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Sick Boy

Posted: October 29th 2004 3:04 am

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The concept works if you over-analyze it. Shroud of the dark side, the dark side engulfing Anakin, power of the dark side, etc.

But the execution is bad. The angling is poor enough that a better alternative would have had Anakin facing away with the cape draped straight down and the mask visible in it. The best alternative would have been for Anakin to be throwing off the cape and the Vader form visible, but that takes away from the concept, as it shows him getting rid of evil.

Moreover, everybody knows who Vader is. This poster is first and foremost a collectible. To distort the mask that much, to make it into some sort of comical Dark Helmet knock-off, just cheapens the darkness of this chapter. The packaging for the action figures is equally tacky and flashy, so this isn't just a single incident - there seem to be a whole lot of Lucas-licensed artists trying to go all-out for this last project, but instead are just going overboard.

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BobTheGoon

Posted: October 29th 2004 3:18 am

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CoGro wrote:

make a better one.

I am neither a paid Lucasfilm employee, nor an artist. I can't MAKE a better one, but I could probably THINK of two dozen better ones while I'm on the can.

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PTGrievous

Posted: October 29th 2004 3:42 am

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but I could probably THINK of two dozen better ones while I'm on the can.

Do it :P

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Upke

Posted: October 29th 2004 4:58 am

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Like I said before, I appreciate the creative value in this poster, but its not what I was looking for in an EP 3 teaser poster.

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Hade

Posted: October 29th 2004 5:36 am

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I like it.

It's not as good as the teaser poster for TPM (none ever will be), but it is better than the one for AOTC...which I just loathed.

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efc

Posted: October 29th 2004 6:06 am

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I can accept it. It doesn't make me want to run away from it, or barf. But, the fact that 'accept' is the strongest positive term I can conjure at the moment has me somewhat disappointed. I'll buy it though, and I'll have it on my wall, but somehow I can't see it staying there as long as the TPM teaser poster has (ie still there).

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Ziggy

Posted: October 29th 2004 7:05 am

Too cool for an avatar.

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That's not a teaser. It's a money shot.

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Jankarl_Fett

Posted: October 29th 2004 8:22 am

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Although I like it (just a bit) this teaser poster is average.

I was expecting more from the guys Lucasfilm. I even like better the "fake" one posted at TFN where the Vader shadow was around Hayden in the Death Star background...
If someone has it and can post it I would appreciate. Thanks!

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odj_310388

Posted: October 29th 2004 8:58 am

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Concept = good
Poster = Crap

If I would have done it vaders head would have been at the bottom, so the cape flows downwards, which is what capes normaly do. You know that thing called gravity? Yea that old thing...

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PTGrievous

Posted: October 29th 2004 9:31 am

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odj_310388 wrote:

palol
That's hideos!

Ever heard of wind?!

And about the Version A, B, you're right tlbauerle
It slipped my mind :oops:

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odj_310388

Posted: October 29th 2004 10:04 am

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PTGrievous wrote:

odj_310388 wrote:

palol
That's hideos!

Ever heard of wind?!

And about the Version A, B, you're right tlbauerle
It slipped my mind :oops:

Thanks for the vote of confidence. :whateva:

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Duke

Posted: October 29th 2004 10:39 am

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Joshep Angel wrote:

Hi everybody! I´m new in this forum.

I want to show you an altered version of the teaser i just do.
The problem is that i haven´t a web page to link it.
Someone to recue?
Thanks!!

http://www.imageshack.us

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Dogg Thang

Posted: October 29th 2004 10:46 am

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The physics of it are fine - this is Lucas' first Ep3 fart joke. Anakin has just let one rip and the blast has thrown the cape into the air.

Dogg.

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vanillazinger

Posted: October 29th 2004 10:56 am

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Sick Boy wrote:

This poster is first and foremost a collectible.

Huh? I thought it was an advertisement to hang in theater lobbies.

