StarWars.com gets back on the Japan track with 10 Cool Star Wars Posters from Japan. No, they’re not all this bad.
StarWars.com interviews Drew Struzan about Indy
Pete Vilmur interviews the prolific artist about his work for Indiana Jones franchise.
New posters for Indy IV and The Clone Wars
USAToday reveals a new Struzan poster for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, while IESB caught The Clone Wars poster at ShoWest.
ETA: You can purchase the Indy poster now at Star Wars Shop.
RIP John Alvin
Posterwire reports that artist John Alvin has passed away. He did quite a bit of Star Wars work, including the Celebration IV poster. His art also graced posters for E.T., Blade Runner, Alien, Willow, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin.
Can you judge a man by his movie posters?
The Movie Blog thinks so. Here’s what they say about Star Wars and Lord of the Rings posters:
What I noticed about men who have these posters on their walls is that they’re EXTREMELY passionate people. If you are dating these people and do not like either one of these franchises, be prepared for hours of debating on the reasons why you didn’t like the movies. Other notable mentions: Star Trek, The Matrix
That’s your stereotypical scary fanboy, I suppose… But is everyone who likes Star Wars like that? Not really. (At least once they’re old enough to afford decent frames.) And what about the variations when it comes to the different posters. Are folks who like the circus poster different from those who prefer the classic? Original or SE release? OT or PT? Teaser or collage? Quick, notify Quizilla, there’s sure to be a meme in this!
And what about us? (Women with LOTR posters: Serious Tolkien fans or poncy elf fanciers? Women with Titanic posters: Hopelessly mushy romantics or future engineers?) Supposedly the comments over there were to address this, but instead it just ends up a bunch of folks sharing their posters. Ladies, your thoughts?
Video du jour: Time to see other fonts
Trajan is the Movie Font, a call for design sanity from Goodie Bag. Also be sure to check out Americans love lists!
So, um, I like Trajan. (I don’t make movie posters.) But he has a point. And I also have kind of a crush now. DAMN YOU INTERNETS!
Indiana Jones poster retrospective
Helping to celebrate the release of the official teaser poster for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (see previous entry), StarWars.com has a neat article looking at Indiana Jones posters from the previous adventures, covering the globe with posters from Poland, Australia, Belgium, and even Disneyland. Read the article by Pete Vilmur. The hatless, jacketless Indy poster looks more like a Bond flick poster!
Crystal Skull teaser poster
Well well, look what showed up today:
You can download a larger version at indianajones.com, but turn your speakers down first.
Stars of the galaxy
Pete Vilmur finds ten Star Wars rip-off posters – and some disturbing mashups to boot.
Family Guy, Episode VI.I: A New Dope
So the upcoming Family Guy episode ‘Blue Harvest’ has a poster. It’s pretty cute, but I’m still not sure if Family Guy can pull off the whole shebang… Even the best FG episodes seem like fast-forward Chinese food to me – funny at first, but a minute later I realize just how unsatisfying it really is. Can the addition of Star Wars sustain a whole hour of the show? Even with Stewie in a Vader costume?
I suppose I should just be grateful it’s not American Dad.