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David Fincher's ZODIAC gets a beautiful poster!!!

fight club? by sarxabomb1	Oct 12th, 2006 07:06:38 AM
why not "from the director of se7en and fight club"?
Alright second but you can't get much closer to first by David Frames	Oct 12th, 2006 07:08:20 AM
so there.
First! by David Frames	Oct 12th, 2006 07:08:59 AM
I don't need any encouragement to see a new David Fincher flick but I agree, this poster has a lure about it. I just hope its more Seven and less Panic Room.
Beautiful? I don't think so. by Shermdawg	Oct 12th, 2006 07:11:16 AM
Actually, it's kinda lame.
i dig it by Buzzsawlenny	Oct 12th, 2006 07:15:45 AM
but i agree panic room was very lackluster even with foster chewing the scenery get back to the roots like se7en and fight club fincher has talent!
now imagine huge tentacles rising out of the fog by triplefive	Oct 12th, 2006 07:18:32 AM
the poster can be a still life rendering of a steaming shit, for all i care, I just want a good movie
Yeah, if he goes Se7eb style on us.. by abiggerboat	Oct 12th, 2006 07:42:16 AM
This film could be amazingly amazing!
Se7en even by abiggerboat	Oct 12th, 2006 07:44:27 AM
Damn fast typing
now imagine huge testacles rising out of the fog by Skankardly	Oct 12th, 2006 07:46:25 AM
"ZODIAC: This city's going nuts!"
Damn you Michael Bay by MCMLXXVI	Oct 12th, 2006 07:50:26 AM
Damn you Michael Bay
they finally brought MIST to the big screen? by durhay	Oct 12th, 2006 07:53:12 AM
different kinds of atoms
David Fincher is hit or miss. by rbatty024	Oct 12th, 2006 07:56:39 AM
Panic Room sucked and Fight Club is the most overrated movie ever. The only outright good film he has made was "Se7en," and I came close to condemning that one because of the stupid 7 is a "v" thing. Either Zodiac is a case of a director cannabalizing his own work, or he's returning to the roots of his one truly good movie.
The only way they can properly make a Mist movie... by rbatty024	Oct 12th, 2006 08:03:15 AM
is if Uwe Boll was directing. Oh, and in the end, instead of having stupid talking books or whatever, it's just Boll kicking someone's ass in the boxing ring. Hells yeah!
I thought Seven was overrated but enjoyable by Big Bad Clone	Oct 12th, 2006 08:06:53 AM
and Fight Club was rightly rated. And I thought this poster was elegant. Glad to know I was wrong on all accounts.
Like the poster... by Kampbell-Kid	Oct 12th, 2006 08:13:03 AM
Very creepy shot of the Golden Gate. Can't wait for this movie, should be good.
I liked SeSevenen, Fight Club, & Panic Room. by Nice Marmot	Oct 12th, 2006 08:22:17 AM
So there.
yes! finally something on this by B0BAFETTISH	Oct 12th, 2006 08:22:35 AM
Seriously, Fincher can do no wrong. To all the Alien 3 haters- suck it. Its the REAL sequel to the first one. Ohhh, it dosnt have any space marines-it must suck.NO! its beautifully shot, and anyone whos watched the dvd can get a sense of how f'd the production was. Alien is gothic horror, end of story. Now why isn't fight club on the poster? easy. Its a Chuck Palahniuk book translated by Fincher. Seven and Panic room are original "noirish" films, like this one. Oh, and Panic Room was UNDERrated if anything. Seriously, whats not to like about a movie loaded with cool dark performances that takes place in a small place in one night? Any other director woulda screwed that one up big time. end of rant.
The best poster campaign of 2006 by MaulRat	Oct 12th, 2006 08:26:58 AM
The best poster campaign of 2006, in my opinion has to be "The Good German".. followed by V.. This one isn't bad either..
Panic Room? by TheBigDogg	Oct 12th, 2006 08:29:21 AM
Yeah, Bobafettish is right. Any other director would have screwed that up as bad if not worse than Fincher did. At the very least Fincher was able to add a cool 'camera going through small shit' shot to that piece of crap. The film was doomed the second they revealed the intruders to be incompetent Home Alone villains. Panic Room aside, I love Fincher's style and if this has a decent script it could be great.