Joseph Angel - That's a huge improvement.

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Duke

Posted: October 29th 2004 10:58 am

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Joshep Angel wrote:

http://img31.exs.cx/img31/6040/Teaser3.jpg

Something like this (better done, of course) is that i was expecting to see in th enew teaser. I think that the idea is very good. The problem is the execution, it isn´t natural.

That is the way how the real poster should have been done. Pretty cool.

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Guru

Posted: October 29th 2004 11:09 am

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robbie_20002002 wrote:

It could have been a picture of Anakin's turd and i would have liked it.
Robbie.

Very true. In the shape of Darth Vader... heh.

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odj_310388

Posted: October 29th 2004 11:29 am

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Now that is a cool poster.

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jasperjones

Posted: October 29th 2004 11:32 am

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Yeah. I actually like the official poster but Jo's version is better. Well done, good job

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Palpy

Posted: October 29th 2004 12:10 pm

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The problem is the execution, it isn´t natural.

And your version were the cape is shaped like the helmet IS natural ?

LOL

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Bozz

Posted: October 29th 2004 12:10 pm

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odj_310388 wrote:

hahahaha.

that thing is horrifically awful.

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odj_310388

Posted: October 29th 2004 12:33 pm

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hahahaha.

that thing is horrifically awful.

I could say the same thing about you but that wouldent be very nice now would it?

Heres a 1024x768 version of it.

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CoGro

Posted: October 29th 2004 1:24 pm

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guys at TFN claim the poster is a collage of images..

I personally can't see it.

oh well...

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PTGrievous

Posted: October 29th 2004 1:27 pm

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CoGro wrote:

guys at TFN claim the poster is a collage of images..

I personally can't see it.

oh well...

Yeah, well they also say 'dogs can't look up'...

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CoGro

Posted: October 29th 2004 1:32 pm

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Danny Parker wrote:

All the tweaking in the world won't make this shite smell any sweeter!

You can not polish a turd...even one stamped with the 'Lucas' seal of approval.

shut up.
nobody cares.

Joshep Angel wrote:

Vanillazinger, Duke, Odj_310388,Jasper Jones =Thanks a lot!

Don’t get me wrong. To be critical is too easy when others have done the job. May be the problem with the teaser (I guess) is the amount of hours of work it has.

I can imagine the poor design guy, at his work station, eight o’clock in the evening. The marketing chief arrives "Hey, you! I want a new Anakin poster, for tomorrow morning!", "Okay, no problem! What it is for?

"Worldwide teaser release". See the poor man sweating during all the night at work, feeling the pressure...

It seems easy, but it’s hard to do!!

To M. Perror Palpy:

If you have not realized, the real teaser is supposed to be "shaped like the helmet ". But it isn´t. It has the shape like the special EditionJabba, as DKR1138 has said...LOL... (i really don´t know which one he refers) :P
And of course that my version is not natural!! It not has to be! It is done only to show you how I liked the poster!

If I dare to criticize something, I have to show that I could do it better. You doubt I could? Sorry, it is only your opinion. Four persons here opine the opposite. Make a poll? It doesn’t worth.

The question could be ... Are you envy?

But the REAL question is ... I have done that teaser version in 30 minutes... What would I do with more time and resources?

The answer is:

I’m not going to be paid, but the guy who has done the fucked teaser has be!

LOL

While you're working on a 'new and improved teaser', read a book on phonics. It teaches you how to write coherent sentences. :heavymetal:

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CoGro

Posted: October 29th 2004 1:48 pm

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Joshep Angel wrote:

To CoGro:

Don´t you understand me or are you envy too?

the proper word you're looking for is probably 'envious'...

I'm telling you, that phonics book could hook you up.

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efc

Posted: October 29th 2004 1:59 pm

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I printed the poster off on an A4 sheet of paper on my printer's top setting (it's a quality printer)... and I've gotta say it looks much better when I can see the image larger than on a screen and hold it in my hands and NOT on a screen. I gotta say I'm hopeful I'll like the full size poster even better.

