zemeckis films (more melodic) then the crap he did for action films like G.I. Joe and A-Team.
-
Under pits.
-
Did no one notice that Cap and Hulk look fifty feet tall? Or that the lighting is different on every character? They can spend 200 million on the movie but can't put together enough scratch to use one photo set for all the actors? JESUS CHRIST.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 11:46 a.m. CST
All this poster needs is Godzilla, Mothra, and Ultraman
by Samuel Fulmer
-
I know you're saying, "Bitchy little fanboys are never satisfied." Well...you're wrong. Take a look at the posters Hollywood put out during the 70s and 80s. They were an event unto themselves. Bob Peak's Excalibur, Drew's Indiana Jones, John Alvin's Blade Runner, Richard Amsel's Chinatown...Back then, we were satisfied...nay...blown away, by posters. They were worth collecting. Now, bleh.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 11:48 a.m. CST
Also, it is quite clear someone took an image of Hawkeye
by Kelly Grimes
And rotated him 45 degrees. This is fake.
-
has to be fan-art! Being marvel, the one basic thing they should know is dynamic composition, still hyped for the movie tho, but agree with the disdain for lack of masks, but i guess its to entice a wider audience, boo, jeer!!
-
CAP is supposed to be the general, not Tony Stark or even Nick Fury. I'm not gonna dig this unless Cap gets a major "holy shit, he should be in charge" moment. HE SHOULD BE IN FRONT POINTING AND SHOUTING ORDERS.
-
must try harder!
-
They've realllllly dropped the ball with this film.
-
PHOTOSHOP ASSEMBLE!!!!
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 11:53 a.m. CST
Uh, it could be better but it was made to get casual fans and
by I am_NOTREAL
average moviegoers into the theater, not people who are pre-sold on the picture like most in AICN TalkBack. Plus money is one thing but getting all those actors in the same room at the same time has got to be pretty hard, if the movie is in post they've almost all scattered, there are schedules to consider and a limited time to get this done to meet distribution and promotional schedule requirements. Anyone who has worked a project any harder than tying their own shoes understands this. I'm not a plant or connected with the picture in any way, just making some commonsense points. Plus Jettl93 wrote this so you should be nicer.
-
That is a horrible poster. They all look like they're being lit with different light sources and their sizes in relation to each other in this scene don't match up. It's like that awful poster for FAST FIVE.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 11:58 a.m. CST
Did their position and size on the poster correspond with their respective box office results?
by openthepodbaydoorshal
Downey front and center, followed by Thor, who's overshadowing Cap'n America a bit. Renner's hot off MI:GP so he gets an isolated spot, etc...but in the middle of all the chaos, Captain America goes all Madonna and strikes a pose?
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 11:58 a.m. CST
Surely it must've been in the f*cking contracts they were obligated to pose together? IT'S A TEAM MOVIE FFS!!!
by marineboy
-
The most important power any superhero has is the ability to strike a glamour pose during battle. These are Earth's Mightiest Poses.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, noon CST
Everyone else seems to get it - except the person making the posters
by Cymbol
Know your source material and cater to the fans, not top billing. Sheesh. Captain goes in front and everyone should be in full on costume. Everybody and their freakin' brother knows who is in the Iron Man suit. You think people are going to see the full Iron Man suit and wonder who's playing Iron Man? Surprised they didn't have Ruffolo's regular face on the Hulk's body!
-
You can't always totally blame the graphic designer(s)... sometimes they only have limited images of the actors to work with. It's the various ways the actors are lit that helps ruin posters like this. (And bad pshop skills, too.) ScarJo in particular looks "dropped in." And Cap should be larger/more prominent! He's the heart and soul of the Avengers I love. Having said all that: It makes complete sense that they forefront Stark/Downey in the marketing (the most popular of the characters by far), and this poster is far better than other pshopped monstrosities like the X-Men First Class and Fast Five one-sheets. And the trailer looks encouraging (and I say that as a non-Joss Whedon fan).
-
...other than it being photoshop blue and orange tint heaven. Is that it already establishes a pecking order. The point of the avengers is that it's multiple franchises coming together to form a superteam, not one team with a group of actors with iron man as the leader because hey it's RDJ he must be the focus of all marketing material. This shows they are more of a squad with Iron man as a leader, rather than a major supergroup, it may be a nitpick but it's not the right message to send to viewers and artistically not what an avengers poster should look like. That's why i like justice league posters, they always put superman front and center, but they make sure the trinity always stands level to each other.
-
Seems a little odd since he didn't have a movie, BUT he also doesn't make it on the poster himself so.
-
In the trailer he clearly has the triangle one one, and this poster he has the circular one on again.. Is that a goof up?
-
massive threat. end of the world. gloom and doom. darkest hour. no one can save us. hero talk right and wrong do the right thing cliche cliche cliche stand up. die fighting. them vs us. bar fight! woman kicks ass. saves world. the end.
-
http://www.gruffalo.com/ i would p-shop his face on but i can't be arsed!!
-
The original teaser poster is better than is copy-and-paste clusterfuck.
-
You can see him with both chest pieces in varous trailers/commercials for the movie. Presumably he starts with the triangle and switches back to the circle for the inevitable armor upgrade in the middle of the film.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 12:11 p.m. CST
Hawkeye's working on that damn Hill! Watch out Avengers, it's like a 45 degree angle here! I'll take it from here!
by Dhaemon
-
It's been clearly stated since day one that Iron Man starts the movie with the Armour from IM2 but builds a new suit in the movie. You can see both in the trailer.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 12:15 p.m. CST
Wow, that would look really great if someone, you know, painted it.
by NeonFrisbee
Photoshop! The choice of hacks!
-
Watch as CTM masterbates furiously into his own face, gets told to fuck off by his mother, hate-rapes his own sister, gets banned once more from CHUD for cyber-stalking a well-known female poster and repeatedly telling her to kill herself (you're a fucking cunt for doing that CTM, by the way), and then posts more monotonous shit on AICN that nobody reads before they ban him there again. CREEPYTHINMAN IN A DAY. Coming soon in 3D.
-
What do you want?
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 12:17 p.m. CST
Empire just announced the title in the Uk will be 'The Avengers Assemble'
by DonLogan
http://is.gd/yojYHt
-
Whoops!
