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Australian Poster revealed

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UPDATED: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 19:45
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Wednesday, September 7, 2005 3:18 AM

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Originally posted by Dreadlord:
You guys take things too seriously, this is a great poster!!!

You guys are nitpicking too much! Enjoy it, dont criticise it! We've got our big damn movie, dont you understand how crazy that in itself is???

Yeah, I agree! Stop thinking for yourselves, people! Don't you know that you should swallow whole whatever Hollywood gives you? You're not smart enough to figure out what you like; that's why Hollywood has marketing folks--to tell you what you like. Stop thinking so much and just accept it. Independent thinking will get you no where! Blindly accept whatever's given you.

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Wednesday, September 7, 2005 3:23 AM

FRAY101

Sundance, I've just posted about the goodies in this month's Total Film - flattering review, 3 page interview with Joss and the trailer's included on a DVD. So the hype is beginning to start!

Ooh, and the last 2 issues of Dreamwatch have also had some pretty lengthy articles.

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Wednesday, September 7, 2005 3:31 AM

INEVITABLEBETRAYAL

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Originally posted by Rhonis:
Just 'cause it's a poster with our people on it don't imbue it with greatness...
You folk stop dripping your lavish praise on somethin' for mere sakes of it being brownish. We're all Browncoats here. Don't gotta pretend to fall in love just 'cause we fear the wrath of a bit of flame. Be a mite more selective.

Yeah. What he said.

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Wednesday, September 7, 2005 3:38 AM

FRAY101

I've decided to call this the "Marmite" poster because, well - hopefully that's obvious.

Personally, my main complaint isn't so much the design itself so much as the poor way it's been put togther. I just hate those cardboard cut-outs of the crew.

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Wednesday, September 7, 2005 4:01 AM

SUNDANCE

Hey Fray, thx for the top tips will be out to get a copies post-haste!

Hope you don't mind me asking, but you seem a lady in the know of things FF/Serenity. How big is the Browncoat following in the UK, i assume fairly decent (as it should be!), can't log on to the Browncoat website 'cos of stoopid firewalls, meant to be working for a living etc etc. Just curious - where are u crazy mixed up Brit fans!!

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Wednesday, September 7, 2005 4:40 AM

SITTINGDUCK

Quote:
Originally posted by fray101:
I've decided to call this the "Marmite" poster because, well - hopefully that's obvious.

Sorry no. What is a Marmite?

The rabbit is cuddly. Kids like little cuddly sidekicks. I mean... The rabbit... It's a time-tested... Okay, the rabbit bites.

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Wednesday, September 7, 2005 4:45 AM

FRAY101

http://www.marmite.com/

Sorry - will make sense to Brits!

Speaking of which, there's a pretty big contingency over here, Sundance. Tickets for the previews sold out in minutes - there's the Starfury Serenity 2 convention in November ( www.starfury.com) and if you pop over to http://browncoats.serenitymovie.com/serenity/ you'll find a UK Browncoats thread and various posts about upcoming shindigs.

Hope that helps!

(OK, just remembered you can't log onto the Browncoat site...but if you can, you'll find lots of info!)

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Wednesday, September 7, 2005 5:24 AM

PIZMOBEACH

... fully loaded, safety off...

Well, if it's the poster for Australia it's probably pretty good - outbackish local and a sexy minx with weapons (have you SEEN many Auzzie films??!). Like someone else pointed out - a Mad Max feel.
As far as what I'm seeing, yeah, it has a bit of Krull and other 80's cheese scifi look to it, but then I liked those in a harmless entertainment way. My only... 2... mini gripes would be where the HELL is the ship?? Without it is this some kind of desert rat army film?? Is there anything that says "scifi" in this poster without the ship? I'd also think that some people would think Serenity is actually River's character's name (which is actually kind of cool, a character named Serenity with 2 big mofo swords).

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Wednesday, September 7, 2005 5:27 AM

ZEEK

Gotta say I'm not a fan of this poster.

It seems to have nothing to do with the movie. Sure River does get her fight on a bit, but that's not really the point of it all.

This just looks to me like a Scorpion King type movie poster not a Serenity movie poster. I don't know what they were thinking.

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Wednesday, September 7, 2005 6:14 AM

SNIPER

Not just the Australian poster, apparently, but the International Poster.

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Wednesday, September 7, 2005 8:11 AM

FREDEP

Indeed, this is the international trailer. They had several large prints of the poster at the Dutch pre-premier yesterday, and UIP has told us that this is indeed the international poster.