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Jimbo Asprilla

Posted: October 29th 2004 2:05 pm

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looks like a weak piece of fan art.

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Palpy

Posted: October 29th 2004 2:32 pm

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To M. Perror Palpy:

If you have not realized, the real teaser is supposed to be "shaped like the helmet ". But it isn´t.

No, it's supposed to be a billowing cloak suggesting the Vader visage, *hinting* at it.

If I dare to criticize something, I have to show that I could do it better. You doubt I could?

I don't give enough of a shit about you to care either way.

Sorry, it is only your opinion. Four persons here opine the opposite.

So because I am one opinion and four say the opposite is suppsed to make me think `hey, these dorks must be right, okay I change my mind, your pic looks cool`...sorry, no fucking way. If you want to see how it should be done LOOK at Fatboys version.

The question could be ... Are you envy?

LOL

But the REAL question is ... I have done that teaser version in 30 minutes... What would I do with more time and resources?

Something equally as shit ?

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Mulli

Posted: October 29th 2004 3:15 pm

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Joseph's version is pretty neat, better than the original one which wasn't all that good. Nice work.

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SamSolo

Posted: October 29th 2004 3:19 pm

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I think the reason the vader image is so mis-shaped/odd looking is to accomodate the much less obvious evil characters lurking in the picure. If that is the case, it is a much more interesting picture than my first impression. I cannot see the other images now, but I suspect when I can look at the full size sheet for a while I may see them.

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SamSolo

Posted: October 29th 2004 3:23 pm

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Actually, GG is showing rather well now that I know where to look.

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Sick Boy

Posted: October 29th 2004 3:38 pm

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I still can't bring myself to appreciate it, especially after lining up the TPM and AOTC teasers before it. Those two were subtle but appropriate, this new one is vapid and emotionless. ROTS is about betrayal and loss, and there's only one concept I can think of that reveals the somberness of this chapter while still tying the three teaser posters together.

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Sick Boy

Posted: October 29th 2004 4:02 pm

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Posted: October 29th 2004 6:32 pm

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CoGro wrote:

resized it for my wallpaper. awesome.

Indeed!

thanks duke

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Benovite

Posted: October 30th 2004 12:00 am

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After thinking about it I've come to the conclusion that they definitely should have had Anakin and Obi-Wan on the teaser poster. The movie will show Anakin become Vader, sure. But probably the most screen time will be spent on the duel and the relationship between Anakin and Obi-wan.

The way the poster is now, it totally disses Obi-Wan and his role in helping to turn Anakin to Vader. Then again Obi-Wan always gets dissed, what else is new.

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Benovite

Posted: October 30th 2004 12:51 am

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hemingway wrote:

Ben, I think I'm with you on this one. A sillouhette of Ani vs. OB with lava and shit behind would have been a much better teaser.

That or Anakin and Obi-Wan back to back, like that old video game poster, or Anakin and Obi-Wan facing each other like the Demolition Man poster with Statllone and Snipes giving a mad ass stare at each other,

anything to better visualize the true drama that will take place in the movie and what fans have been waiting many years for.

Instead they opted for an artsy approach. That's good except the previous posters weren't like that, unless you consider Vader's shadow on the Ep1 poster to be artsy- but that was straight forward.

Anyway whatever, I think I'm pissed for Ewan. :chewbacca:

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Hade

Posted: October 30th 2004 4:49 am

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Sick Boy wrote:

Me thinks we'll get an image of her like that in the official poster from Struzan.

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Bozz

Posted: October 30th 2004 11:13 am

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odj_310388 wrote:

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hahahaha.

that thing is horrifically awful.

I could say the same thing about you but that wouldent be very nice now would it?

:):):) Don't take it so personally.

:):) So you made a terrible piece of fan art, oh well.