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 12:18 p.m. CST
Ok, do any of you actually know what your talking about?
by Tank Williams
Coming from someone who uses PS every single day, this poster is actually quite impressive. And smooth the edges? What in tarnation are you talking about?? Looks like they did a bang up job to me. I truly believe people over analyze posters these days. Cant wait to see this movie in action
-
I hope we get a Mondo poster for this movie.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 12:19 p.m. CST
This is what happens when you have a cheap-ass company like Marvel.
by don
They grudge spending any money on good people.What are they ALWAYS in the news for-spending too much on talent? No.
-
Funny how no one has masks on so you can see the actors (who are MUCH more important than th characters) but the Hulk is the Hulk. Ruffalo needs a new agent. :-)
-
Aiyyo, internet! Do we have any volunteers? Can we get Drew Struzan to team up with Mondo, or something? My goodness... I can't even save this to My Pictures.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 12:23 p.m. CST
I really find it funny how many talkbackers are quick to judge posters
by Tank Williams
Nows your chance to do something better. I challenge you all to do an Avengers poster in PS, and link it in this talkback for all to see. Maybe that will finally shut some of you up. PS is harder than it looks people.
-
This movie hasn't had one good poster. Every three days a new poster comes out and not a single one of them has been remotely good.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 12:24 p.m. CST
Thank god, the guy with the bow and arrow is on hand to save Hulk, Thor and Iron man if they get in trouble.....CLOWN SHOOOEEES!!!
by cameron
Fuck the Avengers, fuck them in their stupid fucking asses!! lol I really hope TASP pisses all over Whedons parade! Never have i seen so much budget look so cheap!! Batman, go kick their stupid fucking asses for me!!!!
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 12:31 p.m. CST
It's a perfectly appropriate poster for a comic book movie. And the
by Brian Hopper
work is pretty pro. On a graphic design level, this is a much better poster than you guys are giving it credit for. Far better than similar posters from the last year or two. Most importantly, it sells the movie pretty well.
-
Do you think it's in Downey Jr's contract that his face be that huge in the promotional material?
-
The problem isn't Photoshop, it's the decisions being made within Photoshop. Or really, even before it GETS to Photoshop. They should be custom shot for this poster, using consistent light sources. They should placed in a way that the characters don't appear to be 50 feet tall. That's a composition issue, not a PS issue. Art 101. Characters shouldn't be rotated to fit into the image, they should be posed that way to being with. Seriously, this isn't an issue of a guy knowing how to work layers in Photoshop. Many people know how to do that. These are very basic art principles NOT tech issues.
-
Did Liefeld pencil this thing?
-
Holy fuck, that poster is everything wrong with modern posters.
-
If you were actually ever to be with a woman, the people on this board would be complaining about the design on her shirt.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 12:36 p.m. CST
Wow, this IS bad. I'm used to people bitching about something that's, in all actuality, decent...but this sucks.
by Cletus Van Damme
Seriously, they couldn't do better than this poster? Oh, and every time someone refers to something new "dropping," I think about that scene from 1992's "Boomerang" where Grace Jones drops a bottle of perfume from her crazy twat. So thanks for keeping that phrase alive.
-
Or is it that the nondescript black leather makes them un-interesting? HMMMMM.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 12:39 p.m. CST
Iron Man is the new Wolverine - over-exposed and turning a TEAM into a ENTOURAGE. STEP FOUR: PROFIT!
by Zahaladeen
-
...character scales in relation to one another are way off. Only reason it's an issue is because they're obviously supposed to occupy the same space (city rubble background). ...still excited though!
-
It's probably called "Avengers Assemble" in the UK to avoid confusion with a Long running 60's TV show here in the 60's called the Avengers, and a 90's remake movie starring Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman which was a total disaster.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 12:41 p.m. CST
I was just imagining how cool it would be if Jack Kirby was still
by Brian Hopper
alive and they commissioned him to do a one-sheet for this movie, drawn in his style with his riffs on these actors' faces. The resulting poster would be the most awesome thing ever! Or... the more I think about it, maybe it would be a total disaster. Something fanboys would praise endlessly in talkbacks like this, but which would be a curiosity at best to the broader public. My point: This is a HUGE international movie. The poster has to help sell the movie to tens of millions of people. And that means forefronting movie stars and leaning toward graphic design that favors real images of actors over drawings or abstractions. When you add it all up, that's how you end up with posters like this. Fanboys who think movie posters would be better if they all looked like Mondo's startlingly overrated work have their heads up their butts.
-
And I'll make a better poster than this. To suggest anyone with an opinion other than "I love it!!!" make one themselves is, well, fucking retarded.
-
that hasnt sucked was the one made of six separate parts that could be assembled into a giant poster
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 12:46 p.m. CST
stiguy, PS is NOT that difficult if you use it every day, and one would assume whomever did this poster ...
by Vince Ricardo
... is more than familiar with PS. Personally, I have no problem with the light sources. They're in the middle of a street in New York, with multiple explosions goin' off around them. There ARE going to be multiple light sources there. No, the MAIN problem is, as many people have pointed out, that both Cap and The Hulk are WAY too large, considering their positions in the shot. Cap is clearly behind Nick Mother F*****g Fury, and appears that he's at least 4 feet taller than him. The Hulk, judging by that tire near his foot, is at least 15-20 feet tall. THAT is the real problem I have with this poster. Well, I also have a problem with the fact that both Hawkeye and the Black Widow are in it, but that's not the poster artist's fault. I've said it before, if you have a menace that The Hulk, Thor, Iron Man and (even) Captain America cannot defeat, there's no way that the Black Widow or Hawkeye are gonna be worth a hill of beans in that fight, but I guarantee the Black Widow will be the savior of the group in at least one situation, if not the main battle. Sigh.
-
S/He probably had a laundry-list of design requirements and 10 people breathing down his neck all throwing in their $.02. I'm sure S/He did the best possible job.<P> More to the point, I can't the assholes here complaining about the fucking poster. I never thought I'd say this, but sometimes there are people around here that sound like dorks. Not geeks- dorks.
-
Do my eyes deceive me? April 26? Count me in.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 12:48 p.m. CST
Yeah how hard could've have been to get them all together...with that said still
by Wcwlkr
Cannot wait to see this, so far the trailers have been great! And honestly I prefer Chris Evan's Cap costume without the helmet because honestly it kind of sucks. But I'm still pumped beyond degree to see this movie.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 12:49 p.m. CST
Someone should make a documentary about angry comic book fans
by sunwukong86
Would be pretty interesting
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 12:49 p.m. CST
Also, every time someone mentions Liefield and feet, I chuckle. Thanks for that!
by Vince Ricardo
2 inch diameter ankles for the win!