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Wednesday, September 7, 2005 8:42 AM

SPINLAND

Quote:
Originally posted by Zeek:
This just looks to me like a Scorpion King type movie poster not a Serenity movie poster. I don't know what they were thinking.

I would imagine they were thinking to draw in the sorts of people who'd go to see Scorpion King. Just saying.

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Wednesday, September 7, 2005 9:42 AM

ATHENOR

WAY cooler poster... I'm just glad Browncoats here in the U.S. get to see it too!

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Wednesday, September 7, 2005 12:07 PM

FREDEP

Quote:
Originally posted by Fredep:
Indeed, this is the international trailer. They had several large prints of the poster at the Dutch pre-premier yesterday, and UIP has told us that this is indeed the international poster.

Ofcourse I meant international poster, not trailer

By the way, there's a large version of this poster, and a wallpaper version on the Dutch UIP site. http://www.uip.nl/serenity.html

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Wednesday, September 7, 2005 12:38 PM

DARKENC

Damn! If I wasn't already a fan I would see the movie just based on this poster.

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Wednesday, September 7, 2005 12:44 PM

VIPER

Still think its crap.. lol.. I'm an Aussie and i'm very disappointed.

Whats the go with the Serenity logo? so bad. The E's with the backward play buttons.. lol..

Oh well even if the promotional stuff sux the movie still rocks. I just hope everyone goes to see it. Joss deserves the praise. A great movie with a few surprises.

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Wednesday, September 7, 2005 4:01 PM

LUCKYSPENCER7

Quote:
Originally posted by Fredep:
By the way, there's a large version of this poster, and a wallpaper version on the Dutch UIP site. http://www.uip.nl/serenity.html

And here I am having just spent a good part of yesterday afternoon creating one with the smaller image and the clone tool. silly me...

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Wednesday, September 7, 2005 9:12 PM

BATMARLOWE

These really aren't complaints, just observations. Assuming I didn't know anything about Joss, BUFFY, ANGEL, or FIREFLY...

I would assume that girl's name is Serenity and that she's one kick-ass chick. And that incongruity would intrigue me.

I don't know what I'd think of the people in the background. They are so far behind this girl named "Serenity" that I would wonder what their connection to her is. Are they after her? Are they seeking her out so she can help them?

I might also think the movie had a post-apocalyptic setting.

I would never think that thing in the background was a spaceship. I probably wouldn't think anything about it.

I would wonder why that belly-dancer in back had a gun.

But I am a Whedonite so my reaction is that her pose is striking and more of an eye-catcher than the American poster. But I agree the background characters look stiff. Serenity itself should be more obvious. And why IS Inara packing heat?

Summer/River is so eye-catching though that I'd have to say it works but just barely.

Since I'm seeing the movie anyway, It could be a shot of the crew blowing their noses and I wouldn't care.

But as something to interest the general public the illustration might not jive enough with the slogan to pull me in.

As for those who are into genre stuff but are lukewarm towards Joss, I think they'd be the most likely to go "Pfft, he's just doing some other kind of version of BUFFY".

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Thursday, September 8, 2005 12:32 AM

JACQUI

Quote:
Originally posted by batmarlowe:
I would wonder why that belly-dancer in back had a gun.

Hee. Oh, that made me laugh.

Quote:
And why IS Inara packing heat?

It's not unprecedented. She quite capably used a gun in "TRASH" when she locked Yo-Saff-Bridg in the dumpster.

Is it quite sad that my reaction to the poster (and the trailer and the movie) is more along the girly lines of "and *where* can I get me a pair of those boots?"

Man, they rock.

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Thursday, September 8, 2005 3:30 AM

STICKS

This poster is awful.the only plus side it has is river's pose, but apart from that it doesent say serenity.The american poster has a feel to it,the aussie poster screams swords and scorcery wich the damn movie aint about.one last thing the american poster has river ,serenity,mal etc on the poster, but the aussie poster dosent even have the bloody ship on it.its like the aussie marketing is worried to call it sci-fi.

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Thursday, September 8, 2005 3:46 AM

FRAY101

I've set a little poll up over at my site: www.destinything.com. Everyone feel free to drop by & vote for your favourite poster.

Only a few votes cast but the US poster has the edge so far.

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Thursday, September 8, 2005 3:54 AM

RELFEXIVE

I have some ideas for your competition, just taglines in need of pictures right now.

"My God - you're like a trained ape. Without the training."

"Come a day there won't be room for naughty men like us to slip about at all..."