My vote for best fan art goes to FatBoy Roberts':

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odj_310388

Posted: October 30th 2004 11:19 am

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I just noticed something while looking at the large version...

What does it mean by 'Version A'?

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So you made a terrible piece of fan art, oh well.

Pah, I'd like to see you do better. :roll:

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Ziggy

Posted: October 30th 2004 11:28 am

Too cool for an avatar.

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Version A is the teaser poster. Version B is the final poster.

It's been the same for episodes 1 and 2.

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odj_310388

Posted: October 30th 2004 11:32 am

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Ah rite k, thought there might be 2 teaser posters or something...

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CoGro

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Fatboy Roberts wrote:

Honestly, I still think the best fanmade poster was done in 2001:

http://www.theforce.net/museum/images/Prequels/Episode_3/Posters/as-ep3poster.jpg

that poster sucks.

I cant believe people think this is actually good? it looks like it was done in paint by assembling random pictures found on google.

Wow.

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Tim Lehrbach

Posted: October 30th 2004 12:51 pm

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I agree..I can't believe how some of you are taking it so personally if someone doesn't like the poster.

If you had worked on then thing, then I could understand the immature insecurity.

Anyway, I don't like it, Anakin looks good, but the amount of space the cape uses is too extreme and makes the thing look off-balance... the Vader depiction is plain ugly.

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Bozz

Posted: October 30th 2004 12:52 pm

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odj_310388 wrote:

Pah, I'd like to see you do better. :roll:

Sure. Let me just wipe my ass real quick and take a picture for you.

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odj_310388

Posted: October 30th 2004 3:50 pm

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Bozz wrote:

odj_310388 wrote:

Pah, I'd like to see you do better. :roll:

Sure. Let me just wipe my ass real quick and take a picture for you.

So your going for the more impressionist art? Or more modern art? Neato.

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Posted: October 30th 2004 6:33 pm

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Fatboy Roberts wrote:

Yunno, you're really taking this shit personally. It's like anyone who has a dissenting opinion your'e up in their fucking grill challenging them to prove their fanhood to you or something. It's a little goddamn ridiculous. I'm not stepping to everyone who LIKES it and belittling their opinion, so it's a little weird for you to be doing that to everyone who DISLIKES it. It's like you've got a personal stake in how well this fucker is recieved or something, and that just looks freaky as hell.

I understand this is SW, and where SW is concerned there's usually some polarised shit going on somewhere, and this somewhere is this teaser poster! :heavymetal:

If I have a negative opinion on anything SW related I usually vent my anger and quickly move on. However, the panty-wetting mess going on here is bordering on absurd. No wonder the worlds population has a beef with us SW geeks.....it's usually because of this shit. Here we have a host of lunatics falling over each other to come with the coolest diatribe to dis the poster, half of which will ending up borrowing money of their mommy (mummy) and daddy to pay for the fucking thing in a couple of weeks.

I dunno, maybe it's just me, I just don't have the willpower or the fucking time to get so involved and emotionally "charged" over a poster.

but please, don't let me hold you up, continue the charade people... :chewbacca:

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Benovite

Posted: October 30th 2004 7:03 pm

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Btw when you see at the official site's store that the teaser poster is 'double-sided' and you read people asking "ooh I wonder what's on the other side!" It's just the same damn image printed on the other side. Apparently some people don't know that and they think there's something different on the other side.

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Posted: October 30th 2004 8:46 pm

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Forcechoke

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Benovite wrote:

Good Lord. There needs to be an I.Q. test for the Internet. :meatwad:

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pjvader

Posted: November 3rd 2004 6:12 am

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i just got my poster from star wars.com (pretty quick considering in the UK!) but..... its all creased and has tears on the sides! i would expect this from someone on ebay 2nd hand etc but not from the official store and from a poster that has not yet seen the light of day anywhere! looks like it was on someones wall then got trashed! :mad:

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