-
I know of what I speak. I've used it professionally for 16 years. I've seen the best and the worst of it. I've seen subtle uses and crazily ambitious uses. In the end, the world is not one iota better for the existence or use of Photoshop. It's a neato tool that you can do neato things with, that does no real good for anyone or anything. In the end, I think all such graphic design tools do is dramatically increase the number of defensive poseur assholes with self-important soul patches and thick-rimmed glasses who clutter our visual world with branded gimmickry. Beyond a limited, conservative degree, graphic design in its pervasive implemetation has begun to be unhelpful.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 12:53 p.m. CST
This is a major cop out. Why have they all taken their helmets and masks off?
by batfunk
-
Haven't seen a poster this bad in some time. Although it's becoming a foregone conclusion that this movie will suck, so why would they make any effort to make the posters look good?
-
Shut the fuck up.
-
Amen brother. My thoughts exactly. @dar1980, YOU FUCK OFF YOU IMMATURE PIECE OF DOG SHIT. Im defending the poster, nothing more. No need to get hostile. PS is NOT easy, it takes hundreds of hours of practice to master the program. Ask any graphic designer can tell you that. My point is, lets see you all do better, seriously bring it on. Link it on this site, I wanna see it.
-
At least that's what I get from this poster :p
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 1 p.m. CST
Aren't any of them aware of the plane on fire about to CRASH INTO THEM!!!!! WAKEY WAKEY!!!
by cameron
If Iron Man had his helmet on his gaydar would surely notice the flame spewing 300 tonne hunka metal about to toast Black Widows buns, wait, oh...I can see they've got the guy with the bow and arrowwwwww, phew, panic over...
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 1:03 p.m. CST
why is Tony wearing the old suit? the one with the circular arc reactor
by TheManWhoCan
This is suppossed to be set AFTER Iron Man 2 right? With the suit with triangular chest glowy thing?
-
No one is saying layers weren't composed correctly, or even that they didn't blend the elements well into the scene. They're not complaining about "Photoshop" issues, they're complaining about ART issues. Simple concepts of composition, staging, lighting... these things have NOTHING to do with Photoshop. If this was done in some other program, or even hand painted, the complaints would be exactly the same because we're dealing with basic art principles. I could give a shit if "Photoshop is hard." That's not why this poster sucks.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 1:05 p.m. CST
A poster with helmets on? Are you f-ing kidding? This is a MOVIE. You need MOVIE STARS to
by Brian Hopper
sell it! They're not gonna obscure their faces if they can help it. I'm a huge Cap fan and I think he should be more prominent... heart and soul of the Avengers, etc. But I can't think of a dumber idea than a poster in which Cap has that ridiculous helmet on, obscuring Chris Evans' handsome face. This is marketing, you basement dwellers. Not art.
-
First thing I've seen / heard aout this movie that has left me disappointed. Why is CAPTAIN AMERICA right at the back? Black Widow and fucking Hawkeye are ahead of him...
-
Photoshop is a tool. Blaming Photoshop and saying "it's hard" is moronic. These were poor choices that have nothing to do with the program used to put them together.
-
This is marketing, you basement dwellers. Not art.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 1:11 p.m. CST
I couldn't give a flying fuck about the lack of helmets..
by Righteous Brother
It's only a poster - a bit slapdash admittedly, but.....you all sound like a bunch of fat, basement dwelling geek crybabies.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 1:13 p.m. CST
Urgh. Marketing departments can't even get THIS right?
by dr_buggerlugs
They're happy to stick their oar into the creative process and suggest how to make a film 'marketable' but ask them to actually market a total no-brainer like this and this is what we get? A decent group photo would have been awesome but would it have killed someone to actually create a bit of consistency of design & vision in this poster rather than slapping a few jpegs together against a generic exploding city background template? (Interestingly Disney got rid of their marketing head not long back- probably down to the piss poor job done on this and John Carter) But it just annoys me that Marvel plough millions and millions into these things and yet they can't get the one-sheet, probably one of the most important linchpins of any campaign right? If your job is to create the one-sheet for a film like this, a superhero team up and potentially the final word on a whole genre, you'd like to think you'd be pushing for iconic and epic. Instead we get photoshopped Iron Man and his somewhat amazing friends.
-
Sorry but this democratization of art may be nice for bums who otherwise can't draw or use a camera, but it's shit for all of us who have to look at these rushed amatuer looking travesties.
-
Been doing graphics for 15 years. Send Donnelly your Photoshop files and I'll do the thing for free. What the hell... I can't be worse than this!
-
Yep I get it. Shot composition, got it. I completely understand your point and you are 100% correct. But.... the fact remains that several talkbackers are bashing the PS work on this poster. Are you even reading the comments? And yep I get that the size of Hulk and Cap compared to the others is, well, a little off. Heres my point, and final thought. YOU ALL ARE FUCKING NITPICKING!!!!!! Jesus christ give it a rest you fucking faggy dorks! Bottom line, it gets the job done. And the artist that put this together did a fine job. Again, lets celebrate that were actually getting an Avengers movie, rather than bashing every poster that these studios release. I still wanna see you people do better, instead of calling me out on this site
-
Yes Yes and..... YES!
-
...I think everyone forgets that sometimes no matter how skilled the artist is, if the source material sucks, the end product will suck. Garbage in, garbage out as they say. I doubt any of the actors were in the same room for the photos. That alone would help. Plus, as a graphic artist, I can tell you that some times you can make a good design, only to have someone higher on the food chain make terrible changes. What can you do? They pay you, you do what they say.
-
Isn't that Joss Whedon's M.O.?
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 1:21 p.m. CST
The thing is, Marvel wouldn't put out a comic book cover that looked that bad, so why did this happen?
by JackSlater4
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 1:22 p.m. CST
Ruffalo must have a HELL of an agent to nab 3rd billing on this film
by Dursman2000
Downey's name the only one "officially" over the title -- which I understand -- but Hemsworth dropping under Ruffalo, when his character is CGI'd, is just plain weird.
-
What the hell are they all looking at?
