Drew Struzan? No thanks. — Page 2

generalfrevious said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

TV's Frink said:

generalfrevious said:

Movie posters are a lost art nowadays (have there been any good official posters in the last 10 years?), and I doubt we can make them great again. Same with trailers as well.

 You think this about everything.

Not true. He thinks pessimism's greater now than ever before.

Stop it. I'm not a punching bag.

Desist with the Chicken Little antics and we'll stop giving you right hooks. How does that sound? 

DuracellEnergizer said:

generalfrevious said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

TV's Frink said:

generalfrevious said:

Movie posters are a lost art nowadays (have there been any good official posters in the last 10 years?), and I doubt we can make them great again. Same with trailers as well.

 You think this about everything.

Not true. He thinks pessimism's greater now than ever before.

Stop it. I'm not a punching bag.

Desist with the Chicken Little antics and we'll stop giving you right hooks. How does that sound? 

 First, let's stay on topic. I have tried to stay on topic as best I can and I deserve some respect regardless of my antics. I don't think badly on everything in the world.

What I'm saying is that posters nowadays are dominated by corporate art and are lazy most of the time. Struzan is a great poster artist, and I think his work on the SE/PT was a good job, and infinitely better than the DVD artwork that followed years later.

Voss Caltrez said:

DominicCobb said:

I agree that Struzan's SE posters are pretty dull, but his PT ones a great no matter what people think of the movies themselves. Anyway, it seems strange to complain about Struzan or even Struzan imitators (I quite liked that Super 8 poster) when they're the only ones trying to keep the old fashioned poster style. I'd rather a second-rate Struzan poster for TFA than a photoshop job.

 

Good point. However, if Struzan and his imitators are simply doing photo realistic collages how is that competing with Photoshop-created movie posters that utilize the same style: photos done in collage? It's okay for people like us who are nostalgic but what about the general public?

I'd rather have painted movie posters that were more stylistic and making use of the variety the medium allows then just trying to make something look like a photograph. A style that expresses a certain tone or evokes strong feeling.

 A fair argument. Nostalgia doesn't tint my view of painted posters the way it does others, as I am fairly young. My issue with photo collages is there's always a distinct sense of unreality to them. Painted collages embrace that unreality, obviously, but they come across more fancifully, if that makes any sense, due to the medium. Instead of the uncanny valley there's a colorful whimsy, which suits the Star Wars franchise well. Even if they're in a photorealistic style, they're still clearly paintings (by the way, my favorite SW posters are not Struzan's, to be clear).

Akton said:

EyeShotFirst said:

I'm a big fan of Struzan, but I would like to see tradition hold sway, and have many posters made. Look at how many different posters the original trilogy got. It's hard for me to pick a favorite, because so many were good. I want to see more Struzan Star Wars work, but I don't want it to be our only option.

Hugh Fleming should get some love. He's a great Star Wars artist.

He does an excellent job capturing the look and soul of the characters, but there is still a heroic look to the work.

 

Some great stuff there, especially Splinter of the Mind's Eye. It genuinely looks like the poster we might have gotten in 1980 had SotME become the low budget "Star Wars II" it was supposed to have been.

 Lol Skyscraper Bunny is coming for you.

I would go very minimalist.

Maybe just the falcon being chased or rushing into battle, then just a small font at the bottom of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Lots of empty space.

Or half of the crumpled up Vader mask on one side that fades into Kylo rens mask on the other. Stick a pair crossed lightsabers at the bottom being held by figures that we can't make out. 

Or steal a bit of iconic imagery and have the new main cast jammed into the cockpit of the falcon with looks of distress.

There's so much hype, I think a very low key poster will get the audience even more frothed up.

Struzan's OT posters aren't my favorites, but all the EU novel covers he did in the 90s hold some serious nostalgia. If he doesn't do the main poster, I'd like to see him do something. Maybe the dust jacket for the novelization. That probably wouldn't be a big enough deal to get him out of retirement, though.

I would also vouch for a Alex Ross movie poster for episode 7... Yes Please!!!

There are a lot of artists who copy Struzan's style. Dull? I don't think so.

^ the Iron Sky sequel? I haven't seen it (I'm not even sure it's out yet), but I do know that it features dinosaurs and Nazis (and Sarah Palin, but I don't see her on that poster).

TK-949 said:

There are a lot of artists who copy Struzan's style. Dull? I don't think so.

 Whatever that is, I must pay money for it immediately. 

Kung Fury, obviously.

fishmanlee said:

Ronster said:

I would also vouch for a Alex Ross movie poster for episode 7... Yes Please!!!

 Isn't that pretty much just one of the old comics covers redrawn?

 Yeah, it was a variant cover for the rebooted Star Wars #1 in January.