Welp... by stlfilmwire	Oct 12th, 2006 08:30:35 AM
I like it. It doesn't alienate the female audience. The police sketches of the Zodiac Killer with the bag over his head still gives me chills, and something like that could have easily been used, along with some of the code and some of the letters he wrote... but is it necessary? Nope. This works fine. I am excited how this movie seems to be more about the men the men who are hunting him down. A nice balance between All the President's Men and Se7en. Works for me.
Wasn't this renamed Chronical? by DocBosch	Oct 12th, 2006 08:39:33 AM
To avoid confusion with that other Zodiac movie that came out/is coming out?
Welp... by stlfilmwire	Oct 12th, 2006 08:57:31 AM
I think the other one was such a little watched stinker that they said, "Why not?"
Fincher Is Overrated by www.valiens.com	Oct 12th, 2006 09:17:50 AM
He can't close the deal. Why do all of his endings have to suck even when the rest of the movie is usually pretty good or great? And 7 is boring. Sorry. I know there are laws against admitting that.
Fight Club was a box office bomb... by BigTuna	Oct 12th, 2006 09:23:27 AM
That's why it's not mentioned on the poster and Panic Room is. FC is loved by movie geeks but the general public didn't care for it.
My power animal by godzillasushi	Oct 12th, 2006 09:24:31 AM
is a wolverine.
Blast up the contrast... by thenewpulper	Oct 12th, 2006 09:28:09 AM
On that image, to get the ACTUAL poster. It's a very moody shot of San Fran from the perspective of a misty Golden Gate bridge. Not sure if anyone caught that, or if I'm just living in the dark... Zing.
Wonderful point, it WAS renamed... by DanielKurland	Oct 12th, 2006 09:34:48 AM
Has it been changed back?
There's more than one way to lose your life to a killer by Garbageman33	Oct 12th, 2006 09:36:09 AM
Hopefully, the movie will be better than the tagline. Ouch.
Hey, I can see my house from here! by JustinSane	Oct 12th, 2006 09:36:26 AM
Okay, okay... my overpriced in-law apartment. Are you happy now?!
How can you call Fight Club over-rated? by playahatersball	Oct 12th, 2006 11:33:14 AM
Fincher took a TOTALLY UNFILMABLE book and turned out a visually stunning, perfectly paced masterpiece of a movie. The fascist philosophy that drives the plot isn't supposed to be agreed with- it's a brilliantly subtle polemic on male isolation, gangs and their relation to fascism.... Fincher even got a performance out of Brad Pitt that wasn't terribly crappy. Far superior the the similar (and overrated) American Beauty
also, fincher's treatment for Spider-Man by playahatersball	Oct 12th, 2006 11:34:17 AM
which a read about years ago, sounded 1,000 times better than what we ended up getting.
What's so good about this??? by The Founder	Oct 12th, 2006 11:34:57 AM
Seriously, what is so good about this.
People read too much into fight club.. by BigTuna	Oct 12th, 2006 11:54:03 AM
It examines male isolation my ass. It was average at best, and the "Twist" that is suppose to be great is so fucking stupid beyond belief.
Love the poster by Gil Brooks	Oct 12th, 2006 11:56:32 AM
And am glad to see some posters this year without a ton of floating heads. Though you know they'll slap those on for the DVD release...
Fight Club was a masterpiece by CTU Mole	Oct 12th, 2006 11:58:05 AM
and it tanked at the Box Office, got shitty ratings and a Fox executive got fired over it. That's called the opposite of overrated. Aliens 3 was overrated, even though everyone hated it. They just didn't hate it enough. how are people saying it looked good? the whole movie was shot in a boiler room and the alien was shitty stop motion. But I digress. Anyway, best use of the bridge since A View to a Kill.
great poster by waggy	Oct 12th, 2006 12:02:49 PM
this is one of my top "must see" movies of 2007. i agree with the guy who said "the good german" has the best poster of the year though.
CTU Mole... by BigTuna	Oct 12th, 2006 12:06:29 PM
Aliens 3 was a boxoffice disaster, so your argument about FC bombing works there too. How can it be overrated?
Brilliant Poster by Lovecraftfan	Oct 12th, 2006 12:09:57 PM
Awesome
How long have they been working on this movie? by brycemonkey	Oct 12th, 2006 12:15:16 PM
Seems like forever... And Fincher is golden for another 5 years at least due to Fight Club. Anyone who doesn't like it... the line for Bay's next movie is over there.
Looks like they changed the name back... Thank Christ. by Flim_	Oct 12th, 2006 12:19:28 PM
CHRONICLES? That was a shite title.