-
...think EVERYTHING can be fixed in Photoshop. I've been given crappy photos to fix since 'Photoshop can fix anything'.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 1:25 p.m. CST
So this is what happens when the Sherlock Holmes Sequel Makes a Bijillion Dollars
by Jack Desmondi
Stick RDJ front and center on the poster and take off the Ironman Mask so nobody mistakes it is him. If thats how the marketing fucks think will sell the movie fine--as long as the plot isn't all RDJ and his "sidekicks".
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 1:28 p.m. CST
First Prometheus Viral Campaign Video...No Big Deal
by Raskolnikov_was_framed
http://blog.ted.com/TED2023/
-
So true. I cut my teeth on photo retouching back when I started, getting into compositing and true image creation as time went on. This looks like they had some canned poses from other pieces and did the usual "drop this onto this background, shuffle them around so they work in it, etc." Bad source material can't always be smashed in and cleaned up.
-
It's not Photoshop at fault here as others have mentioned - it's the cheesepuff using it. Jeeze - just the lighting alone is a HUGE mess - forget perspective and image continuity... I'm thinking it's fan-made as well - the only thing it doesn't have or isn't overtly is the usual "giant floating head" thing we usually see with crappy promo material (although, thankfully, that's usually for dvd covers and not posters). But why blame Photoshop? Prior to Photoshop, I don't think any shitty art was ever blamed on the medium in which it was created. Except for actual shitty art..as in art made with shit or something akin to shit?
-
I keep hoping that one comic book movie will release a "poster" drawn and colored by comic book artists! Even if it was an online only ad or as a teaser. They had already been drawing Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury in "The Ultimates" way before there was even an Iron Man movie, so they can draw actor likenesses... But I think the studios think the public is stupid and would just think the movie is a cartoon. --- Also, I would rather see a poster (photoshopped, painted or whatever) with all the superheros in FULL COSTUME rather than see the actor's faces. *Sigh*
-
i have a really bad feeling about this. the costumes looks ridiculous and the actors knows it, you can see it in their eyes. the budget is not big enough will all these actors that you have to pay. the marvel universe in recent films looks like a tv show ( and game of thrones looks like a movie). zero visual identity. joss whedon is a tv director with a tv style of direction ( even in serenity) he is good with actors and he is a good screenwriter i'll give him that. i think if we are lucky it will be average like thor or captain america
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 1:35 p.m. CST
@banned_of_brothers, you're not getting my point about Photoshop.
by kevred
I'm not blaming the tool for some individual's bad result. I'm not saying that because something bad came from it, it's bad. I'm saying that the tool *only* produces mediocrity. That it fundamentally does not and cannot produce meaningfully good works of art. You talk about "greatness" and "masterpieces". Well, name one thing that has ever come out of PS in its entire history that can be called a "masterpiece" by any serious person. There isn't anything. Photoshop, at its absolute peak of perfection, does not contribute one bit of true artistry to the world. It's only possible use is to create pretty, empty things - or rather, simulations of pretty things - or to deceive or fake. It's my belief that everyone using it who believes otherwise is fooling themselves. One can make a good living off of Photoshop. Doesn't mean it does anyone any good, or creates anything of lasting value.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 1:38 p.m. CST
@darth macchio - 'Prior to Photoshop, I don't think any shitty art was ever blamed on the medium in which it was created'
by kevred
That's a very important, and meaningful, distinction. There's a good reason PS is blamed when non-digital media are not, and if we're honest I think most of us can understand why.
-
First Prometheus Viral Campaign Video - that was cool!!!!!!!
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 1:39 p.m. CST
The TED talk from the future as envisioned by Ridley Scott, ted.com
by JackSlater4
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 1:40 p.m. CST
It feels very plastic. There seems to be a huge battle taking place, but most of them look like their on break.
by The Reluctant Austinite
None of the characters seem to be on the same page about what's going on, and the biggest factor that will make this film work is the idea that these characters need to be united in purpose in the same reality at the same time. This, clearly, is not a reflection on the film itself, but a choice on the marketing department not entirely different than what has happened with "John Carter." This staged, frozen action shot looks more like the packaging of the line of action figures or the Taco Bell tie-in for fast food premiums than the theatrical poster for a major film.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 1:40 p.m. CST
since AICN is too bloody slow with cool news, Check this out for Promethius!
by D o o d
http://blog.ted.com/ted2023/
-
Who I would previously call Yutani... brainfart... self indulgant writing... but he IS Weyland!
-
Looks like you're out of ideas - 'cos this is a piece of shit.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 1:49 p.m. CST
You know what WOULD be cool, Marvel? If you had DRAWN the damned poster!
by BenBraddock
That would be ballsy, unexpected and would stick out amongst the generic, soporific wave of Photoshop nightmares that pass as movie posters today. You have so many skilled artists working for you - use them!!
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 1:52 p.m. CST
Looks like aicn wants to be last to post the Prometheus viral
by JackSlater4
-
That was frackin' cool !!!!!!!
-
Shades of Gaius Baltar
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 1:54 p.m. CST
This poster does not excite me. But I'm still pulling for the movie to be great.
by Tikidonkeypunch
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 1:56 p.m. CST
The new cool thing is to call posters out for being "photoshopped"
by freak2thec0re
-
Which will definitely have Iron Man and Cap wearing their proper head gear.
-
Plus the 30 different light sources. *sigh* Art is dead. There you have it.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 2:01 p.m. CST
How do you know things aren't exploding in front of them too?
by cookylamoo
Boy, is Loki going to get a bill from Bloomberg.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 2:01 p.m. CST
It looks like they're all like "WHICH WAY WAS DAT 'SPLOSION? DUUUUH!"
by Jaster Mareel
Behind you, you fuckin' retards!
-
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/avengers-assemble-ross.jpg
-
IT WAS TO BE EXPECTED.
-
First clip from Prometheus and it's fantastic!
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 2:09 p.m. CST
SO THESE SUPER-HEROES POSE LIKE SUPER-MODELS WHILE NY GETS DESTROYED.
by KilliK
GOOD JOB TEAM AVENGERS.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 2:09 p.m. CST
Where the fuck is the light coming from? IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. DID THESE PHOTOSHOP FUCKERS EVEN GO TO TECH SCHOOL?
by Stereotypical Evil Archer
Grade school lighting, framing and composition. Fire the fucking suit that approved this image. Kick him out the door!
-
A bunch of guys not wearing masks.