I know the secret.

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Thursday, September 8, 2005 5:23 AM

SITTINGDUCK

There is some good to come from this poster for me. It has instilled a dread that early in the production, Mr. Whedon's brain was removed and replaced with a bowl of tapioca. This results in Serenity being an absolute stinkaroo. So when it's released, it gets one star reviews across the nation (zero stars from critics who do that sort of thing). Two thumbs way, way, waaaay down from Ebert and Roeper. Serenity tanks worse than Mindhunters. Mr. Whedon loses his directorship for Wonder Woman, becomes a pariah in Celluloid City, and is reduced to living in MacArthur Park. That is the sort of dread this poster has instilled in me. Why this is a good thing I'll let you figure out for yourself.

BTW I voted U.S. poster. At least that one kind of sort of conveys science fiction.

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Thursday, September 8, 2005 9:56 AM

BATMARLOWE

True, Inara used a gun against YoSaffBridg. But Inara holding a gun doesn't represent what Inara's about in the way that it does Zoe and Jayne. And I would think they'd want to "say" something about who Inara is in their poster, if you could actually see her (and maybe full-sized you can).

There's nothing "sad" about your reaction to River's boots. The converse of your reaction to them is "Check out that chick in that rockin' pair of boots". So your interest in River's boots isn't reserved for the "girly". But in this picture I can't see enough detail, so I'll have pay attention to them in the movie to assess their "rock" quotient.

'Cause women in boots? Whew! That really does it for me (but not in a freaky way--it's more...appreciatve). And by "appreciative", of course, I mean "lustful"

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Thursday, September 8, 2005 4:19 PM

BENSHAHN

I think this poster is representative of the movie. In fact it's spoiler-y. If you hate it, you're probably going to have problems with the film.

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Friday, September 9, 2005 6:50 AM

GWENHARKER

Any HQ versions of this? My photoshop is itchin to have a go and some ideas...

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Sunday, September 11, 2005 7:43 PM

CHESHIRECAT

I like it better than the US one. I think that Kaylee, Wash, Simon, and Book should be in the poster too.

Wendy

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Sunday, September 11, 2005 11:15 PM

KRYTEN3

I don't like it - the tone is nothing like the TV series (I haven't seen the [pre-screenings of the] movie yet)

Is that Nathan Fillion? Are you sure? Where is Serenity, where is Wash, Kaylee, Simon, Book?

BUT MY BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THAT THE WORD "FIREFLY" IS NOWHERE VISIBLE ON THE POSTER.... CERTAINLY NOT AS VISIBLE AS "BUFFY" AND "ANGEL". No reference to the TV series that spawned the show ... WTF?

Hmmmm.... I am concerned, but not overly so.

I am also concerned that I am going to have to watch Rove this Tuesday, just to see Joss. It's great that he's on mainstream TV to advertise the movie, but I hate the bucktoothed little weasel that will be interviewing him...

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Sunday, September 11, 2005 11:43 PM

FRAY101

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Originally posted by GwenHarker:
Any HQ versions of this? My photoshop is itchin to have a go and some ideas...

I've got an 800x600 one here: http://www.destinything.com/id153.html or PM me if you'd like the 1024x768 & I'll email it you.

(US poster still has the edge in my poll...)
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Monday, September 12, 2005 12:16 AM

GWENHARKER

This one is fine, thank you very much :)

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Monday, September 12, 2005 12:33 AM

JACQUI

Quote:
Originally posted by kryten3:
I am also concerned that I am going to have to watch Rove this Tuesday, just to see Joss. It's great that he's on mainstream TV to advertise the movie, but I hate the bucktoothed little weasel that will be interviewing him...

Ugh. I *know*. I can't stand Rove. I put up with him last year to see the James Marsters interview and that was bad enough.

I have to work tomorrow night, so I'm going to tape it, which means i can at least fast forward the weasely little prick.

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Monday, September 12, 2005 12:47 AM

KRYTEN3

Quote:
Originally posted by Jacqui:
Ugh. I *know*. I can't stand Rove. I put up with him last year to see the James Marsters interview and that was bad enough.

I have to work tomorrow night, so I'm going to tape it, which means i can at least fast forward the weasely little prick.

Australian TV personality my ar*e.

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Monday, September 12, 2005 1:09 AM

PHILBY

Hey there, this is my first time to respond, so wanted to say hi first.

Well, I do like the poster, but agree with what you are all saying about relevance, but seriously, I have yet to see a poster that does anything other than look pretty. I haven't seen the US one, could someone point me in the right direction so I can compare?