I was being whimsical, BigTuna by CTU Mole	Oct 12th, 2006 12:28:49 PM
In saying that Alien 3 was so bad that despite the bad reviews and poor BO, it was still overrated. To be fair though, Fincher says he didn't like the final version and I didn't see his cut. And it was his first big movie as a director, I think. I couldn't really get into the Game but some of my friends that I usually agree with liked it so maybe I didn't give it a chance.
I CANNOT WAIT by El Scorcho	Oct 12th, 2006 12:30:36 PM
The story of the Zodiac killer is quite terrifying. I hope this movie is scary as fuck. However, if they don't give it a limited opening at the end of this year I will be worried. Because without that, the January opening doesn't bode well.
BORING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! by Cat_Corporation	Oct 12th, 2006 12:40:51 PM
Sorry but that poster's boring. Reckon the film will be worth a look though.
Alien 3 and Space Marines by KanekoFan	Oct 12th, 2006 12:44:51 PM
When BOBAFETTISH mentioned the absence of Space Marines, he wasn't saying that was the only problem with Alien 3; he seemed to be getting at the fact that the Space Marines are one of the many thing that make Aliens such a pathetically inferior sequel to Alien, for the most part little more than a hollow fantasy for eight year old boys who like big guns. Sure, Alien 3 has its problems, but at least it doesn't try to turn a horror concept into some pre-adolescent big-guns-and-explosions action fantasy that tries to justify itself by screaming out occassionally, "Look! I'm really about issues surrounding motherhood! I'm art! Respect me! Respect me!" As for the Zodiac poster, it's a little bland. Not that it's bad, and I'm okay with the tag line, but there's nothing there to really draw me in.
I concur with KanekoFan; ALIENS was a joke by slone13	Oct 12th, 2006 12:53:50 PM
Talk about taking a great sc-fi/horror movie and completely removing all the good stuff and throwing in horribly cliched "space marines" and you've got ALIENS. Ugh. Cameron hasn't made a really good flick since the original Terminator.
Nice poster by wash	Oct 12th, 2006 12:57:42 PM
Even though my expectations for the film are low (love Fincher, but the script they settled on is weak not at all based on reality like they are claiming).
Space marines weren't a cliche when Aliens came out by CTU Mole	Oct 12th, 2006 01:10:49 PM
Not in the movies anyway. Now they are of course but that's because of video games ripping off Aliens. I don't see how Alien, which was basically a haunted house movie, was any better than Aliens just because it wasn't as loud. They're both good, just different.
BIG TWIST>>>>BIG ASSHOLE by axemurder	Oct 12th, 2006 01:11:30 PM
you fucking yank retard. maybe if you read you'd get it. dickless chimp
THANK you, Kaneko by B0BAFETTISH	Oct 12th, 2006 01:12:20 PM
I like ALIENS as much as the next guy. But when ya make a sequel to one of the most BEAUTIFUL films ever,(seriously, theres more eye candy in Alien than a dozen of todays sci-fi's) you dont film it in crappy 1:28/1 and make the whole thing BLUE. Now, ok, every director is entitled to do their thang, but c'mon, Cameron saw the Alien and thought "Whoa id sure like to put a hundred of those in a nuclear reactor and have some soldiers shoot at em". So yeah......Fincher rules, ridley Scott Rules, and i'm gonna go watch Blade Runner. :)
wash...... by axemurder	Oct 12th, 2006 01:15:43 PM
where did you read the script? cause i have read both books it is based on and well they are kinda as focussed on the men involved with the case as much as the killer, why isnt it based on reality??? tell tell
so what happened to "The Zodiac"... by Datascream	Oct 12th, 2006 01:52:30 PM
movie that came before it. You know the lower budget one.
Hmm, kinda reminds me of... by SenatorNado	Oct 12th, 2006 02:18:05 PM
... the poster for THE BRIDGE, an upcoming documentary: http://tinyurl.com/v7k5y Not sure if I can get too excited about ZODIAC, especially based on the poster, but hey... Wish David the best. I miss his old form.
All I have to say is by BatCountry	Oct 12th, 2006 02:22:09 PM
Anyone who didn't like Fight Club and Seven is not someone I want to know and you taste in movies is questionable at best. Panic Room on the other hand... And that poster looks good. You people are so goddamn picky.
It's not "fight club" by Nachokoolaid	Oct 12th, 2006 02:47:52 PM
because the studio probably figures that would alienate a large portion of the female audience (with whom Panic Room was a moderate hit).