-
12 years from now we'll have human-like androids? That's stretching it a bit, Ridley.
-
Or possibly even a fake? Iron Man is definitely wearing his new triangular emblem armor in every shot in the trailer. Why would he go back to the old? And yes, this poster is very poorly done. Captain America should not be the same size as The Hulk. Hell, even the Hulk shouldn't be that big, standing where he is in the background. Photoshop has nothing to do with it. The designer has failed Perspective 101, and anyone who defends this poster is a complete fool. Sorry, but that's a fact. Feel free to argue with me, I'll just prove you wrong.
-
Edit button, for chrissakes. It's 2012!!!
-
LMMFAO That's exactly what I was thinking. I think it looks dope. What's the difference between photoshoped art and painted art a la Star Wars? Man, dope is dope. If it works, I'm in. I've never even heard of, "Get them all in one room art" before. And it wouldn't work with this because, well... er... THE HULK?????
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 2:15 p.m. CST
My 6 yr old son could do something cooler with a hand-drawn background and a bunch of Marvel Superhero stickers
by Somerichs
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb. Seriously, not to beat a dead horse, but damn. Lighting/perspective/artistry issues aside, there's shit goin down left, right and center, they're apparently in the middle of a battle of epic proportions, and their facial expressions would lead you to believe they're taking a leisurely stroll thru the park. Come on Marvel. This isn't even half-assed. It's maaaybe one eigth-assed. You should be embarrassed as all hell for even putting this out there. I'm embarrassed for you... No poster at all would have been better than this.
-
if you go to the weyland website it says that the speech took place 50 years ago...so Prometheus seems to take place in 2073
-
Triangle is Mark VI from Iron Man 2. Circle and back boosters is Mark VII.
-
Everyone is a different size. It looks weird. Marvel has 5000 artists. Couldn't they just get Alex Ross to do this or something?
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 2:31 p.m. CST
hawkman is the real highlight, here
by where_are_quints_hobbit_set_reports
As others have said, the fact he's just chillin' at 45 degrees really brings home the poster's overall quality. He looks like Jeff Daniels in the "Dumb & Dumber" poster, or a character from a Bollywood comedy DVD cover, just sort of wackily popping into the frame at an odd angle. "Ayup! I brung my bow and arrorrs!!!"
-
trailers have been decent but this does not look like a game changer to me...slapping together various superheroes alone is not enough to make a good movie
-
haters gonna hate
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 2:36 p.m. CST
That poster perfectly describes the whole thought process behind this movie.
by Subtitles_Off
Slapped together. Comic book readers would be running to get a copy with an alternate cover. Blockbuster fans get what they get.
-
fawk, It is absolutely ridiculous how people can complain about a fawkin poster. "This poster SUCKS, I'm not going to see this movie" lol good. we don't have to see you in the theater. awwe man, you haters make me laugh, and sick.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 2:46 p.m. CST
Can Harry ditch the Gavengers and post the link to Guy Pearce doing his Wayland speach for Prometheus viral, coz 3 min's of Guy is more EPIC than CGI toys!!
by cameron
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 2:48 p.m. CST
so we're not getting a Prometheus talkback today?
by Raskolnikov_was_framed
kind of think we need one
-
fuck I'm sorry...Avengers poster looks like shit...Prometheus talkback? yes? no?
-
I declare myself the biggest Marvel Zombie on this site, and even I cringe looking at that thing. I was SURE it was fan-made until it popped up on Marvel's official page. It's awful on every level imaginable. I guess we should be glad that the Hulk doesn't have Ruffalo's unmasked head, so there's that... Still, I'll be there for the midnight opening, just as I was for every other Marvel movie so far. I just hope it inspires me to see it multiple times, like IRON MAN, THOR, and CAPTAIN AMERICA did, and doesn't underwhelm, like INCREDIBLE HULK and IRON MAN 2 did. Hoping for the former, despite this cluster-F of a poster!
-
how come they don't just get the cast together and take some professional photos while in costume on set specifically with the movie posters in mind and planned out? Afterward they could tweak those photos and finalize them all they want in photoshop as opposed to just jumping straight to photoshop and building everything from the ground up with a 1000 different and random elements. I feel like when i look at this it's very pieced together and not as coherent as it could be. It's not terrible though.....just as most say - very very obviously photoshopped.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 3:04 p.m. CST
This poster SUCKS, I'm not going to see this movie
by fat_rancor_keeper
lol cmon who said that? anyone who honestly said that must be joking or missing a chunk of their brain.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 3:05 p.m. CST
thwip, you are either the person who designed this poster, or an idiot.
by Farrokh
Choose.
-
Good God! This poster sucks. I know Drew Struzan retired, but come on man! It's pretty embarrassing that Marvel, a company who should have the resources to hire an artist after all, would come up with this crap. Their comic books covers are 100 times better than this.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 3:11 p.m. CST
Nice fucking scale/perspective on Cap what is he 10 ft tall?
by Autodidact
Christ. Awful.
-
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/02/28/amazing-prometheus-promo-video-a-ted-talk-from-the-future/
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 3:13 p.m. CST
Clearly there's a contest between AVENGERS and JOHN CARTER marketing departments for the worst posters in cinema history
by melonman
Maybe that should be a new AICN column guys. PR disasters to be hung in shame. I just feel so fucking nostalgic right now for the original STAR WARS poster. Lucky I have one on my wall to gaze at.
-
is because they are all standing on rubble which is at different heights. i used this same line of thinking when i was a teenager drawing comics and had team pictures like this and didnt know how to arrange a billion characters. lol still......cap looks off. Like he should be smaller or something and so do a few others.
-
... to sell tickets. He's the only guy casual movie-goer will recognize. My question is, why is the Hulk fifty feet tall?
-
... that must be Giant Man.
-
Head over to Collider. AICN must be asleep today
-
They probably expect this movie to do great worldwide.
-
Check it out. That's not helmworth
-
Where everyone's looking in different directions except the camera because they're so damn cool and don't give a shit.
-
In a year I can have another Alien night with my buddies, only this time starting with Prometheus.
-
THANK YOU FUCKING UP THE CANON IN THE ALIEN UNIVERSE MR SCOTT.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 3:43 p.m. CST
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7YK2uKxil8&feature=player_embedded
by Nick
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 3:46 p.m. CST
actors & their egos (and money-grubbing agents) explains the "no-masks/helmet" thing
by frenetik1
-
I could swear one of them was green!