Also, I noticed today that cable here in Oz is picking up "Firefly" and had a kickass ad for the show which made even me wanna watch it when it comes on, and I, of course, already OWN the dvds!!! So with any luck it'll drag some more Aussies in for an educational before the movie!!!

cheers.

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Monday, September 12, 2005 2:42 AM

KRYTEN3

Quote:
Originally posted by Philby:
Hey there, this is my first time to respond, so wanted to say hi first.

Welcome aboard.

Quote:

Well, I do like the poster, but agree with what you are all saying about relevance, but seriously, I have yet to see a poster that does anything other than look pretty. I haven't seen the US one, could someone point me in the right direction so I can compare?

I haven't seen the US one either ... wouldn't mind a look.

As for relevance, some posters do work for the general mood, etc. Take the new Harry Potter poster for example ... dark times ahead, Harry. I love that poster - it is absolutely perfect for the kind of movie I am expecting.

But you're right ... on the whole, they are fairly inconsequential.

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Also, I noticed today that cable here in Oz is picking up "Firefly" and had a kickass ad for the show which made even me wanna watch it when it comes on, and I, of course, already OWN the dvds!!! So with any luck it'll drag some more Aussies in for an educational before the movie!!!

Great ad, isn't it?

The only prob with that is that only Serenity (the pilot) will be broadcast before the movie is released.

In all likelihood, Serenity (the movie) will be long gone from cinemas by the time FOX8 airs "Objects in Space"

Oh well. It's still good though - about a hundred bazillion times better than nothing!

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Tuesday, September 13, 2005 12:57 AM

PHILBY

Thanks for the welcome!

I found the US poster (and it even allows you to vote on which you think is better). So if you still haven't seen it, try http://www.destinything.com/index.html
I still think that the international one is better, but just because River is SO cool!!

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Tuesday, September 13, 2005 1:11 AM

FRAY101

Well Philby, since you've just plugged my site I just have to offer you a big welcome now!

Oh, and for those of you who do like the poster, I'll shortly be posting links to it in different sizes.

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Tuesday, September 13, 2005 1:19 AM

PHILBY

Thanks for the great welcome! But mostly, thanks for the great site! I see the international poster is winning in the polls. And being the nerd that I am, I even sent a question in for Joss! I recommend your site to all!

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Tuesday, September 13, 2005 1:40 AM

FRAY101

Hang on....the international poster is winning now??? Must check stats....

Anyhoo, the poster's now available in three sizes here: http://www.destinything.com/id153.html

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Tuesday, September 13, 2005 5:11 AM

ZEEK

Quote:
Originally posted by benshahn:
I think this poster is representative of the movie. In fact it's spoiler-y. If you hate it, you're probably going to have problems with the film.

I've seen the screening.
Love the movie.
Dislike the poster.

I see no reason that any opinion on this poster would have anything to do with their opinion on the movie. The poster is far from anything related to the movie IMO.

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Tuesday, September 13, 2005 5:21 AM

FRAY101

Philby was right - according to the poll on my site, International Poster has 56% of the vote.

Darn...!

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Tuesday, September 13, 2005 9:50 AM

VISITINGMYINTENTIONS

Does anyone else wish they had stuck with the teaser poster's design?

It's more relevant and beautiful than those other two, in my opinion.

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Tuesday, September 13, 2005 12:44 PM

BENSHAHN

Quote:
Originally posted by Zee
I see no reason that any opinion on this poster would have anything to do with their opinion on the movie. The poster is far from anything related to the movie IMO.

Actually, many concerns about the poster do relate to the movie. Who and what are not pictured, Inara with a weapon, River with an ax, and the symbollism
of the distance between the characters, all of these are mentioned above as bothering people and all are related to the film.

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Tuesday, September 13, 2005 7:45 PM

SMITH

Okay...River does not look like River, and where in this poster are we getting the sense that this flick is set in space, not the outback? And, most importantly, where's Serenity? Is that not the name of the ship? The ship that is infact as good as a main character? Grumble grumble. Enough. I love the poster for the mere fact that it's advertising the honourable Mr. Whedon's work to the un-enlightened, that's gotta be worth something. And hey, this may be the "Aussie" poster, but the one I see everywhere is a simple green-on-black close up of River and Mal, I actually didn't click that it was Serenity til I took a closer look. And yes, I do live in Australia, so that does mean we have more than one poster on offer. Shiny.

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