The director of Se7en and ... Panic Room?? by quadrupletree	Oct 12th, 2006 02:48:22 PM
Panic Room!? How about Fight Club? That was at least a GOOD movie. Might was well read: From the director of Se7en and Alien3
The Game is such a bad-ass movie by iamnicksaicnsn	Oct 12th, 2006 03:09:30 PM
David Fincher is a man god.
Fincher by Quin the Eskimo	Oct 12th, 2006 03:41:45 PM
should helm Lullaby, or Jane Eyre, since it's pretty similar.
This is unbelievable. So now everyone hates Aliens here by Lovecraftfan	Oct 12th, 2006 03:46:32 PM
I love Fincher as much as the next guy but that doesn't make Aliens any less of a classic. It had a great scipt (so many funny line), broadly drawn but memorable characters, a great Ripley, fantastic action scenes that still hold up today, actual scares, and a great ending. Aliens is one of the best sequels and a great example of what Camerocn is like when he's on the ball. Amazing that it's yet another film that talkbackers hate.
Didn't "Aliens"... by Mr. Nice Gaius	Oct 12th, 2006 03:53:42 PM
...pretty much establish the idea of "space Marines"?
If you're talking about the game, it's spelled "MYST" by Novaman5000	Oct 12th, 2006 04:09:43 PM
Just saying.
Fight Club by evildeadgeorge	Oct 12th, 2006 04:19:56 PM
It's crazy to think that Fight Club has been out nearly 7 years, because everytime I watch it, I catch something new and it still seems more modern than half the shite that gets put out now. Talk about something that was ahead of it's time. The twist is overplayed now, but back then, when I saw it in the theater fresh out of high school, they fucking HAD me. For the years of entertainment that I've gotten just out of Fight Club, I'll be giving Fincher my money opening night.
is that Magneto on the GG Bridge? by Zardoz	Oct 12th, 2006 04:26:40 PM
Nah, I guess not. Cool poster, looking forward to the movie. And for the record: Aliens rocks, ( I can't believe there's any doubt about how great it is.) Alien3 sucked, (but not because of Fincher) Seven is a modern horror classic, and Fight Club is pure genius. (The Game and Panic Room were good, but ultimately flawed films)
slone13, BOBAFETTISH, Kaneko: by colematthews	Oct 12th, 2006 04:28:50 PM
You have all lost your fucking minds!! slone13, I guarantee that if you saw Aliens in a theater in 1986, you were not thinking "Ugh, uber-cliched space marines, how many more movies will I be forced to watch with space marines!!" In 1986, no one had ever heard of such a thing, unless they were huge Robert Heinlein fans. The fact is, Alien AND Aliens both bear repeat viewings in my house any day over Alien3. I respect it, I simply don't really want to watch it ever again. Clearly, we won't even bring up Resurrection. As far as Aliens being a "hollow male fantasy with" too many aliens, it was Cameron's creative duty to try and do something different than the first one, or everyone would just be saying "rehash, sell-out". The best series stay fresh with this approach. The ones that don't turn into a joke, or a cliche fest.
Hey, I like Aliens by KanekoFan	Oct 12th, 2006 04:37:18 PM
Nobody's (well, almost nobody's) saying Aliens isn't an entertaining movie. I'm a fan of it. But it's a simple, broadly drawn movie, and it evokes very little emotional response in me, and Space Marines may have been a relatively original idea at the time, but that doesn't make them any more interesting. Alien 3 is problematic, but the atmosphere and the more sublty drawn characters draw me in more.
Poster Renaissance by blackwood	Oct 12th, 2006 05:21:38 PM
About damn time.
if it screamed out serial killer movie by graycove	Oct 12th, 2006 05:23:40 PM
you would hate it.
Fight Club is now widely regarded as a masterpiece by IndustryKiller!	Oct 12th, 2006 05:26:44 PM
And rightfully so. The reason it didnt score awards is because it spoke to a generation that doesn't vote on that sort of thing en masse. Now its got a MUCH bigger following and name recognition than Panic Room which was forgettable by every stretch other than the cinematography. The material was simply beneath the filmmaking talent. Oh and Aliens was awesome, no arguments.