-
to be as hammy. Entertaining though.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 3:50 p.m. CST
BTW, everyone complained that Ang Lee's hulk was too big, that suckka's bigger than Kong!!
by cameron
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 3:53 p.m. CST
Prometheus Video Not In Movie or Directed by Ridley
by Raskolnikov_was_framed
according to Lindelof Damon Lindelof @DamonLindelof Reply Retweet Favorite · Open The Weyland talk is NOT in the movie. Made just for TED. And y'all, of course. #MoreToCome Ridley's son Luke directed it
-
fuck those piles of trash in an ideal world those movies would have ROCKED and united the 2 movie universes seamlessly. But the movies sucked anus so anything they tried to establish with continuity or history is null and void in my view. whatever ridley says goes with Prometheus.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 3:58 p.m. CST
I'd be more interested in this if they got rid of every superhero not named Iron Man
by darthvedder81
Captain America was OK but only worked because it was a period film. Putting him in a modern context is as stupid as, well, Thor.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 3:59 p.m. CST
ruffalo being the exception, in this case (though he must feel screwed)
by frenetik1
probably a moot point though, considering it would make no sense having plain ol' Dr. Banner in a dynamic streetfighting pose to sell the movie.
-
I know he has two armors, but I haven't seen any shots of him wearing the other armor in any of the Avengers promo media that is out there. Has anyone actually seen any? You'd figure that Marvel would put him in something that looks a little different if he has to wear two armors - say, the Silver Centurion armor.
-
Guys like that LOVE to speak and act in the grandest terms possible.
-
I mean, it can't be, can it? Can't somebody at AICN call somebody at Marvel to confirm?
-
part of the Alien universe.ACCEPT IT.
-
in AVP. I imagine that Peter is a descendant.
-
I know it's expensive as fuck getting these guys together but DAMN this looks awful.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 4:14 p.m. CST
I'm fairly certain that Ridley is aware of the existing canon
by seagrass
There's no reason why AvP can't exist in Ridley's universe. Predator 2 started the whole AvP thing, anyway, and it was expanded in comics (some quite excellent) and videogames years before the idea made it to the screen.
-
Joseph Weyland. Check out his wikipedia entry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Weyland_(bishop)
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 4:24 p.m. CST
Im not one to usually be negative cause enough of that is here but this poster looks awful. This can't b real or official? Come on Disney
by The Founder
-
So, I guess this movie is really IRON MAN 2.5.
-
That is beyond terrible, and from that perspective Cap looks taller than the Hulk.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 4:36 p.m. CST
this poster looks fine. you tards will fuck with anything, just to have a "talk back"
by THE_ONE_MAN_GANG
seriously,... its not the best poster- but what the fuck? why would it have been cooler if they were "all in the same room"?
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 4:44 p.m. CST
ROBERT DOWNEY JR. and some other people in IRON MAN & FRIENDS: THE MOVIE directed by the guy who created Buffy the Vampire Slayer
by Mr. Pricklepants
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 4:51 p.m. CST
dar1980: Yeah, Drew Struzan would have knocked this one out of the park. He's amazing!
by Mr. Pricklepants
-
This looks like a poster out of a cereal box.
-
My problem with posters like this is that they really do not sell the film to me. Why do we HAVE to have Downey JR's mug all over the poster, and why does it need to be photoshoped in such a way? Please check my blog for what I would like the poster to be like... http://www.cakesandcomics.com/2012/02/new-avengers-poster.html Or at least something along those lines... just more artistic and stylish so it really jumps out. As is it is highly generic.
-
you are quite clearly insane. It needs quite a bit of work before it's "fine".
-
Tony is the front man in the whole movie.NO SURPRISES HERE.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 5:14 p.m. CST
Can anyone explain why Iron Man is not wearing the MK6 suit?
by lowpassat
I mean, wasnt a main plot point in the last movie the need for the new suit? So I dont get why its not in this movie.
-
Miles ahead of the depressing junk the studio went with. I'd even say that as a marketing compromise, one could add in subtle, two-color posterized faces of the movie's recognizable stars in your poster's background, "floating-head" style, without ruining the poster's overall effect.
-
It's fair enough that they all have their faces showing. Those last two Batman movies failed miserably...
-
but Marvel.com is featuring it as a new poster, so apparently not. It really is incredibly not good.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 5:34 p.m. CST
Jebus, why not just use a still of the Avengers back to back from the trailer? It's really not that hard, Marvel
by pollaxt
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 6:06 p.m. CST
I can't believe they put Cap all the way in the back like that
by D.Vader
Not the poster I would have chosen. Why do ad guys suck so much nowadays?
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 6:44 p.m. CST
One of many posters used to advertise a new online trailer
by TallanDagwood
How many posters have we seen so far? Five six? I have lost track. To single out one for scorn that is nowhere near the final product seems a bit premature. This is not the final one, nor will it be the one used in theaters. But even if it was, would that stop you from seeing the movie?
-
Marvel/Disney is the one that brought us the Arial Black font for upcoming "John Carter" film. I wonder what cheese the mouse has been dining on of late and worry more about the Marvel franchises in general. It's a shame, Disney at one time was forefront in marketing while I was growing up and it's a shame to see them on this path.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 7:23 p.m. CST
They're trying to sell tickets to people who want to see who the actors are
by Al
Jesus Christ, this is not the abortion that you people seem to think it is. "Hey, moviegoer, look at this poster! These are the actors in it!" Like, yeesh.
-
not to me it isn't..........and if ridley re-writes things they truly wont matter at all anymore.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 7:47 p.m. CST
is it just me...or does anyone else think that poster is awesome?
by Jackson
-
Americans are too fucking lazy and stupid to assemble anything. That's why the jobs the Obama voting types do (manufacturing) have gone away.
-
but not inspired either. For something like The Avengers, people are wanting instant classic. That doesn't come along all that often.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 8:35 p.m. CST
RDJ is in the foreground because he is the biggest fucking draw to this movie. doofus.
by THE_ONE_MAN_GANG
-
-if you're 8 years old.
-
silly cunt......don't bring ur trollish useless political views in here. I wipe my ass with what u think
-
You know it'd be great. The closest thing to Kirby around, and just a damn fine artist in his own right.
-
photoshop THAT
-
Gonna be much film viewing this Spring/Summer...
