As promised last week, here’s the alternative set of Character Poster images from “Avengers Assemble”. The “A” logo has been overlaid over the images, the only difference aside from that is the use of a second Iron Man image, more suited to sitting within the logo.
I prefer the previous set as I think the addition of the logo is a little clumsy and unecessary. What do you think?
Along with The Cure, Depeche Mode and David Sylvian The Psychedelic Furs are one of the few bands that I have listened to constantly ever since I first heard them in the late 80′s. This is my favourite album of theirs, despite it not being their “coolest” work (“Talk, Talk, Talk” takes that accolade, in my opinion) but it’s so darn listenable, great pop hooks and glistening rock all topped off with Richard Butler’s gravelly, sneering voice. I just love it.
There is a lot of saxophone on this album, which means that I shouldn’t like it at all, considering my pathological hatred of that infernal instrument, but somehow I’ve never minded it. In fact, the sax-noise was one of the highlights when I finally got to see them live when they reformed in 2005/06. Hopefully it will still be as great when I see them in July, in Bristol.
Saw this the other night (3D version) and… WOW!!! Brilliant – best superhero movie I’ve seen, I think.
So many great things about this movie – amazing FX and CGI, really effective (and non-intrusive) use of 3D, great interplay between the superhero characters, VERY funny one-liners and some great visual jokes make this a very easy film to recommend.
These character posters have been around for quite a few months and since we had already been introduced to all the characters in previous the individual-hero movies, there are no real surprises. It took me a few seconds to realise that the guy with the glasses is Bruce Banner, pre-Hulk – also didn’t recognise that it was Mark Ruffalo, it’s not a particularly flattering angle.
Lighting setup is pretty simple with the sidelights as key and some front light as fill. I think the thing that makes these is the angles and crops used, with the characters on the right hand side of the poster, in most cases leaning out of the shot – reflecting the “A” shape, maybe? There’s another set, (which I’ll publish next week) with the characters positioned inside the “A” logo, where this becomes more obvious, but I prefer these simpler versions.
Anyway, a nice set for great film. GO SEE IT!
Difficult to believe this is 25 years old! Faith No More’s awesome debut album hints at the superstar status that they would later achieve, albeit without Chuck Mosely who handles vocals here but who was subsequently replaced by the equally unhinged Mike Patton. Tracks such as “Anne’s Song”, “Chinese Arithmetic” and of course, the classic “We Care A Lot” contain the blueprints for an entire generation of metal that was to follow. I love catching up with this album every once in a while.
Hot off the press, these new character posters from this summer’s “The Expendables 2″.
Not really much to say about these – the execution is really simple, basically dress all characters in black tactical gear, give them a gun / prop and then comp low-saturation versions of the resulting pictures into various explosion scenes. Interesting (to me at least) that Terry Crews is the only character shown firing his gun, where all the others are “at ease” – who knows whether there’s any symbolism at play there..?
I guess what’s most exciting about them is that they officially announce the lineup of major action stars who are going to be in this second Expendables outing. For any fan of 80s / 90s action movies, this line up is pretty much a dream team, probably one that most people never thought would happen. At the height of their fame Schwarzenegger and Stallone were hyped up to be box-office enemies, often going head to head with cinema or VHS releases and the prospect of them teaming up was often discussed but rapidly discounted as an impossibility.
Schwarzenegger and Willis appeared in the first Expendables but only in cameo roles. This time out, both are full characters apparently, Schwarzenegger in his first major film since his term as Governor of California ended last year. Can’t wait for that!
On top of that, in a line-up they’re calling “The New Dirty Dozen”, we also have Jean Claude Van Damme and Chuck Norris too!! Plus a couple of other new additions – Liam Hemsworth (from The Hunger Games, looking a little out of place here) and Chinese (female!!!) actress Nan Yu.
I enjoyed the first movie, which was definitely a throwback to movies like “Rambo First Blood Part II” and “Commando” – brainless fun, I guess you’d call it – but there was something missing. Maybe it was the new (and not-so-new) faces we’ll see this time out. Whatever, I’ll be there, chuckling through the mayhem.
