Who else wants the Serenity poster to be "old-school"? by MohrStoutbeard

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Who else wants the Serenity poster to be "old-school"?

POSTED BY: MOHRSTOUTBEARD
UPDATED: Saturday, August 14, 2004 21:07
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Tuesday, August 10, 2004 6:03 PM

This has been on my mind for a while lately.

Most posters nowadays look like they're quickly and poorly slapped together in Photoshop. Very few of them have any "character." They usually don't even follow good design aesthetics.

So, that got me thinking about Serenity. . .and I really want a glorious, majestic, old-school, hand-drawn (or painted, whatever) poster for the BDM. I think it deserves it.

The first artist that came to mind was Drew Struzan, the guy who did the posters for the likes of Indiana Jones, Back To The Future, the Star Wars re-releases, etc; but it doesn't really matter who does it, so long as they do it well.

Am I alone in thinking this?

"You've just gotta go ahead and change the captain of your brainship, because he's drunk at the wheel."

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Tuesday, August 10, 2004 6:55 PM

ZAPHODB

I think a Drew Struzan style poster would be an excellent idea.

Industrial Looniee & Madness - http://www3.telus.net/vchrusch

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Tuesday, August 10, 2004 7:43 PM

RANGRBOB

How about like a old west type "wanted" poster for the crew with Serenity flying over head. It would be tanish in color and have burnt edges.

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Wednesday, August 11, 2004 9:34 AM

SHINYHAPPYKLIN

Agree....it really needs to have character. I love the graphics from the opening sequence, and the whole dichotomy between outer space and old west would get me interested if I didn't really know what Firefly or Serenity was about. The title "Serenity", while it means a lot to us, to most people, they're going to think "chick flick" or "kung fu movie", I'm afraid.

As far as a drawn poster, maybe, if it's done really, really well.

"We gotta go to that crappy town where I'M a hero..."

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Wednesday, August 11, 2004 7:38 PM

MOHRSTOUTBEARD

Quote:
Originally posted by shinyhappyklin:
As far as a drawn poster, maybe, if it's done really, really well.

Well, that would be the whole point. Putting a lot of effort and talent into making a good product.

Check out some of the stuff Struzan has done and I think you'll see what I'm talking about:

http://www.drewstruzan.com/

"You've just gotta go ahead and change the captain of your brainship, because he's drunk at the wheel."

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Friday, August 13, 2004 7:10 AM

GHOULMAN

Quote:
Originally posted by ZaphodB:
I think a Drew Struzan style poster would be an excellent idea.

Industrial Looniee & Madness - http://www3.telus.net/vchrusch

Ooooh, he did those old Raiders of the Lost Arc posters didn't he?

Niiiice choice big Z. You have the best taste in things.

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Friday, August 13, 2004 7:13 AM

GHOULMAN

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Quote:
Originally posted by rangrbob:
How about like a old west type "wanted" poster for the crew with Serenity flying over head. It would be tanish in color and have burnt edges.

Great idea... but I have heard that the movie will try to get away from the Western trappings. Not sure what that means but I bet your poster idea would be going in... er, another direction than whatever direction the movie is going. Whatever that is.

Dong ma?

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Friday, August 13, 2004 8:00 AM

RIVERGIRL

Quote:
Originally posted by MohrStoutbeard:
This has been on my mind for a while lately.

Most posters nowadays look like they're quickly and poorly slapped together in Photoshop. Very few of them have any "character." They usually don't even follow good design aesthetics.

So, that got me thinking about Serenity. . .and I really want a glorious, majestic, old-school, hand-drawn (or painted, whatever) poster for the BDM. I think it deserves it.

Isnt the movie poster the one signed at San Diego Con. Arn't posters usually done by now?

Also, I can kill you with my brain.

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Friday, August 13, 2004 8:01 AM

HOGGWILD

Quote:
Originally posted by rangrbob:
How about like a old west type "wanted" poster for the crew with Serenity flying over head. It would be tanish in color and have burnt edges.