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 10:16 p.m. CST
Yeah, yeah. There's a giant, robot man, super soldier, and god, we can hand...
by TopHat
Call off the invasion! Let's get out of here...
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 10:26 p.m. CST
How come they've only had one real trailer? The movie is very close to being released.....
by Chopper
This is either bad or means they want to hide as much as possible.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 10:37 p.m. CST
back_to_the_chopper ..Still 2 months off...and this film is Presold.
by conspiracy
The only time you need to really throw money and resources at something is if it is untested, new to the marketplace...in that case you have to actually create the desire, create the buzz, make people think they MUST have it...they they will be better off possessing it. Here, with The Avengers, you don't need to spent $100,000,000 trying to entice people into buying something that based on past performance you know they will most likely buy regardless of what you do, or don't do, with the marketing.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 10:47 p.m. CST
Re: Explanation For The Poster/Calm The Fuck Down
by ArmageddonProductions
Remember going to a video store to rent DVDs before they all went out of business? You walked over to rent FIGHT CLUB Special Edition, saw the artwork and to your surprise, instead of the picture of the hand holding the iconic "Fight Club" soap logo, it was a HUGE fucking picture of Brad Pitt's face that looked like it was Photoshopped in from a completely different movie, and, in the background, a much smaller Ed Norton face? Same thing here. Welcome to the future of movie advertisement.</p><p> New release video box art has been, for about the last sixteen or so years, radically different from its theatrical brethren. Why? Companies like Rentrax and Unitrax (the two companies central to distribution to Amazon, Netflix, the five or so remaining mom and pop video stores, etc.) aren't interested in what these movies are about; they are, and feel that their potential buyers/renters are, interested only in who's in the movie. That's it. If Brad Pitt is your star, you will movie 500,000 units and make x-times-investment over your wholesale purchase in the rental market. Finally, this schism has caught up with theatrical films. Unless it's a HUG FUCKING MOVIE, like TRANSFORMERS or BATMAN (or unless the concept, like TRANSFORMERS or BATMAN, actually overshadows the talent involved), it will now always be a picture of the actor. THE AVENGERS poster would go over like gangbusters at Rentrax. And it's just superhero-y enough that it can still trick Joe Movie Patron into thinking it's actually a movie poster when they peep it. Drew Struzan or Boris Vallejo? They make great movie posters, no doubt about it ... but the big boys would rather have a shitty Photoshopped PHOTOGRAPH of that picture over stylized artwork. Again, welcome to the future of movie advertising.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 10:58 p.m. CST
It's like they Photoshoped The Joker poster from Dark Knight and copy&pasted these Actors not Wearing masks.
by Zurge
Source: http://www.bittenandbound.com/2008/05/17/new-joker-poster-the-dark-knight/new-joker-poster-heath-ledger-the-dark-knight/ But you know, on the other hand...the only thing I would defend about the Avengers poster, is that is going to be a huge cardboard cut out for Cinemas, the ones where you have a foreground and background separate cardboard parts... "I'm sure no one is going to notice different light sources there are different light sources in the cinemas"-said the marketing doofus.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 11:15 p.m. CST
Comparison http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f110/wildcardcomix/Comparison.jpg
by Zurge
And a cute comic I drew... http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f110/wildcardcomix/02062012.jpg
-
cant wait, TDNR is gonna b good too but i dont want my superheros flicks to have the pace of a long soap opera. dont get me wrong, BB and TDK were amazing but they were kinda long winded and dragged. i have never wanted to go back and watch them again for that reason. now on the other hand all the newer marvel movies r great popcorn action flicks. i hope nolan deosnt try and get too deep with Supes. it barley worked for batman.
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 11:24 p.m. CST
Hah, so when the flick opening credits roll it'll be "Robert Downey Jr." (fade out) "Avengers" title screen?
by Al
Ohhhhh, poor everybody else. You'd figure they'd at least get all billed before the title.
-
Good for him!
-
Feb. 28, 2012, 11:26 p.m. CST
Remember how Edward Norton didn't get a credit on Hulk but Penn did?
by Al
Yeah, that guy must have some killer representation in the WGA.
-
and I'm not one to give a second thought to most movie posters, but this one is just jarringly bad.
-
Whoa, I didn't even know you already transitioned to AICN yet, Billy.
-
Feb. 29, 2012, 12:19 a.m. CST
I still think Marvel should've added one more Avenger that has actual powers like The Scarlet Witch or Captain Marvel
by The Founder
-
I have a feeling when the effects are finished they will finally put together a good trailer.
-
Everybody look uninterested and somewhere else. (christian band ep)
-
successful ones are in the foreground while Hulk and Cap with the least successful movies are in the background.IT FIGURES.
-
the audience is interested the most in the big stars of the movie and then in its concept.
-
I actually like the concept of the photo - very front-of-comic-book. But... 1. It reminds me a little of the credits for Star Trek The Next Generation when Saturn is lit from the wrong side. Look at where each character's face is lit from. 2. The STARK building top left looks like it has 'STANK' written on it... At least at this size. 3. Cap America is clearly NOT new artwork and he's out of scale to the rest. 4. Black Widow looks like she's carrying a box... no wait! That's the hammer. Fail. 5. Forget the bloody explosion - there's a bloody great aircraft behind them... on a collision course. Yoo-hoo! Heroes! Behind you!!! 6. Why does Iron Man have a tyre attached to his right shoulder? 7. Spoiler alert - looks like STARK industries opens the portal to Asgard - look at that big ray of light! 8. They appear to be standing on a street in San Francisco, judging by the huge curving dip of the road behind them... except it's New York. I mean... kudos for letting the Empire State Building not be damaged as per usual, but c'mon... A black poster with the logo in chrome in the middle with the names of the cast in it would have done _just fine_, plus a few character one sheets as well. They don't seem to realise that people are perfectly capable of generating their own excitement for a much-awaited film!
-
... because of that old John Steed/Emma Peel spy show.
-
Yawn.