The absence of Fight Club on the poster makes sense by KanekoFan	Oct 12th, 2006 05:47:04 PM
This is being sold as a "thriller." Seven and Panic Room were both placed in that (rather nabulous) genre, where Fight Club was not. Hence, this is "from the director of" Seven and Panic Room.
izzat the hulk? by threesixozone	Oct 12th, 2006 07:20:17 PM
btw when will we see a hulk2... nice poster. and i dont know if its me but i see a slight outline of a man... i think with fincher...setting the standard for the quick cut..noisy...shaky...gritty style editing i think its time for an evolution in finchers world. hopefully hes aware of it and has stepped his game up. alpha dog out!
not too impressed by PeteBogs	Oct 12th, 2006 07:32:57 PM
I'm interested in the movie, but the poster is nothing special... The Fountain and Grindhouse posters have been very cool...
RE: sarxabomb1 by StarBlitzer	Oct 12th, 2006 08:39:42 PM
'why not "from the director of se7en and fight club"?' [/br] For the win!
Damn you html tags! by StarBlitzer	Oct 12th, 2006 08:40:36 PM
Indeed.
My local Fry's is selling a bootleg. by Rightcouch	Oct 12th, 2006 08:58:36 PM
Almost bought it but wussed out, not knowing what I was going to get. And rest assured, it wasn't a different movie. All the cast and crew are listed as the same on the back, except for Fincher, who's replaced by some weird unknown director. Anyway, so anyone interested in checking that out... I have no idea if they're doing it in other stores, but they were pretty heavily stocked on this movie.
The script is amazing! by Uncapie	Oct 13th, 2006 12:52:28 AM
I read this last year and if they keep the suspense and pacing of the film, a sure winner. Its the best script I've read in a long time
It looks like a girl's eyes and the tear on her face! by notnorth	Oct 13th, 2006 01:05:58 AM
It looks like a girl's eyes and the tear on her face!
Just saw a test screening by IndustryKiller!	Oct 13th, 2006 01:20:40 AM
about to write a review for the site
Fincher is a hack by random dude	Oct 13th, 2006 02:33:34 AM
Panic Romm - 2/10 Se7en - 5/10 Fight Club - 4/10 Aliens - 5/10 The GAme - 8 (minus 4 for the ending)/10 Now that's a good director! Riiiiiiiiiight.
randon dude by axemurder	Oct 13th, 2006 02:59:14 AM
i bet your father is so proud he wasted a load on you, do you realise just how stupid you come accross with those ratings/ I weep I really do. I think you'll find it's called Panic Room not romm. dear god I fear for the world with people like you lose in it I really do.
Horrible CGI in Alien 3 by BenBraddock	Oct 13th, 2006 03:09:27 AM
Ruined the movie, and that's a fact.
MCMLXXVI by lzplin	Oct 13th, 2006 09:22:56 AM
I'm I the only one annoyed by this retard putting the same fucking post every single day on every single talkback?
Masterpiece? Fight Club?! by www.valiens.com	Oct 13th, 2006 10:35:07 AM
I like Fight Club. I own Fight Club. And everytime I want to love Fight Club, that cheap, abysmal out-of-left-field ending happens. Know where cheap, abysmal endings don't happen? IN MASTERPIECES!
The 1 CGI shot in Alien 3 by KanekoFan	Oct 13th, 2006 12:22:19 PM
BenBraddock, I'm sorry to tell you that, with one exception, the Alien effects in Alien 3 were not CGI, they were a mixture of animatronics and suits for the close-ups and rod puppets for the wide shots. The only CGI shot is of the Alien's head cracking at the end.
CGI egg on my face by BenBraddock	Oct 13th, 2006 01:08:30 PM
Thanks KanekoFan for setting me straight on that. Could have sworn there were a bunch of CGI shots in there, I'm thinking of the scenes where the alien is chasing the men through the tunnels and they are successively shutting the doors on it to pen it in (or have I got that wrong too!?).. anyway all these years I thought it was shitty CGI, turns out it was shitty animatronics ;-)
Alien running by KanekoFan	Oct 13th, 2006 02:34:38 PM
The shots you are referring to are the rod puppet shots. Part of why they look CGI is because they're composited into the shots, and because the motions have a jerky quality that plagued a lot of early CGI.
The Alien 3/Aliens opinions by KanekoFan	Oct 13th, 2006 03:41:46 PM
Let's face it, everything GOOD about Aliens has been stated and re-stated. Similarly, everybody's already long since hashed out what was BAD about Alien 3. To re-state those points now would be to add nothing. However, there hasn't been much discourse on why Aliens doesn't work for some folks, or why Alien 3 does. Thus, to keep our minds open on these movies, to continue to find new things to take away from them, it's necessary for the dissenting voices to speak up.

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