That's a brilliant idea, rangrbob. So good I wish I'd have thought of it myself... (and I reallly hope Joss figures it out)

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Friday, August 13, 2004 8:14 AM

RADHIL

There's a teaser poster out (the one with just the ship in frame, right?) to let people know there is such a movie coming along down the pipe. A final poster will likely be worked out by the marketing crew, using footage and art stocks for inspiration and such, much closer to release.

Kinda like movie trailers usually have one early release with little bits of footage to build the hype, and then they do the full theatrical preview of the movie footage again later.

And hell yeah. An old-school poster like the Jones flicks, use the wanted poster idea for the touch of old west but add in lots of sci-fi looking stuff as well... Oh hell yeah.

Radhil Trebors
Persona Under Construction

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Friday, August 13, 2004 8:22 AM

SHINY

I vote for Universal to contract the poster artwork out to our very own 11th Hour:

http://home.att.net/~the11thhour/

Jayne, your mouth is talkin. Might want to look into that.

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Friday, August 13, 2004 9:12 AM

THATWEIRDGIRL

I think it's a brilliant idea. I love the old movie posters. There was always some cheesy tag line that sprawled across the corner. They had a muted background that faded around the pictures. Ooh, at the bottom in bold print should be "technicolor". Anyone want to try one?

btw 11thHour is awesome. The posters striking. The talent unquestionable. One of my favorite links.

www.thatweirdgirl.com

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Friday, August 13, 2004 9:37 AM

TIGER

I just saved a poster to the Blue Sun Room that kind of goes along with this thread:

http://www.fireflyfans.net/sunroomitem.asp?i=1320

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Friday, August 13, 2004 11:14 AM

MOHRSTOUTBEARD

I remembered that artwork, and it was one of the things that got me to thinking about it. Isn't something hand-drawn like that so much more impressive than a few photographs slapped together in Photoshop?

Now, I love Adobe Photoshop. . .I use it for my artwork almost every day. But it's only a tool, and like any tool, it's only as good as the people who use it. If someone only uses it as a shortcut, it takes away something. Just because it's faster to do a poster that way doesn't mean it's better to do it that way.

"You've just gotta go ahead and change the captain of your brainship, because he's drunk at the wheel."

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Friday, August 13, 2004 1:03 PM

REDCLAIRE

I like what Tiger did here:

http://www.fireflyfans.net/sunroomitem.asp?i=1753

This is perfectly in the style of those old 50's B-movie posters. Of course we all know that 'Serenity' will be A-movie all the way, but I just love those old hand-drawn posters!

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Friday, August 13, 2004 3:59 PM

CAPTAINHARBATKIN

I want a poster in the style of Zoë Mozert, myself. Sort of like her rendition of Jane Russell in The Outlaw.

A SERIES of posters...

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...they'll rape us to death, eat our flesh, and sew our skins into their
clothing - and if we're very, very lucky, they'll do it in that order.
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Saturday, August 14, 2004 6:42 PM

TENTHCREWMEMBER

Could you please just make it stranger? Stranger. Odder. Could be weirder. More bizarre. How about uncanny?

Quote:
Originally posted by Ghoulman:
Great idea... but I have heard that the movie will try to get away from the Western trappings. Not sure what that means but I bet your poster idea would be going in... er, another direction than whatever direction the movie is going. Whatever that is. Dong ma?

I hope to hell that's not true. Literally HALF the charm of this show is the jerkwater locations and work they do! At least in my opinion. I will be most displeased if they lose that "frontier" aspect of the show. It might even make me cry... ;P

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BROWNCOATS! Rise again and promote Firefly/Serenity!
visit: http://the11thhour.home.att.net

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Saturday, August 14, 2004 9:07 PM

ZAPHODB

Quote:
Originally posted by Ghoulman:
Quote:
Originally posted by ZaphodB:
I think a Drew Struzan style poster would be an excellent idea.

Industrial Looniee & Madness - http://www3.telus.net/vchrusch

Ooooh, he did those old Raiders of the Lost Arc posters didn't he?

Niiiice choice big Z. You have the best taste in things.

Thanks!

Industrial Looniee & Madness - http://www3.telus.net/vchrusch

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