-
*The hulk? There was no tie in movie prior, there is also confusion with the audience...Eric Bana, Edward Norton now Mark Ruffallo - this is confusing as hell for the average audience member. *Hawkeye or green arrow or whoever the fuck Renner is supposed to be, should of had at least one cameo in every tie in movie. His power is also pretty lame in comparison to everyone elses. *Josh Whedon, is not a the best action director. Hes good at goofy dilouge heavy tounge in cheek paranormal schlock - but this kind of project needs someone with a hefty pair of balls when it comes to action heavy sequences. *Projected critc rating (out of 10) 6. With predicted reasons as to average score: -Too many people in movie, not enough focus on different individual characters -Weak nemises -Weak Action sequences / Shaky cam -Goofy, convulted plot /Prediction
-
Feb. 29, 2012, 6:12 a.m. CST
There is almost no chance this will fail at the b.o. The only question is will it be a huge hit, or just a minor one.
by NeonFrisbee
Everyone wants to see this. Even people who are lukewarm on it (like me) are going to see this. Oh, and it's all every ten year old in the world can think about. It might be a mediocre movie (like MOST of the Marvel movies have been -- mediocre whatevs), but it will make a lot of money.
-
especially involving a company that by its nature is used to making advertising posters in the form of comic covers
-
this type of film has never been done before... 4 different franchises in 1 film... it is a geeks DREAM movie (literally) it is one of the most eagerly awaited films in history ,,,,as we have been teased with it for over 5 years now.. and this is the poster they come up with? unreal.
-
What an outstanding comic book cover can convey in a heartbeat is destroyed here in a heartbeat...the poster looks junky and is nothing more than digitial fodder. SIGH.
-
Go look up the movie on IMDB. In the "Warning, Spoilers" section, there is a mention of the nature of the adversary(ies). If you talk about it on this site, PLEASE POST A SPOILER WARNING for those who want to be surprised. I'll say one thing...anyone thinking this movie is "small" or that the enemies are "weak" is nuts. Can't wait!
-
Is that SUPER heat vision attacking the building behind THOR?
-
Which is why the perspective is all wrong and why no-one has any feet.
-
Feb. 29, 2012, 9:05 a.m. CST
lol who's the guy with the compound bow? Is he a clerk of some kind?
by tradeskilz
-
Khan Noonien Singh's hair. KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-
Feb. 29, 2012, 9:39 a.m. CST
WHY ARE YOU SUPPORTING THE NUCLEAR POWER STATION YOU CARELESS GREEDY FUCK!?
by alexander
Why!?
-
They have been spending so much time and energy promoting this film through all their movies that they never stopped to think that this filmncould in effect kill off all their franchises at once and in one go. Seriously this is looking to suck so much. Plus I can only see this. As a USA-centric film which will suck internationally. I jave no wish to see this. That's unless it blows everyones socks off. But chances of that? Slim.
-
Its just a tool, its the moron behind the mouse that made this such a mess. Cap seems to be 20 ft tall...
-
I understand that publicists/productors/whoever had their reasons to ask for "stars unmasked" BUT it really bugs me. I mean, did they ever do that with the Batman movies in the 90's? Even the Nolan ones? NO! And i'm sure Clooney's face was fucking famous in 96-97. And Stallone on the Judge Dredd one-sheet? Just the jaw! As many has say: we want super-heroes, not super-stars! Marvel should stay faithful to the characters and put them above the actors. And Iron man's helmet is so photogenic...use it! And the background reminds me some dtv disaster movie. peuhhhhh!
-
Feb. 29, 2012, 1:14 p.m. CST
It's too late to worry about being faithful. The problem
by Bedknobs and Boomsticks
isn't no masks or photoshop, but lack of the iconic look, which is the core element of superheroes. Even with the masks on, they'll still look/feel like movie-verse watered-down quasi-Ultimates Marvel. Someday, someone will get a superhero movie right, other than Donner.
-
...yes we have all seen the trailer by now so I am late coming to this party. The poster is poor that is for sure but I am still excited for the movie. Would love to live in an alternate universe where Thor and Captain America outgrossed both Iron Man films and Sherlock Holmes 2 bombed at the box office and see THEN what this poster would have looked like...
-
Is he standing on something? because it looks like hes way off in the background and gargantuan.
-
Feb. 29, 2012, 2:29 p.m. CST
Someday, someone will get a superhero movie right, other than Donner.
by vico
Like Bryan "for me, maroon = red" Singer? argggh
-
Gambit would smoke with glowing red eyes Wolverine would be small and fucking hairy Elektra would have real BLACK hairs Sue Storm wouldn't be a slut Human Torch would have real BLOND hairs Cyclops would have try to calm down Phoenix
-
Nick Fury would be white (sorry guys...!) Black Widow would not be babyfaced and small Agent Coulson wouldn't have THAT screentime Angel wouldn't have THAT screentime Gwen would be used since the beginning(2002) Doom would be fascinating & frightening
-
The butler wouldn't have THAT screentime WesBentley wouldn't be used as a villain RyanReynolds wouldn't be put in a Blade movie Justin Hammer would be an oooold senior Sabertooth would have dirty long blond hairs Thor would wear a shiny helmet
Top Talkbacks
- Capone believes that FAST & FURIOUS 6 is the best in a bizarre, crowded franchise!!! -- 112 total posts 46 posts
- Spoilery early review of MAN OF STEEL!! -- 450 total posts 32 posts
- Beware Epileptics - we have a new motion poster for the upcoming remake of CARRIE! -- 87 total posts 27 posts
- New trailer for Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara's upcoming western, AIN'T THEM BODIES SAINTS!! -- 65 total posts 24 posts
- The Friday Docback Revisits DOCTOR WHO Season 7!! A Fuller Review Of 'The Name of the Doctor,' And More!! -- 93 total posts 18 posts
-
HERCULES ON THE RADIO!!
Learn What Ain’t It Cool’s TV Critic Thinks About The New WOLVERINE Trailer, Soderbergh’s CANDELABBRA, FURIOUS 6, HANGOVER III, EPIC, GAME OF THRONES, MAD MEN And More!! Listen And Call In LIVE Saturday 8pm PT/11pm ET!! -- 17 total posts 17 posts - Capone says the stunning 3-D visuals elevate the standard-issue plot of EPIC!!! -- 44 total posts 17 posts
- Capone makes the case that THE HANGOVER PART III is neither a comedy nor a movie!!! -- 75 total posts 16 posts
- Papa Vinyard thinks that HANGOVER: PART III was a paycheck grab for a buncha people who are already rich!! -- 216 total posts 16 posts
- Jim Jarmusch's vampire flick ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE gets picked up for U.S. distribution by Sony Pictures Classics!! -- 29 total posts 15 posts